Philadelphia Eagles offensive guard Josh Sills has been indicted on rape and kidnapping charges in Ohio, the state’s attorney general announced Wednesday. Sills, 25, was indicted by a Guernsey County Common Pleas Court grand jury on one count of rape and one count of kidnapping, both first-degree felonies. “In December 2019, the indictment says, Sills…
Former ABC News reporter James Gordon Meek was hit with a child pornography charge by federal authorities in Virginia on Wednesday — months after the FBI raided his home and seized his laptop and other electronic devices. Meek — an Emmy Award-winning journalist who abruptly resigned from the network following the October 2022 raid —…
Ukrainian police raided an oligarch, tax authorities and officials on Wednesday, amid a harmful corruption scandal during the bloody war with Russia. David Arakhamia, the leader of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s party, announced on Telegram that officers had targetted billionaire Igor Kolomoiski, ex-Interior Minister Arsen Avakov and the tax authorities, while the Customs Directorate was sacked. Senior…
A 12-year-old Jewish boy was allegedly attacked on Monday (January 30) while travelling on a bus in North London, the Metropolitan Police have confirmed. The boy had reportedly been travelling from school in Hackney when a man, believed to be in his 50s, grabbed him by his throat and thrown him off the bus, according…
By the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office is taking a clear stance in response to the recent antisemitic messaging against members of the Jewish communities across the country. This messaging has recently been distributed in the Isla Vista area in the form of hateful fliers inside of plastic bags…
LAS VEGAS, Nev. – A Las Vegas man who allegedly threatened to “shoot up” a local synagogue while he believed “the Jews and police were after him” was arrested by police Monday. Michael Sanchez, 37, is being held in jail on $20,000 bond on a charge of making threats or conveying false information concerning acts…
Michael Hild, formerly of Northern Kentucky, was sentenced to three years and eight months in prison for his conviction related to Live Well Financial, his now defunct reverse mortgage company. The sentence was handed down on Friday by Judge Ronnie Abrams in the Southern District Court of New York and was reported by Reverse Mortgage…
Police announced Tuesday they will examine an accusation of sexual indecency against outgoing Israel Bar Association head Avi Himi hours after he announced his resignation in the wake of a TV report detailing the allegations. Police said in a statement that the decision was made following consultations with the State Prosecutor’s Office, though the matter…
The Metropolitan Police has confirmed to Jewish News that an investigation, opened in December into allegations of sexual abuse by Golders Green rabbi Chaim Halpern against a young London woman, has now been closed. The 21-year-old woman took part in a Channel 12 Israeli TV programme in mid-November 2022. She told the TV journalists that Rabbi Chaim Halpern had…
Prosecutors are to present a grand jury with evidence about hush money payments made by Donald Trump, the former US president, to adult film actor and producer Stormy Daniels during the 2016 election campaign, it was reported on Monday. The surprise move by Alvin Bragg, the Manhattan district attorney in New York, revives a long-running…