Kodak Black was arrested in Orange County, Florida, earlier this week, on suspicion of drug trafficking, according to a search of Orange County Inmate Records. The records show that authorities have accused the rapper, real name Bill Kahan Kapri, of trafficking an amount of MDMA greater than 10 grams in mass but less than 200…
Reporting Highlights Not a Typical Drug Scheme: Prosecutors in Puerto Rico found that a prison gang was giving inmates drugs in exchange for their votes for a gubernatorial candidate, Jenniffer González-Colón. Gathering Evidence: Investigators said they had a case against inmates and prison staff, and were working to determine whether González-Colón or her campaign were…
An American commentator for Russian television who was indicted during the Biden administration as part of an effort to combat Moscow’s propaganda filed a legal motion on Monday to dismiss the charges on First Amendment grounds. Dimitri K. Simes, who was an adviser to Donald J. Trump’s first presidential campaign, and his wife, Anastasia Simes,…
A federal grand jury has indicted a man who last month was shot several times by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Northern California during a targeted stop. The man, Carlos Ivan Mendoza Hernandez, a Salvadoran who had been working in the state, is accused of ramming his vehicle into two agents on April 7…
Elijah Blue Allman, Cher’s son with the late Allman Brothers singer-songwriter Gregg Allman, is pushing back on his mom’s claims he’s “gravely disabled” and can’t be trusted with money amid alleged substance abuse and mental health issues. The 49-year-old guitarist for the rock band Deadsy plans to oppose Cher’s renewed bid for a conservatorship over…
Nigeria has charged six men with treason for an attempted coup against President Bola Tinubu last October, court filings show. The move begins the judicial process in a case that has unsettled Africa’s most populous country, in a region where military takeovers have become increasingly common. The six defendants, a mix of former army officers…
A Grand Jury in Montgomery, Alabama, today returned an indictment charging the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) with 11 counts of wire fraud, false statements to a federally insured bank, and conspiracy to commit concealment money laundering. The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Alabama Northern Division filed two forfeiture actions to…
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Shorouk Express On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch A British grandmother facing the death penalty in Bali for smuggling a large haul of cocaine was repatriated to the UK from Indonesia on Friday, officials said….
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