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Anti-Israel protesters involved in an encampment at New York University (NYU) were arrested on Monday evening. Officers from the New York Police Department (NYPD) reportedly began making arrests amongst a crowd of anti-Israel protesters around 8:30 p.m., according to the New York Times. The arrests reportedly came after officials from NYU warned protesters they could face potential consequences “if they did not leave” the campus plaza, according to the outlet.

NBA YoungBoy has been arrested after he allegedly violated the terms of his house arrest in Utah. According to a report FOX 8 in New Orleans published on Wednesday, April 17, the controversial rap artist was taken into custody on Tuesday evening by the Cache County Sheriff’s Office in Utah. Jail records confirm the 24-year-old, born Kentrell Gaulden, was booked at the Cache County jail and charged with six offenses including identity fraud, forgery, possession of controlled substances, possession of a dangerous weapon by a restricted person, procuring or attempting to procure drug/prescription and pattern of unlawful activity. YoungBoy Never...

At least two people were shot in the Parkside area of Philadelphia around 2:40 p.m. Wednesday as people were gathered to celebrate the end of Ramadan, 6ABC reported. FOX 29’s Steve Keeley posted to X: “[Philadelphia Police] have made ‘numerous arrests and at least four guns recovered.” “Police believe two groups exchanged gunfire on the street,” and a Philadelphia police officer shot at a gunman as well, CNN noted. Breaking, ANOTHER Philadelphia playground is a crime scene now after the shooting during Ramadan event at this park in West Philadelphia. pic.twitter.com/udbAMYRtev — Steve Keeley (@KeeleyFox29) April 10, 2024 The New...

Climate activist Greta Thunberg was arrested at a climate protest in The Hague, Netherlands Saturday. Thunberg was one of the dozens of people who police detained when in the process of removing protestors who were obstructing part of a road in The Hague, The Associated Press reported. She was spotted flashing a sign for victory when in a bus that police employed to transport protestors away from the protest against subsidies and tax breaks for companies in connection with fossil fuel industries.

After four years on the run, a senior leader of MS-13 – one of the largest transnational criminal organizations – was captured this month in Southern California on terrorism charges, court documents say. Freddy Ivan Jandres-Parada was accused by federal prosecutors in the Eastern District of New York in December 2020 of being a member of MS-13’s board of directors, known as the Ranfla Nacional, along with a dozen other MS-13 members, according to his indictment. Federal authorities have been searching for him since, offering a reward for his capture on the FBI’s Most Wanted list. Jandres-Parada was arrested on...

A New York City property owner recently ended up in handcuffs following a fiery standoff with a bunch of squatters she has been trying to boot from her family’s home, tense footage of the ordeal shows. Adele Andaloro, 47, was recently nabbed after she changed the locks on the $1 million home in Flushing, Queens that she says she inherited from her parents when they died, ABC’s Eyewitness News reported. “It’s enraging,” the homeowner said of the squatter saga. “It’s not fair that I, as the homeowner, have to be going through this.” Andaloro claims the ordeal erupted when she...

Three men — all teenagers — have been arrested in the harrowing Philadelphia bus stop shooting that wounded eight high school students, officials announced. Jamaal Tucker and Ahnile Buggs, both 18, and 19-year-old Jermahd Carter were part of the foursome who sprayed some 30 rounds of bullets at the Northeast High School students who were waiting to load the SEPTA vehicle, last week, according to the city’s police and US Marshals. The fourth person — who is known to police but has not yet been identified — is still being sought. It is not clear whether the arrested men were...

Police on Saturday arrested the man accused of shoving his girlfriend onto the tracks of a New York City subway, which caused the victim to lose her feet. The suspect, identified as Christian Valdez, was taken into custody about 10 hours after the incident happened at the Fulton Street station, NBC New York reported Sunday. He is accused of pushing the 29-year-old woman onto the tracks as a train approached the platform after the pair argued.

The 23-year-old woman busted last week in a brutal caught-on-video bottle attack on a New York City subway cellist was arrested again on Tuesday for allegedly stealing a pricey baseball cap. Amira Hunter was busted for petit larceny at the Nordstrom on West 57th Street at 3:40 p.m. for supposedly stealing a $235 Moncler baseball hat, police said. A witness called 911 to report the alleged theft, the authorities added. The latest arrest comes less than one week after Hunter was nabbed for allegedly bashing cellist Iain S. Forrest in the head while he was performing in the Herald Square...

A 23-year-old woman has been arrested for last week’s a brutal, caught-on-video bottle attack on a New York City subway performer — who said Thursday that he is once again ready to play his cello. Amira Hunter, of Brooklyn, was captured by the NYPD Wednesday evening — 15 days after she allegedly battered Iain S. Forrest, 29, as he performed “Titanium” by Sia in the Herald Square station. Hunter is well-known to police, with eight prior arrests. She was last taken into custody in October after stealing $2,050 worth of bathing suits from New York’s famous Bergdorf Goodman. Hunter, who...

U.S. journalist Tucker Carlson said on Tuesday that his lawyers warned him that the United States could arrest him on sanctions violations for conducting an interview with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow. “My lawyers, before I left … said you’re going to get arrested if you do this by the US government on sanctions violations,” Carlson said in an interview with podcaster Lex Fridman. Carlson said he was happy to face such a risk and rejected the premise of such charges. Carlson’s head lawyer reportedly said his freedom depended on the questions he asked Russian President Vladimir Putin. “If...

Nearly two dozen lefty activists were arrested Monday for breaching President Biden’s Delaware campaign headquarters in protest of his policies on the climate and Israel-Hamas war. “Young people won’t support a President who flip flops on climate action and who funds genocide,” Sunrise Movement, the group behind the demonstration, warned in an X post. The 21 “adult subjects” who were arrested out of around 100 protesters that gathered outside the Biden campaign office will be charged with criminal trespass and disorderly conduct, according to the Wilmington Police Department. Those arrested made their way up to the eighth floor of the...

Patrick Mahomes Sr., the dad of superstar Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes and a former Mets pitcher, was arrested Saturday in Tyler, Texas, on a charge of DWI for the third time or more, according to jail records. Mahomes Sr., who had been in attendance for his son’s playoff games this year, was arrested eight days before the younger Mahomes is set to play in Super Bowl 2024 against the 49ers in Las Vegas on Feb. 11. In 2018, Mahomes Sr. received his second DWI charge and he served 40 days in jail on weekends in 2019 and 2020. Mahomes Sr.,...

An alleged stalker from Seattle was arrested outside Taylor Swift’s home on Monday – just two days after he was detained while loitering near the mega-pop star’s Big Apple residence, police and law enforcement sources said. The suspect, identified as David Crowe, was sporting an unkempt beard and long brown hair while wandering around the “Shake It Off” singer’s home and inquiring with people whether Swift lives there, sources told The Post. A member of Swift’s security team notified police officers who were patrolling the area, according to sources and the NYPD.

More than 60 people have been arrested at a huge street takeover event on Martin Luther King weekend in Florida. The arrests happened near Miami International Airport, where police said supercar owners allegedly tried to race down the road. Video shared by cops shows a snaking caravan of supped-up sports cars that stretched more than a hundred yards. A heavy police presence is also seen during the takedown - during which officers made 61 arrests, issued 363 citations, and found several cars were stolen. A number for the burglarized vehicles was not immediately provided, but cops in a statement confirmed...

John Castro, a Texas man who fought to keep former President Trump off the ballot, has been arrested on federal tax charges. “John Anthony Castro was indicted last week on 33 counts of aiding the preparation of false tax returns,” noted The Hill. “Prosecutors claim he ran a virtual tax preparation business that provided customers with tax returns beyond what they were actually owed, defrauding the government.” In court documents, prosecutors allege Castro would “promise a significantly higher refund than taxpayers could receive from other preparers and on many occasions, offered to split the additional refund with taxpayers.”

FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. (WSVN) - A South Florida man was arrested after, police said, they caught him using spray paint to cover up pro-Palestinian graffiti at a South Florida highway. Thirty-year-old Yoni Maimon was charged with two counts of criminal mischief. “The boss called me around 8 a.m. and told me about some ‘Free Palestine,’ and if I can cover,” said Maimon. “I drive through I-95 next to exit 27 and I saw under the bridge the ‘Free Palestine,’ ‘Free Gaza,’ and then I went to Home Depot, bought the spray, and I just covered everything.” According to the arrest...

The Babylon Bee sits down with Siaka Massaquoi to talk about how the FBI recently separated him from his pregnant wife at the airport and arrested him over charges related to January 6th. What really happened on January 6th and what was Siaka doing at the Capitol Building?

A former top FBI official in New York has been arrested over his ties to a Russian oligarch, law enforcement sources told ABC News Monday. Charles McGonigal, who was the special agent in charge of counterintelligence in the FBI's New York Field Office, is under arrest over his ties to Oleg Deripaska, a Russian billionaire who has been sanctioned by the United States and criminally charged last year with violating those sanctions. McGonigal retired from the FBI in 2018. He was arrested Saturday afternoon after he arrived at JFK Airport following travel in Sri Lanka, the sources said.

A former American diplomat who served as a U.S. ambassador to Bolivia has been arrested and accused of secretly serving as an agent of Cuba’s government, according to The Associated Press. Officials say Manuel Rocha, 73, was arrested in Miami on Friday on a criminal complaint. According to sources, more details about the case are expected to be made public at a court appearance Monday. One of the two people who came forward with the complaint said the Justice Department case accuses Rocha of working to promote the Cuban government’s interests.