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A timeline of the UnitedHealthcare CEO’s killing and suspect’s known movements

A timeline of the UnitedHealthcare CEO’s killing and suspect’s known movements

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The person being sought in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson on a Manhattan street was seen near a Port Authority bus station 46 minutes after the shocking crime, police said. Thompson was shot from behind outside of the New York Hilton Midtown hotel Wednesday morning as he was on his way to UnitedHealth Group’s investor conference, officials have said. No arrests have been made. Police believe the person of interest may have left the city. “At this point, we believe he acted alone,” New York Police Department Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny said Friday. The man arrived by bus and stayed at a hostel, and roommates said he kept his mask on the entire time, even while eating, only pulling it down to take a bite. Here is a timeline of the person of interest’s movements in New York City, as described by Kenny. He said video confirmed the man’s movements. Sunday, Nov. 24 10:11 p.m.: The person arrives in New York City. He is seen on video at that time getting off a …

Suspects in Banksy’s ‘Girl With Balloon’ Theft Head to Court

Suspects in Banksy’s ‘Girl With Balloon’ Theft Head to Court

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Two men accused of stealing Banksy’s painting Girl With Balloon from a London gallery late Sunday night are set to appear before the court next month on charges with non-residential burglary, according to NBC News. The picture was stolen late Sunday night from Grove Gallery on New Cavendish Street in central London. Girl With Balloon was the only work stolen, however it wasn’t missing for long.  By Thursday, police had brought two suspects in custody and the painting recovered.  Grove Gallery was hosting an exhibition of works by the cloak-and-dagger artist titled “Banksy’s London Rebellion,” which opened on August 21 and closed September 7, the day before the heist. According to the BBC there more than $2 million of art in the gallery at the time. Related Articles Court documents priced the Girl With Ballon print at $354,000. CCTV footage of the burglary shows a man dressed in black plants and a black hoodie, with his face covered, smashing the glass front door of the gallery with a heavy object, then ramming his shoulder into the cracked glass until he can fit through. Once …

Government Suspects “Malign Actor” Of Cyber Attack On Ministry Of Defence

Government Suspects “Malign Actor” Of Cyber Attack On Ministry Of Defence

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A cyber attack has targeted Ministry of Defence service personnel (Alamy) 3 min read2 hr Defence Secretary Grant Shapps confirmed that the government suspects a “malign actor” was responsible for a cyber attack on a database containing the details of military service personnel. A cyber attack has been carried out on a payroll system with current and former service personnel, exposing their names and bank details. Although Shapps said they would not release further details at this stage “for reasons of national security”, there are multiple reports that government sources suspect China is behind the hacking.  “I can confirm to the House that we do have indications that this was the suspected work of a malign actor and we cannot rule out state involvement,” Shapps told the House of Commons on Tuesday afternoon. “This incident is further proof that the UK is facing rising and evolving threats and, as I set out in my speech in Lancaster House in January, the world is becoming somewhat more dangerous. “Last month the government therefore …

Don’t Trust AI to Sketch Your Suspects

Don’t Trust AI to Sketch Your Suspects

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A man broke into an old woman’s house recently, and after being described to the police in Kent, England, an AI image of the fellow was rendered. Usually, of course, an artist will sketch the profile of the criminal suspect based on details provided by the witness, but now AI is having its shot; only, the result was laughable. The profile looked like it could have come from the 2008 version of the Wii. It isn’t detailed, the neck and head aren’t ratioed like a real person’s would be, and it just simply came out cartoonish. Frank Landymore reported on the incident over at Futurism, writing, The suspect is described as being a white man around five feet, five inches tall of an average build with short dark hair and a missing front tooth. Based on the police image, he may possibly even be a living, breathing PS1 character in the pixelated flesh, walking among us. Or, as some have pointed out, it could even be the very much not a video game character Pete Buttigieg, …

Poland will send suspects in attack on Navalny ally back to Lithuania – POLITICO

Poland will send suspects in attack on Navalny ally back to Lithuania – POLITICO

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Two men detained in Poland in early April on suspicion of assaulting Russian opposition figure Leonid Volkov in Vilnius are expected to be transferred to Lithuania by mid-May, a spokesperson for Lithuania’s prosecution service announced Thursday. The Lithuanian Criminal Police Bureau, which is coordinating the transfer, has not disclosed whether it is also seeking the extradition of the detained Belarusian citizen suspected of ordering the attack, as mentioned by Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk. Volkov — a key ally of Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny, who died aged 47 in an Arctic prison in February — was violently assaulted in his vehicle outside his residence in Vilnius on March 12. The two Polish suspects were arrested in Warsaw on April 3 and are set to remain in custody until May 13, according to a spokesperson for the court. The regional court in Warsaw has agreed to extradite the suspects to Lithuania with the condition that, if convicted, they will serve their sentences in Poland. Source link

Far-right coup suspects go on trial in Germany’s ‘Reichsberger’ plot

Far-right coup suspects go on trial in Germany’s ‘Reichsberger’ plot

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Nine men go on trial in Germany on Monday charged with high treason, attempted murder and plotting a violent coup d’etat aimed at installing an aristocrat as national leader and imposing martial law. The hearing in a maximum security courtroom in Stuttgart marks the start of three marathon trials of 27 people in total accused of conspiring in a plot foiled by authorities at the end of 2022. Together they amount to one of the largest legal proceedings in German history. Monday’s trial focuses on nine suspects, members of the Reichsberger (Citizens of the Reich) group, who allegedly aimed to impose harsh military law on Germany after carrying out a coup. The country’s domestic intelligence service Verfassungsschutz put the Reichsbergers, who it says number some 21,000 people and who do not recognize modern-day Germany as a legitimate state, under observation in 2016. The political leadership of the group on trial, led by real estate investor Heinrich XIII Prinz Reuss — scion of a now throneless dynasty — appear in court in Frankfurt next month, while another …

Who Was Jack the Ripper? 6 Likely Suspects

Who Was Jack the Ripper? 6 Likely Suspects

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  In 1888, a brutal serial killer terrorized the Whitechapel district in the East End of London. The general consensus is that Jack the Ripper had five victims, though some historians attribute additional deaths to him. His crimes shocked the world and exposed the horrendous conditions in the underbelly of Victorian society. The murders, which are likely the most studied crimes in history, are still unsolved today. Law enforcement, historians, and armchair detectives alike have proposed several suspects over the centuries, but no one has been cemented as a definite culprit.   The Case  The Canonical Five. Source: the BBC   Between August 31 and November 9 of 1888 in the East End of London, five women were murdered by whom police suspected was the same offender. These five became known as the “canonical five,” and the suspect earned the name “Jack the Ripper.” Some historians and law enforcement officials attribute preceding and later cases to the serial killer as well. The victims were all killed in a similar, hauntingly brutal fashion and lived similar …

University of Idaho murder suspect’s alibi defense puts spotlight on cellphone data analyst

University of Idaho murder suspect’s alibi defense puts spotlight on cellphone data analyst

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When Bryan Kohberger’s lawyers filed an updated alibi defense last week, suggesting cellphone tower data will show the man suspected in the slayings of four University of Idaho students was not in the area of the crime scene when they were killed, they said they planned to turn to an Arizona-based cell data analyst for key testimony. It wouldn’t be the first time that Sy Ray has been asked to be an expert witness in a high-profile murder trial, although he said Friday that, out of the more than 100 times he’s testified in state and federal cases, it has typically been for the prosecution. Now, Ray’s involvement in the case of the four college students fatally stabbed in their off-campus apartment house in November 2022, which continues to stir speculation over why someone would commit the gruesome act, is putting a spotlight on his expertise after past scrutiny over his credentials. A timeline of the Idaho stabbings Ray declined to address the Kohberger case, as a judge issued a gag order last year preventing …

Suspects linked to Vilnius attack on Navalny ally Volkov arrested in Poland

Suspects linked to Vilnius attack on Navalny ally Volkov arrested in Poland

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Three men who allegedly organised and carried out an attack last month in Lithuania on Russian opposition figure Leonid Volkov have been arrested, officials said Friday. Issued on: 19/04/2024 – 18:01 1 min Volkov — a close ally of late Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny — was briefly admitted to hospital after he was repeatedly struck with a hammer outside his home in Lithuania’s capital Vilnius in mid-March. On Friday, officials in Poland and Lithuania said that a Belarusian man who organised the attack and the two Polish assailants had been arrested in Poland. “A Belarusian working for the Russians, who ordered two Poles to carry out the attack against the Navalny ally has been arrested”, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk wrote on X, formerly Twitter.  Niedoszły zamachowiec na prezydenta Zelenskiego, Polak działający w porozumieniu z rosyjskimi służbami – aresztowany 2 dni temu. Białorusin pracujący dla Rosjan, który zlecił dwóm Polakom zamach na współpracownika Nawalnego – zatrzymany. Zamachowcy też już w areszcie. Powiązani… — Donald Tusk (@donaldtusk) April 19, 2024 “The assailants have already been …