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Boston Globe
08-05-2025
- Boston Globe
Texas man convicted of threatening to lynch Nashville DA
Advertisement Funk was targeted after a group of white supremacist, antisemitic and neo-Nazi provocateurs came to Nashville last summer and began livestreaming antics for shock value — waving swastika flags through crowded streets, singing hate songs on the downtown courthouse steps, and even briefly disrupting a Metro Council meeting. At one point, a fight broke out between a bar worker and a member of the group, who used metal flagpole with a swastika affixed to the top to hit the employee. The group member was charged with aggravated assault. The bar worker was also charged in the tussle. 'Antisemitic hate has no place in Nashville or anywhere, and this verdict shows these hateful threats for what they are: a crime,' Acting U.S. Attorney Robert E. McGuire for the Middle District of Tennessee, said in a news release. Advertisement
Yahoo
24-04-2025
- Yahoo
Nashville man on probation for attempted murder facing federal firearm charge
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — A Nashville man with prior convictions, including attempted murder, has been charged with possession of a firearm as a felon, officials announced Thursday. 'We will not permit those who have committed violent crimes to carry firearms, especially when they are on release in our community,' said acting U.S. Attorney Robert E. McGuire for the Middle District of Tennessee. 'Our Operation Bond Watch program works every day with our law enforcement partners to keep violent felons from carrying guns and hold those who do accountable for their actions.' Former Fort Campbell soldier accused of selling information to China sentenced According to court documents, on April 17, detectives from the Metro Nashville Police Department were using Metro Development and Housing Agency cameras to conduct surveillance in the area of South 6th Street and Summer Place. Authorities reportedly noticed some people gathering and identified one of them as 28-year-old Latreavias Burns, who had active state warrants. Detectives responded to the area and tried to make contact with Burns, but he allegedly ran away. After catching Burns, police searched him and found a 'Smith and Wesson, Model: SD9; Caliber: 9mm pistol' loaded with 19 rounds of ammo in his left pant leg, as well as a digital scale with marijuana residue, the U.S. Department of Justice said. Officials said Burns has multiple prior felony convictions in Davidson County, including attempted second-degree murder, assault resulting in death, and accessory after the fact. According to the Tennessee Department of Correction, Burns had absconded from his community corrections program prior to this incident. ⏩ If convicted, the DOJ said Burns faces up to 15 years in federal prison and a maximum fine of $250,000. 'This case is part of Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), a program bringing together all levels of law enforcement and the communities they serve to reduce violent crime and gun violence, and to make our neighborhoods safer for everyone,' officials said in a statement. 'On May 26, 2021, the department launched a violent crime reduction strategy strengthening PSN based on these core principles: fostering trust and legitimacy in our communities, supporting community-based organizations that help prevent violence from occurring in the first place, setting focused and strategic enforcement priorities, and measuring the results.' No additional details have been released about this case, which is being investigated by MNPD and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF). Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
03-03-2025
- Yahoo
Robert Crimo III pleads guilty to 2022 Illinois Fourth of July shooting on first day of trial
March 3 (UPI) -- Robert E. "Bobby" Crimo III, pleaded guilty Monday at the start of the trial accusing him of carrying out a deadly mass shooting in Illinois on July 4, 2022. Crimo, changed his plea to guilty on 21 counts of first-degree murder and 48 counts of attempted murder in a surprise move at the start of the trial as opening statements were due to begin. He had initially pleaded not guilty in August 2022 to 117 criminal charges as he was accused of killing seven people and injuring nearly 50 others when he opened fire from a rooftop during a Fourth of July parade in Highland Park, Ill., a suburb of Chicago. Crimo was expected to accept a plea deal in June 2024 but reneged to keep his plea of not guilty. The trial was expected to last three to five weeks and see nearly all shooting survivors take the stand. Killed in the attack were 88-year-old Stephen Straus and married couple Kevin McCarthy, 37, and Irina McCarthy, 35. Along with 78-year-old Nicolas Toledo-Zaragoza, Eduardo Uvaldo, 69, Katherine Goldstein, 64 and 63-year-old Jacquelyn Sundheim. Last week, the now 24-year-old Crimo was present in the Lake County Courthouse as selection got underway for the 12 jurors and six alternates. Crimo was arrested several hours after the Independence Day shooting and confessed to firing more than 80 rounds into the parade crowd from a nearby rooftop. He was called "evil and manipulative" last year after his plea deal rejection. After leaving the murder weapon from the Highland Park shooting in an alley near the scene, prosecutors said Crimo was armed with a second rifle and 60 rounds of ammunition while in Wisconsin and "seriously contemplated using the firearm he had in his vehicle to commit another shooting in Madison" after coming across a separate event. "Following the attack, Crimo exited the roof, dropped his rifle, and he blended in with the crowd and escaped," Lake County Major Crime Task Force spokesman Chris Covelli stated at the time. Authorities said Crimo used a "high-powered" weapon in the shooting and purchased the gun legally in Illinois. Police found a second rifle inside Crimo's mother's car, which he was driving when he was arrested. Authorities believe Crimo had planned the mass shooting for weeks. He was dressed as a woman on the day of the attack and wore makeup to hide his facial tattoos to blend in with the crowd, according to the prosecution. His father, Robert Crimo Jr., was charged separately as an accessory for aiding his then 19-year-old son in 2019 in obtaining the assault-style rifle used in the parade shooting. He was later sentenced to 60 days in prison after pleading guilty to seven felony counts of reckless conduct, despite a relative reporting to police only months prior his son had a knife collection and threatened to "kill everyone." Meanwhile, a lawsuit had been filed September 2022 by family members of three victims' families claiming gunmaker Smith & Wesson "facilitates violence for profit" and pushed advertising that encouraged young loners to carry out violent attacks. Crimo faces life in prison without parole if convicted.
