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Paul Le Roux, one of the world’s least known but most prodigious criminals, emerged from the shadows this week and testified for the first time about the myriad illegal schemes he committed in his 20-year career on the wrong side of the law. In a spellbinding two-day turn as a prosecution witness, Mr. Le Roux confessed to an astonishing array of crimes. He said he had once sold missile technology to Iran, shipped guns from Indonesia, and trafficked methamphetamines out of North Korea. He calmly told a jury in New York that he had taken part in at least five murders. With a businesslike demeanor, he admitted not only to arming a 200-man militia in Somalia but also to hatching plans to use mercenaries to overthrow the government of the Seychelles. When a prosecutor asked what he had smuggled over the years, Mr. Le Roux responded without affect: “Cash, chemicals, drugs and gold.” He said that he had also smuggled weapons and when asked to whom, he answered: “Rebels, warlords, … [Read more...] about In Spellbinding Testimony, Crime Lord Details Mayhem and Murders

A former United States Army sergeant with the nickname Rambo who led a team to kill a federal drug agent and a government informer was sentenced to 20 years in prison on Tuesday in Manhattan. The Army veteran, Joseph M. Hunter, 51, had worked as a sniper instructor and senior drill sergeant and was honorably discharged in 2004 after two decades. But a few years later, prosecutors said, he went to work as a mercenary for a shadowy South African businessman, helping to orchestrate murders and other violence before becoming ensnared in a sting operation run by the United States Drug Enforcement Administration. In late 2012, as part of the sting operation, Mr. Hunter began assembling a security team for what he had been led to believe were Colombian narcotics traffickers but were actually confidential sources working under the direction of the D.E.A., the government has said. The following March, he told team members that they would have the opportunity to do “bonus work” — that is, … [Read more...] about Ex-Army Sniper Gets 20-Year Sentence in Murder-for-Hire Scheme

A former Army sergeant with the nickname Rambo pleaded guilty on Friday to conspiring to murder a federal drug agent and another man, in what the government has said was his post-military role as a contract killer. The former sergeant, Joseph M. Hunter, 49, who had been a sniper instructor, was arrested in 2013 after he and two other men were ensnared in a sting operation in which they agreed to kill an agent of the United States Drug Enforcement Administration and one of the agency’s confidential informers for $800,000. During the sting operation, Mr. Hunter met with two government informers who were posing as Colombian drug traffickers and who discussed the possibility of Mr. Hunter’s serving as the head of security for their organization, a federal indictment charged. Mr. Hunter later told other men he had recruited that they would be working for a Colombian cartel and “could expect to ‘see tons of cocaine and millions of dollars,’ ” the indictment said. In May … [Read more...] about Former Army Sniper Pleads Guilty in Murder-for-Hire Conspiracy

The Boston Globe published an op-ed Tuesday which claimed that opposition of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives is the modern equivalent of lynching. Filmmaker Ya’Ke Smith authored the op-ed , which compared the efforts to ban DEI in conservative states to the racially motivated murder of black Americans. Smith claims that, just lynching was once the primary means of punshing a black person for standing up against the societal status quo, attacks on DEI are now seen as the preferred method of quelling black resistance. States that attempt to limit or ban DEI are, “the equivalent of the tightened rope, and just as suffocating,” Smith wrote. (RELATED: EXCLUSIVE: Norfolk Southern Spent Years Pushing Woke DEI Initiatives Prior To East Palestine Train Derailment) Smith goes on to argue that the goals of DEI are being caricatured by its opponents, drawing on his own experience working in a DEI department. He claims that the purpose of DEI is to educate people about … [Read more...] about ‘Modern Day Lynching’: Boston Globe Op-Ed Compares DEI Opponents To Murderers

close Video Fox News Flash top headlines for March 29 Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. South African police have launched a manhunt for convicted rapist and murderer Thabo Bester who escaped from a privately-run maximum security prison in the Free State province under bizarre circumstances. Bester, known as the "Facebook rapist," was found guilty in 2012 of raping two women and killing one after luring them with the social media platform. In March last year officials reported that he had died in a fire in his cell at the Mangaung Correctional Center, near Bloemfontein. But now it appears Bester escaped from his cell amid the fire and has been living lavishly in Johannesburg's posh Hyde Park suburb. SOUTH AFRICAN PROTESTS CONTINUE AS DEMONSTRATORS CALL FOR THE PRESIDENT TO RESIGN According to information first revealed by the South African news outlet GroundUp and confirmed by the … [Read more...] about South African police launch manhunt for convicted rapist, murder who escaped from prison

A Domino’s receipt helped police catch a 12-year-old boy who allegedly killed a man in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Fox reported. The unidentified 12-year-old allegedly killed Brandon Felton, 34, on March 15 after Felton refused to sell him guns , according to Fox News . The suspect then reportedly left a Domino’s receipt that had his cell phone number on it at the scene. Pizza receipt leads Milwaukee police to 12-year-old murder suspect https://t.co/F5XaT0pvZ0 — Fox News (@FoxNews) March 28, 2023 Detectives found the receipt and called the number, Fox News reported. A “young-sounding male” reportedly picked up but immediately hung up. The police called back and spoke to his grandmother. The suspect allegedly told police the first time that he went to Felton’s house to eat pizza, Fox News reported. He later told his mother March 20 that he had allegedly lied to police and he really went to Felton’s house to buy guns. (RELATED: Armed Teenager Tries To Carjack Man At … [Read more...] about Domino’s Receipt Helps Cops Catch Preteen Murder Suspect

close Video Delphi murder suspect Richard Allen walks into Indiana courthouse Richard Allen, the suspect accused of killing two teenage girls in Delphi, Indiana, in 2017, attended a Friday hearing in Carroll County. An Indiana man accused of possessing child pornography, and who has suspected ties to the 2017 murders of two teenage girls in Delphi, Indiana, is expected to plead guilty to dozens of alleged child exploitation crimes. Kegan Kline, 28, is currently in custody in Miami County, Indiana, for some 25 child pornography-related charges dating back to 2016 and 2017. While he has never been charged in the Delphi murders, he was linked to the crime through a fictitious Instagram account that had apparently been in contact with 14-year-old Liberty German the night before she was murdered. "If Kagan changes his plea from not guilty plea to guilty, of course, there will be no trial," Áine Cain, co-host of "The Murder Sheet" podcast, … [Read more...] about Indiana child porn suspect tied to Delphi murders expected to plead guilty, leaving ‘questions unanswered’

close Video Fox News Flash top headlines for January 19 Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. Federal authorities say a man shot and wounded by a security officer outside the federal courthouse in Philadelphia was armed with two knives and has been charged with attempted murder and assault. The FBI said in a criminal complaint Wednesday that a private security officer contracted by the U.S. Marshals Service approached a minivan that was illegally parked outside the courthouse at about 9:30 a.m. Tuesday. Authorities said 44-year-old Anthony Lombardo of Bristol got out and approached the officer with a large kitchen knife in his hand. The security officer fired and Lombardo fell to his knees and dropped the knife, but grabbed for something inside the sleeve of his long-sleeved shirt, and the security officer fired again, authorities said. TWO DEAD, 1 CRITICALLY INJURED AFTER SHOOTING INSIDE … [Read more...] about Bristol man who approached an officer with knife in Philadelphia charged with attempted murder, assault

See the article in its original context from August 9, 1976 Buy Reprints View on timesmachine TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. About the Archive This is a digitized version of an article from The Times’s print archive, before the start of online publication in 1996. To preserve these articles as they originally appeared, The Times does not alter, edit or update them. Occasionally the digitization process introduces transcription errors or other problems; we are continuing to work to improve these archived versions. MIAMI, Aug. 8 (AP)—The body of John Roselli, a key figure with San Giancana, the slain Chicago mobster. in a Central Intelligence Agency plan to assassinate Premier Fidel Castro of Cuba, has been found in a chain‐wrapped 55gallon drum floating in Biscayne Bay. Mr. Rosen', 70 years old, was found yesterday by two fishermen. He had been missing since he left his sister's home on July 28 to play golf. … [Read more...] about Crime Figure, Linked to Plot on Castro, Found Slain

A Youtuber mum who claimed she was a victim of her abusive husband was locked up for his murder after slipping up in a police interview. Samantha Wohlford, a mum-of-five, was convicted for the murder of her tattoo artist husband, Ernie Ibarra. Police were called to the families house in Titus County, Texas, after a panicked Wohlford called her mum, Rosie, February 20 2015. Wohlford claimed three masked men had broken into their house, tied her up and gagged her. She told police her husband had been brutally attacked and kidnapped. Ibarra’s body was found the same day in some remote woods. He had been shot dead. Wohlford was a small time YouTuber ( Image: Law&Crime Network /Youtube) Investigations led police to three men - Jose Ponse, Johnathan Sanford and Octavious Rhymes - and when Wohlford was brought in for questioning the elaborate story began to unravel. During an interrogation the suspect was asked how she was able to call her mum while tied up and … [Read more...] about Cops realise YouTuber claiming to be victim is husband’s killer after interview slip-up