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Bonin: 'Media Is Spreading Rumor Fire Started By Homeless' Patch 3 hrs ago Nicole Charky © Nicole Charky/Patch Crews and police respond to the location of a fire in the 100 block of Clubhouse Ave., Venice. VENICE, CA — A fire that killed a family dog and badly damaged a doctor's house this week in Venice is still under investigation, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department and Los Angeles city Councilmember Mike Bonin. Bonin pointedly decried rumors that an unhoused person was responsible for the fire. The "LAFD says no evidence that a Venice fire that destroyed a ...

Image of Paul Russell Johnson, a resident of James City County, at the Capitol Riots on Jan. 6. (WYDaily/Courtesy of PACER) JAMES CITY COUNTY — Another James City County man was arrested by agents from the FBI Norfolk Field Office on April 13 in connection to the Jan. 6 Capitol Riots. Paul Russell Johnson, 35, was charged with inflicting bodily injury on certain officers, obstruction of law enforcement during civil disorder, obstruction of justice and Congress, engaging in physical violence in a restricted building or grounds and acts of physical violence in the Capitol grounds or buildings...

Man Sentenced to 162 Months in Federal Prison for Conspiring to Provide Material Support to ISIS Published: 09 April 2021 09 April 2021 Chicago, Illinois - An Illinois man was sentenced today to 162 months, the equivalent of 13 ½ years, in prison for conspiring to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al Sham (ISIS), a foreign terrorist organization. Edward Schimenti, 39, of Zion was convicted by a federal jury in 2019 on one count of conspiring to provide material support and resources to ISIS, and one count of making false statements to the FBI. According to court...

POLITICO Memo reveals DOJ pushback on domestic terrorism bill Career officials argue the proposed actions could be "harmful" and "counterproductive," while a committee aide said DOJ has failed to do enough to combat domestic terror. A bill pushed by Sen. Dick Durbin designed to counter the growing threat from domestic terrorists, which law enforcement officials have called the most lethal terror threat facing the U.S. | Samuel Corum/Getty Images Updated: Link Copied A domestic terrorism bill from a powerful Senate chairman could create bureaucratic headaches, jeopardize ongoing investigation...

Federal agents made two more Capitol riot-related arrests in North Carolina this week.