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A man who escaped from a prison work detail in Oregon nearly 30 years ago was found living in Georgia under a stolen identity, the U.S. Marshals Service announced Wednesday. Steven Craig Johnson, who has recaptured, was serving a prison sentence for sexual abuse and sodomy at Mill Creek Correctional Facility in Salem, Ore., when he fled from a work crew on Nov. 29, 1994. According to the Oregon Department of Corrections, the minimum-security prison was unfenced and housed around 290 adults who were within four years of their scheduled release. The prison, which opened in 1929, was closed on Ju...
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Ecuadorian prosecutors have pressed charges against five individuals over six tons of cocaine found in a banana shipment destined for Europe. Knewz.com has learned that the discovery was made with the help of sniffer dogs during a routine inspection at the country’s Deep Water Sea Port of Posorja. The haul comprised 5,630 brick-shaped packages worth $224 million, which were adorned with various labels including the 911 logo. The seizure led to the arrests of five individuals including a representative of the export company assigned to moving the contraband. Said individual then gave up four ot...
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A recently released video indicates that the late Donald Trump would-be assassin, Thomas Matthew Crooks, was indeed bullied as a scholar. Knewz.com has learned that the alleged outcast who tried out for his school rifle team and was rejected was filmed being picked on, and laughed at while in class. Said video starts with the bespectacled Crooks sitting with his legs crossed under the table. A hand reaches under the table and tugs on one of his pant legs. While this is happening someone off-camera can be heard saying “stop” while another individual laughs. Other videos of the young introvert s...
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Authorities in Tijuana, Northern Mexico, have discovered a drug-smuggling tunnel so long that they have not been able to locate its exit point without oxygen tanks. Knewz.com has learned that the tunnel was discovered by police on July 9 when they followed up on an anonymous tip. Leopoldo Tizoc Aguilar Durán, the Secretary of Public Safety of the Baja California region, said that the tunnel is connected to another one that was discovered in the vicinity in 2022. He mentioned that authorities have not been able to explore the tunnel entirely and that the exact length of the underground passagew...
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Police in Kenya have arrested a suspected "serial killer" following the discovery of several bodies packed in plastic bags from a quarry in the capital city of Nairobi. Knewz.com has learned that the man has confessed to the murders of 42 women, including his wife. The man has been identified as 33-year-old Collins Jomaisi Khalusha and was arrested earlier on Monday, July 15. It has been reported that the suspected serial killer was watching the Euro Cup finals at a bar at the time of his arrest. Khalusha is a resident of the Mukuru neighborhood in Nairobi, close to the quarry where he alleged...
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The attorneys of an Indiana man Joseph Corcoran – who killed four men including his brother in 2007 – claimed that he is too mentally ill for the death penalty. Knewz.com has learned that these claims follow an announcement by the state that it had acquired the drug needed to proceed with executions—a practice that has been halted since 2009. Corcoran’s lawyers claim that the death row inmate believes his wardens are targeting him with ultrasonic weapons and that he has conversations with people who are not there. Corcoran also allegedly believes that he has a speech impediment. Based on the l...
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An 83-year-old man from the United Kingdom has been apprehended at an Australian airport with nearly 4,5 lbs of heroin in his carry-on luggage. Knewz.com has learned that the drug was detected as the man’s bag passed through an X-ray machine at Melbourne International Airport after he stepped off a jet from Doha in Qatar. Local officials first noted a white powder. Upon testing it they confirmed that the man had in fact managed to smuggle contraband into the aircraft and onto Australian soil. The man (who was arrested) and the bag were then referred to the country’s Federal Police. Reports ind...
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A volunteer firefighter in southwest Texas was arrested Friday for allegedly starting at least 20 brush fires in the area, officials said. The Brewster County Sheriff's Office said David Matthew Neet, 44, was arrested Friday following a "lengthy investigation" into grass fires in the area that appeared to be serial arson. Neet is an Alpine Volunteer Firefighter and a crew member of 1st Response EMS in Odessa. While investigating a series of wildland fires spanning from 2023 to 2024, the sheriff's office determined the cause of several fires to be suspicious, prompting assistance from Texas A&M...
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An Israeli actor and his beauty queen partner were found buried in a shallow grave in the Philippines. Knewz.com has learned that the duo, Yitzhak Cohen (37) and Geneva Lopez (27), were first designated missing when their SUV was found burning on the outskirts of a village in the Asian country’s Tarlac province. Filipino police were then contacted by an anonymous person claiming that they were paid to burn the couple's vehicle. The couple left their home on June 21 to meet with whom they believed was a seller of agricultural land—and that was the last they were heard from. According to reports...
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Utah Supreme Court Associate Chief Justice John Pearce has rejected the "extraordinary relief" petition filed by death row inmate Taberon Honie, who is on track to be executed by lethal injection in August. Knewz.com has learned that Honie's death warrant was signed by a Cedar City judge in June. The death row inmate challenged his death sentence in an "extraordinary relief" petition where he raised concerns about the district court's ruling and argued against the death penalty. However, Associate Chief Justice Pearce responded by saying that Honie's appeal failed to demonstrate that the distr...
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