A 19-year-old Missouri resident accused of firebombing a Tesla dealership in Kansas City could face up to 30 years in federal prison if convicted on all charges. The suspect, Owen McIntire, allegedly targeted two Tesla vehicles in March and now faces charges of malicious destruction of property and unlawful possession of an unregistered destructive device.
A Washington man has been sentenced to five years in federal prison for his role in a large international drug smuggling ring with direct ties to Mexico and Colombia. Curtis McDaniel, 56, received his sentence Thursday in U.S. District Court in Seattle after his June 2024 arrest during a joint operation led by the DEA, Seattle Police, and IRS Criminal Investigation.
Arizona Senate Republicans are demanding accountability after a spike in inmate homicides, including the recent death of Indalecio Garcia, who died Monday at a Goodyear hospital. Garcia, an inmate at the Arizona State Prison Complex-Lewis, had been serving a sentence for aggravated assault and child molestation since 2022. His death is under investigation and could mark the 11th inmate homicide in the current fiscal year.
The communist regime in Cuba is reportedly preparing a ten-year prison sentence for Alexander Verdecia, a 51-year-old Christian dissident and member of the Patriotic Union of Cuba (UNPACU), over Facebook posts critical of the government. Martí Noticias reported Tuesday that Verdecia remains imprisoned without a trial date at Las Mangas prison in Bayamo under harsh conditions.
Two powerful faith-driven movements inside jails in Kentucky and Tennessee have seen hundreds of inmates make life-changing commitments to Jesus Christ. The revival-like events demonstrate the profound impact of ministry efforts behind bars—and the willingness of local churches to bring the gospel to the forgotten.
Attorney General Pam Bondi announced the Trump administration will prosecute anti-ICE rioters and looters in Los Angeles under the federal Hobbs Act, a powerful anti-extortion law that carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison. The decision comes after days of widespread lawlessness in the city, including the looting of major retailers like Apple and CVS.
A statewide manhunt is underway in Arkansas after former police chief Grant Hardin escaped from the North Central Unit prison, where he was serving a 30-year sentence for murder and rape. The Arkansas Department of Corrections announced Hardin’s escape on Sunday, revealing that he disguised himself in a makeshift law enforcement outfit to evade capture. Authorities said Hardin was not wearing a Department of Corrections uniform, and all official equipment remains accounted for.
The Cuban communist regime has released Evangelical pastor Luis Guillermo Borjas from custody, but both he and his wife, Pastor Roxana Rojas, still face charges of “contempt” and “disobedience” in a Cuban military court on June 9. Their crime? Defending their son, Kevin Lay Laurencio Rojas, a young man facing trial for deserting the regime’s brutal, compulsory military service.
Milwaukee Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan faces up to six years in federal prison after being indicted by a grand jury for allegedly helping an illegal alien evade arrest by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The charges stem from an April 18, 2025, incident in which Dugan is accused of knowingly obstructing a federal agency and concealing the whereabouts of Eduardo Flores-Ruiz, an illegal migrant with a violent criminal record.
