Crime

SEOUL, April 24 (Reuters) - South Korean prosecutors have indicted former president Moon Jae-in for alleged bribery, a prosecution office spokesperson said on Thursday, in a case related to the appointment of his former son-in-law at a Thai airline.

Moon, 72, was indicted for bribery, while former lawmaker Lee Sang-jik was indicted for bribery and breach of trust, Jeonju District Prosecutors' Office said in a statement.

Prosecutors had been investigating whether Lee's appointment as the head of the SMEs and Startups Agency was in exchange for Moon's former son-in-law getting a job and receiving a salary plus living expenses at the Thai-based corporation that Lee controlled in 2018-2020, the statement said.

The prosecution alleges that the money Moon's son-in-law received as an executive director totalling 5.95 million baht ($177,506), or 218 million won, was irregular and constituted a bribe to the then-president.

Moon, Lee and their legal representatives could not immediately be reached for comment.

In a shocking verdict that speaks volumes about the state of justice in Western Europe, a young American woman living in Germany has been convicted of manslaughter, receiving a two-year suspended sentence, for fatally stabbing a 64-year-old Eritrean migrant who sexually assaulted her in broad daylight.

The female sexual assault victim, identified as Fallyn B., was just 20 years old at the time of the attack. She was groped on an escalator by the migrant at Kaiserslautern Central Station, an area increasingly plagued by migrant-related crime, the German newspaper Die Zeit reported.

According to surveillance footage and eyewitness reports, the African migrant grabbed her buttocks without consent—an act the German court acknowledged was indeed criminal. He then followed her as she walked through the underpass to the train station and attempted to grope her again.

But when she defended herself, pulling a pocketknife during the altercation and delivering a single stab to his chest, which unfortunately for the attacker proved to be fatal, German authorities turned her from victim into perpetrator.

Ernesto Fonseca Carrillo, one of the founders of Mexico’s Guadalajara Cartel, has been released after serving 40 years for his role in the 1985 killing of a DEA agent. He had been serving the last part of his sentence under house arrest since 2016. Mexican officials say he has no more legal issues in the country and is now free to move around within Mexico.

Fonseca, known as “Don Neto,” was convicted for the kidnapping, torture, and murder of US DEA agent Enrique “Kiki” Camarena. The crime took place in February 1985. Fonseca is now 94 years old.

Although the DEA website still lists Fonseca as “Wanted,” a Mexican official told a newspaper that his sentence is over, and he is no longer facing charges. So far, neither the DEA nor the US Justice Department has made any public comment on his release, reports Reforma.

Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum was asked about the case during her press conference on Thursday.

“I have no knowledge that the DEA or any US agency might be inquiring about this,” she said. “I asked members of my Security Cabinet this morning and they told me he had completed his sentence.

The St Clair Shores community is coming together to support a local business after the owner was brutally assaulted.

By: Faraz Javed , Easton Grainer

ST. CLAIR SHORES, Mich. (WXYZ) — The St. Clair Shores community is coming together to support a local business after the owner was brutally assaulted.

Caught on camera, the horrific video went viral on social media and left community members shocked.

"I couldn't watch it again. I don't know why someone would do that to hurt him. He is such a nice guy," said Anna Dean.

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Jose says it all started when a DoorDash driver came to pick up an order, but first headed to the restroom, which had an out-of-order sign.

"The toilet wasn't connected to the water," said Jose.

"So that's why it was out of order, and you didn't want anyone to use it," said Faraz.

'Right," said Jose.

But Jose says the suspect still used the restroom.

"He came to the counter, and I told him whatever you did in the bathroom, it's not right, so the order you came to pick up, I'm not going to give it to you. I took it from here and put it over there," said Jose.

That's when the suspect still grabs the order, resulting in a scuffle. "So he grabbed the food and threw it on the ground. And he started to act so violent. That's when I picked up the phone to call 911," said Jose.

And just before the suspect took off, Jose says he kicked one of the windows. That's when Jose also decides to report the incident to DoorDash. And right here, you can see that's when the suspect returns with an accomplice, and both men can be seen attacking Jose.

A 17-year-old Wisconsin teen allegedly killed his parents in pursuit of the “financial means and autonomy” to assassinate President Trump, the FBI revealed.

Court documents show the 17-year-old was part of a “satanic cult” which has “strong anti-Judaism anti-Christian and anti-western ideologies,” WISN reported Friday.

Investigators also found a manifesto which “described a call to assassinate President Trump, make and detonate bombs and carry out other terrorist attacks.”

CNN noted that charges against the 17-year-old include two counts of first-degree murder and “two counts of hiding a corpse.” He also faces federal charges tied to the planned assassination.

In one entry in the manifesto, the 17-year-old addressed his plans for Trump, writing, “As to why, specifically Trump, I think it’s pretty obvious. By getting rid of the president and perhaps the vice president, that is guaranteed to bring in some chaos.”

A firing squad in South Carolina is set to execute a death row inmate who ambushed an off-duty police officer, shot him nine times and set him on fire.

Under the state's execution protocols, the firing squad will put a hood over 42-year-old Mikal Mahdi's head and shoot him in the heart simultaneously with three bullets on Friday.

It will be the second such execution in the state this year but only the fifth in the U.S. since 1977. South Carolina carried out the firing squad execution execution of Brad Keith Sigmon last month in what was the first execution to use the method in the country in 15 years.

Mahdi was convicted of the 2004 killing of 56-year-old Capt. James Myers, an off-duty Orangeburg Public Safety officer who was killed at the same spot on his farm property where he and his wife got married. She was the one to find his body.

"His heart and mind are full of hate and malice," prosecutor David Pascoe told jurors during Mahdi's trial, according to an archived story in The Times and Democrat. "(He's) the epitome of evil."

Nayib Bukele, the president of El Salvador, stated that he has no intention of sending Kilmar Armando Abrego García back to the United States, following his deportation back to his native country.

Despite a previous Supreme Court decision stating that the Trump administration should take “steps to facilitate” the possible return of the purported MS-13 member living in Maryland, who was deported to the Central American country, El Salvador President Nayib Bukele asserted on Monday that he is powerless to send the man back to the United States.

Additionally, Salvadoran officials, including the president, are not obligated to adhere to rulings from the U.S. Supreme Court.

El Salvador is a sovereign nation with its own laws and judicial system.

U.S. Supreme Court rulings apply only within the jurisdiction of the United States. While there may be extradition treaties or international agreements between the U.S. and El Salvador, any cooperation based on those is voluntary and subject to Salvadoran law, not U.S. court mandates. The U.S. may request that El Salvador take certain actions, like extradition or deportation, but compliance is up to Salvadoran authorities — including the president and their legal system.

Abrego Garcia’s lawyer, Benjamin Osorio, told ABC News that he had “very serious concerns” about Bukele’s statement. According to Osorio, President Trump and Bukele are “both incentivized” to avoid bringing Abrego Garcia back.

“Bukele’s doing this because that’s obviously what Trump wants, right?,” Osorio said. “Because if they bring [Abrego Garcia] back, it’s going to be a media frenzy, and this guy’s gonna be all over the news, and then we’ll know about his experience.”

The Salvadoran president elaborated further on his perspective regarding the issue.

“I hope you are not suggesting that I smuggle terrorists into the United States,” Bukele told reporters while sitting alongside President Donald Trump in the Oval Office. “Of course, I’m not going to do it.

“The question is preposterous,” he added. “I don’t have the power to return him to the United States.”

Kilmar Abrego García and over 260 other suspected gang members were sent to the Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT), a maximum security prison in Tecoluca, El Salvador, last month in accordance with the 18th-century Alien Enemies Act.

Meanwhile, Abrego García’s family denies the Trump administration’s arguments in court filings that he is “confirmed to be a ranking member of the MS-13 gang by a proven and reliable source.”

POINCIANA, Fla. (Gray News) – An assistant principal at a middle school in Florida was arrested after allegedly forcing a student to massage her feet and saying inappropriate things to him.

According to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office, Dr. Keiva Lark, 53, has been charged with lewd/lascivious conduct and lewd offense against a student by an authority figure.

The investigation began on April 4 after the head principal of Lake Marion Creek Middle School reported the incident to police.

Deputies say the 13-year-old student was sent to Lark’s office for throwing balls of paper across a classroom during a test.

While in the office, according to two witnesses and the victim, Lark told the victim to rub her feet “since he didn’t have anything better to do with his hands.” She allegedly took off her shoes and placed her legs across the boy’s lap, and he did as he was told.

Witnesses then heard Lark scolding the boy for not rubbing her feet “correctly,” and she demonstrated on his arm and shoulder how she wanted to be massaged.