COLUMBUS, [OH]--Veteran police officers Bill Evans and Brandon Paudert were gunned down three years ago during a traffic stop. Inside the white minivan they stopped were father and son Jerry and Joe Kane, Ohio residents traveling across country. Police say they were teaching others how to get away with not following the law. The officers were only on the scene for a few minutes before the 16-year-old shot them with an AK-47. The Kanes were considered sovereign citizens, or people who decide which laws to obey and which ones to ignore. Hours after the officers' murders, the alleged killers were cornered in a Wal-Mart parking lot and killed in a shootout with police. According to police, lat 
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ABERDEEN, [SD]--There weren't any hazardous materials in suspicious envelopes sent to the Aberdeen offices of South Dakota's congressional delegation, according to police. The state laboratory stayed open late Friday to test envelopes mailed to the offices of Sen. John Thune, Sen. Tim Johnson and Rep. Kristi Noem. Aberdeen police said two envelopes at the state lab in Pierre also contained tea bags. After the envelopes were reported, about 20 people were evacuated Friday from the U.S. Bank building, where Thune and Johnson have offices. Investigators said a follow-up investigation will try to determine who sent the letters and which mail facility handled them. The investigation will be co
AUSTIN, [TX]--'Preppers' is a term given to the growing numbers of people who are preparing for disasters and disruptions of all sorts. The prepper movement includes a wide range of people from those who are ready to handle a few days disruption to those who are getting ready for TEOTWAWKI (the end of the world as we know it). The possible collapse scenarios range from pandemics, major terrorism events, tsunamis, nuclear meltdowns, meteorites striking Earth, military coups, and famines. A recent survey with 1,840 prepper respondents showed an overwhelming 76 percent believe the most likely, big disaster is economic collapse. View More>>
COCOA, [FL]--Two people facing charges after police discovered pipe bombs inside their home appeared before a judge Saturday. Clarice Radcliff, 31, and Bryan O'Halloran, 37, are charged with possession of an explosive device, which police found after getting a tip Friday. Radcliff is also charged with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Prosecutors said she has theft and drug related charges from Arizona. The FBI is investigating to see if the pair should be charged with domestic terrorism. An anonymous tip led police to the couple's home Friday. Inside the home, investigators found two pipe bombs, which were detonated by the bomb squad. Police said they also found several weap
SPOKANE, [WA]--Officials in hazardous materials suits are searching an apartment in Spokane, Wash. as they investigate the recent discovery of ricin in a pair of letters. Spokane police officers, FBI agents and U.S. Postal Inspection Service officials descended on the apartment Saturday morning. No arrests have been made, and an FBI spokesperson did not say whether agents are questioning anyone in connection with the case. The motive for the poisoned letters remains unknown, and there have been no reports of illness connected to the letters. Two letters containing the substance were intercepted at the downtown Spokane post office last Tuesday. View More>>
TAMPA, [FL]--Hillsborough County deputies say they arrested an armed man who claimed to be a "sovereign citizen" on Turkey Creek Middle School's campus Thursday afternoon. The Sheriff's Office says a deputy spotted Bruce Hicks, with a small firearm holstered on his left hip, walking along the road next to the school grounds and pushing a cart. When the deputy confronted Hicks, Hicks stepped on the school property and claimed he could fine the deputy $250 for every 15 minutes of his detention. The deputy said Hicks then claimed he was a "sovereign citizen" and not subject to the laws of the United States or Hillsborough County. The deputy then seized the Davis Industries 2-shot, .32 caliber
JACKSON, [MS]--Some broken windows and the word "JEW" carved in the door of the Beth Israel Temple are being investigated as felony malicious mischief - a hate crime, according to authorities. Because it's a hate crime, the FBI has been called in on the investigation. It's the first time in 10 years that anything negative has been shown toward the Beth Israel Temple in Jackson. Thursday is the second day of Shavuot, a Jewish holiday that celebrates the receiving of the Ten Commandments. Services continued in spite of the noise of replacing some of the broken window panes. View More>>
COCOA, [FL]--The Brevard County Sheriff's bomb squad is searching a house in Cocoa where a cache of weapons - including an AK-47 and two pipe bombs - were found by Cocoa patrol officers as they investigated a call. At least a dozen nearby homes were evacuated and nearby Endeavour Elementary School has been placed on lockdown. Police were called about 10 a.m. today to a small apartment behind a home in the 1400 block of Pineda Street following a report of residents storing multiple guns, rifles and other weapons. The renter allowed police to search and the officers did locate a number of guns. As they were leaving, officers spotted what appeared to be two pipe bombs. The bomb squad was ca
OSCEOLA COUNTY, [FL]--A judge issued a continuance in the trial of an alleged ringleader of a white supremacist group. The trial for Marcus Faella is set for July 29. Local and federal investigators said Faella was training for a race war that involved an attack on Orlando City Hall. The American Front has been described by officials as a militia-style, anti-Semitic group with members being accused of racially motivated crimes and paramilitary training. Authorities said they believe the group was training at a compound in the rural area of St. Cloud. Faella, who investigators said is one of the group's ringleaders, is going to trial to fight his charges. View More>>
CHRISTMAS, [FL]—A local Ku Klux Klan group left fliers in an east Orange County neighborhood, asking people to join Monday. The group is based out of the Christmas area. Members left the fliers in the Ashford Grande subdivision near East Colonial Drive. Neighbors were alarmed when the KKK left fliers about white power in their neighborhood, which is made up of people from different backgrounds, races and social statuses. A KKK spokesperson said "the fliers are for informational purposes regarding the minority invasion in our area." It was enough to frighten neighbors, who refused to show faces or be identified during interviews. The Orange County Sheriff's Department is investigating th