Crime, Law and Justice

Wisconsin seeks to block Morgan Geyser's conditional release after escape from group home
Wisconsin authorities have asked a state court to revoke the conditional release of Morgan Geyser, the woman who in 2014 almost killed her sixth grade classmate in the name of horror villain Slender Man and escaped from a group home earlier this week.
Mariah Samuels’ family calls first–degree murder charges against her ex-boyfriend ‘bittersweet’
David Wright faces new first-degree murder charges in the September shooting of Mariah Samuels. Her family calls the move by the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office “bittersweet.”
2 National Guard members shot in an ambush attack just blocks from the White House
Two West Virginia National Guard members who deployed to the nation’s capital were shot Wednesday just blocks from the White House in a brazen act of violence that the mayor described as a targeted attack.
The Wright County Sheriff’s Office said the man ignored their commands to stop and drop the knife. He was taken into custody and transported to a hospital, where he was reported in stable condition.
Law enforcement, protesters clash as federal agents make arrests in St. Paul
Gov. Tim Walz said Tuesday that state officials were “working to understand what unfolded. We received no heads up from federal authorities on this operation.”