Archive for the 'Assassination' Category
Armed Man Busted at Trump Tower After Secret Service Calls Cops
August 3rd, 2016Via: New York Post: A man is in custody after police responded to a call about someone showing up with a gun at Trump Tower Tuesday night. The Secret Service asked for NYPD assistance after stopping the man at the building on Fifth Avenue by E. 56th St. just after 10 p.m., officials said. Police […]
Judge Dismisses Case Against Chandra Levy Suspect
July 28th, 2016Via: USA Today: A judge dismissed the indictment Thursday against the man charged with killing intern Chandra Levy, after prosecutors asked to drop the case that drew national interest and embroiled a lawmaker in scandal. Ingmar Guandique, who lived in Washington, was found guilty in 2010 of killing Levy, who disappeared in 2001. Guandique, who […]
Reagan Would-Be Assassin John Hinckley Jr To Be Released
July 27th, 2016The Hinckley-Bush-Reagan connection is one of the best coincidences of all time. I don’t know if I’ve dealt with it in the past on Cryptogon… so here it is, just in case. AP 1981: Bush Son Had Dinner Plans With Hinckley Brother Before Shooting Via: BBC: John Hinckley Jr, the man who tried to assassinate […]
French Priest Beheaded by Two ISIS Followers in Church
July 26th, 2016Strategy of Tension? Via: Guardian: The murder of a priest and the wounding of one of his parishioners in Normandy was an act of terrorism carried out by two followers of Islamic State, the French president, François Hollande, has said. A witness to the attack has described how the two men forced the 86-year-old priest, […]
DNC Staffer Murdered
July 14th, 2016Here’s a thread on Reddit about Rich. Via: NBC: A 27-year-old man who worked for the Democratic National Committee was shot and killed as he walked home early Sunday in the Bloomingdale neighborhood of Northwest Washington, D.C., police and his family said. Seth Conrad Rich died after he was shot multiple times on the 2100 […]
“Santeria Rituals in the Boardroom”
July 7th, 2016Via: Bloomberg: On the day Maurice Spagnoletti was murdered, his black Lexus sedan was full of balloons. It was June 15, 2011, the day before his wife’s birthday, and he was planning a celebration. Spagnoletti, 57, was the No.?2 executive at Doral Bank in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Once flush, the bank had been almost […]
Florida: First Person Killed in a Tesla Car in Self-Drive Mode Was a Former Navy SEAL
June 30th, 2016Nexu’s Owner: Owner and founder: Joshua D. Brown I started Nexu Innovations with two things in mind: to make a difference and to have fun. When I look at the world around me I see what it could be. I focus on what could be done to make this world a better place. I then […]
Hedge Fund Manager Charged With Insider Trading Is Found Dead
June 24th, 2016Via: New York Times: A high-flying hedge fund manager at Visium Asset Management, who was charged last week with insider trading, has died, apparently the victim of a suicide. The manager, Sanjay Valvani, was discovered on Monday by his wife in their brownstone in Brooklyn Heights, a New York police official said. Mr. Valvani was […]
British Man Tried to Grab Cop’s Gun at Trump Rally, Claimed He Wanted to Kill Trump
June 21st, 2016Via: Daily Mail: A British man arrested at a Donald Trump rally in Las Vegas told authorities he tried to grab a police officer’s gun and wanted to shoot the billionaire Republican presidential candidate. Protester Michael Steven Sandford, who appeared in court on Monday, even went to a gun range on Friday so he could […]
British MP Murdered
June 16th, 2016Fascinating: Poll Reveals 10-Point Swing Towards Brexit With A Week To Go And then… Cue lone nut. I’ll be very surprised if the Brexit is allowed to happen. My guess is that anything and everything would be done to prevent it. Via: Guardian: The grieving husband of Jo Cox, the Labour MP shot and stabbed […]
