Second Missouri man accused in White House UFC fight plot

KMIZ on June 23, 2026

ABC 17 News Team

By Leah Rainwater

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (KQTV) — A sixth man was arrested and charged in connection with allegedly plotting an attack at a UFC White House event this month.

Jordan Rincker,28, from St. Joseph, Missouri, is charged with conspiracy to commit murder.

Rincker was arrested in St. Joseph on Sunday, June 21.

“Law enforcement continues to do what it does- move to disrupt and hold accountable those allegedly plotting to do harm on the White House Grounds on June 14,” Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said. “Each and every day, the FBI and their federal, state and local law enforcement partners, along with U.S. Attorneys’ offices across the country, safeguard American communities and our nation’s security.”

A criminal complaint filed in the Western District of Missouri alleged that Rincker accepted $1,200 in cash from co-conspirator Abraham Hermosillo Alvarez, 31, of Omaha, Nebraska, to disperse payment to other co-conspirators involved in the attack plot.

The complaint alleges that Rincker sent Bryan Omar Roa, 24, of Calimesa, California, $100 through CashApp, for gas to drive from California to Washington, D.C., to pick up the “drone operator” for the attack.

Both Alvarez and Roa were arrested and charged last week for their involvement in the plot.

Rincker allegedly communicated with co-conspirators on an encrypted messaging app.

According to court documents, Rincker also gave a 12-gauge pump-action shotgun to Alvarez during an in-person meeting in Omaha. Alvarez also gave Rincker a ballistic plate, face shield, 3D printer, 3D printing filament, night vision goggles, binoculars, a “wire checker” and a minicomputer.

Alvarez allegedly gave Rincker the 3D printer to make drones. The comp[laint state Rincker “traded” the 12-gauge pump-action shotgun with an ammunition-filled bandolier.

While executing a search warrant at Rincker’s home and storage unit, investigators found:

FN Reflex 9mm pistol with a magazine and loose 9mm rounds;

FMK AR1 eXtreme multi-caliber rifle;

A Remington 597 .22 LR caliber rifle;

3D printed Glock-style pistol with 3D-printed magazine and 3D-printed ammunition;

Gas mask with cartridge;

Night vision goggles;

Multiple electronic devices; 3D printer (Ender brand)

3D printer and filament; 

3D printed gun parts;

Shield;

Strike Face Level III ballistic plate;

Plate carrier with plates inside;

Thermal imaging scope;

A mini-Mac computer; and 

Muzi Works off grid mesh network (a network that uses rugged, pre-built and specific devices to send secure text messages and share locations without cellular service or the internet; it relies on long-range, low-power radio frequencies, like 900MHz LoRa, to hop messages between devices, creating a decentralized communication grid owned by its users).

The FBI is investigating the case.

Rincker appeared in the U.S. District Court in Kansas City, Missouri, at 2 p.m. Monday.

Rincker was arrested and charged almost a week after Daniel Eskridge from Kidder, Missouri, about an hour northeast of St. Joseph, was charged.

According to court documents, Eskridge was known as a recruiter and organizer for the group.

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‘Bucks basketball won’t be the same’: Bucks fans say goodbye to Giannis

CNN Newsource on June 23, 2026

By Jacob Murphy

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    MILWAUKEE (WDJT) — Throughout the day on Tuesday, June 23, Milwaukee Bucks fans stopped by the Giannis Antetokounmpo mural downtown on Wisconsin Ave.

Fans took pictures, dropped items off, and said goodbye to the superstar after waking up to the trade that sent their superstar to the Miami Heat.

I couldn’t sleep, it’s never gonna be the same, Bucks basketball won’t be the same,” Bucks fan Jacob Koller said.

Giannis spent 13 seasons in Milwaukee and won a championship in 2021.

“I think he’s the greatest Buck of all time, I know people compare him to Kareem Abdul on the impact, but he brought relevancy back to Milwaukee and basketball,” Koller said.

The departure comes after months of rumors spreading about the future of Giannis and the Bucks.

“I’ve seen a couple people on twitter describe it as ripping the band aid off, that’s kind of what it feels like,” Bucks fan Colin Hoch said.

For Giannis and the fans CBS 58 spoke with on Tuesday, it was more than just the name and number on the back of a jersey.

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Leader of group convicted in antifa-inspired attack on Texas ICE facility handed 100-year prison sentence

CNN Newsource on June 23, 2026

By Matthew Ablon, CBS Texas Staff

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    Texas (KTVT) — Eight people who were found guilty of terrorism-related charges earlier this year for a 2025 attack on an ICE detention facility in Alvarado, Texas, learned their punishments on Tuesday. One member of the group, identified as the group’s leader, was sentenced to a century in prison.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Texas said on Monday that sentencing for the defendants would happen Tuesday morning. The verdicts, handed down in March, came as the defendants stood accused in the July 4, 2025, plot targeting the Prairieland ICE detention center following weeks of testimony from investigators, law enforcement and cooperating witnesses.

Benjamin Song was hit with the longest prison sentence: 100 years behind bars. Maricela Rueda was sentenced to 70 years in prison. Autumn Hill was sentenced to 50 years, along with Zachary Evetts, Savanna Batten, Meagan Morris, and Elizabeth Soto. Daniel Rolando Sanchez-Estrada was sentenced to 30 years in prison.

Prosecutors said that the group launched a premeditated terror attack on the detention facility inspired by antifa ideology, by setting off fireworks, vandalizing property, and shooting at police officers who responded. One officer was struck in the neck with a bullet and survived.

In September 2025, the Trump administration designated antifa as a domestic terror group. However, the designation did not create new criminal charges. Instead, it directed federal agencies to focus more resources on investigating antifa-related activity.

Critics of the move argued that antifa, short for anti-fascist, is an ideology, not an actual group with an organized leadership structure and membership. Subscribing to a specific ideology, they say, is not a crime.

There were nine defendants who went to trial and faced a total of 65 charges that included attempted murder, aiding terrorists, and weapons charges. Those who supported the defendants called the charges outrageous, saying the defendants were there protesting ICE and that the government had gone overboard to send a message.

The nine defendants found guilty at trial included:

Autumn Hill (formerly Cameron Arnold) Zachary Evetts Benjamin Song Savanna Batten Meagan Morris (formerly Bradford Morris) Maricela Rueda Elizabeth Soto Ines Soto Daniel Rolando Sanchez-Estrada

Prosecutors said Morris, Rueda, Song, Arnold, Evetts, Batten, Sanchez-Estrada, and Elizabeth Soto were sentenced on Tuesday. Ines Soto is set to be sentenced on July 1.

Seven additional defendants pleaded guilty to a single count of providing material support to terrorists, and each faces up to 15 years in federal prison.

What happened at the trial The trial featured testimony from investigators, law enforcement officers, and several cooperating witnesses.

Prosecutors showed surveillance footage of fireworks along the facility’s tree line and evidence gathered after police arrived, including weapons, tactical gear, and vandalized vehicles.

Witnesses described how protesters set off fireworks, spray-painted cars, and fled when officers responded, while one cooperating witness testified that Benjamin Song later admitted to shooting an officer.

Investigators also traced the defendants’ phone locations and presented seized items from their homes. Testimony also detailed meetings, group chats, and efforts to help Song evade capture after the shooting.

Defense attorneys challenged the credibility of cooperating witnesses, questioned the use of terms like “tactical,” and argued the group had gathered to protest rather than carry out a coordinated attack. None of the defense attorneys chose to present their own cases, feeling that the government did not prove its case beyond a reasonable doubt.

Reaction after the verdicts Alvarado Police Chief Teddy May welcomed the guilty verdicts, noting that Lt. Gross, the officer shot in the neck during the attack, has fully recovered. May said the outcome reflects the consequences of the choices made that night.

“It’s unfortunate for Mr. (Benjamin) Song,” he said. “He made some poor decisions, and it seems like he’s now going to have to be paying his debt to society.”

He also agreed with prosecutors that the defendants could not have reasonably believed they were attending a peaceful protest.

“I don’t believe any reasonable person could believe the suspects didn’t know what they were doing,” May said.

He said the convictions bring closure for the injured officer, his family, and the department. May said officers were doing their jobs when they came under fire and thanked investigators and prosecutors for their work. He said the verdict reinforces their faith in the justice system and that the department remains focused on supporting officers and serving the community.

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Quornelius Radford sentenced to 6 consecutive life sentences for Fort Stewart shooting

CNN Newsource on June 23, 2026

By Emma Hamilton, Pedro Lopez

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    FORT STEWART, Georgia (WJCL) — On Tuesday, Former Sgt. Quornelius Radford was sentenced in connection with the 2025 shooting on Fort Stewart, receiving six consecutive life sentences with the possibility of parole. This comes after a verdict was reached last Thursday.

The military judge ordered Radford to be dishonorably discharged, reduced in rank to E-1, forfeit his pay, and receive 321 days of confinement credit.

Prosecutors had asked for life without parole. Defense attorneys argued for a lengthy sentence short of life, saying Radford was in a mental health crisis and should still have a chance at rehabilitation.

In handing down the sentence, the judge cited several factors, including the shooting’s location on Fort Stewart, Radford’s status as a soldier and noncommissioned officer, the impact on the unit’s mission, the physical and emotional harm to the victims, his use of a personal weapon, and his abuse of rank and trust within the unit.

The judge also pointed to the shooting of Radford’s then-fiancé, Mr. Smith, who was trying to help him before being shot in the chest.

During arguments, prosecutors described the case as a mass shooting and said the punishment needed to match the seriousness of the crime, deter others, and protect the public. They also highlighted the lasting trauma within the unit, with some soldiers testifying they plan to leave the Army or are uncertain about continuing to lead after the shooting.

Defense attorneys said no sentence could undo the harm caused, but argued Radford had reached a breaking point, accepted responsibility, and should not spend the rest of his life in prison with no chance of rehabilitation.

Radford’s attorney read a written statement on his behalf. In it, Radford apologized to each victim by name and said he is not the person portrayed in media coverage.

Earlier discussion in the case included two prior alleged incidents prosecutors sought to raise, but those details remain unclear. Until there is official clarification on whether they were admitted, excluded, or considered by the judge, they are not being included in this report.

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Internal affairs division looking into three inmate deaths at Michigan prison

CNN Newsource on June 23, 2026

By Paula Wethington

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    Michigan (WWJ) — An internal affairs division from the Michigan Department of Corrections is looking into the circumstances of three women who died this spring at the Women’s Huron Valley Correctional Facility.

MDOC director Heidi Washington provided that information in a three-page letter dated June 18, intended as a response to a letter Rep. Debbie Dingell, D-District 6, sent to Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.

The correspondence is among discussions that have become public about conditions at the Women’s Huron Valley Correctional Facility in Ypsilanti. Huron Valley is the only state prison in Michigan for female inmates. Those statements included a letter signed in May by over three dozen current and former lawmakers, demanding the immediate resignation of Washington as the department’s director.

While Dingell was not part of that joint letter, she did send her own correspondence on June 8 to the governor, asking several specific questions and saying, “Concerns have been raised repeatedly by women in custody, their families, advocates, attorneys, medical professionals, and the public. Too many continue to report that the underlying problems remain unsolved. It is essential that you give this issue your immediate attention and take urgent action to address the serious issues threatening the safety of these women under MDOC supervision.”

Washington has been in her current role since 2015 and has worked for the agency since 1998.

In her response to the Dingell query, Washington detailed the number of prisoner grievances filed in recent years, outlined the cleaning and sanitation schedules, and explained the procedures for inmates to access medical care for a known health condition or during an emergency.

Washington also said investigations are active into the deaths of Rebecca Fackler, Khiara Howard and Ashley Hoath.

“As all incarcerated individuals have access to healthcare services at the facility, an element of the investigations is reviewing interactions in the period prior to the deaths to ensure that all policies were properly followed, including by healthcare staff. We ask that the public wait for the investigation results to be released, as there appear to be various and at times conflicting public narratives about these cases that may not be supported by the actual evidence,” the director said.

“The Michigan MDOC, its employees, and partners, understand the significant responsibility placed upon us to operate safe, humane, and effective correctional facilities that are focused on the long-term positive outcomes of those placed under the Department’s jurisdiction,” Washington wrote.

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Pregnant teen murdered in 1975 identified as Cheryl Edwards of Waukegan thanks to DNA genealogy

CNN Newsource on June 23, 2026

By Sara Tenenbaum

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    CHICAGO (WBBM) — A pregnant teen who was found murdered more than 50 years ago in Iowa has been identified as a girl living in Waukegan thanks to DNA testing.

The DNA Doe Project announced the results Tuesday. On April 11, 1975, a fisherman in Clinton County, Iowa, found the remains of a Black girl in the Mississippi River with no clothing, jewelry or other possessions. At the time she was estimated to have been between 12 and 23 years old, and had been shot in the head at some point earlier this year.

An autopsy ruled her death a homicide and found she was 10 weeks pregnant when she was killed.

The girl was known as Jane Clinton Doe. In the decades since her discovery she had not been identified, and her killer had not been caught. Last year, the case was brought to the DNA Doe Project, which uses genetic genealogy to identify Jane and John Does.

In October 2025, a team of 16 genealogists from three countries convened for a weekend to work on the case and quickly made a breakthrough, the organization said. They were able to identify the girl’s grandparents in Louisiana, then realized they had eventually settled in the Kenosha are in Wisconsin.

From there, they were able to identify the couple’s eldest child, who had served in the U.S. Navy and lived all over the country but eventually settled with his wife and sons in the 1970s. they also uncovered that he also had a daughter.

“We found a birth record for a daughter of his, who was born in 1959 in a Navy hospital in San Diego,” said team member Trish Bird. “Her name was Cheryl Edwards, and it seemed like she had just vanished from the records in the 1970s.”

The team told the Iowa Department of Public Safety that they believe Jane Clinton Doe could be Cheryl Edwards, the missing daughter. A DPS investigator found and visited a member of Edwards’ family, who confirmed she had disappeared.

Further DNA testing confirmed that Jane Clinton Doe was in fact Cheryl Edwards, officials said.

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Blue-green algae bloom offends Lake Monona residents’ nostrils

CNN Newsource on June 23, 2026

By Zoey Thomas

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    Wisconsin (madison.com/Wisconsin State Journal) — Linda Thompson, 71, bought her condo for its view of the north shore of Lake Monona. But on Monday morning, she couldn’t open her window to admire it without an odor akin to “pig manure” filling her living room.

The culprit: a blue-green algae bloom spreading across the shoreline outside Thompson’s complex at the corner of Monona Drive and Buckeye Road. Though Thompson said the blooms have been ongoing since she and her husband moved to the condo nearly 10 years ago, this most recent instance was the worst she’d seen.

“The problem has been getting worse and worse each year,” she said. “It’s smelly, it’s very unattractive.”

On Monday, the powder-blue swath of algae floating on the surface of the lake outside Thompson’s window clustered thickly enough to obstruct the lake’s bottom entirely. People could even smell it across the street at a local wood sculpture festival, she added.

Blue-green algae isn’t an uncommon sight in the Madison chain of lakes, said Caitlin McAleavey, the watershed program director for the Clean Lakes Alliance nonprofit. The microscopic organisms aren’t actually algae at all, but a bacteria called cyanobacteria that can grow in single cells or irregular globs.

Rainfall brings soil, fertilizers and pet waste into the lakes in the form of runoff, McAleavey said. That means on the sunny, still days — like Monday — following a period of rain, conditions are ripe for the blooms to form. The north shore of Lake Monona, she added, is particularly susceptible.

“That area is a tricky one, because … the wind often pushes all of that material up into that bay, and it’s also very shallow,” she said. “So when you have shallow water, cyanobacteria is more likely to proliferate.”

The blooms produce toxins that can make people, pets and wildlife sick, McAleavey said. Though they can be found in any lake, they’re prominent in the Madison chain because its urban setting leads to the phosphorous and nitrogen runoffs that fuel blooms.

Identifying year-over-year trends proves difficult, she added, because the blooms mostly correlate with constantly changing weather patterns.

But Thompson and her husband, Allen May, 72, suspect the increased weeds, decomposing plants and blue-green algae surrounding their shore might be connected to the county’s weed harvesting program.

Under the program, the county hires seasonal employees to harvest aquatic plants between May and August in several bodies of water, including Lake Monona, in order to improve waterflow and recreational access.

Though the program hauls 80% to 90% of the weeds it collects to remote compost sites, May said those weeds remaining in the lake inevitably drift toward his swath of the shore.

“Whatever you don’t capture with your weed cutters, whatever doesn’t get captured in any other debris pickup on the other side of the lake, all of it moves into our area,” he said.

Search for solutions

As the head of his condo association, May has contacted the city, county and Department of Natural Resources and even attended an informal meeting at the DNR office to discuss the issue, he said. But none of those agencies have offered viable solutions.

“I can’t tell you how frustrating it is, but today is truly the apex of it all,” he said. “To walk across the street and have people go, ‘What is that smell?’ You have to say, ‘Well, it’s actually us.’”

May would like to see the county implement a program similar to its Suck the Muck project, which was first implemented in 2018 to remove phosphorous-laden sediments from streambeds in the Yahara watershed, or even dredge his portion of the lake entirely, in order to address the issue, he said.

In the meantime, May’s wife and another resident have taken it upon themselves to rake in some of the accumulated weeds with pitchforks as part of the county’s Pier Pickup program. Though they put in 10- to 15-hour weeks gathering nuisance plants for the pickup barges to collect, they say they’ve barely made “a dent.”

Dane County Lake Management Supervisor David Rowe said he doesn’t see a correlation between the amount of plants harvested and a blue-green algae bloom. Part of the DNR permit under which the county operates stipulates they can’t harvest so many plants as to change the lake’s ecology, he said.

Harvesters work together to remove nearly all cut material from the lake, which is another stipulation of the DNR permit, he said.

“If you go back and look at the records of the thousands of pounds of plants that have been removed through aquatic plant harvesting, all those nutrients that are removed from the system … the idea that we’re leaving it in the lake to decompose and fuel algae is completely inaccurate,” he said.

Nutrient-rich environment

Rowe said he understands the urge to point fingers at a specific program or person when blooms occur. The reality, he said, is that the lakes simply have too many nutrients, which cause excessive plant growth throughout the entire system. There’s no ecological correlation between plant removal and algae blooms, he said.

The county has no plans for a dredging project on the north side of Monona, he added.

Neil Stechschulte, the Monona city administrator, called the north Lake Monona shoreline an “obvious issue” but one larger than the city can resolve. Their jurisdiction, Stechschulte said, only covers the shoreline but doesn’t extend into the water itself.

When approached by residents, his approach has been to connect them with partners like Dane County and the DNR to find larger solutions — though none have yet presented themselves. But there’s not much the city can do directly, he said.

“We would love to see it get cleaned up as much as anybody,” he said. “We know those residents deal with it in their backyard every day, so we certainly understand that concern.”

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Fire-Rescue crew delivers baby in parking lot of Food City grocery store

CNN Newsource on June 23, 2026

By Jim Keithley

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    TURNER, Maine (WMTW) — Three young first responders from Turner Fire-Rescue delivered a baby for the first time, a proud moment for the department.

Officials said a man was driving his wife, who was in labor, to a Lewiston hospital in the early morning hours of Wednesday, June 17. But the baby would not wait, so dispatch told the man to pull over and he stopped in the Food City parking lot along Route 4 in Turner.

Turner Fire-Rescue was dispatched to the parking lot shortly before 2:30 a.m.

Emergency medical technicians (EMTs) Chris Bellefleur and Sean Connelly were the first to arrive.

“We were waved down by an excited male,” Bellefleur said. “When I hopped out of the rescue, I grabbed a couple pieces of equipment. I went over and [the father] said he could see the baby’s head. I made contact with the mother, introduced myself and noted that the baby’s head was crowning.”

“From there, we went straight into the delivery process,” Bellefleur continued. “One minute later, we had a healthy baby girl in my hands.”

Turner Firefighter Camden Pack also arrived to assist in the transport of the baby and her parents, all of whom were eventually taken to the hospital.

“It was definitely my first, of course,” Pack said. “We have a lot of training here, as well, so that helps prepare you for that type of call.”

“Mom and dad were both very grateful that we arrived when we did,” Bellefleur said.

“Everything went so smoothly and they did a fantastic job. It is definitely a chief’s proud moment,” said Turner EMS Chief Lisa Bennett.

Bennett took to social media to tell the world how proud she was of her young first-responders, who have earned their first stork pin. She also said the department’s ambulance will receive a stork decal to indicate that they had a baby delivery.

“If you had a girl delivery, you’ll get a pink stork. If you had a boy, you would get a blue one,” Bennett said.

“Amazement is what I was feeling. Just being part of something like that was pretty – for lack of a better term – it was pretty cool, in my opinion,” Bellefleur said. “But it was stressful.”

Bennett said she had not heard from the proud parents as of Monday. She would love to get an update to see how mom, dad and baby are all doing.

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Man arrested for allegedly ‘upskirting’ a child during a Massachusetts concert

CNN Newsource on June 23, 2026

By Tim Nazzaro, David Bienick

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    MANSFIELD, Massachusetts (WCVB) — A Middleborough, Massachusetts, man was arraigned Monday after he allegedly secretly recorded beneath a child’s skirt during a concert at the Xfinity Center in Mansfield.

Brandon Cora, 27, was charged with photographing sexual or intimate parts of a child.

According to Mansfield police, officers were working at the Xfinity Center during a Black Crowes concert when they were told by venue security that a man had been using a cell phone to record beneath a 13-year-old girl’s skirt.

Security personnel were alerted by a witness. The victim and her family immediately met with officers on the scene.

Officers said Cora told them he has Asperger’s Syndrome and that he has “problems with sexual attraction,” and that he’s done this before.

Cora was arraigned in Attleboro District Court on Monday.

“The defendant makes numerous, noting that he had done it earlier in the day but was not caught. Also, when asked if this is something he does regularly, he said, ‘Somewhat yeah,” Assistant District Attorney Amelia DeMelo said.

Cora’s lawyer noted in court Monday that he has no criminal record and that he is married and undergoing therapy.

A judge Monday ordered Cora to remain under house arrest with GPS monitoring and that he must not have any contact with young children while he awaits trial.

Cora allegedly told the arresting officer he took a similar recording a few weeks ago at a Target store. Police have not said which Target location.

“I want to commend the witness who promptly reported what she observed, as well as the victim’s family and the on-site security personnel who took action and immediately notified police,” said Mansfield Police Chief Ronald Sellon. “Their response allowed officers to quickly intervene, secure evidence and begin a thorough investigation into these serious allegations. We take incidents like this extremely seriously and will always work to protect our children from abuse and exploitation. This kind of invasive and disturbing behavior has no place in our society.”

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Beloved tortoise reportedly stolen from shop now home safe

CNN Newsource on June 23, 2026

By Tony Keith

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    COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado (KOAA) — A Colorado Springs business says their longtime resident tortoise that was allegedly stolen Wednesday night is now home safe, according to the Colorado Springs Police Department.

A Colorado Springs business was asking for the public’s help after its longtime resident tortoise was allegedly stolen Wednesday night.

According to a social media post from Scales ‘N Tales, a person took a tortoise named Howard from an outdoor enclosure in front of the store around 6:40 p.m. on June 17. The store is located at on North Academy Boulevard just south of Woodmen Road.

The business said Howard, a fixture at the store since 2011, is well known to customers who frequently interact with him during their visits. Howard is regularly placed in an outdoor pen in front of the store to receive sunlight and fresh air.

Store owners said the suspect removed Howard from the enclosure and placed him into a vehicle before driving away.

Colorado Springs Police shared more information on their social media channels. According to the department, Justin Edwards, 37, was quickly found and arrested on Thursday.

When officers took Edwards into custody at a local hotel, Howard was not there. Following more interviews, they were able to locate Howard and bring him home safely.

This case is a great example of what can happen when the community partners with law enforcement. Information shared by the pet store, witnesses, and members of the public through social media helped detectives develop the leads needed to bring Howard home safely,” said CSPD in its social media updates, “Thank you to everyone who shared information and assisted in the investigation. Your partnership makes a difference. “

“Many of our customers know Howard and love interacting with Howard on their visits to the store,” the business wrote in its original post at the time of the alleged theft. “We are asking the community of Colorado Springs and the entire reptile community to help reunite us with Howard.”

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