US Crime and Arrests

South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg pleaded no contest Thursday to a pair of misdemeanor traffic charges over a crash last year that killed a pedestrian, avoiding jail time despite bitter complaints from the victim’s family that he was being too lightly punished for actions they called "inexcusable."

New York: Two Myanmar citizens have been arrested in New York state for plotting with an arms dealer in Thailand - who sells weapons to the Burmese military - to kill or injure Myanmar's ambassador to the United Nations, US authorities said on Friday. Ambassador Kyaw Moe Tun, who represents Myanmar's elected civilian government which was overthrown by the military in February, told Reuters on Wednesday that a threat had been made against him and U.S. authorities had stepped up his security. The US Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York said on Friday that Phyo Hein Htut, 28, and Ye Hein Zaw, 20, had each been charged with one count of conspiracy to assault and make a violent attack upon a foreign official, which carries a maximum sentence of five years in prison. The ambassador did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the charges. Myanmar's junta fired him in February, but for now he remains the country's UN envoy because the United

Two men convicted of conspiring to commit one of Europe's largest armed robberies have today been released by the Court of Appeal.

A Virginia man is in jail after attacking another man who he targeted with a racial slur, police said. The Staunton Police Department said a 19-year-old Black man was the victim in the attack, The News Leader of Staunton reported. According to police, the suspect had been free on bond after being charged in July with malicious wounding, but he is now facing a hate crime charge.

ATTEMPTED ROBBERY , 2021-07290227, 3100 block of Wilson Boulevard . At approximately 10:50 p.m. on July 29, police were dispatched to the report of threats. Upon arrival, it was determined that the male victim was in the area when he was approached by the two known male suspects who began throwing rocks at him. The suspects then demanded that the victim give them money and fled the scene on foot when the victim confronted them. Suspect One is described as a White male with a thin build, approximately 19 years old, 5’10” tall with dark hair, a goatee and mustache, wearing a black backpack. Suspect Two is described as a White male with a thin build, approximately 18 years old, 5’5” tall with blond hair, wearing a black backpack. The investigation is ongoing.

A 37-year-old Mountain View Whisman School District employee was arrested over the weekend on suspicion of a hate crime after he attacked a couple following a traffic collision, authorities said.