​NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles!Three upstate New York students were arrested in an alleged school shooting plot, with one accused of writing that “no one would be spared” in a detailed plan to bring the violence of Columbine and Sandy Hook to their middle school, according to police.According to Syracuse.com, citing a recently released police affidavit, one of the three students journaled that the planned school shooting would bring pain to her bullies.”Everyone and their pathetic little lifes [sic] will be gone,” one of the students allegedly wrote. “I want to be remembered in the worst, most disturbing possible way.”According to the Oneida County Sheriff’s Office, authorities arrested three teens – a 13-year-old boy, a 13-year-old girl and a 14-year-old girl – following a fast-moving investigation this weekend.TWO FLORIDA STUDENTS, 10 AND 11, ARRESTED OVER ALLEGED SHOOTING THREATS: ‘DISCIPLINE YOUR KIDS’The department said in a release that authorities were called to Clinton Middle School on April 11 after discovering that the three students planned to carry out the copycat shooting on Friday, April 17 in the school’s cafeteria.The two girls were both charged with aggravated threat of mass harm, a misdemeanor, Oneida County Sheriff Robert Maciol said. They were referred to the county probation department.GOT A TIP?Deputies went to another home and secured multiple firearms, Maciol said. A 13-year-old boy there was charged with second-degree conspiracy, a felony, he said. He was released to a guardian with an appearance ticket to return to the county probation department.The local outlet reported, citing the affidavit, that 11 rifles and ammunition were seized from a safe at the boy’s mother’s home in Kirkland, New York.FOLLOW US ON XDeputies also interviewed a fourth teenager, who was determined not to be a suspect, Maciol said.One of the girls who was arrested had recently become obsessed with the 1999 school shooting in Columbine, Colorado, her mother and another student told police, according to Syracuse.com.GET BREAKING NEWS BY EMAILThe Columbine High School massacre, on April 20, 1999, claimed the lives of 13 students and one teacher.The girl had also reportedly written messages and notes about Adam Lanza, the man who killed 20 children and six staff members in Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut in 2012.CLICK HERE FOR MORE US NEWSAnother student, the outlet said, showed police a SnapChat group chat formed by the suspects titled, “The Cal Gabriel Fan Club,” named after the fictional main character in the 2002 movie “Zero Day” about planning a school shooting.Her recent web searches also included guns and infamous school shooters, the documents showed, according to Syracuse.com.CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APPPolice asked anyone who has additional information regarding this investigation to contact the Oneida County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigation Unit at 315-765-2226.Fox News Digital has reached  

​NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles!The mother of 7-year-old Athena Strand took the stand Wednesday in the second week of the emotional trial of a former FedEx driver who admitted kidnapping and murdering the young girl. Tanner Horner, 34, pleaded guilty to capital murder just moments before his Texas trial was set to begin, with jurors now weighing whether he should be sentenced to death or life in prison without the possibility of parole. On Wednesday, jurors heard from Athena’s mother, Maitlyn Gandy, as she testified about her final moments with her daughter, according to FOX 4. “Do you remember the last thing you said to Athena?” a prosecutor asked her, the outlet reported.ATHENA STRAND’S KILLER FEDEX DRIVER’S SPLIT PERSONAS, DEFENSE SCREAM ‘MANIPULATION,’ NOT MADNESS: EXPERT”I told her that I loved her and that I would see her on Friday,” Gandy replied. “We had a quick drop-off because her daddy was going to take them to the Christmas lights.” Wearing pink, Athena’s favorite color, Gandy recalled how she immediately drove back to Texas from her home in Oklahoma upon learning about her daughter’s disappearance. “It felt like I was dying,” Gandy said, according to FOX 4. “I couldn’t breathe, but I knew I had to keep going. I almost tapped on the brakes because I thought I was having a heart attack. But I just told myself that if I kept going, it would be OK, and I would find her.” She then went on to describe how she delivered the news of Athena’s death to her 3-year-old sister.FOLLOW THE FOX TRUE CRIME TEAM ON X”I didn’t know how to tell her, and I didn’t think I was strong enough to tell her. So I lied to her for a long time. I would tell her that she was just staying with her daddy for a little bit longer. And when she asked to FaceTime or to call her, I would tell her that she was at school or she was sleeping,” Gandy said. “Until about a year ago, she didn’t know the whole truth.”Upon being asked if she had watched the video of Horner strangling Athena to death, Gandy said she was only able to watch a few minutes of it and apologized to the jurors who were required to see the footage.SIGN UP TO GET TRUE CRIME NEWSLETTER”Not anyone in this room besides Tanner Horner asked for what’s on that video, and Athena definitely did not,” Gandy said. Defense attorney Steven Goble did not cross examine Gandy, instead offering his condolences as the grieving mother took the stand.SEND US A TIP HERE”I am very sorry for your loss,” Goble said, FOX 4 reported. Horner admitted to abducting Athena while delivering a package containing a Barbie doll to her father’s home in Paradise in 2022. Her body was found on Dec. 2, two days after she was reported missing.LISTEN TO THE NEW ‘CRIME & JUSTICE WITH DONNA ROTUNNO’ PODCASTHorner initially told investigators that he strangled the young girl after accidentally striking her with his delivery vehicle, adding that she wasn’t seriously injured when he panicked and placed her in  

​NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles!Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson warned of a potential “teen trend” event on the city’s South Side, avoiding the term “takeover” as the mob scenes have caused mayhem in the Windy City and other communities across the country recently.On Wednesday, Johnson urged parents to keep close tabs on their children amid ongoing concerns about gatherings that have previously turned chaotic.”Chicago, there are credible reports of a teen trend forming in Hyde Park later today,” Johnson wrote on social media Wednesday. “Parents, be aware of where your children are going this evening. DO NOT allow your children to attend one of these gatherings; they are dangerous and can often turn violent.””Together we can keep our youth and our communities safe,” he added.Images circulating on social media appear to show an earlier version of the mayor’s post referring to the gathering as a “takeover” before it was changed to “trend,” though Fox News Digital has not independently verified the authenticity of those images.Fox News Digital reached out to Johnson for comment.CHICAGO’S BRANDON JOHNSON BLASTS ‘ASSAULTS AGAINST IMMIGRANTS’ AS SLAIN SHERIDAN GORMAN IS LAID TO RESTThe warning follows a series of similar incidents that have unfolded in recent weeks, including a March 30 gathering in Hyde Park that drew hundreds of teenagers and stretched late into the night.Video previously obtained by Fox News from ChitownCrimeChasers showed large crowds filling streets and sidewalks, with some individuals climbing on cars, dancing in intersections and engaging in brief altercations. Residents reported dozens of vehicles damaged, with one local estimating roughly $1,000 in dents and destruction to his car.RESIDENTS ALARMED AFTER TEEN VIOLENCE ERUPTS IN WASHINGTON, DC NEIGHBORHOODPolice said at least three curfew violations were issued and a 16-year-old girl was charged with unlawful possession of a weapon and disorderly conduct in connection with that incident.City officials have described the takeovers, often organized via social media, as part of a growing trend. Johnson himself has referred to them as “teen trends,” warning in a recent public message that authorities were tracking multiple such events across the city.”They’re unsafe, and they can turn deadly,” the mayor said, urging parents to prevent their children from attending and noting police would enforce the city’s 10 p.m. curfew.TEEN TAKEOVER SPIRALS INTO CHAOS—GUNFIRE REPORTED AS POLICE RUSH IN DAY AFTER LEADERS CALL FOR CALMThe renewed concerns come amid heightened scrutiny of Johnson’s leadership on crime following the high-profile killing of 18-year-old Loyola University Chicago student Sheridan Gorman.Authorities allege Jose Medina-Medina, a Venezuelan national in the country illegally, shot Gorman on March 19. Federal officials have said the suspect was released into the U.S. in 2023, fueling criticism from Republican leaders and others who argue current immigra  

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​NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles!Eric Swalwell, the former Democratic presidential hopeful who resigned from Congress and quit the California governor’s race this week amid a storm of allegations ranging from sexual misconduct to rape, spent campaign money at a Hollywood hotel where a former model claims he sexually assaulted her.Swalwell’s 2018 re-election campaign made two payments at the Montrose hotel at 900 Hammond Street on July 18, 2018, according to finance records first publicized on X by a campaign finance expert named Rob Pyers. They were for $353 and $8.That’s the same address Los Angeles deputies revealed Tuesday after speaking with Swalwell’s latest accuser, Lonna Drewes, who claims to have been victimized in July 2018. Swalwell has denied the allegations coming from her and several other women.An additional review of Swalwell’s expenditures by Fox News Digital revealed a $43.24 Lyft ride in California on that day. The filing does not show who took it or include more specifics about the ride.ERIC SWALWELL FACES MANHATTAN SEX ASSAULT PROBE AFTER ENDING CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR CAMPAIGN AMID ALLEGATIONSNow the disgraced ex-congressman faces legal probes on both coasts, according to authorities in New York and Los Angeles.FBI Director Kash Patel challenged the former lawmaker to come in for an interview and encouraged any potential witnesses or victims to call the bureau’s tip line in an X post. And the House Ethics Committee announced Monday its own probe into allegations of sexual misconduct.While initially the allegations stemming from a 2024 encounter with a former staffer after a New York City gala seemed most likely to lead to charges, new evidence is emerging in California that appears to at least partially corroborate another accuser’s story, according to Donna Rotunno, a Chicago-based trial attorney and Fox News contributor.”She seems fairly legitimate to me,” she said of Swalwell’s unnamed New York accuser. “There was outcry. She went to the hospital. She seems to have some evidence to back up her story.”LISTEN: CRIME & JUSTICE PODCAST ON SWALWELL SEX PROBEOutcry is when a victim reports a sexual assault incident to someone else, like friends or family, rather than police. Testimony from witnesses on the receiving end of these conversations is allowed in court under certain conditions, Rotunno said. It’s an exception to hearsay rules.And the New York accuser also got tested for pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections, for which she has medical records.”She at least comes across as somebody who can back it up,” said Rotunno, who is an expert defense lawyer in sex assault cases. “Now it’s for somebody else to determine whether or not they think that it’s a crime.”HOUSE AVOIDS UNPRECEDENTED FOUR-MEMBER EXPULSION WEEK AS SWALWELL AND GONZALES RESIGN INSTEADIf Manhattan investigators decide to file charges, she said they can expect a vigorous defense from Swalwell’s legal team.”Would he have known if she’s too int