​NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles!. A suspect was arrested after a $20 million oceanfront Massachusetts mansion was broken into by two masked men, who allegedly attacked a housekeeper, tied her up and held her at gunpoint while reportedly stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars in valuables.. Emajae Brown, 25, was charged with home invasion, kidnapping, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, witness intimidation, armed assault in a dwelling, larceny over $1,200, breaking into a building at nighttime with the intent to commit a felony, larceny of a motor vehicle and armed burglary.. Brown was taken into custody in Gloucester and prosecutors argued he was a danger to the community, according to Boston 25 News.. On the morning of March 28, a neighbor on Paine Avenue in Beverly, Massachusetts, called 911 to report a home invasion.. POLICE HUNT ARMED SUSPECT AFTER HOUSEKEEPER BOUND, ATTACKED IN LUXURY MANSION HEIST: REPORT. Investigators learned that two armed suspects had broken into the mansion and assaulted and tied up a housekeeper who was inside the home before leaving with several valuable items. The housekeeper was the only person home at the time of the incident.. During the burglary, the suspects allegedly grabbed the housekeeper’s phone and tossed it in the ocean, according to CBS Boston. They also allegedly made her find bleach and place valuable items in trash bags.. “What they did to my housekeeper was just horrendous,” homeowner Thomas Swan III told WCVB last month after the heist.. “She was held at gunpoint, sometimes dragged by her hair, ultimately tied up and left in the garage. She’s really, really special, but truly traumatized by this, truly traumatized,” he added.. FORMER FBI AGENT SUGGESTS INSIDE JOB IN MASSACHUSETTS MANSION HEIST AS ‘SPECIFIC AND VALUABLE’ ITEMS STOLEN. After the suspects left, the housekeeper escaped and went to a neighbor’s home to call for help. She was taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries and later released.. “She went on to tell investigators the suspect was pointing a firearm at her head and escorting her around the home,” a prosecutor said in court on Tuesday, according to CBS Boston.. One robber fled the scene with several valuables, including money and gold, in a Porsche stolen from the home. That vehicle was later located by police several miles away near a cemetery in Lynn.. Ring cameras were able to locate Brown, who was tracked through phone surveillance to New York City, where he was allegedly meeting with a jewelry dealer, according to Boston 25 News.. CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP. Local and federal authorities eventually found more than $300,000 and numerous gold items in his car, the outlet reported.. Police also said Brown was the ex-boyfriend of another housekeeper who worked at the home. The prosecutor said they learned that Brown had an open domestic charge from an incident at the Encore Boston Harbor casino.. Brown was ordered held without b  

​NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles!. The U.S. military carried out a lethal strike on a suspected drug-trafficking vessel in the Eastern Pacific, killing four alleged narco-terrorists, according to U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM).. “On April 14, at the direction of #SOUTHCOM commander Gen. Francis L. Donovan, Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducted a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel operated by Designated Terrorist Organizations,” SOUTHCOM said in a post on X. “Intelligence confirmed the vessel was transiting along known narco-trafficking routes in the Eastern Pacific and was engaged in narco-trafficking operations.”. “Four male narco-terrorists were killed during this action,” SOUTHCOM said.. ALLEGED NARCO-TERRORISTS KILLED AS US FORCES STRIKE SUSPECTED DRUG-TRAFFICKING VESSEL IN CARIBBEAN. No U.S. military forces were harmed, the command added.. SOUTHCOM did not immediately provide additional details about the identities of those killed or the specific groups involved.. COAST GUARD SEIZES OVER 4,500 POUNDS OF COCAINE WORTH $34M FROM SUSPECTED NARCO-TERRORIST VESSEL ON EASTER. The strike came after SOUTHCOM said Monday that it conducted another strike in the Eastern Pacific, killing two individuals believed to be involved in narcotics trafficking.. The U.S. military has carried out dozens of strikes in recent months on suspected drug-smuggling vessels as part of a broader campaign to dismantle cartel-linked trafficking operations.. CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP. SOUTHCOM is responsible for military operations in Central and South America and the Caribbean, including counter-narcotics missions aimed at disrupting drug trafficking networks that threaten U.S. interests.. Fox News Digital’s Greg Wehner contributed to this report.  

​NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles!. The Department of Justice on Tuesday filed motions to vacate the convictions of several high-profile defendants involved in the Jan. 6 Capitol breach.. The filings, submitted to the Court of Appeals by the United States, specifically seek to vacate criminal judgments against identified members of the Oath Keepers and Proud Boys organizations, most of whom were convicted of seditious conspiracy.. “In the Executive Branch’s view, it is not in the interests of justice to continue to prosecute this case or the cases of other, similarly situated defendants,” federal prosecutors in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia wrote in one filing.. The move follows a presidential proclamation on Jan. 20, 2025, when President Donald Trump commuted the prison sentences of the defendants to “time served,” allowing them to be released without serving additional time.. DEMS WHO PRAISED COP FOR KILLING J6 PROTESTER NOW CONDEMN ICE FOR SHOOTING MN AGITATOR. Tuesday’s filings — which mark an attempt to clear some of the final charges still standing in the probe — also asked to dismiss the indictments “with prejudice,” meaning the charges would be permanently dismissed and could not be brought again by the government.. VIRGINIA DEMS MANDATE JAN. 6 BE TAUGHT AS ‘VIOLENT INSURRECTION,’ BAN ELECTION FRAUD CLAIMS IN SCHOOLS. At least eight primary defendants were named in two similar appeals filed Tuesday.. A major high-profile defendant referenced in the filings is Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes, whom prosecutors previously said plotted to “oppose by force the lawful transfer of presidential power” when Trump lost the 2020 election. Rhodes was sentenced to 18 years in prison for seditious conspiracy and other charges.. DOJ MOVES TO WIPE STEVE BANNON’S CONTEMPT CONVICTION TIED TO JAN. 6 PROBE. Other mentioned Oath Keepers members include Kelly Meggs, the leader of the Florida chapter of the organization, as well as Kenneth Harrelson and Jessica Watkins.. Among the Proud Boys members mentioned, Ethan Nordean, one of the group’s leaders, was sentenced to 18 years in prison after being convicted of seditious conspiracy alongside Joseph Biggs and Zachary Rehl, who are also named.. The Justice Department is also seeking to vacate the conviction of Proud Boys member Dominic Pezzola, who was caught on camera smashing a Capitol window with a riot shield. He was sentenced to 10 years in prison.. CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP. Officials noted that they are also filing similar motions for other related defendants in related cases.. Hours after returning to office in January, Trump either pardoned or commuted the sentences of nearly all individuals convicted in connection with the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol breach. More than 1,500 people were arrested in connection with the protest.  

​NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles!. The FBI on Monday arrested an alleged illegal immigrant and suspected gang member after authorities say he rammed an ICE officer with his car during a traffic stop last week.. Carlos Ivan Mendoza Hernandez, 36, a national of El Salvador residing near San Francisco, California, was charged with assault on a federal officer with a deadly weapon, according to the Department of Justice on Tuesday.. Authorities previously said agents conducted a targeted vehicle stop because they suspected Mendoza Hernandez of being affiliated with the 18th Street Gang. He was also believed to be in the U.S. illegally and wanted in connection with a murder investigation in El Salvador.. During his attempt to flee, he allegedly weaponized his vehicle and was subsequently shot by law enforcement. He was transported to a hospital, where he recovered for several days before being medically cleared and taken into custody.. ICE INVOLVED IN SHOOTING AFTER AGENCY SAYS ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT GANG MEMBER TRIED TO RAM OFFICE. “Mendoza Hernandez refused to comply with lawful orders from federal officers, operated his vehicle in a manner that damaged a federal vehicle, and drove his vehicle toward officers in a manner that would have caused serious bodily injury or death had the officers not taken evasive action,” FBI Special Agent Brian Toy said in a recently unsealed criminal complaint filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California.. According to federal prosecutors, four agents conducted the targeted vehicle stop in Patterson, California, about 70 miles southeast of San Francisco, last Tuesday.. As agents attempted to detain him, he “eventually drove forward and hit an agent with his vehicle.” He then reversed abruptly and violently collided with a law enforcement vehicle parked behind him in a possible attempt to create room to escape, the complaint said.. He again attempted to ram two agents in front of him, forcing one agent to jump out of the way to avoid harm.. “Based on my training and experience, and after reviewing relevant video evidence from the encounter, I believe that if Agent 1 had not moved, he/she would have been struck by Mendoza Hernandez and would have suffered serious bodily injury or death,” Toy said in the complaint.. ICE HEAD SAYS AGENTS FACING ‘CONSTANT IMPEDIMENTS’ AFTER MIGRANT SEEN RAMMING CARS WHILE TRYING TO FLEE. In response to his vehicle’s movements, agents discharged their firearms, striking Mendoza Hernandez several times.. Mendoza Hernandez then fled the scene by jumping the center median and driving the wrong way against traffic, eventually bringing his car to a stop on the side of the road.. The attorney representing Mendoza Hernandez said that his client was shot in the mouth, left arm, left leg, abdomen and somewhere on his right side, according to Fox 2 KTVU.. He was reportedly in the ICU as of Monday and “was in no condition” to be released, attorney Patrick Kolasinki added  

​NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles!. A former delivery driver who murdered 7-year-old Athena Strand searched “do FedEx truck cameras constantly record” after the killing, an expert testified in week two of the capital murder trial.. The second week of Tanner Horner’s punishment phase began with Scott Morris, a digital forensic examiner employed by the FBI, who exposed the search history of the FedEx driver’s cellphone.. He talked about Horner’s browser cache and search history on the day of Dec. 1, including the phrases “Paradise missing girl” and “do FedEx truck cameras constantly record.”. SEND US A TIP HERE. Horner, 34, a former delivery driver accused of kidnapping and strangling the 7-year-old after hitting her with his van in 2022, admitted to her capital murder in Tarrant County, Texas last week.. SIGN UP TO GET TRUE CRIME NEWSLETTER. On Monday, medical examiner Dr. Jessica Dwyer testified that the cause of death was blunt force injuries, smothering, and strangulation.. LISTEN TO THE NEW ‘CRIME & JUSTICE WITH DONNA ROTUNNO’ PODCAST. Under questioning from prosecutors, Dwyer said she believed the victim suffered before she died.. Addressing the lack of physical evidence of sexual trauma, Dwyer noted that while none was found, its absence does not rule out the occurrence of an assault.. LIKE WHAT YOU’RE READING? FIND MORE ON THE TRUE CRIME HUB. Prosecutors also played five separate phone calls between Horner and family members. During one call, Horner’s mother asked him what happened during the abduction.. “What did you do? Did she die on her own?” his mother asked.. “No,” Horner admitted.. “Oh my God,” his mother exclaimed.. “I know,” Horner said.. She also asked him whether he sexually abused Athena.. “Tanner, I just hope you didn’t do nothing weird to that little girl,” his mother said.. “I didn’t,” he said.. “OK. I didn’t think you did. I just know how you get,” his mother said.. “Well, actually with my medication, I barely even have a libido as it is,” Horner said.. In a call conversation with his grandmother, Horner once again denied raping Athena.. “Are you remorseful, Tanner?” his grandmother asked.. “How can I not be?” he replied. “I haven’t been on my medication for the last few weeks, and I’m feeling emotional.”. He also, according to FOX 4 Dallas, broke down on the call when discussing that he would not be able to spend Christmas with his young son.. Following the murder, Horner wrote a letter to Athena’s heartbroken family, writing: “To Athena’s family. I wanted to start by saying how sorry I am about Athena. The entire time I’ve known my legal counsel, they continued to tell me how. I don’t need to apologize, didn’t apologize, and the trial? And frankly, I can’t hold it in any longer. I can’t tell you how many countless nights I’ve stayed awake, unable to sleep. I pray for you. For all of you. So many were affected by my breakdown. Not just your family, but my own as well. You’ll never get to see your baby girl grow up.