BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — A 33-year-old man was convicted of a murder in East Bakersfield in June, the Kern County District Attorney announced Friday. On June 18, Richard Cortez was convicted of first-degree murder in the December 2022 death of Joshua Samarripas. Cortez was also convicted of using a firearm. According to court documents, Kern […]
ROANOKE, Virginia. – A man attempted to pass through a security checkpoint at Roanoke-Blacksburg Regional Airport with a loaded firearm on Wednesday. According to authorities, the X-ray alerted the TSA team to the carry-on bag, and upon inspection they found a 9mm weapon with nine bullets. The weapon was subsequently confiscated by police. The suspect […]
A 26-year-old Central Florida man was convicted of bringing a loaded firearm into the Tampa International Airport terminal. This was the second time he brought a firearm into a Florida airport. His first incident occurred in Miami in late 2020. U.S. District Judge Thomas P. Barber has sentenced 26-year-old Abraham Othman Yacoub of Lakeland to […]
