First Blood, Bernie’s, Law & Order: SVU Legend Dies
A movie and TV legend whose six-decade career included leading the first installments of two hit movie franchises in the 1980s has died.
Ted Kotcheff, an accomplished movie and television producer and director, has died at age 94, just three days after his birthday.
Kotcheff, a Canadian-Bulgarian filmmaker whose career spanned six decades, died of heart failure on Wednesday, April 10, in Mexico,
Kotcheff gained international acclaim with 1982’s First Blood, launching Sylvester Stallone’s portrayal of troubled Vietnam vet John Rambo.
He followed it up with a string of genre-defying f…
Convicted Child Rapist, Gang Members Arrested In Virginia After Illegally Reentering US: DOJ
A convicted child rapist, gang members, and repeat violent offenders are among six men facing charges in Virginia after being arrested for illegally reentering the US following multiple deportations, federal officials announced.
Erik Siebert, US Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, said the men—who hail from Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Mexico—had been previously removed from the country, only to return and commit new crimes, including violent assaults, stabbings, and child abuse.
Among them is Carlos Alberto Sosa Horellana, a Honduran national convicted of raping a child…
High-Ranking MS-13 Leader Arraigned On Terrorism Charges On LI After FBI's 'Most Wanted' Arrest
A top leader of the notorious MS-13 gang, who was recently added to the FBI’s 10 Most Wanted Fugitives list, has been arraigned in federal court in New York.
Francisco Javier Roman-Bardales, 47, was taken into custody in San Diego, California, on Tuesday, March 18, after Mexican authorities located him in Veracruz and expelled him from the country, the US Attorney’s Office said. He had been a fugitive for nearly three years.
Roman-Bardales, a founding member of MS-13’s leadership structure known as Ranfla en las Calles, was arraigned in the Eastern District of New York on Wednesday, March 1…
