Crime

West Palm Beach, FL– Ryan Wesley Routh, a 58-year-old former roofer with a lengthy criminal history, has been arrested following an alleged assassination attempt on President Donald Trump. Routh, once active in the North Carolina roofing industry, has been involved in multiple legal confrontations over the years, including weapon-related charges. The recent arrest, tied to […]

BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT — Early Thursday morning, August 31, police arrested a man from Bridgeport and a woman from New Haven who were allegedly trying to steal $731 worth of roofing shingles from a local roofing company. Authorities later discovered the Hyundai Elantra the pair were driving had been stolen in Bridgeport earlier in the week,

North Yorkshire, UK– Four Greenpeace activists are facing charges of causing criminal damage to former Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s constituency home. The activists, Amy Rugg-Easey, 33; Alexandra Wilson, 32; Mathieu Soete, 38; and Michael Grant, 64, allegedly climbed onto the roof of Sunak’s house in North Yorkshire during an anti-oil protest last year, described as

Baton Rouge, LA– The Baton Rouge Police Department has launched an investigation following the discovery of a man’s body in a field. Roofers working on a job at Tim’s Food Mart found the body of an unidentified adult male around noon on Wednesday, July 10, according to police. The body was located in a lot on

Gloversville, NY– A construction company owner has been sentenced after attempting to cover up a worksite injury by moving a dying employee’s body. Jeremiah Wiedemann, 43, of Gloversville, who owns Wiedemann Sons Roofing, had not purchased workers’ compensation insurance. Prosecutors suggested this was his motive for hiding the injury.  Wiedemann received a sentence of five

FRANKFURT — German police shot at a man who threatened officers with a slate roofing hammer and a Molotov cocktail on the sidelines of a Euro 2024 soccer fan parade in central Hamburg on Sunday, police said. The attacker was injured in the leg and was receiving medical care but his condition is not life-threatening,

Midland, MI– A contractor performing maintenance work on the roof of a Midland grocery store noticed something unusual about the store’s sign. Upon opening a small door on the back of the sign, he discovered a woman who had turned the sign into her apartment. She claimed to have been residing there for a year.