Fake Video Blaming Linden Teacher For Celebrating Charlie Kirk’s Death Triggers Lockdown
Public schools in Linden have been forced to shelter in place after being targeted for threats over an erroneous post about the Charlie Kirk assassination, officials announced Thursday, Sept. 11.
The firestorm began after numerous posts showed a video of a woman, believed to be a second-grade teacher in Linden, celebrating Kirk's death, Linden police said. The information is incorrect, Linden police stressed.
"The individual referred to is not, nor has ever been, an employee of Linden Public Schools, Linden New Jersey," police said.
The school district has been flooded with threats o…
Hotels, Drugs, Violence Used By Barbados Man To Traffic Suffolk Woman
A man has been convicted of sex trafficking after using drugs and violence to force a woman into prostitution across Suffolk County, prosecutors announced on Wednesday, Aug. 27.
Michael Howell, 65, of Brooklyn and originally from Barbados, was convicted by a jury on Aug. 26, 2025, of two counts of sex trafficking and several related charges following a trial before Acting Supreme Court Justice Karen M. Wilutis, according to Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond A. Tierney.
Howell compelled his victim to perform sex acts for money between April 2023 and February 2024, renting hotel rooms …
