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Richard Yontz2026-03-09T20:23:58+00:00ONE STEP OVER THE LINE BLOG
A cross-state murder spree leaves six victims and the gunman dead in Florida.
Richard Yontz2026-03-09T20:23:10+00:00Authorities are piecing together a horrific trail of violence that stretched 200 miles from Fort Lauderdale to Sarasota this week. The rampage began in an...
The FBI destroyed Epstein’s master jail video, and the “missing minute” was just the beginning.
Richard Yontz2026-03-09T20:22:03+00:00Newly released documents have finally exposed the scramble inside the FBI to explain why a crucial minute of surveillance footage was missing from the night...
A New York man is caught in a multi state heist involving 33,000 pounds of frozen crab.
Richard Yontz2026-03-09T20:20:47+00:00Federal prosecutors say 31 year old Romoy Forbes turned hacked trucking accounts into his own black market delivery service. According to charging documents, he allegedly...
A suspected abduction triggers a major law enforcement response before a key person is detained.
Richard Yontz2026-03-09T20:19:35+00:00In a developing case authorities labeled a suspected abduction, local police and the FBI launched a coordinated response after signs suggested a person had been...
A “skilled butcher” murders, dismembers, and buries his partner.
Richard Yontz2026-03-09T20:18:09+00:00In a case that shocked even veteran investigators, authorities say a man described as a “skilled butcher” used his professional expertise to kill his partner,...
A New York man steals more than 33,000 pounds of snow crab in a cyber enabled cargo scam.
Richard Yontz2026-03-09T20:16:59+00:00Investigators say Romoy Forbes didn’t just steal food—he exploited the trust built into U.S. freight logistics. By hacking trucking carrier email accounts, he allegedly impersonated...
A Coast Guard team catches a barge borne cocaine smuggler in San Juan harbor.
Richard Yontz2026-03-09T20:15:17+00:00As the tug Signet Thunder approached San Juan’s Old Army Terminal towing the barge San Juan JaxBridge, crew from an assist tug boarding the barge...
A New York man turns hacked freight emails into a pipeline of stolen seafood and luxury goods.
Richard Yontz2026-03-09T20:13:57+00:00Court filings describe an operation that blended low tech theft with high tech access: Forbes and a co conspirator allegedly broke into truck load carriers’...
A suspected abduction draws in both local police and the FBI before a major break in the case.
Richard Yontz2026-03-09T20:12:36+00:00Authorities responded to what they called a suspected abduction, triggering an urgent multi agency search. While officials have held back many details—citing the active nature...
A “skilled butcher” uses his trade to cover up the murder of his partner.
Richard Yontz2026-03-09T20:11:25+00:00Investigators say a man with professional butchering skills weaponized his day job, killing his partner and then dismembering and burying her in a calculated effort...
Mexican cartel ammo trail leads straight back to a U.S. Army plant.
Richard Yontz2026-03-09T19:13:55+00:00Mexico’s defense secretary says nearly half of the .50 caliber rounds seized from cartels since 2012 can be traced to one place: the U.S. government–owned...
Congress’ own researchers are questioning whether punishing legal weed businesses with the tax code crosses a constitutional line.
Richard Yontz2026-03-09T18:57:19+00:00A new Congressional Research Service report lays out how federal tax law still treats state legal marijuana businesses like criminal outfits, mainly through IRS code...
A Central Louisiana drug ring tied to Mexico’s Gulf Cartel is smashed in a multi parish takedown.
Richard Yontz2026-03-09T18:56:09+00:00Federal and local authorities in Louisiana say they’ve dismantled a neighborhood based drug trafficking organization that was getting its product directly from Mexico’s Gulf Cartel....
Man detained in suspected kidnapping of Savannah Guthrie’s mother is released and insists police grabbed the wrong guy.
Richard Yontz2026-03-09T18:54:59+00:00In the high profile search for 84 year old Nancy Guthrie—mother of Today show host Savannah Guthrie—a 36 year old man named Carlos was briefly...
A high school dropout turns a quiet Canadian town into a nightmare.
Richard Yontz2026-03-09T17:35:31+00:00The remote town of Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, is reeling after 18-year-old Jesse Van Rootselaar carried out one of the deadliest mass shootings in Canadian...
He was hired to end her life – instead, he saved it.
Richard Yontz2026-03-09T17:15:53+00:00A routine traffic stop in 2013 blew the lid off a cold-blooded murder-for-hire plot targeting South Carolina socialite Nancy Latham. When police pulled over Aaron...