Marlene Lenthang

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New York Liberty star Breanna Stewart and wife receive homophobic threats amid WNBA Finals

Police are investigating a threatening, homophobic e-mail sent to WNBA power forward Breanna Stewart‘s wife as the New York Liberty compete in the finals.  Police did not identify the person who filed the report, but said a 33-year-old woman made an aggravated harassment report on Oct. 10 after receiving “a threatening email.” Stewart confirmed the threats and that her wife filed the report after practice during an interview Tuesday.  The email in question said the couple, “don’t deserve to live and I hope you both die.” Stewart, 30, who plays for the New York Liberty, is married to former WNBA player and […]

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Man posing as federal officer assaulted gay men in series of attacks at D.C. park, officials say

A Maryland man has been arrested on federal hate crime charges, accused of posing as a U.S. Park Police officer and attacking men he believed to be gay at a Washington D.C., park over a three-year period.  Michael Thomas Pruden, 48, attacked five men on five separate dates from 2018 to 2021 at Meridian Hill Park, also called Malcolm X Park, which is “informally known … as a meeting place for men seeking consensual sex with other men,” a Department of Justice news release Thursday stated.  Pruden approached the men pretending to be a Park Police officer, shined a light in their […]