Surveillance footage captured a chilling scene in Ohio, where a man wielding a knife allegedly declared his intention to kill a homeowner “in the name of Allah” during a late-night incident.

This alarming event took place in the early hours of Easter Sunday in Warren County. It began when the suspect was seen apparently praying in a family’s driveway. He then approached the house several times, prompting the concerned father to step outside.

The suspect, identified as 23-year-old Anthony Long, was apprehended and charged following the incident, according to a report by FOX 19 Now.

Tiffany Miller, the mother in the affected family, took to social media on Monday to recount the terrifying experience, calling it a “deeply frightening and dangerous situation” that could have escalated into something far worse.

After midnight on Sunday, a suspicious individual approached an Ohio residence. (Tiffany Miller)

The incident began when the suspect reportedly drove into the family’s driveway with his headlights off, Miller said. 

Surveillance footage from the home then appeared to show the man kneeling in the driveway and praying before approaching the home.

Long first knocked on the front door, but received no response as the family was asleep, Miller said. 

Minutes later, he returned, pounding on the door even louder in a second, more aggressive attempt. 

Miller said the family woke up expecting their daughter to return home, but were shocked to find a stranger at their door in the middle of the night.  

A male suspect was seen praying on his knees before approaching the Ohio home on Sunday. (Tiffany Miller)

“I woke up and walked up thinking my daughter was locked out and, nope, it wasn’t her,” she said. “It was a man I didn’t know. We did not respond, and again he went back to his car.”

The man reportedly remained in his parked car as one of the family’s daughters finally arrived home, prompting Miller’s husband to go outside and confront the suspect.

“Hey bud, you knocking on the door?” the father, Andy, was heard asking. 

“I’ll kill you in the name of Allah,” the suspect immediately replied. 

The alarmed father then began retreating while shouting for their daughter to drive away.

Miller said the suspect then pulled a knife on Andy, attempted to approach the home again, and ultimately drove off in pursuit of the daughter, who had already fled the scene.

The homeowner retreated from a suspicious man early Sunday morning following an alarming encounter. (Tiffany Miller)

“The man immediately exited his vehicle, began making explicit threats to kill him, repeatedly invoking religious language, and started moving closer in an aggressive manner,” Miller said. 

No one was injured in the incident, according to the family.

“This was a terrifying encounter, and we are grateful no one was harmed last night,” Miller said. 

Anthony Long was taken into custody around 3:18 a.m. Sunday. (Warren County Sheriff’s Office)

Long was booked into the Warren County Jail, according to the Warren County Sheriff’s Office.

Long faces four charges, including aggravated menacing, trespassing, and criminal damage, all classified as misdemeanors of varying degrees.

He is also facing multiple bail amounts totaling more than $75,000, most of which must be paid in cash.

SEATTLE (AP) — Renowned mountaineer Jim Whittaker, the trailblazer who became the first American to conquer Mount Everest, has passed away at the age of 97.

Whittaker, who played a pivotal role as the inaugural full-time employee of the outdoor retail giant REI and later ascended to the position of president and CEO, breathed his last on Tuesday at his residence in Port Townsend, Washington, according to a family statement.

“Whether at home, in the mountains, or at sea, he sought to share adventure, joy, and optimism with those around him,” expressed the statement, shared via email by Leif Whittaker, one of his sons. “His warmth, humility, and belief in the power of nature to bring people together left an enduring legacy of care for our planet and for one another.”

Whittaker’s historical ascent of Everest in 1963 with Nawang Gombu occurred a decade after the iconic climb by Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay. This achievement sparked a surge of interest in mountaineering in the United States, transforming the once-introverted climber into an overnight sensation, with his image gracing magazine covers and his presence in high demand for public events.

Whittaker began his journey with REI in 1955, recruited by the co-op’s co-founder, Lloyd Anderson. The company saw remarkable growth following Whittaker’s Everest achievement, and under his leadership from 1971 to 1979, REI’s membership skyrocketed from nearly 250,000 to over 900,000, as noted in a company statement on Wednesday.

The co-op credited his congressional testimony and other efforts with helping to establish North Cascades National Park and the Pasayten Wilderness in Washington, as well as and Redwood National Park in California.

“Long before outdoor advocacy was commonplace, Jim gave his voice — and his leadership — to protecting the places we love, reminding us that wild places endure only if we choose to care for them,” the statement said.

Whittaker’s celebrity also brought him into the orbit of the Kennedy clan, and he became a close friend of Robert Kennedy, with whom he climbed a 14,000-foot (4,267 meters) Canadian peak. The peak was later named Mount Kennedy after the presidential contender’s murder in 1968.

Whittaker was at Kennedy’s bedside when he died and was devastated by the assassination.

Whittaker grew up in Seattle and began climbing with his twin brother Lou Whittaker in the 1940s with the Boy Scouts. At 16, they summited 7,965-foot (2,428-meter) Mount Olympus, the highest peak in the Olympic Mountains west of Seattle, Jim Whittaker recounted in his memoir, “A Life on the Edge.” When they reached the town of Port Angeles on their way home, they found cars honking and people celebrating: World War II had ended.

Jim Whittaker once reflected that the beauty and danger of his sport sharpened the senses: “When you live on the edge, you can see a little farther,” he once reflected.

His achievements on the remote, snowy slopes of Mount Everest and nearby K2, the world’s second-tallest peak, assured him a niche in the record books. He was shocked when Lou decided to skip the 1963 Everest expedition in favor of opening a sporting goods store in Tacoma.

But Lou Whittaker wrote in his own book, “Lou Whittaker: Memoirs of a Mountain Guide,” that he still got to share in some of his twin’s glory by filling in when Jim got tired of attending parades or other events in his honor.

“Only our families and closest friends ever knew the difference,” he wrote.

Lou Whittaker died in 2024 at age 95.

Jim Whittaker led many additional climbs, including the 1990 Mount Everest International Peace Climb, which brought together climbers from the U.S., the Soviet Union and China “to demonstrate what could be accomplished through cooperation and goodwill,” the family statement said.

“Jim was a lifelong advocate for peace and believed deeply in the ability of shared challenges in the natural world to unite people across borders and ideologies,” it said.

Whittaker himself said one of his proudest moments came in 1981, when he led 10 handicapped climbers up 14,410-foot Mount Rainier. For them, he said later, “that was Mount Everest.”

Whittaker scaled Mount Rainier more than 100 times but did not take its familiar flanks for granted. The caprices of the weather, even on a comparatively modest mountain, “can turn a good climber into a beginner” in a matter of hours, he once noted.

Former Washington Gov. Jay Inslee called Whittaker’s legacy “just as impressive, and just as lasting, as Mount Rainier itself.”

“He pulled many a climber up the peak,” Inslee wrote in a social media post Wednesday. “He did the same for all our spirits. He still does.”

After years of risk on the world’s most dizzying pinnacles, Whittaker said in a 1980 interview that he hoped to “die in my sleep with the television on.”

He is survived by his wife of 52 years, Dianne Roberts; sons Bob, Joss and Leif Whittaker; three grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.

In a dramatic courtroom showdown, a doctor was convicted of attempted manslaughter on Wednesday after being accused of trying to murder his wife by pushing her off a cliff in Hawaii. The trial, which captured widespread attention, has brought to light the tumultuous relationship between Gerhardt Konig, 47, and his wife, Arielle Konig, 37, a nuclear engineer.

The incident unfolded on March 24, 2025, during what was supposed to be a celebratory occasion for Arielle’s birthday on the scenic trails of Oahu. Prosecutors argued that Gerhardt attempted to kill Arielle by shoving her dangerously close to the edge of the Pali Puka Trail and striking her repeatedly with a rock, an allegation that painted a grim picture of their relationship.

In stark contrast, Gerhardt’s defense team presented a narrative of self-defense, claiming that Arielle initiated the conflict. His lawyers described the situation as a classic ‘he said, she said’ altercation, challenging the prosecution’s portrayal of events.

Despite pleading not guilty to the original charge of second-degree attempted murder, Gerhardt’s conviction on the lesser charge of attempted manslaughter marks a significant turn in the case. The trial’s outcome underscores the complexities and challenges in cases where domestic disputes escalate to violence, leaving a profound impact on those involved.

The anesthesiologist previously pleaded not guilty to second-degree attempted murder charges, claiming he acted in self-defense. 

The jury convicted him of a lesser charge based on mental or emotional disturbance after two days of deliberation. 

During three weeks of testimony, Arielle said she had been trying to repair the couple’s marriage after Gerhardt found ‘flirty messages’ between her and a coworker. 

She described the relationship as a three-month-long ’emotional affair’ with her coworker.  

Gerhardt Konig, 47, was accused of trying to killed his nuclear engineer wife Arielle Konig on her birthday in Oahu on March 24, 2025

Arielle Konig, 37, accused her husband of attacking her with a rock after pulling a syringe on her near a cliff in Hawaii

The couple went hiking in Oahu last spring after Gerhardt uncovered messages of his wife’s ’emotional affair’

‘I was apologetic,’ she testified. ‘He was obviously hurt. I was committed to my marriage, to rebuild. It felt like an affair to him. It was an emotional affair to him.’ 

Arielle claimed that after her husband wrestled her to the ground, he pulled out a vial and a syringe before attacking her with the rock.  

The defense noted that police never found a syringe at the scene or evidence that he tried to inject his wife with any substance.

She told the court that she screamed, ‘Please help, he’s trying to kill me’ as her husband attacked her. 

The attack only ended when two female hikers heard her pleas for help and called 911, the prosecution argued. 

Gerhardt had fled the scene when the two hikers arrived, and allegedly called his son, confessing to attacking his wife and saying he was going to take his own life. 

Arielle testified that she was treated for ‘severe scalp lacerations’ following the incident and showed picture evidence of her injuries during the trial. 

Images revealed in court showed Arielle Konig’s injuries after her husband beat her with a rock

Another photo shown in court depicting Arielle Konig’s injuries 

The court was shown photographs of the contents of Gerhardt Konig’s medical bag which included a syringe and a generic form of Propofol, the powerful anesthetic that caused Michael Jackson’s fatal overdose

Gerhardt’s attorney, Thomas Otake, previously argued Arielle’s injuries were not as bad as they appeared, and said she only suffered a small laceration to her eyebrow.

A physician from Queen’s Medical Center, though, claimed she had suffered crushed tissue down to the skull.

Gerhardt told the court that the couple had gotten into an argument over their affair and that she struck him with a rock first before they wrestled one another to the ground. 

He admitted to striking her with a rock but denied that he had any syringes. 

The court was shown photographs of the contents of his medical bag which included a syringe and a generic form of Propofol, the powerful anesthetic that caused Michael Jackson’s fatal overdose. 

Gerhardt also dispelled accusations that he attempted to push his wife toward the cliff’s edge.

The estranged husband expressed remorse for the attack. 

‘I felt horrified about what I did to her, that I had caused this to her, that I had resorted to violence against my wife, the person whom I love the most in the world,’ he said. ‘And I just kind of felt hopeless in terms of our relationship, too.’

Prosecutors claimed Gerhardt came up with a plan to kill his wife to avoid a divorce amid their marital issues.  

Konig feeds Arielle cake on their wedding day in 2018. The couple met on a dating app in 2016 and were married two years later. They now have two young sons

The court was also shown Konig’s booking photograph. He was arrested in Maui after having fled the scene of the assault

It was also revealed that Gerhardt stood to gain $250,000 from a life insurance policy in the event of Arielle’s death.

Arielle filed for divorce in May 2025 and sought full custody of the couple’s young sons.  

Gerhardt has been in jail since his arrest in March 2025, roughly eight hours after he attacked his wife. His medical staff privileges at Maui Health were revoked.

Arielle and Gerhardt married in 2018, two years after meeting on a dating app. 

His sentencing is scheduled for August 13.