A Florida sheriff’s deputy will be charged with a misdemeanor for firing a taser at a suspect that sparked a massive fireball and left the suspect with burns over 75 percent of his body. Osceola County Deputy David Crawford was also injured in the February 27 inferno, although he has long since been released from …
A Michigan auxiliary officer with live ammunition loaded into a service weapon shot and wounded a civilian role-player during a training exercise on Sunday. Michigan State Police said that Taylor Police auxiliary officers were conducting a vehicle take-down exercise at a local park when one of the officers fired a service weapon, according to WJBK. …
A South Carolina police officer was shot and killed while responded to a call about a domestic disturbance early Sunday morning. The Cayce Police Department said the suspect took his own life after a seven-hour standoff, WLTX reported. Police identified the slain officer as Roy Andrew “Drew” Barr, 28, saying he had been with the …
A New York man is in the hospital after police say he refused to drop a machete during a confrontation Monday, following an incident with his girlfriend. NYPD Chief of Department Kenneth Corey confirmed that the man’s girlfriend, Brianna Cortez, contacted 911 and said her child’s father took numerous pills and claimed he wanted to …
A Michigan woman and her 9-month-old son died last week in a hospital’s garage in a suspected case of carbon monoxide poisoning. According to WDIV, Kellye Weathersby-Canty was with her infant son, Kanaan, when she dropped off her mother at Harper Hospital in Detroit on March 23. Weathersby-Canty’s mother finished her doctor’s appointment but was …
An Georgia man is dead after threatening to shoot Walton County deputies at a convenience store Saturday night. Deputies responded to the store near Loganville when they received a call about a driver crashing into cars in the parking lot and on the highway, WXIA reported. Once they arrived, they recognized William Parrott — Sheriff …
A Massachusetts state trooper was killed Thursday night when a tanker truck struck her cruiser, officials said. Tamar Bucci, 34, was killed in an accident on Interstate 93 in Stoneham. Bucci was pulling over to help a disabled car when the tanker truck hit her, according to MassLive. Two people passing by at the time …
A Philadelphia grand jury has indicted a veteran homicide detective for his part in a violent interrogation of a man who spent 11 years in prison for murder before he was exonerated. James Pitts has been accused of assaulting Obina Onyiah during his interrogation for the 2010 murder of a jewelry store owner. Onyiah confessed …
A Virginia police officer was charged with a misdemeanor this month after he left his loaded service weapon on his sofa for five hours, before his 2-year-old son picked up the gun and fatally shot himself. Stefhone Christian McCombs Sr, 25, was charged on February 8 with allowing access to firearms by a minor in …
Family members, however, say Daniel Knight, the bride’s uncle, was a ‘sweet and kind soul’ who ‘just had a little bit to drink’ and ‘was happy and hugging everyone.’
Two police detectives in Bridgeport, Connecticut, have been placed on administrative leave over the handling of two recent deaths of women who were found deceased on the same day. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Lauren Smith-Fields, a student and Tik-Tok infuencer, was found dead on December 12 at her Bridgeport home after meeting for a date …
Thousands attended Friday’s funeral in New York for a rookie police officer who died last week in a shooting that also claimed the life of his partner. According to the New York Post, fallen NYPD officer Jason Rivera, 22, was posthumously promoted to detective first grade during his funeral at St. Patrick’s Cathedral. In addition …
