Kentucky sheriff asks people to stop committing crimes until coronavirus pandemic ends
“The Sheriff’s department is asking that all criminal activities stop until further notice.”
“The Sheriff’s department is asking that all criminal activities stop until further notice.”
A Kentucky man filed a lawsuit against two police departments earlier this month, alleging officers violently dragged him out his home and threw him to the ground while investigating a shooting that turned out to be a false alarm. The September 2019 bodycam footage was released in light of the lawsuit Frank Serapiglia, 71, filed …
A police officer in Arkansas was fatally shot Tuesday night while conducting a traffic stop. KARK has identified the slain officer as Brent Scrimshire. The Hot Springs police officer, who had been with the department for six years, was shot at 6:30 p.m. while conducting a stop on the 100 block of Kentwood Street, according …
Prosecutors in California have declined to file any criminal charges against two police officers in connection with the August 2018 shooting death of actress Vanessa Marquez. In a memo given to Los Angeles and South Pasadena police, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office said they determined that South Pasadena Officers Gilberto Carrillo and Christopher …
A Georgia police officer was arrested for murder on Wednesday for allegedly fatally shooting his wife and claiming she had killed herself. Six days before Amanda Perrault, 44, was found dead in her home, her husband, Eatonton police Officer Michael Perrault, 43, was charged with simple battery, family violence, and cruelty to children for an …
A Virginia police officer — mom of a 2-year-old daughter and a US Navy veteran — was killed Thursday during a traffic stop when the driver of the car she stopped accelerated, dragging her for about a block before crashing into a tree. Officer Katie Thyne, 24, was pinned between the tree and the vehicle’s …
Update 8:49 p.m.: The woman who opened fire at a suburban Chicago cigar lounge Friday night had a concealed carry permit and no criminal record, the Chicago Sun-Times reported. Lisa McMullan shot and killed retired Illinois state trooper Gregory Rieves and wounded another retired trooper and an off-duty trooper before turning the gun on herself. …
A former Maryland police officer was indicted on Tuesday, months after he allegedly raped a woman following a traffic stop. In September, then-Fairmount Heights officer Martique Vanderpool, 30, and a colleague reportedly pulled over a female driver in Capitol Heights. The Prince George’s County Police Department said in a statement that Vanderpool placed the driver …
A former Ohio police officer who admitted to urinating on a 12-year-old girl at a school bus stop in August was sentenced on Tuesday to four and a half years in prison. WOIO reported that Solomon Nhiwatiwa, 34, is also required to register as a sex offender. The former Cleveland police officer had urinated on …
Two Honolulu police officers were shot near the base of Diamond Head on Sunday when they responded to an assault call at a home that later burst into flames and spread to other houses in the neighborhood as well as vehicles parked on the street. Live ammunition exploded inside the home as well, the Honolulu …
A South Carolina airport police officer was shot and killed during a traffic stop at Florence Regional Airport Sunday morning, News 13 reported. Jackson Ryan Winkeler, 26, died just before 6 a.m., the station reported. The suspect fled the scene but was captured a few hours later. How do you protect your children from predators? …
Police officials in Kansas announced on Monday that an officer has been fired for fabricating a story about a McDonald’s employee writing “f**king pig” on his coffee cup on Saturday morning. Herington police chief Brian Hornaday said the 23-year-old officer’s actions left all of law enforcement with a “black eye.” WIBW reported that the officer …