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 …
A Texas deputy was reportedly shot and killed while conducting a traffic stop on Tuesday morning. Suspect Gregory Newsom, 45, allegedly shot the unidentified Panola County Sheriff’s Office deputy six times after they pulled him over on Farm-to-Market Road 10 shortly before 2 a.m. KSLA reported that Newsom led officers on a high-speed chase which …
Volusia County, Florida, sheriff’s deputies captured a wanted fugitive last week as he was broadcasting live on Instagram. Kevin Gaines, Jr, 20, was wanted on charges of grand theft auto, resisting arrest, and driving on a suspended license, the sheriff’s department said. Additionally, he was wanted on several bond revocation warrants, including discharging a firearm from …
A 911 dispatcher in Arkansas who berated a woman, as she drowned in August, was cleared of all wrongdoing in a recently-completed internal review. The Fort Smith Police Department and Fire Department’s investigation likely means former Fort Smith dispatcher Donna Reneau will not face charges. Debbie Stevens, 47, who was trapped as floodwaters surrounded her …
An ex-sheriff’s deputy in Wisconsin was criminally charged on Tuesday for allegedly scouring through obituaries to identify homes that would be empty so she could burglarize them. Janelle Gericke, 29, who was fired from the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Department in July, is accused of committing the break-ins between February 2018 and June 2019. The Milwaukee …
New York City officials have agreed to pay $625,000 to a woman whose 1-year-old son was forcefully taken from her arms during a filmed arrest last December. Jazmine Headley, 24, filed a federal lawsuit in August, months after her arrest at a social-services office in Brooklyn. Headley waited three hours in the packed waiting room …
A Fayetteville, Arkansas, police officer was shot 10 times in the head while sitting in his patrol car behind the police station, the Washington County Sheriff’s Office said in a detailed Facebook post that included video from the entire incident. Officer Stephen Carr, 27, was waiting for his partner in the police station parking lot …
A California police officer was arrested on felony charges on Thursday, weeks after he allegedly touched a deceased woman’s breast while on duty. Los Angeles police officer David Rojas was charged with having sexual contact with human remains without authority in connection with a call he responded to on October 30. KCBS reported that Rojas …
A Mississippi police officer was killed on Thursday while joining an ongoing chase involving two teens and a stolen car. Officers were reportedly chasing Darion Dogan, 16, and Johnathan Taylor, 15, in a stolen car, when they crashed into Panola County constable Eula Ray Hawkins, 57, as he responded to the ongoing pursuit. WHBQ reported …
