Two sheriff’s deputies in Kansas were killed in the line of duty on Friday as they transported an inmate from jail to a court hearing. According to Fox News, 44-year-old Theresa King and 35-year-old Patrick Rohrer were shot, possibly with their own weapons, as they drove the suspect to court. Antoine Fielder, 22, had faced …
A two-day manhunt for 31-year-old Steven Wiggins, who is suspected of killing a Tennessee sheriff’s deputy during a traffic stop, has ended with the suspect’s arrest, according to authorities. In a tweet by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI), Wiggins is seen dirty and grimacing as police put him into the back of a squad …
A Memorial Day weekend trip to a New Jersey beach placed one Pennsylvania woman at the center of the latest case of alleged police brutality caught on video. As WPVI reported, 20-year-old Emily Weinman, of Philadelphia, was on a beach in Wildwood, N.J., when officers attempted to detain her on suspicion of criminal conduct including …
Prosecutors announced Friday that they wouldn’t be filing charges against a Texas woman who falsely accused a state trooper of rape. Though Sherita Dixon-Cole, 37, made “blatantly false and malicious allegations,” the Ellis County District Attorney said she won’t face criminal charges as she never made a formal complaint, according to KDFW. “This office shares the outrage …
A family in Georgia says they owe a debt of gratitude to a police officer who reacted immediately to save the life of a choking 2-month-old girl. According to ABC News, a Marietta resident contacted authorities when the infant began choking and stopped breathing. When Nick St. Onge arrived at the scene, the officer said …
Bodycam footage reportedly captures the moment Florida officers rescued two young children after their mother allegedly dragged them onto a second-floor apartment ledge. Delray Beach Police Department uploaded the video to Facebook Wednesday, which they said showed a 23-year-old woman acting “erratically” while on the narrow ledge with her two young children, ages 1 and 3, who …
A Texas woman’s claims of sexual assault at the hands of a state trooper on Sunday have withered following the release of body camera footage that appears to exonerate the accused officer. As WFAA reports, the video evidence is so compelling it has already resulted in a public apology by the accuser’s attorney. Sherita Dixon-Cole …
A North Carolina trooper died in a fiery crash Monday night while reportedly chasing a motorist who drove past a license checkpoint. According to the Winston Salem-Journal, trooper Samuel Newton Bullard, 24, died while he and another trooper pursued suspect Dakota Kape Whitt, 22, who allegedly blew past a checkpoint on U.S. 21 and Ebenezer …
By DAVE COLLINS, Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A Hartford police officer responding to a disturbance was stabbed repeatedly in the neck and critically injured Thursday morning by a woman who was being evicted from an apartment building, authorities said. The veteran female officer was in critical condition after undergoing surgery at Hartford Hospital, authorities …
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A North Carolina police officer was reportedly caught on tape slamming a man into a window at a Waffle House before putting him in a chokehold. WTVD reported that Warsaw police are investigating after a video captured an officer in an altercation with Anthony Wall, 22. Wall had just taken his 16-year-old sister to prom …
The aunt of a woman who died while in the custody of the Los Angeles Police Department reportedly threw her niece’s ashes at the police chief during a meeting Tuesday morning. Wakiesha Wilson, 36, was found dead in her cell at the LAPD Metropolitan Detention Center in March 2016. A day earlier, Wilson was arrested for assaulting …
