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 …
Surveillance cameras reportedly captured the moment an off-duty cop drew his gun on a man he wrongly believed was stealing a pack of mints from a California service station. Per The Orange County Register, Jose Arreola, 49, had actually purchased the $1.19 pack of Mentos from a Chevron Food Mart in Orange County on March …
Authorities in Ohio are recognizing a helpful volunteer who stepped in to help take down a suspect during a foot pursuit last month. According to Fox News, Columbus police officers were chasing an 18-year-old who was attempting to flee on foot near an area library. A bystander identified by police only as Bill reportedly saw …
An officer with the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives was shot in the face early Friday morning while working undercover on a joint illegal gun investigation with the Chicago Police Department. According to the Chicago Tribune, the unnamed agent—aged late 20s—was injured around 3:15 a.m. in the Back of the Yards neighborhood …
Hours after finding a man lying face-down on the grass, a Maryland police officer reportedly jumped into action Tuesday afternoon to save a girl from a hot car. While responding to reports of an unresponsive man, Prince George’s County police Cpl. Darryl Wormuth recalled peering into a nearby car and spotting a 1 1/2-year-old girl …
Footage apparently shows police in Tennessee using a stun gun on a registered nurse who refused to leave the emergency room. The Times Free Press reported that Roger Davis, 42, a nurse at Erlanger Hospital in Chattanooga, was arrested Thursday night following reports of an assault. Davis’ mother was a patient at the hospital; staff …
Hours after arresting a man in connection with Saturday’s shooting death of an off-duty Arkansas officer, police reportedly dropped the charges after determining that he wasn’t the killer. Per WMC, the West Memphis Police Department arrested Bobby Patterson on Tuesday morning after witnesses identified him as the man who shot and killed Forrest City officer Oliver Johnson Jr., …
A district attorney hopeful is under fire for reportedly saying that cop killers don’t deserve the death penalty because “it’s part of the risk they take.” Lawrence Strauss, one of three candidates for Contra Costa County District Attorney, allegedly made the controversial comment during an April 24 forum at the Lesher Center in Walnut Creek, California. East Bay …
