The Minnesota police officer who was acquitted in last year’s fatal shooting of black motorist Philando Castile will receive $48,500 as part of a separation agreement announced Monday. The Minneapolis suburb of St. Anthony said Jeronimo Yanez is no longer with its police department. Details of the agreement were released to The Associated Press through …
It was a violent Fourth of July in New York City this year, as a veteran NYPD officer was shot and killed in a targeted police attack, while a Queens resident was shot to death during the Macy’s Fireworks display. READ more: Lady cop assassinated, ambushed during July 4th celebrations NBC News reports that a …
A Missouri state trooper pleaded guilty to a boating violation in the drowning death of a handcuffed man, according to The Kansas City Star. On Tuesday, Anthony Piercy (pictured left) pleaded guilty on Tuesday to a negligent operation of a vessel charge in the May 2014 death of Brandon Ellingson, 20 (pictured right). He faces—at most—six months in …
An adorable German Shepherd was simply too friendly to land a job on the police force in Queensland, Australia, but his cuteness and affability paid off after he landed a career more suited for his personality. Gavel failed out of police dog academy when he was just six weeks old because he was more interested in licking …
The fugitives are believed to have made it from Tennessee to New York
“The cop was on his hands and knees bleeding from his neck”
Newly released dashcam video of a police confrontation with Philando Castile reveals that Castile and his passenger told the Minnesota police officer who pulled Castile over that the now-deceased man was not reaching for his gun before the officer fired seven shots in rapid succession, killing Castile. On Friday, St. Anthony Police officer Jeronimo Yanez was …
KATE BRUMBACK, Associated Press ERIK SCHELZIG, Associated Press SHELBYVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Two escaped inmates sought in the killings of two guards on a Georgia prison bus were captured after a chase and being held at gunpoint by a rural Tennessee homeowner whose vehicle they were trying to steal, authorities said. Donnie Rowe and Ricky Dubose …
KATE BRUMBACK, Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — The search for two Georgia inmates sought in the killing of their guards during an escape from a prison bus went into its third day Thursday and the scope of the manhunt is expanding. Authorities do not know whether Donnie Rowe and Ricky Dubose are still in Georgia …
The attackers stabbed him in the face
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Newly released video from bodycams on officers responding to a mass shooting at a Florida gay nightclub shows shattered glass inside the club, the sounds of automatic gunfire and an officer shouting to the gunman, “Come out with your hands up or you will die!” The videos were released Wednesday to …
A high school principal in Kirbyville, Texas, who took his own life last week was given an ultimatum to resign from his job or face an investigation. READ the latest update: Assistant to Texas high school principal who died last week abruptly resigns According to local news reports, corroborated by Kirbyville police, Dennis Reeves met …
