BOLO: Woman escapes from California jail
Police
An escaped Delano, California jail inmate is considered armed and dangerous
Police
May 14, 2017
Armed inmate killed, hostage rescued at Illinois hospital
Officers fatally shot an armed jail inmate who took two nurses hostage at a hospital
Police
May 10, 2017
Customs officers accused of sexually hazing coworkers, duct-taping them to ‘rape table’
An investigation is underway after U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at Newark Airport claim to have been subjected to sexually abusive hazing by their superiors, which included being duct-taped to a “rape table.” Three officers with the agency’s Passenger Enforcement Roving Team have recently come forward to speak on the alleged hazing rituals, which …
Murder
May 9, 2017
Boston penthouse murder victims did NOT know the suspect, and he did not shoot at police: D.A.
The Suffolk County District Attorney gave a press conference Monday on the grisly murders of two respected doctors in their South Boston penthouse, during which he contradicted earlier media reports that had cited unidentified police sources in addition to statements from the city’s police commissioner. As Crime Online previously reported, Boston Police Commissioner William Evans …
Police
May 8, 2017
Respected county sheriff lewdly exposes himself in popular park, leads cops on foot chase
A respected Dekalb County, Georgia, sheriff was arrested this weekend for indecent exposure after he allegedly exposed himself to an Atlanta police officer in an area of a public park with a reputation for indecency. According to the Atlanta-Journal Constitution, DeKalb County Sheriff Jeffrey Mann tried to evade arrest after exposing himself to a person …
Police
May 5, 2017
Dallas woman turns herself in after video shows her fleeing scene of deadly crash
Twenty-seven-year-old Haley Parkman of McKinney, Texas was driving with a suspended license when she allegedly rear-ended a car while drunk, killing 28-year-old Kamren Morgan, according to the Dallas News. Parkman (pictured on the left) turned herself into authorities last week on charges of intoxication manslaughter and failure to stop and render aid after her Chevy …
Police
May 3, 2017
Police say Chicago officers shot and wounded were targeted
CHICAGO (AP) — Two Chicago police officers were shot and wounded late Tuesday when two vehicles pulled up alongside their car and someone started firing indiscriminately in what authorities believe was a targeted attack. One officer was shot in the arm and hip and the other in the back, police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said. Police …
Police
May 2, 2017
Sources: Justice Department won’t charge officers in fatal Alton Sterling shooting
The Department of Justice will decline to charge two white police officers involved in the fatal shooting of a black man in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, last year, four sources close to the situation told The Washington Post. Alton Sterling, 37, was killed last July when officers Howie Lake II and Blane Salamoni pinned him down and shot him …
Police
April 27, 2017
GRAPHIC VIDEO: South Carolina deputy uses cruiser to fatally ram motorcyclist amid high-speed chase
A South Carolina officer’s dash cam reportedly caught him using his SUV to ram into a motorcycle during a deadly Wednesday night chase. The video, which the Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office posted to YouTube on Thursday, showed Deputy James Vansant striking the motorcycle twice. After Deputy Vansant collided a second time, the video captures the motorcycle …
Police
April 25, 2017
VIDEO: North Carolina officer puts gun to unarmed man’s head, threatens to kill him
In addition to punching and elbowing an unarmed man, a video captured a North Carolina cop placing a gun to a man’s head and threatening to kill him. WBTV reported that the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department (CMPD) stopped a car they believed was connected to a string of larcenies on March 26, 2016. During the stop, James …
Police
April 25, 2017
Solitary confinement inmate who died of dehydration spent his final days begging for water
A psychologically troubled inmate in Sheriff David Clark’s Milwaukee County Jail made it clear to prison staff that he was desperate for water, prosecutors say, but the staff ignored his pleas and let him die of dehydration. As Crime Online previously reported, Terrill Thomas died on April 24, 2016, while in solitary confinement at the Milwaukee …
Police
April 24, 2017
Former Bay Area cop accused of raping a teenager and multiple others while on duty
A former California police officer is facing charges that he sexually assaulted multiple women — including a teenager. Noah White Winchester, 32, a one-time member of the San Mateo Police Department, will stand trial for the sexual assault of five women while he was on duty. Winchester previously served as an officer with the Los …