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Three Connected to Bombing Suspect Questioned in New Bedford

Taylor Cormier — Sat, 20 Apr 2013 00:02:04 +0000

The investigation into the Boston Marathon bombing seeped into New Bedford, Mass. on Friday evening with the questioning of several people who knew suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. After local and state police and FBI agents allegedly searched Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s UMass Dartmouth dorm room, authorities swarmed to the Rockdale West apartment complex in New Bedford’s West End. Three [...]

Police Shoot, Kill Kurt Myers, Ending Standoff in Herkimer, New York

Daniel J. Cassavaugh — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 12:41:53 +0000

State Police have shot and killed Kurt Myers, the suspect in shootings that killed four people and injured two others in Herkimer and Mohawk, New York.

Shortly before 8 a.m. Thursday, State Police, FBI and a K-9 unit entered the former Glory Days bar in Herkimer where Myers had been in hiding for nearly 16 hours and had at times exchanged fire with police.

Parents Sue Police After 7-Year-Old Is Cuffed For 10 Hours

Jeremy Taylor — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 19:54:20 +0000

An elementary school tussle turned into an all day police station ordeal for seven-year old Wilson Reyes, according to a $250 million lawsuit his parents have filed against the NYPD. It all started when Reyes alleged picked up $5 in lunch money that somebody else had dropped in the halls of Public School 114 in the [...]

Armed San Diego Theater Suspect Shot by Police

Joe Student — Sun, 13 Jan 2013 23:49:01 +0000

Police stormed a movie theater in San Diego on Saturday and shot and wounded an armed domestic-violence suspect who was pretending to be a patron.Authorities said they pursued Tom Billodeaux, 20, of Escondido, Calif. into the Reading Cinemas Carmel Mountain in San Diego following reports of him allegedly fighting with his girlfriend near the cinemas. [...]

Naked Man Engages Police in New Year's Samurai Standoff

Jeremy Taylor — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 17:00:44 +0000

They call New Year’s Eve amateur night because it’s a night where nearly everyone parties hard, not just those who have regular experience with intoxicants. This means that it’s a pretty safe bet that some idiotic stuff is going to go down, sometimes even before the ball drops. We don’t know what substances Coco Bennett ingested in the [...]

Beaverton Police Take Hamster Into Protective Custody

Dan Seitz — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 19:45:58 +0000

Pulling over a driver suspected of being impaired is unfortunately far too common for most police officers. Having to take a hamster into protective custody, on the other hand, is somewhat outside the usual scope of police duty. And yet, in Beaverton, OR, they were called on to do just that. A woman was pulled [...]

Understaffed Detroit Police Say Enter the City at Your Own Risk

Mike Adams — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 19:48:19 +0000

Abandon all hope ye who enter here. Here being Detroit.

A recent report by the Detroit Police Officers Association offers a strict warning to those who plan to visit the city, saying that due to “grossly understaffed” and overworked law enforcement, people now enter the Motor City at their own risk.

Nampa Police Shoot and Kill Pit Bull – Was it Justified? [VIDEO]

Chaz — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 15:40:01 +0000

Nampa Police in Idaho, have released a video of officers taking down a pit bull with deadly force, after the dog attacked one of them. Was the shooting justified? In the video, two officers, who are both wearing cameras, are seen doing a welfare check at a residence. One officer knocks on a door that [...]

Teen Girl Slips Handcuffs, Steals Police Vehicle and Leads Cops on Merry Chase

Carl Pettit — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 16:35:59 +0000

It’s tough being young and wild, especially if you live in a small Colorado mountain town. Sometimes kids just have to invent their own kind of fun. Perhaps 18-year-old Shelby Figueroa was thinking just that when she slammed her car into the back of an unmarked police SUV in Clear Creek, Colorado. The five-foot-tall suspect was subsequently detained and placed into the back of another police SUV. And then the real excitement began.

Police Officer Killed After Shooting Near Campus of Texas A&M [VIDEO]

Shauna Wright — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 21:14:14 +0000

Three people are dead and four more were wounded after a gunman opened fire from inside his home near the campus of Texas A&M university. The tragedy unfolded when a police officer tried to serve an eviction notice to the unnamed shooter, who then began firing automatic weapons and killed Brian Bachmann, a 41-year-old Brazos [...]

Man in SpongeBob SquarePants Suit Fights With Women, Gets Detained by Police [VIDEO]

Jeremy Taylor — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 17:55:55 +0000

A man dressed as the popular kids’ show character SpongeBob SquarePants was detained by police yesterday in Los Angeles after an altercation between him and two women got violent. It hasn’t been firmly established why the dispute so quickly escalated into a vicious barage of punches, although there are some suggestions that SpongeBob placed his gloved hands [...]

Texas Man Leads Police On Slow-Speed Chase [VIDEO]

Shay Hill — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 21:17:42 +0000

California always has exciting high-speed car chases. Well, here in Texas we are a little more laid back; we have SLOW-speed forklift chases. It's kind of like lawn mower racing but not really. Yes, some moron always has to do something stupid, make the national news and make us all look like idiots. You know someone is out there saying "look at those stupid redneck Texans". In this case they would be correct.

Police Shoot Bullet Proof Alligator [VIDEO]

Rudy Fernandez — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 14:07:16 +0000

While on routine patrol police officers in Independence Missouri had received calls of a giant alligator running loose. When officers arrived the giant alligator laid motionless in the tall grasses on the bank of a local pond. That’s when police sharp shooters were called in to shoot the bullet proof gator. It turns out that [...]

Facebook and Twitter Increase Police Exposure

Rudy Fernandez — Wed, 11 May 2011 02:49:47 +0000

Law enforcement officials call it “appalling” and an “alarming spike” on law enforcement around the country being attacked, officials are warn that the success of sites such as Facebook and Twitter, make police more vulnerable. Police have used social medias to identify and investigate criminals, now the criminals are turning the tables on the cops. [...]