Tag Archives: policelaw

California father arrested after son used his stolen gun to kill 10-year-old boy: police

Police arrested a California father and his 10-year-old son on Saturday after the young boy allegedly shot and killed another 10-year-old using a stolen weapon. The son allegedly found the stolen firearm inside his father’s vehicle. Police responded to reports of a shooting in Sacramento County to find the second …

Read More »

Bail revoked for former Philadelphia police officer charged with murdering Eddie Irizarry

A former Philadelphia police officer out on bail after being accused of shooting and killing a 27-year-old man sitting in his car in August, had his bail revoked by a judge Tuesday. Mark Dial, a five-year veteran with the Philadelphia Police Department, faces charges of murder, manslaughter, aggravated assault and …

Read More »

Maine shooter thought local businesses attacked in shooting were spreading 'pedophile' rumors about him: Docs

Maine law enforcement officers investigating last week’s mass shooting in Lewiston have shared evidence that suggests the U.S. Army reservist Robert Card, who killed 18 people at a bowling alley and a bar, may have intentionally targeted individuals at those locations. On Tuesday, Maine State Police and the Maine Department …

Read More »

Lawsuit filed against Kansas City government over police corruption, sexual assault by former detective

Five women who say they were sexually assaulted or harassed by a former Kansas City, Kansas, detective filed a lawsuit Friday accusing the government of allowing police corruption to thrive for years. The Kansas City Star reports that the federal lawsuit says the Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas …

Read More »

Missing Illinois police chief's body found after stomach-turning complaint against girlfriend: docs

Murder charges were reinstated against an Illinois woman who was accused of lethally poisoning a local police chief’s food with eyedrops. Charges were dropped against Marcy Oglesby, 51, in March after the trial judge sided with her defense team’s argument that Oglesby was deprived of her right to a speedy …

Read More »

Breonna Taylor's death: Mistrial declared after jury fails to reach verdict in case of ex-Louisville cop

Jurors failed to reach a unanimous verdict on federal civil rights charges Thursday in the trial of a former Louisville police officer charged in the police raid that killed Breonna Taylor, prompting the judge to declare a mistrial. Brett Hankison was charged with using excessive force that violated the rights …

Read More »

South Georgia highway crash kills 5 on Thanksgiving

Four adults and a toddler died Thursday afternoon when their van collided with a pickup truck on a state highway near Moultrie in south Georgia. Four other people in the van, as well as the driver of the pickup truck, were severely injured, state troopers said. They were taken by …

Read More »

Wyoming woman vanishes during cross-country trip with ex-boyfriend, daughters

A mom of two vanished during a cross-country trip from Alabama to Wyoming while she was with her ex-boyfriend, who has been charged with an unrelated federal crime. Katie Ferguson, 33, hasn’t been seen alive since October, and was officially reported missing to police in Cody, Wyoming, on Nov. 2, …

Read More »

Former drug kingpins provided 'unparalleled assistance' in convicting El Chapo

Margarito Flores and his twin brother Pedro anxiously huddled in a lavish bathroom in South Zapopan, Mexico, as they prepared to call Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman to discuss a shipment of heroin they had just received. As Margarito paced, Pedro pressed the record button on his audiotape device and placed …

Read More »

Arkansas sheriff's deputy killed in fatal shooting, police say

An Arkansas sheriff’s deputy was shot and killed Tuesday and a suspect is in custody, said Arkansas State Police, who provided little additional details on the shooting. State police on Tuesday night said it was investigating the shooting of the Stone County deputy that occurred at 4:30 p.m. A news …

Read More »