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LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles police Tuesday released dramatic video in an officer-involved shooting in Van Nuys last month which left an innocent woman dead. Los Angeles police body-cam footage of the suspect, Guillermo Perez, holding the hostage, Elizabeth Tollison, at knifepoint, just prior to the shooting. (LAPD) LAPD Chief Michel Moore released the body-camera … Read more
SAVANNAH, Ga. – Savannah Police have deemed this week the deadliest of 2018. As of Friday night, investigators in the city have responded to 5 fatal shootings within one week. The latest victim has been identified by family members as 60-year old, Cynthia Fields. “I just heard shots rang out and I saw my mother … Read more
The Oxford County sheriff who resigned amid allegations he sexually harassed members of his department is under investigation by the FBI, which found that someone in the office had destroyed documents, hard drives and cellphone records, a sheriff’s department official testified. Chief Deputy Christopher Wainwright also testified that similar conduct against county workers could date … Read more
CLEVELAND – A judge ordered a convicted robber’s mouth taped shut during his sentencing in Cleveland court Tuesday. During the sentencing for 32-year-old Franklyn Williams, convicted for three armed robberies, Judge John Russo ordered him to be silent multiple times. Video shot inside the Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court shows Williams apparently complaining about his … Read more
Evidence continues to mount that the New York Police Department may have a sexual assault and harassment problem on its hands. But rather than face up to the fact that some officers abuse their authority and deal with those officers accordingly, the officers’ union is legally trying to make sure that any allegations of sexual … Read more
A police officer in Aurora, Colorado, killed a local homeowner Monday morning after mistaking him for an armed intruder, according to a statement from local police. The Aurora Sentinel reports that at around 1:30 a.m., police received calls about a break-in in Aurora, and that officers heard gunshots when they arrived at the home. They … Read more
HONOLULU – A former military police officer was sentenced Monday for the production of child pornography. Christopher Ernest Fox, 21, was stationed at Schofield Barracks. According to court documents and information presented in court, in August 2016 Fox began corresponding with a 12-year-old female in the United Kingdom using social media applications, including Instagram and … Read more
A former Clackamas County probation officer was sentenced Friday to 35 years and one month in prison for repeatedly raping two girls beginning when they were 5 and 7. Clackamas County Circuit Judge Michael Wetzel sentenced Gordon Mead Jr., 69, for first-degree rape, first-degree sexual abuse and first-degree sodomy of the two girls, which occurred … Read more
Two former correction officers at Downstate Correctional Facility in Fishkill will spend over seven years in prison for nearly beating an inmate to death at the Dutchess County prison. Kathy Scott and George Santiago Jr. were sentenced Monday in U.S. District Court in White Plains for the barbaric Nov. 12, 2013, beating of inmate Kevin … Read more
BLANDFORD, MA — The entire police department of a small town in the southwestern part of the state resigned Monday evening. The residents of Blandford – all 1,233 of them, according to a 2010 census – were advised to call State Police should they need emergency services. The Blandford Police Department posted on Facebook shortly … Read more
CANON CITY, Colo. – A 25-year-old former Fremont County corrections officer who admittedly fell in love with an inmate and smuggled drugs into the jail facility multiple times will spend less than two full months in jail for her crimes. Sarah Nicole James was caught bringing meth and opiates into the Fremont Correctional Facility in … Read more
Michigan – Over and over again, the man protested: “You got the wrong guy.” But the police didn’t listen. They arrested him at work in front of his colleagues, hauled him off to jail and held him for 15 days believing he was someone else: a fugitive wanted for attempted murder. Six years later, the … Read more