The former Michigan State Police trooper charged in the death of a teenage ATV rider who crashed into a parked truck seconds after being Tased will go back on trial April 1. The first trial for Mark Bessner, accused of causing the 2017 crash that killed 15-year-old Damon Grimes, ended last week in a mistrial … Read more
A Harris County jury Wednesday agreed on a 25-year prison sentence for Terry Bryan Thompson, the husband of a county deputy who last year fatally choked a young Houston father outside a Crosby-area Denny’s restaurant. The high profile murder case triggered street protests and charges of police favoritism after video showed Thompson, with help from … Read more
SODUS, N.Y. — The ex-girlfriend of a Sodus homicide victim and her husband have been charged in connection with last month’s double homicide, Wayne County Sheriff Barry Virts announced at a news conference Monday night. Charlene Childers, 25, and Timothy Dean, 32, of Sunray, Texas, are accused of conspiring to kill Joshua Niles, 28, and … Read more
On Sunday, Nov. 4th 2018, it was reported that 39-year-old Robbie Ramirez had been shot to death in Laramie, Wyoming by a deputy from the Albany County Sheriff’s Office. Ramirez spent his life battling mental illness. The two reportedly graduated high school together, as the family of Ramirez believes Colling was aware of the victim’s … Read more
Genevive Dawes’ family wore shirts with her picture on them to a news conference Friday afternoon. “It’s been hard. I miss my daughter,” said Mary Dawes. They want to know why the Dallas Police Department never showed them the video of what happened the night Genevive was shot and killed in January 2017. They waited … Read more
A mistrial has been declared in the trial for a former Michigan State Police trooper charged in a Detroit teenager’s ATV death. Jury members told the judge Tuesday that they couldn’t come to an unanimous verdict . Judge Margaret Van Houten said Wednesday that the court has “no choice but to accept their hung jury … Read more
Lloyd Napouk was armed with a homemade plastic sword that was “very special to him” when he was shot and killed by Las Vegas police early Saturday. “We have information in talking with the folks related to him that he had made this device. He called it a sword. He was very proud of it,” … Read more
Police reports show a northern Virginia man was unarmed when he was shot and killed by U.S. Park Police after a brief car chase last year. Twenty-five-year-old Bijan Ghaisar of McLean died after a Nov. 17 chase on the George Washington Parkway. Federal authorities have said little about their investigation. Ghaisar’s family has filed a … Read more
A former sheriff’s deputy in Houston who shot and killed an unarmed black man who was acting erratically was indicted Thursday on a felony charge. The deputy, Cameron Brewer, encountered Danny Ray Thomas at an intersection in Houston in March. Mr. Thomas, 34, who was unarmed, had his pants around his ankles. According to the … Read more
The family of a 26-year-old accountant slain in his home by a Dallas police officer who said she mistook his apartment for hers filed suit Friday against the city and the cop who killed him. Amber Guyger was off duty but in uniform when she shot and killed Botham Jean on Sept. 6 at South … Read more
HOUSTON – A former Harris County Sheriff’s Office deputy has been indicted in connection with the death of Danny Thomas. Cameron Brewer is charged with aggravated assault by a public servant. “There is always a lot of emotion surrounding such a death but when it happens at the hand of a government official in a … Read more
MECOSTA COUNTY, MI – A former sheriff’s deputy is facing multiple charges in the shooting death of another man outside of a bar in Morley. Randall Robert Jensen 48, of Stanwood is held without bond after his arraignment in Mecosta County District Court on Monday, Oct. 22, on charges of open murder, two counts of … Read more