The Rockland County man arrested and charged with a felony after he fired a handgun in the direction of an occupied vehicle in downtown Auburn is a New York City police officer, Auburn police confirmed Monday morning. Michael Cerrato, 29, of Pomona, was charged with first-degree reckless endangerment, a class D felony, and second-degree menacing, … Read more
WAXAHACHIE — Former Somervell County Sheriff’s Deputy William Lane Cox, who drunkenly shot at an Ellis County church, pleaded to the charge of deadly conduct on Monday morning. By accepting the plea-bargain agreement, Cox was sentenced to five years in prison, which was suspended. He was then placed on community supervision. Cox remain on probation … Read more
A Clark County deputy is now back to work after he shot a news photographer about two months ago. Deputy Jacob Shaw was placed on paid administrative leave after he shot New Carlisle News photographer Andrew Grimm on Sept. 4. He returned to work Saturday, Oct. 21, after he was cleared by a psychiatrist and … Read more
A federal jury awarded a Morgan Park man a record-breaking $44.7 million Thursday after finding that a Chicago police officer shot him in the head after a night of heavy drinking and that the troubled Police Department enabled the off-duty patrolman’s violent behavior. The 10-member jury deliberated for two days before reaching its decision, bringing … Read more
CHICAGO — Federal prosecutors are seeking an eight-year prison sentence for a Chicago police officer who shot into a car full of teenagers in December 2013, wounding two of them. However, attorneys for Officer Marco Proano are asking for probation. Proano was convicted in August of two counts of civil rights violations after prosecutors said … Read more
A former Oklahoma reserve deputy who fatally shot an unarmed man when he mistook his firearm for a stun gun has been released from prison after serving less than half of his four-year sentence. Department of Corrections spokesman Matt Elliott says 76-year-old Robert Bates was freed on Thursday morning from the North Fork Correctional Center … Read more
A Jackson Police Department Firearms Instructor who was injured when he he was accidentally shot by another officer during training has been treated and released from Regional One Medical in Memphis, according to Jackson Police Chief Julian Wiser. Neither of the officers involved have been identified. “The officers at the scene administered first aid until … Read more
The former Arizona cop preparing to go to trial for shooting and killing an unarmed man in a hotel hallway last year is now arguing that it would be “unfair” to show the jury body cam footage of the shooting. But the footage is probably the strongest piece of evidence that will determined whether or … Read more
The Des Moines police officer who fatally shot an unarmed man through the window of her patrol car in 2015 falsely told investigators she shouted warnings at the man before opening fire, according to court records. Vanessa Miller, who resigned from the Des Moines Police Department in July 2016, told investigators in the immediate aftermath … Read more
An 18-year-old male was shot in the arm on Monday by a cop who mistook his gun for his taser. Police responded to a call about a son striking his mother across the face at around 2pm in Milledgeville, Georgia. When they arrived to take the son, Jamel Jackson, 18, into custody he resisted and … Read more
Philadelphia police officer Cyrus Mann stood on a rain-slicked road, pointed his gun at a moving car and pulled the trigger five times, hitting the driver. The next year, he chased an unarmed man down an alley and shot him in the back. Two years later, he fired his gun four times at a man … Read more
PAULDING COUNTY, Ga. — Police say a deputy had no choice but to fire his weapon in a deadly shooting in Paulding County on Thursday – but family is calling it a murder. Deputy David Martin is a 10-year veteran of law enforcement. He’s been with the Paulding County Sheriff’s Office since February of 2014 … Read more