Edward Kovari’s 18-day journey caged in the back of a private prisoner transport van began at a gas station in Winchester, Va., where the waiter had recently moved from Houston. As Kovari left the station’s convenience store, a Virginia police officer checking out-of-state license plates informed him that his 2005 Pontiac sedan had been reported … Read more
AUGUSTA — Kevin Raymond Curtis, of Augusta, held up an evidence bag Tuesday containing two small, clear plastic bags of a white sandy material. Police had suspected the grainy substance was heroin. It was actually his father. The 48 grams of suspected heroin seized after a car crash Saturday morning in Manchester proved instead to … Read more
An Ohio woman told police she didn’t want to die in custody just a few hours before she was found dead in her jail cell bed. Ralkina Jones, 37, was found unresponsive on July 26, 15 hours after she discussed her medical issues with police. “I’m not asking for an exception to any rules, but … Read more
CHARLOTTE — A former Hickory police officer is facing federal charges in relation to a November 2013 episode where he is accused of slamming a woman to the ground and covering up his behavior by filing a false report. Robert Michael George, 45, was charged Monday with using excessive force and obstructing justice by a … Read more
A 6-year-old boy in Florida was handcuffed by a school resource officer for being “disruptive” in a computer lab — and his mother wants answers. “Elias is very lovable,” the child’s mother, Marsiela Villa, told Tampa’s NBC affiliate WFLA, “and he has his days where he doesn’t want to listen.” After getting “out of control” … Read more
Despite the evidence against a Los Angeles County narcotics detective, an appeals court panel decided this week that the sheriff’s department is not allowed to fire him. Following months of investigating after a tip that Carlos Arellano was fraternizing with criminals, the department accused him of being involved with a drug-trafficking organization, cultivating marijuana plants, … Read more
Largo, Florida police detectives entered a funeral home in Clearwater and attempted to unlock the phone of a man killed in March by another officer at a traffic stop using the deceased man’s hands, the Tampa Bay Times reported. Victoria Armstrong, the fiance of late Linus F. Phillip, told the paper she felt “so disrespected … Read more
A 38-year-old man and his fiance were changing a flat tire over the weekend when they were struck by a vehicle on a Maryland highway. The man’s 13-year-old daughter was sitting in the backseat with her little brother. She saw her father — who later died — run down. She watched the other car speed … Read more
PANAMA CITY, Florida — A Bay County corporal has resigned amid an internal investigation that he lied on reports in order to justify the questionable arrest of a teen for obstructing an investigation, according to reports released Friday by the Bay County Sheriff’s Office. BCSO Corp. Chris Faircloth resigned March 5 at the conclusion of … Read more
MADERA, Calif. – Former Chowchilla Police officer, Tyler Hormel was sentenced to 9 years in prison for raping a child in 2016 on Friday. Attorneys said Hormel was a foster parent to the victim at the time, and the child was living with him when it happened. “It’s a difficult case. This type where you … Read more
May 13, 2016 WILMINGTON – Criminal charges cannot be brought against four Wilmington police officers involved in the fatal shooting of a man in a wheelchair, although one officer exhibited “extraordinarily poor” police work and should not be allowed to carry a gun in public, the Delaware attorney general’s office concluded in a report released … Read more
March 23, 2018 SAN JOSE — A viral video involving a 14-year-old San Jose boy’s arrest for an alleged assault at a city park earlier this week has unexpectedly drawn hundreds of thousands of viewers from all over the country. The boy’s family posted the video Monday, shortly after the arrest that morning at Los … Read more