SYDNEY, Australia — David Dungay Jr., a prisoner at a Sydney jail, told the guards pinning him to his bed that he couldn’t breathe, according to a video recording. He said it at least 12 times, in a high, panicky scream. One guard’s response to Mr. Dungay was also recorded: “If you’re talking, you can … Read more
SPRINGFIELD — The lawyer for suspended city police officer Daniel J. Cintron on Wednesday stipulated in court that his client can be found too dangerous to be released under any conditions. Cintron, 28, of Monson, faces 31 criminal charges, including allegations of child rape involving three victims. He denied charges Friday and a hearing on … Read more
Law enforcement officials in Joliet, Ill., say they are in the “early stages” of investigating a traffic stop a that resulted in a broken hand, smashed car windows, a seemingly brutal beating, a tasering and a collection of viral videos that documented it all. Twenty-one-year-old Milton Travis was headed home in his silver Chevrolet Malibu … Read more
By now you might be familiar with the story of a Virginia man who sought out law enforcement after he was hit with what eyewitnesses have described as a “hard screen” or “hard pick” in a game of pickup basketball Monday evening at an LA Fitness. After a gym employee called 911 to report that … Read more
LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. – It looks like Gwinnett County taxpayers are on the hook for an expensive muscle car bought primarily to get the sheriff back and forth to work. Longtime Gwinnett County Sheriff Butch Conway has always preferred Dodge Chargers as his official use vehicle, but never a Charger like this one. The 2018 Dodge … Read more
BERKELEY — UC Berkeley fired six police officers Tuesday for sleeping and hanging out on midnight shifts in a campus math library. The firings occurred after a hearing officer upheld Chief Margo Bennett’s decision to terminate the officers, who had been on paid suspension since Oct. 31, according to multiple sources who spoke with the … Read more
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Louisville Metro Police suspended an officer for 30 days earlier this year for violating the department’s social media policy with Facebook posts that “advocate violence against others” and “fostered mistrust of the police,” according to Chief Steve Conrad. After an internal investigation of more than one year, Conrad planned to fire Officer … Read more
Etowah County Sheriff Todd Entrekin, who made headlines earlier this year when it was revealed that he pocketed $750,000 that was meant to fund prisoners’ food provisions, is now being investigated for allegedly throwing drug-fueled parties where he would have sex with underage girls. AL.com reports that 41-year-old Alabama resident Mary Elizabeth Cross is accusing … Read more
A federal judge on Saturday ordered the Los Angeles Times to remove information from an article that described a plea agreement between prosecutors and a Glendale police detective accused of working with the Mexican Mafia, a move the newspaper decried as highly unusual and unconstitutional. The agreement was supposed to have been filed under seal, … Read more
Two Georgia police officers have been placed on leave after video showed them using a coin-toss app before determining whether to arrest a woman caught speeding in April, and the police chief said he is “appalled” by the move. “Why am I being arrested?” Sarah Webb is heard saying to Officer Courtney Brown in the … Read more
CHICAGO — Just days after he was acquitted on charges related to a bar fight, Chicago Police Officer Robert Rialmo was involved Friday in an altercation at a Northwest Side bar. Police said Rialmo — who fatally shot two people in 2015 — was part of a verbal dispute with two other men at Teaser’s … Read more
Tempe Police Chief Sylvia Moir said she regrets how statements she made about the fatal self-driving Uber crash in March became part of the story and took attention away from the tragedy. Moir’s assertion to two newspapers that the Uber crash was “unavoidable” made international headlines and created an early impression for the public in … Read more