Associated PressLOS ANGELES — A California teenager was sentenced Tuesday to four years in prison in a case involving hundreds of swatting calls, including to a Florida mosque among other institutions and individuals, federal prosecutors said.Alan W. Filion, 18, pleaded guilty in November to four...
By Lea SkeneAssociated PressBALTIMORE — Baltimore is suing gunmaker Glock over design features that allow its handguns to be easily modified to become fully automatic weapons, which enables criminals to inflict more damage and makes the city more dangerous, attorneys argue in a complaint filed...
By John O’ConnorAssociated PressSPRINGFIELD, Ill. — County officials in Springfield, Illinois, have agreed to pay $10 million to the family of Sonya Massey, a 36-year-old woman shot and killed last summer by a sheriff’s deputy.The Sangamon County Board approved the settlement Tuesday night, allowing taxpayers...
SEATTLE —The Seattle City Council has voted to allow police to use less lethal weapons such as tear gas, pepper spray and blast balls under specific circumstances, reversing previous restrictions imposed after 2020 unrest, The Seattle Times reported.The ordinance passed 6-3 on Tuesday, moving the...
ST. CLAIR TOWNSHIP. Ohio. — Newly released body camera footage shows a fatal shooting where both a suspect and a 4-year-old girl were killed, WFMJ reported.Video from the Jan. 22 incident shows Officer Dakota Wetzel exiting a patrol vehicle and moving toward a man walking...
BY Peter YankowskiNew Haven Register, Conn.WATERBURY, Conn. — Two people were arrested last week after police say they attempted to flee in a stolen car in a lot on Hillside Avenue .Video shared by Waterbury police showed the stolen car struck a police vehicle that...
By Jillian KramerThe Times-Picayune | The New Orleans AdvocateNEW ORLEANS — Following a months-long pause in promotions, New Orleans Police Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick announced Monday that the agency was “back on track” to advance its ranks.Kirkpatrick’s announcement came days after a federal judge cleared the...
By Jack Dura Associated PressBISMARCK, N.D. — The adult son of U.S. Sen. Kevin Cramer pleaded guilty Tuesday to charges in connection with a crash out of a North Dakota hospital’s ambulance bay that preceded a pursuit and collision resulting in the death of a...
A 57-year-old man was flown to a hospital after being hit by a car while trying to cross the street in Bellingham Tuesday night, police said. An officer “came upon” the crash near 40 North Main St. in Bellingham at around 9:42 p.m. Tuesday, police...
Cleanup for a train derailment in Western Massachusetts could take days, according to the Leverett Police Department. The train derailed on Farley Road in Wendell Tuesday afternoon. The road was closed due to the derailment, and remains closed until the cleanup is complete. The train...