By Jessica OrozcoSpringfield News-Sun, OhioSOUTH VIENNA, Ohio — After several years of struggles to fully staff the South Vienna Police Department, it will be suspended until further notice, starting at the beginning of the new year.South Vienna Mayor Toni Keller said the department has three...
By Brittny MejiaLos Angeles TimesPASADENA, Calif. — A Pasadena police dog is recovering at home after being injured by a burglary suspect in the city on Christmas Day.The suspect, who police said threw a metal object that slashed the 2-year-old dog’s snout, was arrested on...
By Drew ZimmermanThe Pantagraph, Bloomington, Ill.PEORIA, Ill. — A federal judge sentenced a Normal woman to 8 1/2 years in prison on Friday for her role in illegally purchasing a firearm that was used in the 2021 shooting death of Champaign police officer Chris Oberheim.In...
By Debadrita SurThe Buffalo News, N.Y.WHEATFIELD, N.Y. — A Cambria man involved in a head-on collision with a Niagara County Sheriff’s Office patrol vehicle — which he is accused of then setting on fire — was discharged from the hospital Sunday morning and taken for...
By Mitchell WillettsThe Charlotte ObserverGARDEN CITY, Mich. — A Michigan man was shot and killed by police after he wounded a good Samaritan trying to help him, according to investigators.The 37-year-old, from Hamtramck, got into a crash with another vehicle on the morning of Tuesday,...
By Darcy CostelloThe Baltimore SunBALTIMORE — Baltimore Police likely made thousands of unlawful arrests between 2010 and 2015, the U.S. Department of Justice found in its 2016 investigation of the department, which led to a sweeping federal consent decree requiring reforms.Those arrests, according to the...
By Thomas TracyNew York Daily NewsNEW YORK — A Bronx man had just slashed his girlfriend and was threatening to cut his mother’s throat when a police officer fatally shot him from five feet away, New York Police Department brass said Saturday.“These officers were met...
By Sarah RoebuckCorrections1/Police1MERIDIAN, Miss. — A corrections officer was allegedly shot and killed by a colleague in a parking lot at East Mississippi Correctional Facility, WTOK reports.Two corrections officers who worked at the facility got into an altercation in the parking lot, leading to one...
By Katie DowdSFGateSAN DIEGO — A monumental rescue effort saved a man who was trapped for days after falling into a tiny crevasse at a California beach.The ordeal began sometime last week when a man walking along the ocean at Orchard and Cable in San...
In television interviews with multiple outlets, family members identified 21-year-old Diomaris Mejia as a woman found dead in her Lawrence basement apartment on Tuesday.The Essex County District Attorney’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment Wednesday morning.Massachusetts State Police detectives assigned to...
