By Peter YankowskiJournal Inquirer, Manchester, Conn.WATERBURY, Conn. — Body camera footage released Monday shows a carjacking suspect shooting at a Waterbury police detective Thursday when confronted by the officer.The detective, Ronald Sackett, was struck in the leg and wounded during the encounter. Sackett fired at...
By Lea Skene, Holly Ramer and Patrick WhittleAssociated PressCUMBERLAND, Md. — The leader of a cultlike group connected to six killings in three states was ordered held without bail Tuesday in Maryland, where she faces trespassing and other charges.Jack LaSota, 34, and two others arrested...
PRESS RELEASEFRISCO, Texas — February 18, 2025 – Exterro, Inc., the leading provider of data risk management software solutions for e-discovery, digital forensics, and data privacy, security, and governance professionals, today announced its latest industry-shaping innovation – Exterro Remote Mobile Discovery. This patent-pending addition to...
LEE COUNTY, Da. —An off-duty Lee County deputy helped arrest a wanted man after the suspect attempted to flee from authorities, WSB-TV reported.Deputies were searching for a man who had an active warrant for failure to appear, when they located him walking near a roadway,...
By Graham Lee Brewer and Curt AndersonAssociated PressSUMTERVILLE, Fla. — Native American activist Leonard Peltier was released from a Florida prison on Tuesday, weeks after then-President Joe Biden angered law enforcement officials by commuting his life sentence to home confinement in the 1975 killings of...
OKLAHOMA CITY —A young woman who was kidnapped and trafficked in 2022 returned to Oklahoma City to thank the police officers who rescued her, 9News.com reported.Natalee Cramer, now 18, was 15 when she was abducted after leaving a Dallas Mavericks game to use the restroom,...
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TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Ron DeSantis created Florida’s Immigration Enforcement Council and has begun appointing law enforcement officials to serve as members, First Coast News reported.Florida House Speaker Daniel Perez announced Monday that Jacksonville Sheriff T.K. Waters and Charlotte County Sheriff Bill Prummell will serve on...
DOVER, Del. — Months after Kent County paramedics began carrying whole blood for emergency use, Delaware State Police’s aviation unit has followed suit, making it available in every medic agency across the state.Kent County administered its first unit on Nov. 24, while New Castle and...
By Holly Ramer, Patrick Whittle and Mark ScolforoAssociated PressIn the wooded outskirts of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, a perplexed landlord noticed odd sights at two of his rental properties.Tenants wore long black coats and parked box trucks outside the duplexes. They ran an electrical cord...
