Associated PressMIAMI — Following an incident on Sept. 8 involving Miami Dolphins wide receiver Tyreek Hill, a police officer associated with the NFL player’s detainment has been “placed on administrative duties.” On Sunday morning, ahead of the Dolphins’ first game of the season, Hill was...
By Jessica SeamanThe Denver PostDENVER — A gunman driving on U.S. 36 fired on a parked Colorado State Patrol trooper on Saturday afternoon before he pulled over, got out of his vehicle and was killed by the wounded law enforcement officer in a shootout along...
By Bruce SchreinerAssociated PressLONDON, Ky. — Authorities were searching Sunday for a man who may have been linked to the shooting of nine vehicles and wounding of five people on a highway in rural southeastern Kentucky.Although they said they could not yet name him a...
Associated PressNEW HARTFORD, N.Y. — A 13-foot (4-meter) Burmese python was confiscated from an upstate New York man who was keeping the still-growing snake in a small tank, authorities said. ...
By Olivia LloydMerced Sun-Star (Merced, Calif.)TROUP COUNTY, Ga. — For eight years, a woman assumed the identity of her friend found dismembered in 2007, Georgia authorities said. ...
By James MayseMessenger-Inquirer, Owensboro, Ky.DAVIESS COUNTY, Ky. — Deputies from the Daviess County Sheriff’s Office all recently completed a special certification process that Sheriff Brad Youngman said will help deputies better detect cases of people driving under the influence of drugs. ...
By Police1 StaffPHOENIX — An officer with the Phoenix Police Department has died from injuries he sustained during a shooting, the department said in a statement.Officer Zane Coolidge was critically wounded in a shooting on Sept. 3, the department said during a news conference. He...
Associated PressTOOELE, Utah — Prosecutors charged a Utah man with murder Friday, alleging he killed his adult daughter, a Salt Lake City sheriff’s deputy.Hector Ramon Martinez-Ayala, 54, of Tooele, confessed in a text message to his brother of making “a big mistake” before fleeing the...
By Teri FigueroaThe San Diego Union-TribuneSAN DIEGO — After more than two years of requiring deputies to work overtime in the face of staffing shortages, the San Diego County Sheriff’s Office is no longer mandating its sworn staff work extra shifts.The change drew a thumbs-up...
By Lauren LiebhaberThe Charlotte ObserverALTO, Wis. — A missing toddler was found in the middle of a 100-acre cornfield – an area roughly equivalent to 100 football fields – thanks to the use of a thermal imaging drone, Wisconsin authorities said. ...
