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...
By Don SweeneyThe Charlotte ObserverJENNER, Calif. — Bystanders flagged down a deputy to report a vehicle crash into a ravine, California officials reported.The crash took place at 2:10 p.m. Friday, Dec. 15, on Highway 1 near Jenner, the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office said in a...
By Mark SchlinkmannSt. Louis Post-DispatchST. LOUIS — A new regional effort aimed at cutting homicides by 20% over the next three years would focus efforts by police and social services on the relatively small number of people involved in many murder cases here.The recommendation was...
By Sarah RoebuckPolice1FRASER, Mich. — Intense video captured by a dash cam from a Fraser Police Department cruiser caught the moment an officer rescued a woman from a burning pickup truck.The vehicle caught fire on Dec. 16, FOX2 reports. Dash cam video shows Officer Cameron...
By Jackie MartinThe News Herald, Southgate, Mich.SOUTHGATE, Mich. — After more than a decade of successful Elf on a Shelf shenanigans, this year registered the first epic fail for one Southgate family.Amanda Turinsky of Southgate said she really blew it this year.As tradition has it,...
By Tony ReidHerald & Review, Decatur, Ill.DECATUR, Ill. — Two cops gave a new definition to the phrase “crime ring” when they put down the bells they were ringing to raise money for The Salvation Army so they could chase down a fleeing shoplifter.A statement...
