By Cedar Attanasio and Michael R. SisakAssociated PressNEW YORK — Police arrested a suspect Monday in the brazen Manhattan killing of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO after a quick-thinking McDonald’s employee in Pennsylvania alerted authorities to a customer who was found with a weapon, mask and writings linking...
By Joanna PutmanPolice1KEY WEST, Fla. — Dashcam footage captured a dramatic scene on the Seven Mile Bridge in the Florida Keys, where a man fleeing law enforcement jumped off the bridge into the water below before being taken into custody, NBC South Florida reported.The incident...
By Jennifer PeltzAssociated PressNEW YORK — A Marine veteran who used a chokehold on an agitated subway rider was acquitted on Monday in the death of Jordan Neely.A Manhattan jury delivered the verdict, clearing Daniel Penny of criminally negligent homicide in Jordan Neely’s death last...
By Robert McCoppinChicago TribuneSPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The smell of raw cannabis is grounds for police to search a vehicle, the Illinois Supreme Court ruled Thursday.The decision runs counter to the court’s previous ruling that the smell of burnt cannabis by itself is not sufficient reason...
By Jeff A. ChamerThe Charlotte ObserverCHARLOTTE, N.C. — Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police leaders are planning to launch a pilot program that bumps the shifts of some patrol officers from 10 hours to 12 hours, according to the local Fraternal Order of Police.The pilot program was announced in...
By Tony MarreroTampa Bay TimesTAMPA — A Hillsborough deputy fatally shot a man who was holding a woman at knifepoint during a call in the Carrollwood area Thursday night, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office.Deputies responded about 9 p.m. to a call about a...
By Joanna PutmanPolice1TERELL, Texas — A Terrell police officer was shot and killed late Sunday night during a traffic stop, and the suspect is now in custody, WFAA reported. Officer Jacob Candanoza, 28, was conducting a traffic stop around 11 p.m. on December 8. According...
By Emily Alpert ReyesLos Angeles TimesPAM SPRINGS, Calif. — Ten people were injured Saturday night when a motorcycle officer crashed a bike into a crowd of revelers gathered for an annual holiday parade in Palm Springs, California, according to the city.The crash happened just after...
By Geoff Herbertsyracuse.comROCHESTER, N.Y. — New York State Troopers say they rescued a woman who was stranded in a snowstorm over the weekend as she was on her way to get a heart transplant.A 64-year-old woman left the Rochester area with her husband on Friday...
By Daniella SeguraMerced Sun-Star (Merced, Calif.)LAKE ELSINORE, Calif. — A “suspicious package” mailed to a California business led authorities to a property with more than 2,800 bags of psilocybin mushrooms, deputies say.The package, delivered to a Lake Elsinore business in August, had “psilocybin mushrooms and...
