By Mark PriceThe Charlotte ObserverTAMPA, Fla. — A man in need of a ride stole an ambulance, and the resulting traffic stop got stranger when the driver finished off a beer as troopers watched, according to investigators in Florida.The theft happened around 8:30 p.m. on...
By Shaddi AbusaidThe Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionATLANTA — Three Atlanta police officers can’t sue former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms and other Fulton County officials after getting fired and charged over the violent arrests of two college students during the city’s turbulent Black Lives Matter protests five...
SAN ANTONIO – Authorities have released body camera footage of an officer-involved shooting after a suspect crashed into a lake and threatened an officer with a knife, News4SA reported.The Feb. 15 incident began when the suspect drove onto a walking trail with several pedestrians nearby...
By Muri AssunçãoNew York Daily NewsMIAMI — A Florida woman caught on video shooting her ex-boyfriend, a Miami-Dade sheriff’s deputy, was sentenced on Friday to 30 years in prison followed by 20 years of probation.Yessenia Sanchez, who worked as a police officer for Miami-Dade Schools,...
By Susan SmileyThe Macomb Daily, Mount Clemens, Mich.WARREN, Mich. — The 41-year-old Warren man killed March 10 in an officer-involved shooting had a history of domestic violence and assault, according to Warren police and court records.Kenneth Anthony Beno had active warrants out of Macomb County...
By Mark PriceThe Charlotte ObserverDULUTH, Ga. — A Georgia driver incriminated himself at his crash site when he continued sipping a cocktail in front of the responding police officer, an affidavit says.The crash happened just before 11 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 24, in Duluth, when...
By Susie C. SpearNews & Record, Greensboro, N.C.GREENSBORO, N.C. — Greensboro Police Chief John Thompson said Friday his department will use a model proven successful by police in Omaha, Nebraska for wedding community organizations and police as a unit to fight violent crime.Thompson and Assistant...
By Olivia LloydThe Charlotte ObserverLEE COUNTY, Fla. — A fugitive living under a different identity for nearly 40 years has been caught after Florida law enforcement learned he was the same man who broke out of a Puerto Rico prison in the 1980s, authorities said.Jorge...
By Jack LindnerMarietta Daily Journal, Ga.AUSTELL, Ga. — Cool Kids Committee, an Austell -based nonprofit, is providing free prom dresses and accessories to high school students with help from the Cobb Police Department.Delores Powell, founder and executive director of the nonprofit, partnered with Officer Riana...
By Gretchen TeskeMoline Dispatch and Rock Island Argus, Ill.DAVENPORT, Iowa — When Davenport police corporal Dave Morse took a report of a woman being scammed out of thousands of dollars for a custom table, he knew from the start the chances of getting the money...