By Mark PriceThe Charlotte ObserverBRUNSWICK COUNTY, N.C. — Alligators aren’t known for their sense of humor, but one appeared to be teasing deputies on the night shift in southeastern North Carolina.The Brunswick County Sheriff’s Office says it started late Monday, May 13, when multiple passersby...
By Mike StunsonThe Charlotte ObserverELIZABETH TOWNSHIP, Pa. — A K9 revered in his Pennsylvania community over his nearly decade of service suddenly died during a police demonstration, authorities said.The dog, named Eli, was with his handler at an elementary school Wednesday, May 15, when he...
By Joanna PutmanPolice1EUCLID, Ohio — Newly-released body camera footage sets the scene for the ambush killing of Euclid Police Department Officer Jacob Derbin, who warned other officers of danger while being shot, FOX 8 reported.The May 11 incident occurred when Derbin and two other officers...
By Joanna PutmanPolice1SEATTLE — Seattle police swiftly responded to an ongoing robbery at a pharmacy, culminating in the arrest of two suspects caught on an officer’s body camera as they exited the store with a cash register, KIRO reported.“Woah, woah, woah,” the officer said as...
By Joanna PutmanPolice1MINNEAPOLIS — Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara recently highlighted the challenges his department faces amid a significant shortage of officers and a surge in violent crime, CBS News reported.“I try to come out [to emergency call responses] to show the officers I am...
By Michelle HunterThe Times-Picayune | The New Orleans AdvocateHOUSTON — A 22-year-old man facing trial in Houston for the murders of off-duty New Orleans Police Detective Everett Briscoe and one of his fellow Zulu Social Aid & Pleasure Club members has pleaded guilty in the...
By Ken DixonJournal Inquirer, Manchester, Conn.MERIDEN, Conn. — During a solemn ceremony Wednesday morning in a steady drizzle at the Connecticut Police Memorial, Gov. Ned Lamont, Comptroller Sean Scanlon, lawmakers and police chiefs from all over the state joined for a bill-signing ceremony to provide...
The Boston Celtics already have one assistant set to leave the team to take a head coaching job elsewhere. The Los Angeles Lakers are a possibility to make it two.According to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski, the Lakers have requested and received permission to interview multiple assistant...
Testimony in the trial of Karen Read, a Mansfield woman charged in the death of her Boston police officer boyfriend, John O’Keefe, continues on Thursday at 9 a.m.Read, 44, is charged with second-degree murder in the death of O’Keefe, who was found cold to the...
A 16-year-old Milford teenager shot and killed at a massive Northborough house party early Sunday morning was remembered in his obituary as a quiet person with lots of friends.Ygor Leandro De Oliveira Correia died at UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester following the shooting at...