Sand Point Alaska Aug 2 2017 An Alaskan city was left without a police force after its entire four-person department quit, according to local media. Within days, the members of the police department of Sand Point – located on Popof Island east of the Alaska Peninsula – resigned one by one, the Alaska Dispatch News reported. […]
Tunbridge Wells UK Aug 1 2017 A Union Square security guard has been hailed as a hero after saving a man’s life when he suddenly suffered a heart attack. Shaun Gibb sprung into action when 50-year-old Alan Tait took ill at the shopping mall last Sunday. Mr Tait had been visiting from Orkney and planned […]
Saskatoon Canada Aug 1 2017 Police surrounded a hotel after a man pointed a firearm at a security officer. Police responded Sunday evening after the man had a confrontation with a security officer at the hotel and threatened him with a gun. The man then barricaded himself in his hotel suite in the 600 block […]
Frederick County MD Aug 1 2017 A Frederick County sheriff’s deputy took his own life Monday after being arrested and later terminated for distributing marijuana that he had seized during a traffic stop. Vincent Martin Jones, 29, died Monday of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, according to the sheriff’s office. The sheriff’s office was at […]
Bozeman MT Aug 1 2017 Officials say a Bozeman police officer shot and killed his wife before killing himself in Bozeman on Saturday. Bozeman Police Chief Steve Crawford said 31-year-old Danielle Heninger and 40-year-old Zach Heninger were the two killed on the 100 block of East Story Street in Bozeman on Saturday night. Crawford said investigators […]
Cape Town S.A. Aug 1 2017 – Three police officers and a security guard were shot and wounded in a botched robbery in the early hours of Monday morning, near Philippi in Cape Town. Four robbers were arrested after their attempt to hit a Browns Farm tavern went awry, with police cornering them while they were […]
Ben Salem PA Aug 1 2017 A woman is accused of stealing a stealing a casino guest’s money and fighting with security after they caught up with her. Police say that Kathryn Ann Geise, 31, of Brick, NJ, was arrested after she allegedly stole the man’s money at Parx Casino. Police say the man had […]
Butte MT Aug 1 2017 Butte police are on the lookout for two individuals who they say cashed seven fraudulent cash vouchers at Walmart totaling more than $3,500. Undersheriff George Skuletich said police responded Tuesday afternoon to the Harrison Avenue Walmart where they meet with loss-prevention staff who said that a man and woman cashed seven […]
BELLINGHAM WA Aug 1 2017 Police are looking for a man who stole $40,000 to $60,000 worth of gold chains in a smash-and-grab robbery at a kiosk in Bellis Fair mall Tuesday night. The suspect wearing balaclava-style ski mask and ski goggles approached a worker at Gold N Time jewelry about 8:10 p.m. and pepper-sprayed […]
Raleigh NC Aug 1 2017 The North Carolina Retail Merchants Association (NCRMA), along with its 2,500 retail members across the state, applauds the passage of a new law to combat organized retail theft. This new law, recently signed by Gov. Roy Cooper, will be another major step to combat organized retail crime. The new law, supported […]