Homewood AL April 18 2018 A security guard has been charged with attempted murder after an early-morning shooting outside Walmart, Homewood police said Wednesday. Anthony Lamont Winston, 34, of Birmingham was taken to the Jefferson County Jail on $15,000 bond. The shooting happened about 1 a.m. Tuesday at the Lakeshore Parkway. Homewood police Sgt. John Carr […]
Sarasota County FL April 19 2018 The Sarasota County School Board decided Tuesday to create and manage an internal school security department over the next two years, dramatically shifting course from earlier discussions about continuing and expanding a program employing sheriff’s deputies and police officers from elementary through high schools. Under the plan — a direct […]
New York NY April 19 2018 As overall crime drops to record lows in the city, one nefarious type persists: organized retail crime. And despite its nonviolent name, it’s nothing to shrug at, law enforcement officials say. It’s particularly insidious and it’s been linked to gang activity — and even terrorism. Schemes, such as shoplifting huge […]
SAN DIEGO CA April 19 2018 Authorities have identified the woman who died after being hit by an armored vehicle in La Jolla Tuesday night. The medical examiner reported that Mikaela Jones was killed after walking out in front of the armored vehicle on the 8600 block of Villa La Jolla Drive around 5 p.m. Police […]
EDMONTON Canada April 19 2018 —She’s not a cop, paramedic or nurse, but these days Nadja Banky is a kind of first responder. A bouncer on Whyte Avenue, she carries naloxone in her backpack, and is trained to use it in case she finds someone she suspects is overdosing and needs to administer the life-saving antidote. […]
Edmonton Ca April 18 2018 Weeks after video emerged of transit peace officers taking a teenager to the ground during an arrest at an Edmonton LRT station, statistics obtained by Postmedia show such use-of-force cases are on the rise. Transit peace officers reported 523 use-of-force incidents in 2017 — nearly double 2015’s total and up 118 […]
Houston TX April 18 2018 For the second time in 24 hours, a gun store in west Houston has been the target of an attempted burglary, but this time the suspects were shot in the process. Police tell ABC13 that three men tried to break open the door at Full Armor Firearms on the Katy Freeway […]
CENTRAL ISLIP NY April 18 2018 A Lindenhurst pizza deliveryman accused of having an arsenal of illegal weapons and making threatening calls over a years-old grudge appeared in court on Monday. Police say 32-year-old Robert Csak was arrested Saturday after he left threatening voicemails for a school security guard in Upper Nyack, New York. Police […]
Nashville TN April 18 2018 Nashville police methodically pushed out private security companies in a bid to achieve a monopoly on securing the city’s many special events, argue several companies in a federal lawsuit filed Monday. The lawsuit follows a USA TODAY NETWORK-Tennessee investigation into the ballooning overtime costs borne by police who work at chicken […]
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. April 18 2018 — The suspect in 19-year-old Binghamton University student Joao Souza’s stabbing death remained at large until late Monday afternoon, when law enforcement officials announced his capture. Although the identity of the suspect remained undisclosed during a 5 p.m. press conference, Broome County District Attorney Steve Cornwell said the suspect is also […]