NASHVILLE, Tenn. October 12 2019-A Nashville man has been found guilty of crimes in a federal court stemming from robberies and the shooting of a security guard at a Rite Aid pharmacy in West End. 25-year-old Dionte Breedlove was found guilty of robberies affecting interstate commerce and using a firearm in crimes of violence. Breedlove […]
ATLANTA GA October 12 2019 – Police said a 20-year-old Georgia State student was robbed at gunpoint in her car in a campus parking lot and the robbers pistol-whipped her. Channel 2’s Tyisha Fernandes spoke to police, who said the attack happened Sept. 27 in the blue lot around 6 p.m. The student took the shuttle […]
California October 12 2019 A lawsuit accusing Amazon of cheating warehouse workers by not paying them while they go through security checks — a case considered dead after a U.S. Supreme Court decision almost five years ago — can now proceed in a state court. The Supreme Court on Monday, the first day of its […]
Snellville GA October 12 2019 A Gwinnett County couple are behind bars after allegedly shoplifting merchandise from a Belk in Snellville and then using a Taser on a security guard who tried to stop them. Police report that Donya Butler and her boyfriend Trenton Collins, both 18, were arrested Monday after the incident at the […]
Peel Canada October 12 2019 Peel police say the amount of property allegedly stolen by the accused amounts to approximately $6.9 million. Peel Regional Police Chief Nishan (Nish) Duraiappah and Acting Detective Stephen Sherwin appeared before reporters to announce the arrests following a six-month investigation. “This is a robbery investigation that spans six months and […]
Pensacola FL October 11 2019 A Florida mall security officer on patrol of the parking lot spotted a baby not moving inside a hot vehicle. The baby boy found alone at the Cordova Mall and was so overheated that he didn’t wake up when officers banged on the car’s windows, according to police. According to […]
SACRAMENTO, Calif. October 11 2019— California police departments won’t be allowed to use facial recognition software on body cameras for the next several years, under a law signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom on Tuesday. The bill from Assemblyman Phil Ting, D-San Francisco, takes effect at the start of 2020 and expires after three years. Ting […]
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. October 11 2019— Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper on Wednesday signed “Conner’s Law” — legislation to boost the penalty for assaulting emergency personnel and to increase the death benefit for the families of emergency personnel murdered in the line of duty. The law is named after State Trooper Kevin Conner, who was shot to […]
Athens Ga October 11 2019 Athens-Clarke police arrested an entering auto suspect Tuesday after a security officer at the Athens-Clarke County Library on Baxter Street called to report a man tampering with vehicles in the parking lot. A responding officer reported he spoke to the security officer, who said she saw the man pull on […]
Whittier CA October 11 2019 A Whittier-based security contractor has agreed to pay $309,189 to more than 100 current and former employees after failing to pay them overtime for two years. According to the San Francisco office of the U.S. Department of Labor, GI Security violated overtime provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act. The […]