BIRMINGHAM, Ala Aug 2 2020 After a months-long fight against COVID-19, UAB Police Sergeant Parnell Guyton has died. Sgt. Guyton was admitted to UAB’S COVID Unit on March 31 and was immediately placed on a ventilator, which he stayed on for 45 days. He spent a total of 59 days in the hospital and another month […]
Investigator Donald K. Sumner Patton State Hospital Police Department, California End of Watch Tuesday, July 14, 2020 BIO Age 65 Tour 19 years Badge 426 Military Veteran INCIDENT DETAILS Cause COVID19 Investigator Donald Sumner died after contracting COVID-19 during an outbreak among staff and patients at the facility. Investigator Sumner was a U.S. Air Force […]
Trooper Caleb Starr Michigan State Police, Michigan End of Watch Friday, July 31, 2020 BIO Age 33 Tour 1 year, 10 months Badge 485 INCIDENT DETAILS Cause Vehicular assault Incident Date Friday, July 10, 2020 Weapon Automobile; Alcohol involved Offender Not available Trooper Caleb Starr succumbed to injuries sustained three weeks earlier when his vehicle […]
ROXBURY, NJ August 1 2020 A Holland Manufacturing security guard saw the fire and called 9-1-1 at about 11:40 p.m. Sylvester said. Roxbury Fire Chief Kyle Hoffman, the first firefighter on the scene, encountered “heavy fire on two above-ground liquid tanks,” prompting him to upgrade the incident to 2-alarm status which drew the mutual aid, […]
Bethlehem Township PA August 1 2020 Like many other retail stores reopening during the pandemic, workers at Cigars International have been balancing how to stay in business while keeping customers and employees safe. But on Friday, a simple request that a patron wear a mask while inside the Bethlehem Township store erupted in gunfire, leaving […]
LOS ANGELES COUNTY, Calif. Aug 1 2020 A California Falck EMT has died due to COVID-19. Care Ambulance Service, a Falck agency that serves Los Angeles and Orange Counties, announced on social media that veteran EMT Aldo Iniguez died Thursday morning after a month-long battle with the disease. “Aldo loved his job, his partners, and his […]
SAN JOSE CA Aug 1 2020 A veteran San Jose police officer is the subject of dozens of criminal charges that allege a multi-layered conspiracy in which he ran a private security business that exploited and underpaid mostly minority workers, and aggressively hid millions of dollars in revenues from state unemployment and other taxes. In an […]
AUSTIN TX Aug 1 2020 For 17 years, Robert Mata Sr. watched over everyone who crossed his path. “Right here on the corner,” said Herman Mitchell, who lives on across the street from Barrington Elementary. Mitchell just one of the many people graced by Robert’s charm and joy for life. “He was the friendliest man I […]
MT. JULIET, Tenn. Aug 1 2020— Seven Tennessee first responders were transported to the hospital after possibly being exposed to potassium cyanide. The three firefighters, two medics and two police officers were rendering aid to an unresponsive man near a library in Mt. Juliet when a bottle containing the deadly chemical was discovered at the […]
NEW YORK NY Aug 1 2020 — Officials with the FDNY say a Staten Island man posed as an EMS lieutenant in an effort to swindle local businesses. FDNY Commissioner Daniel Nigro announced Friday that fire marshals arrested 45-year-old Robert Schnepf for his alleged scheme impersonating “Lt. Hart.” Schnepf swindled multiple Staten Island businesses out of […]