VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. December 24 2020— After another round of mass testing, the Virginia Beach Sheriff’s Office announced 16 staff members and 59 inmates tested positive for COVID-19. With the assistance of the Virginia Department of Health and the National Guard, 1,526 inmates, deputies, staff, and contractors were tested on Dec. 18. The results are […]
New York City NY Dec 23 2020 It was 1974. Roaches crawled around the basement of a government-subsidized apartment building in Flushing, Queens, where six young men — members of a local gang called the Family — were “probably” high on weed. Six guns were laid out. Each person was expected to choose one and […]
MCKEESPORT, Pa. Dec 23 2020— A 22-year-old man is wanted on attempted-homicide charges, a police officer is in the hospital, and a search is continuing for the suspect after the Sunday shooting in Allegheny County. “Turn yourself in,” was the message McKeesport police Chief Adam Alfer had for Koby Lee Francis, WTAE is reporting. Francis […]
Washington DC Dec 23 2020 The Transportation Security Administration’s chief medical officer instructed field managers this week to plead with local health departments and airport authorities to give the agency’s employees priority access to coronavirus vaccines since the Department of Homeland Security was not included in plans to give shots to federal employees under Operation […]
New York NY Dec 23 2020 “During the pandemic, Team LaGuardia truly exemplified the meaning of selfless public service and symbolized the true essence of TSA and DHS,” said Robert Duffy, TSA’s Federal Security Director for LaGuardia. The Transportation Security Administration team at LaGuardia Airport was recently honored with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s […]
VISALIA, Calif. Dec 23 2020 A bystander’s dramatic video shows two security guards dragging a woman suspected of shoplifting through a WinCo Foods supermarket in Visalia. The woman and a man who was with her allegedly stole some expensive tequila, then got into an altercation with security personnel in front of the store, the Visalia Police […]
Kahului, Hawaii December 23 2020 One couple in Hawaii got an unexpected delivery earlier this month after a security guard from a local grocery store turned up at their front door. Chloe Marino said she was in a hurry at a Foodland grocery store in Kahului, Hawaii, with her 5-month-old son Cooper, when she lost […]
NASHVILLE, Tenn. December 23 2020 The victim injured in a shooting incident in a Walmart parking lot argues the charge should be harsher for the suspect. Kelly Ivey tells NewsChannel 5 he was pulling out of a parking spot at the Dickerson Pike Walmart in Nashville when a man stopped and confronted him, saying Ivey almost […]
GREENSBORO, N.C. December 23 2020— A man has been charged in connection with a shooting at the Greensboro Armed Forces Career Center, according to Greensboro police spokesperson Ron Glenn. James Alexander Cooper, 36, of Greensboro, is charged with six counts of assault with a deadly weapon, carrying a concealed weapon, discharging a firearm in the […]
BUFFALO NY December 23 2020 For the last 13 years, Mark Fermo has kept an eye on the Ellicott Square Building, a 10-story Buffalo landmark whose Italian Renaissance splendor sets it apart from the other downtown office buildings. Fermo is a security guard who works for the building’s owner, Ellicott Development. Never in his recollection have […]