Wapato WA Jan 15 2021 A 33-year-old Wapato man is being held in lieu of $2 million bail on charges he killed two people, including the mother of his child, on New Year’s Day. Luberto Fernandez Rodriguez is charged with aggravated first-degree murder in the death of Rocio Ramos-Martinez and first-degree murder in the death […]
WOODBRIDGE, VA Jan 15 2021– As public outcry for transparency and police reform has continued across the country since the death of George Floyd last summer in Minneapolis, several local police departments across Northern Virginia are collaborating on a multi-agency committee that will investigate incidents involving the use of force by law enforcement. The formation […]
New Orleans LA Jan 15 2021 Collin Arnold, the New Orleans homeland security and emergency preparedness director who was arrested on charges of crashing his city-owned vehicle into a car while drunk, has been suspended without pay pending a City Hall investigation. Arnold was booked with driving while intoxicated and careless driving last week for allegedly […]
Polk County FL Jan 15 2021 Florida cemetery last month, in order to use them in religious practices, authorities said. The men, Brian Montalvo Tolentino and Juan Burgos-Lopez, were each charged with four counts of disturbing contents of a grave and abuse of a dead body, the Polk County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement Friday. […]
Columbus IN Jan 15 2021 Columbus Regional Health is planning to start turning its current hospital security unit into an in-house police force this year in response to what officials said has been an increase in “quickly escalating or high-risk, sometimes violent situations” at the hospital in recent years. The transition, which includes phasing out […]
Washington DC January 15 2021 At least two U.S. Capitol Police officers have been suspended and one has been arrested for interactions with President Donald Trump’s supporters who violently stormed the U.S. Capitol last week, a House lawmaker said Monday as speculation persists that elements of the police force tasked with protecting Congress may have cooperated […]
Hodgkins IL Jan 15 2021 Two people were shot to death Monday afternoon in what is being investigated as a murder-suicide outside a UPS facility in Hodgkins, according to police. The incident occurred about 1 p.m. after Hodgkins police received reports of shots fired in the employee parking lot at 1 UPS Way. Officers found […]
Sacramento CA Jan 13 2021 State Assemblyman Chris Holden, D-Pasadena, introduced legislation Tuesday that would require private security guards to undergo training on the use of force. Assembly Bill 229 would mandate that the California Bureau of Security and Investigative Services “develop curriculum and training courses on the appropriate use of force for private security […]
Santa Ana CA January 13 2021 A 35-year-old security guard is facing a murder charge in connection with the New Year’s Eve killing of a man in Santa Ana, court records obtained Tuesday show. Toetu Tesarina Lavea, who was arrested Saturday and is being held in lieu of $1 million bail, listed her occupation as […]
Manassas VA Jan 14 2021 A security guard working at a Chipotle restaurant outside Manassas is accused of assaulting a customer without a mask, sending the victim to the hospital, police say. Officers were called to the restaurant at 7311 Sudley Road at 7:19 p.m. Friday, where the 42-year-old victim reported walking in without a mask […]