Gatlinburg TN April 30 2021 When park rangers in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and across the country clock in to work each day, what their schedule will consist of is a toss-up. “It really varies based on the time of year, ongoing incidents and what is needed for the day,” Gatlinburg-based National Park Service […]
Los Angeles CA April 30 2021 An off-duty Los Angeles police officer was shot in the chest Wednesday afternoon by a man who broke into his car inside a garage in Sherman Oaks and found the officer’s service weapon, according to LAPD Chief Michel Moore. At a media briefing, Moore said the officer and a woman […]
FARMINGTON NM April 30 2021— The Farmington Police Department honored three men who intervened after a man brandished a knife at the Animas Valley Mall, leading to one of the men being stabbed five times. Myrtis Lone Eagle of Kayenta, Ariz. along with Wilson and Keyshaun Benally of Shiprock were recognized with the Farmington Police […]
KILLEEN, Texas April 30 2021— Former Army Specialist George Tirado had carried the ashes of his best friend in a fake bullet necklace for over a year. Now he’s not sure if he’ll ever see them again. Sgt. First Class Richard Martin had been Tirado’s platoon sergeant in Afghanistan. He later became a mentor, helping […]
CHATHAM COUNTY, Ga. April 30 2021 The Chatham County Police Department has arrested a suspect after a woman was reportedly attacked and sexually assaulted inside a Berwick grocery store on Tuesday, April 27. Gregory Hathorne, 25, has been charged with felony rape, felony kidnapping and misdemeanor battery. Chatham County officers were called to the Kroger grocery […]
MOORHEAD, Minn. April 30 2021— Police say a Walmart loss prevention officer’s independent investigation led them to a 22-year-old man now suspected of spray painting racist and anti-Islam graffiti on a Moorhead mosque over the weekend. After hearing the Moorhead Fargo Islamic Center had been vandalized, the employee decided to review security camera footage from […]
LEWISTON ME April 30 2021— Bates College fired a 25-year veteran campus safety officer for failing to follow rules on the use of force when he tackled and handcuffed a student in March who refused to identify himself, according to a preliminary report released this week by an outside investigator. Lead Campus Safety Officer Dennis Skinner, […]
LAS VEGAS NV April 30 2021 A man is accused of threatening to blow up airplanes at McCarran International Airport and commit a mass shooting after learning he would have to pay for a checked bag, documents obtained by the I-Team said. Andrew Greco was arrested Friday and according to Metro Police he has an address […]
TUCSON, Ariz. April 30 2021 Robots are turning up everywhere in modern life. Now one has turned up in the police department for Pima Community College. We’re used to the idea of police using robots for dangerous work like dealing with bombs but police at Pima Community College have an egg shaped robot rolling around PCC […]
EUGENE, Ore. April 30 2021 The University of Oregon has filed a federal lawsuit against a former campus police officer. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports the lawsuit accuses him of lying in police reports and withholding key evidence in an alleged malicious prosecution of a Latino bicyclist he stopped at gunpoint in 2018. The university fired officer Troy […]