WENATCHEE, WA Sept 4 2021—As the K-12 school year began this week, school resource officers were absent at four Chelan County school districts. Sheriff Brian Burnett said he believes Gov. Jay Inslee’s mandate requiring school employees and onsite contractors and volunteers to receive a COVID-19 vaccination infringes on his deputies’ rights. The sheriff’s action puts […]
MEMPHIS, Tenn. Sept 4 2021– – A couple of security officers rescued a 63-year-old man from his burning apartment Wednesday night. It happened while Dante Evans and his partner Camron Reed were patrolling the Ridgecrest Apartment in Frayser around 9 p.m. The two men say they spotted smoke coming from an upstairs unit. They say […]
Hopewell Township NJ September 4 2021 Three New Jersey officers trapped in floodwaters Wednesday evening were able to stay alive by clinging to trees and firing their duty pistols to alert rescuers to their location NJ.com reports that Hopewell Township Officer James Hoffman was swept away in the floodwaters while responding to a report of […]
Jefferson County LA Sept 4 2021 A crew of Jefferson Parish workers was repairing a Metairie water main broken by Hurricane Ida when a woman pulled up in her car Wednesday, called them “f—-ng n—-rs” and demanded that they be arrested. The workers then flagged down sheriff’s deputies and reported her harassment, at which point the […]
BALTIMORE, MD Sept 4 2021– A federal judge ruled that there is enough evidence in a lawsuit brought by small business owners affected by the 2015 unrest following the death of Freddie Gray when police were ordered to stand down by the city. The lawsuit, brought by 70 plaintiffs, mostly small business owners, has been […]
Las Vegas NV Sept 3 2021 A Detroit man has been charged in connection with a bomb hoax this week at the Trump International Hotel Las Vegas, an incident he said was meant as a message for the former president who had “messed up his life,” police reported. Records show Dandre Lundy, 44, was booked Tuesday […]
St Paul MN Sept 3 2021 A central Minnesota man was charged Wednesday after attempting to rob a downtown St. Paul bank. Tyrel Steven Kaiser, 39, of Bird Island, Minn., was charged with one felony count of attempted aggravated robbery in the second degree for pretending to do an audit, insinuating that he had a gun […]
Washington MO Sept 3 2021 A Union man is facing criminal charges after he allegedly hit a child and a security guard with a vehicle at Mercy Hospital Washington last month, according to court records. Cameron F. Barnes, 29, has been charged with second-degree assault, a Class B felony; resisting arrest, a Class E felony; […]
Olympia WA Sept 3 2021 Olympia police arrested a teenager who waved what appeared to be a gun as he and three others allegedly stole from a store at Capital Mall Tuesday evening. Reports of the incident spread quickly on social media, but Lt. Paul Lower confirmed to The Olympian that the reported gun was a […]
MIAMI-DADE COUNTY FL Sept 3 2021 Oliver Gilbert, vice-chairperson of the Miami-Dade County Commission, addresses reporters after passage of his legislation requiring paid sick leave for private security guards assigned to county facilities. The ordinance passed the commission on Sept. 1, 2021. Miami-Dade County will require paid sick leave for hundreds of private security guards […]