PORTLAND, Ore. Aug 29 2021— Portland police and Crime Stoppers of Oregon are asking for tips from the public in hopes of furthering a homicide investigation after an 18-year-old was shot and killed earlier this month. Officers initially responded to a medical call shortly before 5 a.m. on August 7 in Southeast Portland. A […]
CHARLOTTE, N.C. Aug 29 2021 — Students at three Charlotte high schools were arrested in connection with having weapons on campus or violent crimes in the past week, Charlotte-Mecklenburg police said. On Aug. 26, officers were called to a reported robbery at Mallard Creek High School just before 2 p.m. When officers got to the […]
Bethlehem PA Aug 29 2021 A 49-year-old Allentown man was charged with selling meth on Wednesday on the Wind Creek Casino property in Bethlehem, city police report. In a transaction near the entrance to the outlets as police and casino security personnel watched, Jamal Vincent Green, of the 500 block of North Law Street, handed […]
EL PORTAL, Fla. Aug 29 2021– A part-time security monitor at Horace Mann Middle School in El Portal was arrested Thursday morning on charges of child abuse without great bodily harm and battery, school officials confirmed. The incident was captured on cellphone video around noon Wednesday. “Try me. Let me tell you something. This hallway, […]
COLQUITT, Ga. Aug 28 2021 Colquitt Police Chief Kenneth Kirkland has died following a large police search in Miller County, according to City Manager Cory Thomas. Kirkland, 51, was found late Wednesday night around 10:30 p.m. He was reported missing Wednesday evening when he did not show up at church where he was scheduled to […]
D’Iberville MS Aug 28 2021 Nearly 900 employees at Scarlet Pearl Casino in D’Iberville must get vaccinated against COVID-19 by Friday to stay on the job. “Most have already had their two shots,” CEO LuAnn Pappas said Thursday. The deadline to get the first shot is 9 a.m. Friday, and Pappas said she will […]
ORANGE BEACH, Ala. Aug 28 2021 The Orange Beach Police Department reported Thursday that one of its officers has died following a battle with COVID-19. The department posted the following on its Facebook page: Brandon Ard, OBPD officer, passed away this morning. The City of Orange Beach extends our deepest sympathies during this time to the […]
PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY, Md. Aug 28 2021 Two years ago, National Harbor and its security contractor, Metropolitan Protective Services, were the focus of a 7News I-Team investigation after MPS hired Gerald Griffith, a convicted Tier 3 child sex offender, to train workers in charge of security at National Harbor. “It’s beyond unbelievable,” says former MPS security […]
Chicago IL Aug 28 2021 A liquor store security guard charged with attempted murder after shooting a man three times because he would not wear a face mask said that it was self-defense. The customer was “putting other’s lives at risk by not wearing a [COVID] mask,” the security guard’s private defense attorney said during […]
ATLANTA GA Aug 28 2021 – Atlanta police say a driver was killed in southwest Atlanta after running off the road, overturning, and landing onto the popular Atlanta BeltLine path on Wednesday afternoon. Officers were called out to the area of Ralph David Abernathy Blvd. SW and Cascade Avenue SW around 4:30 p.m. after reports of […]