Baltimore MD January 14, 2023 Baltimore’s new top prosecutor dropped all charges Friday against a Black man who stood trial four times for the same killing, freeing him from behind bars and ending a controversial case that repeatedly raised questions about police and prosecutorial conduct. Keith Davis Jr. was accused of fatally shooting Pimlico Race Course […]
Deputy Sheriff Darnell Calhoun Riverside County Sheriff’s Department, California End of Watch Friday, January 13, 2023 BIO Age 30 Tour 3 years Badge 6097 INCIDENT DETAILS Cause Gunfire Weapon Gun; Unknown type Offender Shot and wounded Deputy Sheriff Darnell Calhoun was shot and killed while responding to a domestic violence call in the 18500 block […]
Denver CO Jan 14 2023 In 2020, as protests against police brutality overtook Denver’s streets, the city launched a long-planned program to remove officers from situations that would be better served by social workers. And so Support Team Assisted Response, widely known as STAR, began with a single van and a limited pilot to see how […]
Stanford KY Jan 14 2023 Police say a school employee who accidentally shot himself at a Lincoln County elementary school is now facing charges. Police say 32-year-old Travis Simmons has been charged with unlawful possession of a weapon on school property. Police say “evidence” of what happened was discovered Wednesday morning, leading to a large […]
BERKELEY, Calif. Jan 14, 2023 A human skeleton was discovered Tuesday in an unused building on a University of California, Berkeley, campus, officials said. It’s unclear how many years the remains were in the shuttered building on the Clark Kerr Campus, which is a residential hall complex and event space that’s about a mile (1.61 kilometers) […]
Las Vegas NV Jan 14 2023 A lawsuit filed Thursday accuses security staff at a Las Vegas Strip casino of failing to protect a group of customers after a man threatened them with a gun. That man later shot a member of the group, leading to substantial injuries and multiple surgeries, documents said. Attorneys for […]
Houston TX January 14, 2023 A man employed at a security job at a downtown Houston nightclub has been sentenced to 40 years in prison for robbing the club and its employees at gunpoint in 2019. The U.S. Department of Justice said Hakeem Alexander Coles used a false identity to land a security job at Clé […]
Salt Lake City Utah Jan 14 2023 Four years later, a Utah man and former security guard has been sentenced to prison for murder after shooting and killing a homeless man who was walking away from him. Timothy Richard Lutes, 31, has been convicted on the charges of second-degree felony murder and felony discharge of a […]
Orlando Florida January 13, 2023 Wanda Smith’s career at Dr. Phillips High School was nearly as long as the history of the school itself. The front-gate security guard began her position at the school six months into Dr. Phillips’ inaugural year, and she remained the booth sentry — the guardian of the Panthers — for […]
Mobile County AL January 13, 2023 A two-vehicle wreck claimed the life of a Calcedeaver Volunteer Fire/Rescue Department firefighter Wednesday morning. Thomas W. Graham Jr., 60, was fatally injured when the 2015 Harley-Davidson Electra Glide he was operating hit a 2008 Toyota Camry driven by Brandon M. Little, 36, of Chunchula, according to the Alabama Law […]