Elmore County AL October 16 2023 Alabama is building a new supersize prison that will cost over $1 billion – the most expensive incarceration facility in U.S. history. The Alabama Corrections Institution Finance Authority late last month approved a final price of $1.08 billion for the 4,000-bed prison now under construction in Elmore County. And Alabama […]
FLORIDA October 16 2023 An investigation is underway in Florida after burglars used tractor-trailers to steal more than $1.6 million worth of alcohol from a distribution company that carries brands including Jose Cuervo and Malibu. The theft began during the early morning hours on July 8 at Republic National Distributing Company, located in Hillsborough County south […]
Washington DC October 16 2023 The Transportation Security Administration expects to surpass last year’s record of firearms stopped at checkpoints. “We are starting to see record numbers of firearms caught at TSA checkpoints,” said Lisa Farbstein, a TSA spokesperson. According to the agency, most of them are in carry-on bags. Norfolk International Airport’s TSA has found […]
North Attleborough Massachusetts October 16, 2023 A retired Rhode Island state trooper and personal security for Beyoncé died a few weeks after a crash in Massachusetts. James E. Griffin Jr., 61, of Providence, Rhode Island, died Friday, Oct. 6, from injuries in a recent crash, according to his obituary. The crash involved three vehicles on […]
Ringling OK October 15 2023 A Ringling, OK, police captain and school resource officer died in late September after an on-duty accident. Captain John Randolph was reportedly escorting a teacher who was carrying the gate money for a Ringling High School football game when he tripped over some wood debris and fell on a woodpile. He […]
Shreveport Louisiana October 15 2023 Shreveport police are searching for a man who allegedly battered a person at Club Haze this past weekend. The incident occurred on Oct. 7 and was reported to police on Oct. 10. The Shreveport Police Department (SPD) had received video of the battery on Oct. 9 and were actively working to […]
Portland OR October 15 2023 A homeless encampment known as ‘The Pit’ in downtown Portland has been cleared out and private security guards are patrolling the area in the latest push to clean up the poverty-stricken metro. The tented neighborhood was a longstanding eyesore in the city, where huge crowds of homeless people were set up […]
Chicago IL October 15 2023– A security officer was critically injured in a Saturday afternoon shooting on Chicago’s South Side, police said. Police said the shooting happened in the West Chatham neighborhood’s 0-100 block of West 79th Street at about 4:25 p.m. Someone shot a man, who was working as a security officer on the […]
BIBB COUNTY, Ga. October 15 2023 — Authorities are investigating a shooting that injured multiple people at a Waffle House. Bibb County Sheriff officials told Channel 2 Action News on Saturday, just after 4 a.m., deputies received reports of a person shot at a Waffle House on Chambers Road. According to the investigation, two men and […]
Panama City Panama October 15 2023 It was just a stink bomb. An adult diaper thought to be an explosive rerouted a plane bound for Florida on Friday. Officials ordered a Copa Airlines flight headed from Panama City to Tampa to turn back so that a suspected bomb threat could be investigated after it spent […]