GALVESTON, Texas March 19 2019 A former fire chief in Southeast Texas has pleaded guilty to stealing about $70,000 from the department and spending some unauthorized funds at a Louisiana racetrack and casino. Prosecutors in Galveston say 61-year-old David Loop of Winnie pleaded guilty Wednesday to felony theft by a public servant from the Crystal Beach […]
Alabama March 10 2019 Rescue crews didn’t have to stumble through every destroyed building in their search for victims after a tornado ravaged a corner of Alabama this week: They used heat-seeking drones to let them know whether there was anyone beneath the ruins. In so doing, they joined the increasing ranks of public safety […]
Montgomery County MD December 29 2018 A D.C. firefighter is accused of robbing someone of a designer pair of sneakers at gunpoint in Silver Spring, Maryland. Montgomery County police said the victim made arrangements online through “OfferUp” to sell the Christian Louboutin Louis Orlato Holographic sneakers to 24-year-old Devon Alfred Moore. The black and […]
Lower Allen Township PA November 11 7 2018 A D.C. firefighter is facing hate crime charges after allegedly tailgating a truck in Pennsylvania and lobbing racial slurs and threats at the drivers. Adam Kraus, a 32-year-old firefighter who started working for D.C. Fire and EMS in June 2015, is charged under Pennsylvania’s hate crime statute with […]
WINDBURNE, Pa. Oct 1 2018 Clearfield police are investigating the theft over $52,000 from the Windburne Fire Company. According to authorities, the suspect is an employee of the fire company. A police report states that approximately $52,000 was stolen from the fire company over the course of a three-year period. According to fire Chief Howard […]
JENSEN BEACH FL Sept 18 2018 — NES Private Security is adding a new layer of service to its team of private security officers. Brian Brown, battalion commander for a south Florida Fire Rescue department, will head up NES’s First Responder division. The 44-year-old Brown has worked as a firefighter/paramedic for the past 17 years. Prior […]
Springfield MO July 29 2018 Paramedics and EMS personnel can become public safety officers, according to a recent Senate bill. St. Clair Ambulance Chief Nick Tiepelman said Senate Bill 870 requires standard crisis intervention training, developed by the state EMS medical director’s advisory committee, in order for paramedics and personnel to be considered a public safety […]
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. June 11 2018 Authorities have arrested a fire district employee in rural southern Oregon after she submitted a letter of resignation that outlined thefts from the agency. The Herald and News reports 51-year-old Tina Young was arrested Thursday on a charge of aggravated first-degree theft following her letter to the board of the […]
Birmingham AL Dec 11 2017 A Birmingham firefighter arrested in Hoover Wednesday after police say he showed obscene photos to four different females, two of them under the age of 10, is now charged with another crime in Midfield. Kevin Dewayne Turpin, 41, was released from the Hoover City Jail Wednesday night and was taken into […]
SOUTHAVEN, MS Nov 24 2017 DeSoto County Sheriff’s Department arrested a Southaven alderman for hiring prostitutes. Ronald Hale, 57, who represents Ward 2 in DeSoto County and works as a Memphis firefighter, was arrested and later released on $5,000 bond. DeSoto County investigators are being tight-lipped about the circumstances of the arrest, but making it […]