New Orleans La. February 14th, 2023 U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit in United States v. Rahimi, has struck down 30 years of federal law prohibiting those under a protective order for domestic violence from possessing firearms. In a unanimous decision, the three-judge panel ruled a domestic violence abuser subject to a protective order […]
Charlotte NC November 11, 2021 Year after year, most security officers on the job are killed by gunfire, not in car accidents, training incidents, or other workplace hazards. Tragically, this year, that fact is true again. Eighty, private security officers, including three commissioned, special police officers have been murdered as of December 8th. Of […]
MELBOURNE, Fla. Dec 6, 2021– The Florida Department of Law Enforcement is investigating after officers shot and killed an armed man on the campus of the Florida Institute of Technology. Melbourne police and security at the school responded to a report of an armed man “assaulting students” just before 11 p.m. on campus. Students […]
GREENVILLE, S.C. Dec 1 2021 A man was sentenced to 25 years in prison for killing a security guard at a Greenville Bar in 2020. The Greenville County Solicitor’s Office said Akira Kentay Robinson, 44, pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter Monday. We previously reported officers responded on June 14, 2020 to The Coliseum Bar at 528 […]
Washington DC October 16 2021 The U.S. Supreme Court recently rejected an appeal over a New Jersey police shooting case involving the controversial legal defense of “qualified immunity” that protects officers from civil litigation, an issue the court has already avoided weighing in on earlier this year. According to a Reuters report, the court rejected an […]
WATERLOO IA October 15 2021– A former professional boxer at the heart of a fatal 2020 armored truck robbery and a spree of business fires and home burglaries said drugs were behind the crimes. Kevin Josue Cruz Soliveras, 30, apologized to the court and those he harmed Friday as he was sentenced to up to […]
Texas October 8 2021 A California law designed to end the use of private prisons in the state was ruled unconstitutional on Tuesday after an appeals court decided it likely interferes with the federal government’s ability to enforce immigration law. The bill, known as AB 32, was passed in 2019 and would have prohibited the state […]
DeKalb County GA August 4 2021 At approximately 7 a.m. on July 28th, the DeKalb County PD responded to Emory Decatur Hospital after staff observed an adult male patient, who was locked inside of a room, in possession of a gun. When medical staff and hospital security entered the room in order to provide care, the […]
URBANA IL July 28 2021 — A homeless man with a history of battery convictions has been sentenced to six years in prison for kicking a hospital security guard. In exchange for Williams Smith’s guilty plea to aggravated battery, Assistant State’s Attorney Joel Fletcher agreed to dismiss two other theft cases against him. Fletcher said about […]
EL CAJON, Calif. July 18 2021 Three gang members have been charged with fatally shooting a 59-year-old security guard outside a Spring Valley marijuana dispensary, San Diego County District Attorney Summer Stephan announced Tuesday. The shooting of Kenneth Love II was tied into a broader scheme to extort illegal dispensaries for money. If the extortion money […]