GREENVILLE, S.C March 31 2020 An attentive security officer working at the Greenville Zoo helped to prevent a major fire on Sunday. The security officer noticed a fire at a shed on the property and called 911. The City of Greenville says no animals or Greenville Zoo employees were hurt after a small fire Sunday […]
MADISON, Wis .March 31 2020 — Two men were arrested Friday afternoon following a theft-gone-wrong at the Target near Hilldale Mall. Police said the incident started with a retail-theft-in-progress call with one suspect who was armed with a knife. When officers arrived at the store, they arrested 36-year-old Raymond M. Sanchez. As police continued their investigation, […]
Manalapan NJ March 30 2020 A New Jersey man was charged with making a terroristic threat after he intentionally coughed near a supermarket employee and told her he had the coronavirus, the authorities said on the same day that the Justice Department warned of similar threats to spread the virus. The man, George Falcone, 50, […]
Anchorage AK March 30 2020 Alaska State Troopers are advising the public that “making a false claim of infection of a highly communicable disease or virus is Terroristic Threatening in the Second Degree – A class C felony punishable by imprisonment up to 5 years and up to a $50,000 fine,” and point out that […]
Birmingham AL March 30 2020 City Action Partnership (CAP) ambassadors will continue patrols of downtown Birmingham within the curfew imposed by the shelter in place ordinance approved by the City Council March 24. CAP is coordinating with Birmingham Police and will continue to operate a full schedule as long as staffing and ambassador safety allows. […]
New York City NY March 30 2020 A LaGuardia Airport security guard and single mother of two who is bedridden with coronavirus now fears her two daughters may have caught the illness from her. Haidi Torrico, 43, started getting headaches and feeling pain in her lungs last Monday while at work supervising an employees-only entrance […]
Trenton NJ March 30 2020 About 700 New Jersey Police officers have tested positive for the coronavirus, the head of the New Jersey’s state police said at a coronavirus press conference held by state officials on Saturday. “There’s more than 700 police officers quarantined at home and there’s about the same amount (…) that have tested […]
HOUSTON, Texas March 30 2020 They’re known for protecting us on highways and interstates, and now the men and women in Stetsons and ‘Texas Tan’ uniforms are on duty at airports around the state, including here in Houston. Texas Dept. of Public Safety troopers are now screening passengers arriving from New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, and […]
Detroit MI March 29 2020 Ten federal court security officers who work in downtown Detroit have “exhibited” symptoms similar to the coronavirus, forcing an indefinite closure of court facilities, a court spokesman said Friday. Four of the court security officers who work for the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan have been […]
Harlem NY March 29 2020 An NYPD detective died after contracting coronavirus — the first officer to succumb to the disease. The 48-year-old crime fighter, identified as Cedric Dixon, worked in the 32nd Precinct in Harlem, officials said. The 23-year veteran cop passed away Saturday morning at North Central Bronx Hospital, police sources told The Post. […]