Fort Worth TX Feb 18 2023 A longtime security guard at Bell Textron Inc. said he was fired and discriminated against because he has post-traumatic stress disorder and other disabilities, according to a lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court. Jeremy Collier had worked for the Fort Worth-based aerospace company from March 13, 2000, to Feb. 1, […]
Milwaukee WI February 2 2023 A Milwaukee County jury on Tuesday, Jan. 31 found Terrance Walker not guilty of substantial battery in connection to a bar fight with an off-duty Milwaukee police officer at Revel Bar in the city’s Bay View neighborhood. The incident occurred on Sunday, March 6, 2022. According to a criminal complaint, Walker […]
LOUISVILLE, Ky. July 28 2022 A Louisville driver helped break up a group of drag racers who shut down part of the Watterson Expressway over the weekend. The driver thought he was rolling up on the scene of a traffic accident. But instead, there were spectators watching several people drag racing. “It was Friday night. I […]
Columbia SC July 22 2022 Two women wounded in the Easter weekend shooting at Columbiana Centre have sued the mall’s parent company and its security firm for $20 million. The eight-page lawsuit filed in federal court in South Carolina accuses Brookfield Properties, which owns Columbiana Centre shopping mall off Harbison Boulevard, and security firm Andy Frain […]
MIDLOTHIAN, Ill. July 16 2022 More than three years after security guard Jemel Roberson was shot and killed by a south suburban police officer, the family has settled with Midlothian police for more than $7 million. Roberson’s mother told CBS 2’s Jermont Terry Wednesday that money won’t stop her fight for justice. Roberson, 26, was working […]
DENVER CO June 10, 2022 The license for the security company that contracted out a guard who allegedly shot and killed and man during a rally in downtown Denver was revoked but a judge has now overturned that decision. A Denver district judge ruled in favor of Pinkerton and overturned the city’s final licensing decision issued […]
Weld County CO Feb 25, 2022 Store surveillance footage directly contradicted testimony that a man used force in his attempt to rob a Weld County supermarket, prompting the state’s second-highest court to overturn his conviction. A three-judge panel for the Court of Appeals determined that witness testimony cannot sustain a conviction when undisputed video evidence invalidates […]
DEL MAR, Calif. Feb 22, 2022 California Gov. Gavin Newsom proposed Friday letting private citizens in his state sue gun makers to stop them from selling assault weapons just as Texas lets its residents sue abortion providers to stop the procedures, then essentially dared the U.S. Supreme Court to treat both issues the same. At a […]
Retail theft bill sails through Florida Senate Tallahassee FL Feb 19, 2022 A study shows 69% of retailers have seen increased organized crime within the last year. The Senate passed a bill Thursday cracking down on organized retail theft in Florida. The bill (HB 1511) stiffens penalties against thieves who steal multiple items from multiple […]
SALEM, Ore. November 7 2021— Progressive lawmakers and civil rights groups want more states to follow Oregon’s recent example and drop criminal penalties for carrying small amounts of heroin, cocaine or other drugs, and to spend more money on addiction recovery services. They say substance use disorder should be treated as a disease, rather than […]