SPRINGFIELD MA April 16 2019 – A police officer remains in the hospital after being shot twice and a 25-year-old man has been arrested in what was described as a gun battle outside a nightclub early Sunday morning. The officer, Edwin Irizarry, who has served at least 20 years on the department, was grazed in the […]
Pine Bluff AR March 15 2019 A University of Arkansas at Monticello police officer was killed in a crash early Wednesday near Pine Bluff after another vehicle crossed the centerline, authorities said. The Arkansas State Police said Iciephine Green, 45, of Pine Bluff was driving a 2002 Hyundai north on Arkansas 530 shortly after midnight […]
MEMPHIS, Tenn. March 14 2019– An off-duty MPD officer was arrested after an incident involving a woman and a security guard outside a Memphis restaurant. Memphis police said Dartelle Joyner, 34, was involved in an “altercation with an unknown female” inside the Happy Mexican restaurant on Primacy Parkway on March 7. According to MPD, when […]
Chicago IL March 3 2019 A 31-year-old man was found guilty in the 2011 shooting death of a Chicago police officer who was moonlighting as a security guard at an Austin convenience store. Alexander Villa was found guilty of first-degree murder, attempted murder and armed robbery by a Cook County jury late Thursday. Jurors reached their […]
Houston TX February 23 2019 An off-duty Houston police officer shot and wounded a 17-year-old boy armed with a handgun while working an extra security shift Thursday afternoon in southwest Houston, authorities said. The incident began around 4 p.m. Thursday when two men in a black sedan were chasing after a white sedan carrying the teen […]
DECATUR IL Jan 31 2019 — Police said a skating rink employee who got into a face-to-face confrontation with an off-duty officer working security at the rink was arrested after being subdued with a jolt from a stun gun. A sworn Decatur police affidavit from officer Lorne Sturdivant said the incident happened about 9:15 p.m. Friday […]
GRIFFITH, Ind. Jan 22 2019 Two men have been charged in the shooting death of a high school student in Griffith, Indiana, police announced Thursday. Giovante Galloway, 21, and his uncle, 48-year-old Juarez Rogers, face multiple charges including murder and attempted armed robbery in the death of 18-year-old Alayna Ortiz. Ortiz was shot and killed last […]
Columbus IN January 11 2019 Two Columbus Police Department officers being investigated by the Indiana State Police for working a secondary job during a regular shift had been working at Columbus Regional Hospital as security. Hospital officials confirmed Wednesday that officers Dan Meister and Ron May, who were the subject of an internal CPD investigation, were […]
CLARKSTON, Ga. January 9 2019— The Georgia Bureau of Investigation says an off-duty Clarkston police officer has shot and killed a burglary suspect who shot at him. News outlets report the GBI says the officer was working as a security guard Monday night and attempted to help a robbery victim when he was shot at […]
Pittsburgh PA January 5 2019 Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto said it’s still unclear whether two Pittsburgh police commanders violated department, city or state ethics rules by taking training they received through the department and turning it into a private business. City officials are looking into whether Cmdrs. Jason Lando and Cristyn Zett and Officer Jason […]