FOREST LAKE, Minnesota May 10 2017— An emotional standing-room-only crowd filled the Forest Lake City Council chambers Monday evening as the council and mayor voted 3-2 to disband the city’s Police Department. The vote, technically, was to approve a contract with the Washington County Sheriff’s Office. But its effect will be that 23 sworn police […]
Spokane Washington May 10 2017 The Washington State Patrol has agreed to pay up to $13 million in back wages to military veterans in their employ who didn’t receive credit for their service in hiring and promotional decisions. An agreement between the agency and eight current and former employees who sued the patrol alleging violations […]
Seattle WA May 9 2017 A veteran Seattle police officer has been charged with conspiracy to distribute marijuana along with three other people federal agents say were part of a large-scale drug-smuggling operation responsible for delivering at least 100 kilograms of marijuana to the East Coast. According to a 15-page complaint unsealed Monday in U.S. […]
TARPON SPRINGS, Fla. May 9 2017 – An officer working off-duty for a charity car show shot and killed a man he says came at him with a knife. The shooting happened near a large intersection in downtown Tarpon Springs, where classic cars and festival-goers lined the streets. Tarpon Springs police say around 1:30 p.m. […]
SAN DIEGO Ca May 8 2017 — Police shot and killed a 15-year-old student Saturday after he pointed a BB gun at them in a high school parking lot, authorities said. The Torrey Pines High School student called 911 shortly before 3:30 a.m. to ask officers to check on the welfare of an unarmed boy […]
ATLANTA Ga May 8 2017 — DeKalb County Sheriff Jeffrey Mann was arrested in Atlanta Saturday night on charges of indecency and obstruction. The Atlanta Police incident report states that at about 11 p.m. the reporting officer, identified only as Officer Snell, was in an area of Piedmont Park along 10th Street, NE, […]
Balch Springs TX May 6 2017 Roy Oliver, the fired Balch Springs police officer who shot and killed 15-year-old Jordan Edwards as he was driving away from a party, was arrested on a murder charge Friday night. Oliver, 37, turned himself in at the Parker County Jail. Bail was set at $300,000. He posted bond […]
Madison VA May 5 2017 A detective with the Madison County Sheriff’s Office has been charged with four counts of sexually exploiting minors. Bruce A. Harvey, 40, has been charged with two counts of transporting minors across state lines with the intent to engage in criminal sexual activity and two counts of interstate travel with […]
NASHVILLE TN May 5 2017 — Former Rutherford County sheriff Robert Arnold will spend four years in prison for illegally selling electronic cigarettes to Rutherford County inmates, U.S. Judge Marvin Aspen ruled Thursday. Arnold’s sentencing comes nearly two years after the FBI and Tennessee Bureau of Investigation raided Arnold’s home and office to investigate his […]
BETHEL AK May 5 2017 – An off-duty local police sergeant was the driver who hit two pedestrians on Chief Eddie Hoffman Highway late on the night of April 22, the Bethel police chief said Wednesday. One of the victims, Julia Steven, 49, later died at a hospital in Anchorage. Sgt. Kadri Limani, who oversees […]