Monterey County CA Aug 19 2017— The Coast Guard Investigative Service and Monterey County Sheriff-Coroner’s office are investigating the death of a Coast Guard petty officer whose body was found Thursday morning in a car in a parking lot at California State University Monterey Bay. Dead is Petty Officer 1st Class Joshua P. Van Poucke, […]
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. Aug 18 2017— Chapel Hill police on Wednesday arrested a man who they said attempted to abduct two students from a preschool. Officers responded to a report of a suspicious person at the Montessori Academy at 1510 E. Franklin Street just after 12 p.m. after a caller told authorities a man had […]
SCOTT, La. Aug 11 2017 A senior student at Acadiana High School was arrested yesterday after allegedly punching a school safety officer multiple times on the first day of school, according to the Scott Police Department. Police Chief Chad Leger said the incident happened Wednesday after the student, Robert Hebert, 17, of Duson, was sent to […]
LOWELL MA Aug 7 2017 — The UMass Lowell Police Department engaged in a patronage hiring scheme that brought more than a dozen retired New Hampshire officers to Lowell, allowing them to collect pensions in both states, according to a lawsuit filed against university officials. The 2016 suit, which is ongoing, was brought by Timothy McLaughlin […]
TRENTON NJ Aug 6 2017 A Trenton Public Schools security guard has been arrested and charged with child endangerment on allegations she assaulted a 9-year-old boy at Jefferson Elementary. Tyshanae “Ty” McNeese, 22, of Trenton, was processed at city police headquarters Thursday afternoon and released on a summons about two hours later, police said. McNeese on […]
Utah July 31 2017 Effective July 1, 2018, event attendees at the University of Utah’s Rice-Eccles Stadium and Huntsman Center will be required to put personal items in a clear bag. A July 25 press release from the university says that the policy change comes after “several recent security breaches involving venues for large events around […]
MOBILE, AL July 31 2017 They gave them fair warning, now a week later parents in Mobile County accused of not sending their kids to school are going to jail in some cases. It’s a story the Mobile County Sheriff’s Office says has gotten lots of interest. After posting pictures last week of parents wanted […]
Savannah GA July 29 2017 Police departments at two Georgia universities will begin merging this weekend in anticipation of the schools’ January 2018 consolidation. According to WJCL, officials at Armstrong University and Georgia Southern University voted on January 11 to consolidate the two schools. The new university will keep the name Georgia Southern University and will […]
HENRICO COUNTY, Va. July 28 2017 – A Henrico County bus driver has been charged with felony child abuse/neglect after she allegedly left a student alone on the bus earlier this school year. The bus driver, Carolyn Marie Edwards, 53, was charged on the morning of Wednesday, July 26. The incident occurred on April 18, 2017 […]
POCATELLO ID July 28 2017 — Thanks to the quick actions of two Idaho State University Department of Public Safety officers, a brush fire in Pocatello was contained before it got out of hand. The quarter-acre fire was reported near Mountain View Cemetery and Red Hill Trail in the south part of town at approximately 2:30 […]