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A robbery call answered by Columbus police at a Near East Side apartment Monday afternoon took an surprising turn with the discovery of a live alligator.

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Federal prosecutors charged a locomotive driver at the Port of Los Angeles with intentionally derailing a train near the U.S. Navy's hospital ship Mercy because he suspected it was not there to help with the coronavirus crisis.

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Sex offenders in western New York have been released as part of the pandemic, with several currently being housed in a Holiday Inn Express.

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The L.A. County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously today to remove Sheriff Alex Villanueva as the head of the county’s emergency operations center. The board cited the desire to have a centralized operations center. They also cited the response to the Woolsey fire.

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In a time when people are becoming sick from being around too many people who may also be sick, one would think a guest-heavy birthday party for children would be low on the priority list.

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A 31-year police veteran was killed and two other officers were wounded when a man shot them during a domestic disturbance Sunday in Arizona, authorities said.

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The first active duty police officer has succumbed to the coronavirus (COVID-19), said NYPD Commissioner Dermot Shea at a press conference on Saturday.

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An Alabama couple was taken to jail Friday after authorities say they were caught having sex - in the police department parking lot.

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A federal judge has thrown out the case against Escambia County Sheriff David Morgan, finding the claims from two women to be "non-existent."

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A formal complaint has been filed against a New Mexico Sheriff after city police officers accused him of showing up drunk to the scene of a standoff and tried to take command.

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The NYPD announced Friday night that a second civilian employee infected with the coronavirus has died.

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In the latest blow to the Detroit Police Department, already reeling with nearly 500 officers quarantined, Chief James Craig announced Friday he tested positive for COVID-19 after feeling "feverish."

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Around 1.5 million expired N95 masks were discovered in storage facilities under the care of Customs and Border Protection, causing controversy in a time when such personal protective equipment is a hot commodity.

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Former US Vice President Joe Biden has had a tough year when it comes to trying to get back into the White House, from incoherent ramblings to being called out for smelling people.

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Detroit — Capt. Jonathan Parnell, the commanding officer of the Detroit Police Homicide Section, died Tuesday night after contracting the COVID-19 virus, police Chief James Craig said, describing him as "an extraordinary leader."

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Antifa is not letting a good crisis go to waste and has threatened violence against any police or first responders who attempt to enforce the quarantine lockdowns across the United States.

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Fourteen inmates escaped from the Yakima County jail Monday evening by breaking open a fire door with a table — and police are still searching for six of them.

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A police officer last month fired through the open passenger door of a car, striking a suspected car thief at least once as he sat behind the wheel telling the officer to shoot him, according to video of the incident released Monday by El Cajon police.

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The NYPD said 129 members of the department have now tested positive for the coronavirus (COVID-19), with 6.6% of its unified workforce on “sick report”

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Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney got in on the action after a video of violent crime in his city made it to social media, and has called for “support and comfort.”

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