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Alex BrizeeThe Idaho Statesman(TNS) The Boise Police Department has identified the man suspected of shooting two Idaho Department of Correction officers and helping an Idaho prisoner escape custody in a coordinated ambush at a hospital. Nicholas Umphenour, 28, aided in the planned attack to free 31-year-old Skylar Meade, an “associate,” from custody after he was brought to Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center in the […]

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Flint McColganBoston Herald(TNS) The Dorchester man accused of shooting a Boston Police officer in the chest near Franklin Park last night was ordered held pending a dangerousness hearing scheduled for later this month. Avery Lewis, 31, of Dorchester, appeared Tuesday morning in Dorchester District Court to be arraigned on a slew of charges related to […]

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New body cam footage released by Nashville police Monday shows University of Missouri student Riley Strain walking and in conversation with a police officer after his last known sighting the night he went missing in Nashville.

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Margaret O'HaraThe Santa Fe New Mexican(TNS) Jaremy Alexander Smith, a man suspected of killing a New Mexico State Police officer early Friday, was apprehended Sunday by the Bernalillo County Sheriff's Office following a pursuit and a shooting by deputies that left him injured. Smith, 32, of Marion, S.C., is accused of fatally shooting Officer Justin Hare on Interstate 40 near Tucumcari after Hare had offered to […]

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A woman yanked from her car by a Sunny Isles Beach officer in a viral traffic-stop video has been charged with driving with a fake diplomatic tag Tuesday, police said. The next day, the man driving her from jail was arrested for the same charge with her in the car.

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Responding to calls from stranded drivers with broken-down cars is a regular feature of the job for New Mexico State Police.

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You can't say he didn't warn them. The teen driving the motorcycle even had a custom license plate explaining what he would do.

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The NYPD are urgently seeking any information that could lead to their arrest of a woman involved in an incident on the metro transit system. As New York City has been armed with the National Guard, a video has been leaked from an incident on the subway involving a stabbing and use of an illegal […]

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Numerous reports of smoke rising from near the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. have been reported Friday morning. According to FOX News Senior Congressional Correspondent Chad Pergram, the smoke was visible from the U.S. Capital around 8:30 a.m. D.C. Fire & EMS crews have been dispatched to investigate the area of the Lincoln Memorial. According […]

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Summer LinLos Angeles Times(TNS) LOS ANGELES — Sixteen members of the Orange County Sheriff’s Department SWAT team were injured Wednesday afternoon in an explosion at an FBI training facility in Irvine, according to authorities. The explosion occurred around 1 p.m. Pacific time at the Jerry Crowe Regional Tactical Training Facility, according to Sheriff’s Sgt. Frank […]

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Update: More information about the injuries a high schooler received when her head was smashed into the pavement by a fellow student has been released. The victim, only identified as Kaylee, is fighting for life in critical condition, with a skull fracture and frontal lobe damage, according to her family. "In minutes, this family's life […]

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Dejan Belnavis, who was wanted for charges connected to the fatal shooting of a National Guard soldier and her 11-year-old daughter in Massachusetts, was taken into custody today in the San Diego area after a motor vehicle stop.

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Update: Marana police officers' bodycam footage from an incident on February 10, 2024 has been released. The footage was recorded around 5:30 p.m. when Marana police officers stopped 29-year-old Tobin Pico, who was allegedly driving a Jeep Cherokee while impaired. Erika WurstThe Arizona Daily Star, Tucson Feb. 13—Authorities have yet to publicly identify a man […]

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The Los Angeles Police Department released a video showing a February vehicle crash where three teens attempted to speed away from a police officer and crash into a pole, creating a spark that turned into a full car fire while they were inside.

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Mark PriceThe Charlotte Observer(TNS) A deputy was being kidnapped when he pulled his gun and shot the driver on Interstate 10 in southwest Louisiana, according to investigators. The deputy and suspect survived the resulting car crash, but both were hospitalized, the Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office reported in a news release. It happened around 10 a.m. on Thursday, March 7, during a traffic stop […]

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Mason DockterSioux City Journal, Iowa(TNS) Mar. 6—SIOUX CITY — Woodbury County Attorney James Loomis said Tuesday that the fatal police shooting in January of Salvador Perez-Garcia in the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino parking ramp was justified, and that criminal charges are not warranted against the two officers who fired shots. "His violent aggression was planned, and targeted, at law enforcement," Loomis said […]

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Video released Tuesday by the state's Inspector General shows a Connecticut State Police trooper shooting a 29-year-old man who was holding a knife after authorities responded to a request for a welfare check at the Meadow Road address Friday afternoon.

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New York Daily News(TNS) An 88-year-old grandfather and Air Force veteran was fatally shot in broad daylight while sitting in his car in West Philadelphia, police said. The victim, identified by family members Richard Butler, was in a white Hyundai Santa Fe on the 100 block of North Dewey Street when the shooting started, WPVI reported. According to home surveillance video obtained by the news station, […]

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Update: The man accused of killing a Washington State trooper while possibly under the influence has been identified as an illegal migrant who entered the United States from Mexico. An ICE official confirmed the suspect, Raul Benitez Santana, is from Mexico and unlawfully entered the U.S. He also has a lengthy criminal record in Washington.  […]

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David AaroThe Atlanta Journal-Constitution(TNS) A 15-year-old shot by Cobb County police outside Six Flags Over Georgia on Saturday evening was involved in another shooting in South Fulton last month, authorities confirmed Tuesday. Syere Littlefield is facing several charges related to the violence Saturday after several suspects opened fire in the area and were chased into the woods outside the […]

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