Category: In the news

Cleveland police ID officer after toddler son dies I can’t stress how important it is to always observe firearm safety. My heart goes out to the family of this little one and feel that no words I have can offer light to how horrific and tragic this situation is. Now, we don’t know the full […]

A Massachusetts man says his father’s World War II Purple Heart stolen earlier this year has been returned, perhaps by a thief who had an “attack of conscience.” (FOX)- Paul Curtis tells The Patriot Ledger (http://bit.ly/2hYO7eT ) that the medal was stolen along with computers, jewelry and musical instruments during a break-in at his Plymouth […]

Baltimore police say a private investigator shot a 13-year-old boy who opened his car door and brandished what turned out to be a replica gun. (FOX)- Police say the 73-year-old investigator, a former city police officer, was sitting in his car Wednesday afternoon in southwest Baltimore when a group of young men approached. When the […]

The U.S. Border Patrol says over $3 million has been seized after it was found on Tuesday inside two cars in Escondido, California. (FOX)- It’s the largest cash seizure ever made by the Border Patrol in San Diego County. Officials say they pulled over a Kia Forte that was speeding, finding nearly $34,000 in vacuum-sealed […]

New York City police say they believe the opportunistic thief who swiped an 86-pound bucket of gold flakes worth nearly $1.6 million off an armored truck in Manhattan is hiding out on the West Coast. (FOX)- Detectives say the man fled to Orlando, Florida after the Sept. 29 theft before ultimately landing in California. Police […]

A South Florida man is accused of assaulting a sheriff’s sergeant during a traffic stop. (FOX)- Broward Sheriff’s Office spokeswoman Gina Carter tells local news outlets that 24-year-old Tyler Comegno fled the scene Monday, leaving the sergeant with cuts on his face. She didn’t identify the sergeant, who was taken to a hospital to have […]

Tulsa police are investigating after an officer fatally shot a man near a house where a woman and three dogs were later found dead. (FOX)- Police spokesman Leland Ashley says officers responded Sunday afternoon to the property on the city’s west side on a shots fired call. As they arrived in the street, officers saw […]

Authorities say an off-duty police officer is hospitalized after he was wounded by gunfire during a surprise party for his wife. (FOX)- Al.com reports that the shooting happened late Saturday night at an apartment complex in Jasper, about 45 miles northwest of Birmingham. Cordova Police Chief Nick Smith tells WBRC-TV that part-time Cordova police Officer […]

A correctional officer was killed and another jail employee injured Sunday after they were attacked by an inmate at a south Arkansas county jail, authorities said. (FOX)- The attack occurred Sunday afternoon at the Miller County jail in Texarkana, on the state’s border with Texas. The Miller County Sheriff’s Office said correctional officer Lisa Mauldin, […]

About a dozen officers fired at a teenager who’s accused of shooting at patrol cars during a chase and hitting a sheriff’s deputy with a stolen car, a suburban New Orleans sheriff’s spokesman said. (FOX)- Two Gretna police officers and about 10 Jefferson Parish sheriff’s deputies fired at Ray John Brown, 17, of New Orleans, […]