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Rick SobeyBoston Herald(TNS) BOSTON — FBI agents have nabbed an Oklahoma man accused of throwing a pipe bomb onto the porch of the Satanic Temple in Salem. Sean Patrick Palmer, 49, has been charged with using an explosive to cause damage to a building used in interstate or foreign commerce. Palmer was arrested on Wednesday, […]

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New York Daily News(TNS) The man behind the wheel of a car whose passenger is accused of shooting and killing NYPD Officer Jonathan Diller on a Queens street last month told cops he didn’t see it coming. “I didn’t know it was going to left like that,” driver Lindy Jones told detectives shortly after the shooting that killed a husband and father, […]

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A former US Congressman is reportedly responsible for the injuries of a Florida Highway Patrol man following a vehicle crash near Naples.

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Jon Mosssyracuse.com(TNS) Syracuse, N.Y. — An online fundraiser has been launched for the families of the two police officers killed during a shootout Sunday night in Salina. The fundraiser has been endorsed by the Syracuse Police Benevolent Association and the Onondaga County Sheriff’s Office. Here’s the site: Supporting the families of Lt. Michael Hoosock & Officer Michael Jensen It has a goal to raise […]

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Cliff Pinckardcleveland.com(TNS) SOUTH CHARLESTON, Ohio — An 81-year-old man is charged with murder after authorities say he gunned down a 61-year-old female Uber driver in a chain of events started by a scam phone call to the suspect. William Brock, of South Charleston, pleaded not guilty to the charge last week in Clark County Municipal Court, records show. He is […]

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Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday signed a bill limiting civilian investigations by government-affiliated boards into the behavior of local law enforcement officers, including in Miami, St. Petersburg and Tampa.

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A high school English teacher has been accused of sexually assaulted a student at a state nature preserve and now is facing multiple criminal charges.

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A western Wisconsin man has received a 20-year prison term for keeping a woman captive in his home, raping her and forcing her to appear on sexually explicit websites such as OnlyFans, then keeping the money that viewers paid.

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The NYPD's newly announced traffic enforcement tool known as "The Barnacle" will be tested over a period of two months, according to reports.

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A call about a suspicious vehicle led to a shootout that left a Memphis police officer and an 18-year-old dead, Tennessee authorities said.

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John Wayne FergusonHouston Chronicle(TNS) Apr. 12—Multiple people were seriously injured Friday afternoon when a stolen semi-truck crashed into the Department of Public Safety building in Brenham on Friday afternoon, according to the department. Authorities said the crash appeared to be intentional, and said the driver of the truck had been arrested In an 11:15 a.m. post on X, DPS said officials […]

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Police are investigating an illicit gathering and an assault that took place at Byram Park Tuesday night.

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Rocco ParascandolaNew York Daily News(TNS) NEW YORK — They’re real fashion police: Fed up with sloppy cops, the NYPD has moved to update its dress code, banning shorts on transit beats and white turtlenecks while on patrol. The department’s updated style guide, set to take effect next month, also instructs patrol officers not to wear tactical cargo […]

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Sam CharlesChicago Tribune(TNS) CHICAGO — A day after the release of body-worn camera footage that showed Chicago police officers firing 96 times at Dexter Reed last month after he apparently shot and wounded a tactical cop during a traffic stop, questions remained over the circumstances of Reed’s killing and what effect it could have on […]

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At least four people have been taken into custody after at least one officer is said to have fired shots during the multiple agency response to a shooting at a mosque in West Philadelphia on Wednesday. At least two people were shot as people were celebrating the end of Ramadan, according to the local ABC […]

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Lauren LiebhaberThe Charlotte Observer(TNS) A 15-year-old boy carrying a fake gun was shot by an Ohio police officer with a history of “disciplinary actions and use of force incidents,” officials said. On April 1, a woman called 911 to report someone walking down the street pointing a gun at homes in an Akron neighborhood, according […]

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The Metropolitan Police Department on Friday released video that shows the dramatic rescue after one of the agency’s K-9 officers was stabbed multiple times.

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The 23-year-old woman who was arrested last year for an inappropriate relationship with a minor has been arrested again. While out on bond, Alyssa Ann Zinger, of Tampa, was arrested on Thursday and charged with more sex crimes with minors after four new victims came forward. In November, she was arrested and charged with two counts […]

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Los Angeles officials — eager to ease the city’s reliance on police officers for handling nonviolent mental health emergencies — have launched a new pilot program that sends unarmed civilians with training to respond to such calls.

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LOS ANGELES — Since January, San Bernardino County sheriff’s investigators have been secretly watching Deputy Christopher Bingham, a firearms expert and former gun shop owner with suspected ties to the notorious Mongols motorcycle group.

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