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Former officer claims he was discriminated against when he was the only Black officer at the department

4 weeks ago

Anthony G. Attrinonj.com(TNS) A former police officer in Passaic County plans to sue the borough where he worked for $2.5 million, alleging he was forced to resign after years of harassment and retaliation due to racial discrimination and union activities. William Pepe was only the Black police officer on the Pompton Lakes Police Department when he was hired in 2015, […]

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Men arrested in Texas for trafficking military-grade firearms to a Mexican Drug Cartel

4 weeks 2 days ago

Cesar RodriguezLaredo Morning Times, Texas(TNS) Mar. 26—A Laredo man and four other people have been arrested in South Texas for trafficking military-grade firearms to a Mexican Drug Cartel, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office of the Western District of Texas. Aside from Laredo, authorities also arrested people in Hebbronville and Falls City. Authorities alleged that Gerardo Rafael Perez Jr., 23, also known as […]

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Former police officer claims she engaged in sexual activity with ex-police chief

1 month ago

Ashley PerhamThe Charleston Gazette-Mail, W.Va.(TNS) Mar. 25—A former Charleston police officer has filed a lawsuit against former Charleston Police Chief James "Tyke" Hunt, alleging that Hunt engaged in sexual activity with her when he was her superior. Attorneys representing the officer, Chelsea McCoy, filed the lawsuit earlier this month in Kanawha County Circuit Court. Alleged inappropriate conduct According to the lawsuit, McCoy […]

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1 killed and 5 injured, including an off-duty officer during shooting

1 month ago

Joseph WilkinsonNew York Daily News(TNS) One person was killed and five others wounded in a shooting in Indianapolis early Sunday, police said. One of the wounded survivors was an off-duty cop who was working security at a bar, according to authorities. The officer was in stable condition Sunday afternoon and expected to be released from a local hospital. […]

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NYPD sergeant accuses mayor's senior adviser of sexual harassment

1 month ago

Graham RaymanNew York Daily News(TNS) NEW YORK — A recently retired NYPD sergeant alleges in a lawsuit that Timothy Pearson, a senior adviser to Mayor Eric Adams, repeatedly touched her inappropriately, asked her sexually suggestive questions and then blocked her promotion when she spurned his advances. Roxanne Ludemann was working in a special mayoral unit that examined the […]

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Prisoner escapes after two corrections officers are shot during a "coordinated attack and ambush"

1 month ago

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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Man accused of shooting police officer in chest has been captured

1 month ago

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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Missing University of Missouri student was captured on officer's body camera before he went missing

1 month 1 week ago

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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Man accused of killing state trooper is shot, arrested in Albuquerque

1 month 1 week ago

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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Singer claiming to be an "ambassador at large" dragged out of car for phony diplomatic plates

1 month 1 week ago

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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Man pretending to a cop on NYC subway is shot with his own pistol after being stabbed

1 month 1 week ago

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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Large plume of smoke spotted at the Lincoln Memorial

1 month 1 week ago

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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