At least 58 people were shot in Chicago, with eight fatalities, this Labor Day weekend, according to NBC Chicago and at a juncture when its mayor vowed to block President Donald Trump’s efforts to combat crime. The shootings took place in a series of unrelated incidents, with the majority resulting …
Read More »New details come to light about LASD deputy shot, killed in suspected 'ambush attack'
Surveillance video homicide investigators are aware of appears to show moments before a deputy was shot in the back of the head and killed. The video, obtained by FOX 11 Los Angeles, shows a black car pulling up to the left of a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s cruiser at …
Read More »Blue city eyes massive surveillance program as homicides, violent crime surge
Washington, D.C.’s acting police chief visited the New York Police Department on Wednesday to learn about the agency’s massive camera surveillance program as crime in the nation’s capital surges. “It was really an opportunity for me to just come and see how they work — local, state and federal agencies …
Read More »Indianapolis police kill man, injure woman after one of the 2 suspects fired at officers
Indianapolis police officers fatally shot a man and critically wounded a woman after one of the armed robbery suspects fired at officers pursuing their vehicle near Lucas Oil Stadium, police said Saturday. Officers investigating an armed robbery of a business Friday night on the city’s south side got a description …
Read More »Man wanted for child sex abuse charges fatally shoots himself after injuring US marshals during arrest attempt
A man wanted by police for child sex abuse crimes shot and killed himself Friday after wounding two federal marshals trying to arrest him at a South Carolina hotel, investigators said. A special team of U.S. Marshals was trying to arrest George Curtis at an extended stay hotel near Columbia …
Read More »California man arrested four decades in cold case killing of woman beaten to death
A California man was arrested Monday in connection to the cold case killing of a woman beaten to death and later found naked. Alfredo Carretero Jr., 65, was taken into custody in Lakeport, 120 miles north of San Francisco, in relation to the 1983 killing of Noelle Russo, the Sonoma …
Read More »Former Samsung executive reveals Google pressure in antitrust trial
A former executive at Samsung Electronics’ venture capital arm who proposed that mobile app developer Branch Metrics’ software be installed in Samsung smartphones faced pushback due to pressure from Google, he said on Thursday in a landmark antitrust trial against the Alphabet unit. Patrick Chang, who worked at Samsung Next …
Read More »Imprisoned Oklahoma man used pandemic relief funds to clear himself of murder
Ricky Dority spends most of his days playing with his grandchildren, feeding chickens and working in the yard where he lives with his son’s family. It’s a jarring change from where he was just several months ago, locked in a cell serving a life prison sentence at Oklahoma’s Joseph Harp …
Read More »Madison Brooks case: Defense's new motion is 'attempt to circumvent rape shield laws,' lawyer says
WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT Lawyers defending two of Madison Brooks’ alleged rapists want her cellphone as “a way to circumvent rape shield laws to get her sexual history,” a lawyer representing Brooks’ mom said. Joe Long, who is representing one of the four suspects — Casen Carver — filed a motion …
Read More »Arizona woman found dead in trunk of car in California, estranged boyfriend arrested
An Arizona man has been arrested after the body of his girlfriend was found in the trunk of a car in Southern California on Monday night, police said. Christi Lynn Romero, 54, was identified as the woman by the Holbrook Police Department in Arizona on Tuesday. Her estranged boyfriend, Richard …
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