As the wrong-way driver approached, a trooper was maneuvering a cruiser to stop the driver; but instead, the wrong-way vehicle swerved and crashed into a K-9 officer
Ex-Riviera Beach PD officer Carl Rashad Johnson was convicted of vehicular manslaughter in the crash where he drove nearly 60 mph over the speed limit without emergency lights activated
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The Grammy winner “has paid already the cost of the permit that was lodged, which was over $160,000 for that event and for the response to that event,” Mayor Zohran Mamdani said
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