Arrests and Sentencing
Eighth Circuit affirms police detention including handcuffing and pointing guns at suspects
The court rules on a warrantless seizure of a man’s firearms after he was taken for a mental health evaluation
The “mosaic theory” will certainly become a more common argument advanced by defendants as police expand the use of technology in gathering evidence
Andrew Buen was charged with second-degree murder, official misconduct and reckless endangerment for killing Christian Glass
Eight police officers were recognized at the nonprofit Stop DUI advocacy group’s Heroes and Handcuffs ceremony for making a combined 588 DUI arrests in 2023
In one video, an officer tells protesters that police “don’t want to arrest anybody” and “we support your right to protest,” but the protesters continued to ignore officers
Patrick McDowell pleaded guilty to the shooting death of Nassau County Deputy Joshua Moyers at a traffic stop in 2021
The man’s vehicle slammed into Officer James Muhlbauer’s patrol car, killing him and his K-9 partner Champ; the impact caused the cruiser to strike and kill Jesse Eckes, a pedestrian
Between March and June 2023, police said, three people they came to name the “Punch Crew” burglarized several restaurants, stealing about $80,000 from various businesses and causing about $160,000 in damage
Montgomery County Police Department officers arrested the 18-year-old after finding his “memoir,” which included a character who executed a school shooting
The DA’s office, police department and police union have stated that the surviving suspect still ultimately caused the death of the officer and will be prosecuted to the fullest extent possible
Court ruled that a jury may find that participating officers used unconstitutional excessive force during the execution of the warrant
A SWAT team executed a no-knock warrant on the wrong house, resulting in the injury of an occupant and a lawsuit
Thieves stole pallets of beer using forklifts, recruiting others into the scheme via social media, according to a West Haven Police Department warrant
The stolen vehicle had an AirTag inside, which helped police locate the vehicle parked less than a mile away; the suspect got back into the vehicle after he noticed officers nearby
Once aboard the fireboat, the man was able to drift a short distance into the Hudson River, but quickly got stuck; he leapt overboard and later emerged on a second stolen vessel
In certain police zones, low-level criminal offenders can now be referred to the Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion instead of facing criminal charges
The officer was speaking to the woman, who had crashed her car, when she suddenly turned around and stabbed him
Sgt. Thomas Fry faces felony charges after admitting to taking three duty firearms from the Dallas Police Department
The state sentences were shorter than the mens’ federal sentences of 10 to 40 years, but exceeded the state’s recommended maximum; they will be served concurrently with the federal sentences
After hearing statements from the relatives of the students killed in the attack, the judge sentenced in excess of the recommended sentencing guidelines
Attorneys initially sought the death penalty for Elliahs Dorsey, who shot and killed Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department Officer Breann Leath
The Oct. 29 incident occurred after the man randomly assaulted a church-goer; he fled from San Francisco police until a wheel “literally fell off” of the car he was driving
The man can be seen on his own recorded video hitting one Orlando Police Department officer in the head with a brick and gouging another officer’s eye
NYPD
The man who shot Officer Jonathan Diller is charged with murder and weapons charges and faces up to life in prison without parole; the other man involved in the incident has been charged with a weapons-related felony
YouTuber, ‘First Amendment’ auditor gets 6 months for interfering with Las Vegas police traffic stop
“He wants to get arrested, he wants to get into an altercation with police officers,” said the judge after finding Jose “Chille” DeCastro guilty
LVMPD K-9 Enzo was deployed to stop a knife-wielding man who lit a fire in an apartment building; the man stabbed Enzo after being bitten
Travon Shaw, 35, pleaded guilty to first-degree murder and was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole, plus 20 years
The biker’s social media account also included multiple other videos of illegal activities, which are now considered evidence
An AMR supervisor rolled down his window to ask if a man standing in the road was OK; the man “began throwing himself at the window, gaining access to the ambulance”
The video begins with officers responding to a domestic violence call
District Judge Tom Lee called the ex-officers’ actions “egregious and despicable” and gave near-maximum sentences to five of the six men who attacked Michael Corey Jenkins and Eddie Terrell Parker in January 2023
The man operated a ballistic equipment business from 2016 to 2022 called BulletProof-IT, selling helmets, body armor and shields to agencies that included law enforcement agencies, fire departments and the military
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