Arrests and Sentencing
In addition to releasing inmates, we are also seeing a change in the types of top offenses pre- and post-COVID
When asked if agencies had conducted training in the COVID decrees and explained the penalties for violations and enforcement procedures, more than 60% said no
Over the past several weeks, we asked our audience a series of questions about the COVID-19 pandemic
Zack King and Levi White were charged with using excessive force during an August 2022 arrest
Officer Brian Pierce Jr. was fatally hit while standing on a bridge to put down a spike strip across the roadway
Protesters threw rocks and lit fireworks in front of a skyscraper that houses the Atlanta Police Foundation
After the teen and her 11-year-old passenger were arrested, troopers found a gun and a small amount of marijuana in the vehicle
Prosecutors are also charging a weapon’s specialist with involuntary manslaughter in the fatal 2021 shooting, citing a “criminal disregard for safety”
The best practice: Avoid a custodial arrest for misdemeanors not committed in the officer’s presence
The slain LEO and a team of officers were pursuing a trio that robbed a Fort Worth bar in 2018 when one of the men opened fire
The handgun reportedly had 15 rounds in a clip but no bullet was in the chamber
SWAT officers, Alabama DOC tracking dogs and a helicopter were deployed to the scene after the man fled into a wooded area
Following the arrest, police reportedly found nine guns, more than 1,400 rounds of ammunition, several magazines and two Glock switches in his home and car
The suspect opened fire on officers after they attempted to arrest him for an active warrant in 2021, killing Officer Ryan Bialke
The 19-year-old was wearing a ballistic vest with a sheriff patch on it, a duty belt with knives, and had a flashlight and handcuffs
Police were able to narrow down what was at first known only as a white sedan to a 2015 Hyundai Elantra registered to Bryan Kohberger
An FBI surveillance team tracked Bryan Kohberger and his father on a cross-country road trip from Washington State to Pennsylvania
The man was “rewarded by detectives with a set of handcuffs after he was identified as the suspect who initially stole the furniture,” deputies said
Police ran DNA left at the scene through a public database, then used genetic genealogy techniques to connect the DNA to Bryan Kohberger through his family members
“CHP investigators worked throughout the night interviewing witnesses and gathering evidence from the scene,” police said
Gov. Brian Kemp’s statement came after an activist claimed to set an Ore. bank on fire in solidarity with those fighting against Atlanta’s public safety training center
The court order gives authorities 10 days to extradite, and he is currently being held at a jail in Pa. until transport
The deputy was found dead in the driver’s seat of his wrecked vehicle after “some type of argument that escalated to the gunfire”
The officer has been charged with negligent homicide and negligent injuring after colliding with the victims’ car during a police pursuit
Bryan Christopher Kohberger is being held for extradition to Idaho on a warrant for first degree murder
Some of the cases encompassed face-to-face “person crimes,” where defendants were charged with beating, assaulting or threatening the safety of victims
The group was arrested following a standoff and altercation with GBI agents and Atlanta police officers at the planned site of a new police training center
Police were initially called after the woman was sleeping outside a building and refusing requests to leave the property
“If you come here and murder people at our mall, you get one of these at at Christmas,” said Bloomington Police Chief Booker Hodges while holding up an orange prison suit
Overall arrests by Baltimore Police were up 10% for this year, compared to the same period last year, police data show
The suspect was initially wanted on robbery and burglary charges, but now faces a weapon charge
“Everything was in slow motion, and I saw a flash. Suddenly I was down on my stomach, but I didn’t even know I was shot.”
Aaron Dean’s guilty verdict was a rare conviction of an officer for killing someone who was also armed with a gun
