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The 6th Circuit upheld a man’s carjacking conviction, ruling a police photo lineup was not unduly suggestive
Court upheld a 15-year sentence after ruling a defendant who claimed he was “saving” minors targeted in a child sex sting
In U.S. v. Glover, the D.C. Circuit ruled ambiguous references to “warrants” may have led to involuntary consent for a home search
Betty Jo Shelby pleaded not guilty to first-degree manslaughter in the death of Terence Crutcher
The man described it as “just cocaine residue” and offered the officer Taco Bell if he ignored “that stuff”
Law enforcement might consider using discretion before a court decides whether police need a warrant to scan someone’s face
Fourth Amendment rights are no less impacted by emerging technologies, but standard legal understandings of what information will now be considered private versus public is undergoing new consideration
James Henderson III pleaded guilty to five murder charges
Fewer than a third of those arrested in the latest operation were foreign citizens
Martin Jones is serving a 50-year sentence after being convicted of shooting Scott Johnson in 2010
Brandon Carpenter reportedly fired at the officers with a shotgun, loaded with bird shot, and hit the three officers
Three Mercer County sheriff’s officers suffered minor injuries in the shooting
Police were originally called because James Arthur Bowden was holding his girlfriend hostage
Michael Sandford asked the cop about receiving an autograph from Trump before attempting to grab the officer’s weapon
Brandon Ramiro Cantu drove to his ex-wife’s house and assaulted her and another man with a knife
Investigators have found no evidence thus far that would lead them to believe the teen had malicious intent
Former Deputy Tai Chan is charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of Deputy Jeremy Martin on Oct. 28, 2014
Police say they don’t know what motivated Aaron Juan Saucedo and that he didn’t have any connection to any of the eight people who were killed
One of the responding officers was struck in the face
Ryan Ellis kicked out the rear window of the vehicle and jumped out as the car was moving
Angel Gomez is suspected of driving the vehicle the shooters were riding in
An arrest warrant was issued for Roy Oliver, who fatally shot Jordan Edwards who was inside a car leaving a party
Demonstrators in Portland threw smoke bombs and Molotov cocktails at police
Tremaine Wilbourn initially pleaded not guilty in 2015, but changed his plea under a deal that allows him to avoid trial
Despite his injury, Police Chief Albert Brown made the arrest
No injuries were reported
Adan Salazar told police he was thinking about shooting at the station or its officers
The jury’s decision that Eric Frein should die by lethal injection brought a shouted “yes!” from the gallery
Lamar Reed was in court for a minor traffic violation
After failing a field sobriety test, she was arrested and yelled “f*** you, bald head”
Police wrote in an arrest warrant that Connie Dabate’s Fitbit was logging steps after the time Richard Dabate told them she was killed
The video shows what led up to the previously-released patrol car video where Jones told an officer to die and yelled obscenities at him
Some of the robbers allegedly held open the doors of a train car while others streamed inside, confronting and robbing and in some cases beating riders