Investigations
The Investigations topic area furnishes cops with the latest news, information and strategies used in closing a case and putting bad guys behind bars. This touches on everything that happens between the suspect’s crimes to the final conviction.
Officers transported family members to the police station without consent or probable cause for interview while victim died at the hospital
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The case came at a time when Baltimore police and other departments around the country were withholding information about their use of stingray devices
A total of 10 police department Ford Explorer SUVs with the Interceptor packages tested positive for carbon monoxide and were removed from the fleet
Investigators found blood samples from inside the driver’s side door where the teen had cut himself on the broken glass
Sheriff Mike Cash said the K-9 suffered a ruptured diaphragm and that a necropsy revealed that the cause of death was blunt force trauma
Police said the passenger reached under the seat when the officer asked for a driver’s license and additional paperwork
The deputies were given permission to search the home and the gunman fired on the two who went inside while the third deputy took up a position at the backdoor
Ford said it will cover the cost of repairs for carbon monoxide odors “regardless of age, mileage or aftermarket modifications made after purchase”
FBI agent and criminal profiler Jim Fitzgerald used forensic linguistics for the first time to identify and capture Theodore Kaczynski
Tyler Carender, 20, is charged with causing more than a half-million dollars in damage to a church and middle school
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The injured deputy had sprains, a fractured toe and possible head injuries, but is expected to be OK
Sam DuBose’s family and civil rights groups wanted a third trial, but prosecutors declined and Judge Leslie Ghiz permanently dismissed the charges
Authorities haven’t disclosed a possible motive for the attack
Camera images show blood spurting from William Alfredo Chafoya’s wounds as officers race to apply tourniquets
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Police said Anthony Benavidez threw two devices out a window that might have been non-functioning explosives
The agency said it has upgraded the probe from an investigation to an engineering analysis, a step closer to a recall
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No information was immediately available about the suspect, but no injuries were reported
Police said they were forced to shoot Ismael Lopez when a dog charged at them and Lopez refused to drop a weapon
The search warrant doesn’t specifically say that the woman was Justine Damond, but: “Upon police arrival, a female ‘slaps’ the back of the patrol squad”
One of the police officers was treated after he received a small cut to one finger
Authorities say someone spray painted the slogans “Kill a Cop” and “Right to Rebel” on homes in the same area last month
One passenger told federal prosecutors they took turns breathing through a hole and pounding on the walls to get the driver’s attention
The judge declined to acquit former officer Ray Tensing, but dismissed the murder and voluntary manslaughter charges
An internal affairs probe was conducted after complaints by the victim’s family that the investigation into the death was mishandled
In addition, authorities found 20 others in dire condition in the back of a tractor-trailer, victims of what police said was an immigrant-smuggling operation gone wrong
The police union defended Officer Michael Mays, contending that the first dog growled as it advanced toward him
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