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.
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The solicitor general dismissed 89 cases where Officers Robert McDonald and Michael Bongiovanni were a principal officer or a main witness
Kori Ali Muhammad shouted “Allahu Akbar,” but Police Chief Jerry Dyer said the shootings had “nothing to do with terrorism in spite of the statement he made”
Deputy David Wade went to serve an eviction notice, but the alleged shooter wasn’t the person being evicted
Nannette Louise Perkins, 40, was arrested Sunday afternoon
As the deputy drove away from a surveillance op, the suspect followed, pulled up alongside the deputy’s unmarked car and opened fire
Two suspects opened fire on a crowd of young people standing outside a house as a party was ending
Police are warning the public that the suspect, Steve Stephens, is considered armed and dangerous.
About 200 people were at Berkeley’s Martin Luther King Jr. Civic Center Park when several fights broke out
Columbus police say initial investigation indicates an argument erupted into gunfire at 3:20 a.m. Sunday
The arrest settled fears among residents and law enforcement over what the suspect might do with his stockpile of weapons and ammo
The department also has opened criminal investigations into the behavior of the two officers
Both victims are expected to survive
Officer Jonathan Aledda is charged with attempted manslaughter and misdemeanor culpable negligence
The aviation security officer was placed on paid administrative leave pending an investigation
The department said the officer displayed “unacceptable conduct”
A realty company grew suspicious of the activities of a tenant when they found hundreds of condoms clogging a waste disposal unit
Investigators are considering whether the shooting was an attempted robbery gone wrong
The official wrote an editorial lauding LEOs for their promptness and bravery, but criticizing firefighters for the lack thereof
Police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said Judge Raymond Myles “may have been targeted for one reason or another”
Police believe Cedric Anderson arrived at the school intending to kill his estranged wife, Karen Elaine Smith, and accidentally shot the two children
The woman struck the officer on Thursday after police detained her boyfriend
Cpl. Allen Harper leaves behind a wife and two sons
The hunt continues Monday for a man suspected of stealing firearms who has threatened to carry out an unspecified attack
Eddie Johnson’s recollection of the 2005 off-duty shooting incident came in the third day of trial in a wrongful-death lawsuit filed by the mother of Christian Green
Police said Juan Weaver placed his hand in his pocket after officers asked him to remove his hand for officer safety
Police Chief Mike Marshman is currently on paid administrative leave pending an investigation regarding police bureau training
Lab tests confirmed there was “an extremely hot pepper sauce” and cologne in his food
Sheriff Jamie Kinman resigned after pleading guilty to charges stemming from the theft of painkillers from a terminally ill cancer patient
A manhunt is still underway for the suspect who killed Assistant Chief Deputy Clinton Greenwood
Officer Thomas Wagstaff was shot in the head Wednesday while responding to a 911 call and is currently in critical condition
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