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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Detroit Chief James Craig said DNA evidence links Raymond Durham to the fatal shooting of Sgt. Collin Rose
Officials “determined it (the shooting) did not involve a prosecutable violation of federal criminal civil rights statute”
Nashville police say a car of teenagers opened fire at a market because they were served the wrong pizza toppings
Baca was convicted of obstructing an FBI corruption investigation of jails he ran and of lying to federal authorities
The woman said she did not consent and had no knowledge of the incident
Fire Chief Mike Meyers suspended the operations after community members objected to firefighters and EMTs being dressed in police riot gear
Police Chief Jon Belmar said his department focused on investigating the shooting, not the incident at the store
Sgt. Kenneth Becker told Jesse Bright it was against a new law to film police officers
Lee Coel fatally shot Mary Knowlton while participating in a “shoot/don’t shoot” exercise during a citizens academy
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CHP turned over its eight-month investigation to the Sacramento County district attorney’s office, which was reviewing the 2,000-page report and hours of video
Prior to joining the Lompoc Police Department, Miguel Grijalva served in the United States Marine Corps
Charges in the 627-count indictment included conspiracy, criminal sale of firearms and related offenses
Police say bus video shows the suspect running from the scene after Officer Collin Rose was fatally shot on Nov. 22
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Oliver Mauricio Funez Machada walked out of his house with a knife in one hand and his mother’s head in the other
A man jailed for bludgeoning a mannequin with a four-pound hammer did so at the same intersection where two homeless men were found beaten to death earlier this year
Police said they want to discourage copycats from performing the dangerous stunt
The defendant said he wouldn’t mind if Amazon shared information that may have been gathered by an Echo smart speaker
The Chicago threat comes as the Anti-Defamation League and several Jewish community centers across the country are reporting a new round of bomb threats
WikiLeaks said in a lengthy statement that the CIA had “recently” lost control of a massive arsenal of CIA hacking tools as well as associated documentation
A U.S. official said the FBI has asked the DOJ to dispute Trump’s allegation, though no such statement has been issued
Police and city leaders have previously said the release of both the video and Officer William Martin’s personnel file were illegal
The bill, passed with bipartisan support in the House, still has to be passed by the Senate and signed by the governor to take effect
Police agencies across the country would likely solve cold cases if they entered finger and palm prints from older crimes into an upgraded national database
The bill would create a cold case unit within the Vermont State Police to investigate cold cases
A court official said that Anis Amri used both cocaine and hashish, although not on the day he was killed
After announcing a halt in a review and reform process of the department, the DOJ later said the process will continue
Police chiefs say having their own collections helps them solve cases faster because they can avoid the backlogs that plague state and federal repositories
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