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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Using philosophies similar to those of the NTSB, approximately 200 Domestic Violence Fatality Review teams have been formed since the 1990s
Cited child-kidnapping and terrorism cases as two examples of situations where quick access by authorities to information on cellphones can save lives
Burglar fatally shot his accomplice after the two men argued about how to split up the stolen goods
Eric Frein performed extensive Internet research on how to avoid police manhunts, experimented with explosives and might have booby-trapped the woods
Detectives said there is no way in or out of the secured area without the gates opening and an alarm sounding
A Louisiana deputy was shot and killed by his fellow officers after opening fire during a domestic dispute Wednesday
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Officer stopped driver for a seat belt violation Sept. 4. The man got out of his car, trooper shot him as he reached back into his vehicle
Investigators did not say how long they expect the probe to take
Justice Department has begun its latest review of department practices following grand jury’s decision not to indict officers in fatal shooting
Eric Frein, 31, appears to have purposely made himself visible at times, staying just far enough away to make it unlikely he’d be caught
An average of six shootings occurred in the first seven years that were studied. That average rose to 16 shootings per year in the past seven years
A jury found a University of Central Florida student guilty of resisting arrest Friday in a confrontation with an officer that was caught on camera last year
Caller reported suspect was waving a rifle in the store. Police said he didn’t obey commands to put down what turned out to be an air rifle
Officers responded to shots being fired near the Osceola Square Mall’s Ross Dress For Less store around 6:15 p.m Tuesday
Police are defending themselves against complaints they have unfairly denied residents access to their homes during the manhunt for a suspected killer
Protesters returned to Ferguson streets Tuesday night, with reports of smashed windows and possible arson coming hours after a makeshift memorial for Michael Brown burned
Eric Frein obsessively collected military memorabilia, dismissed his fellow war re-enactors as dilettantes, and took his hobby so seriously that he spoke French during a simulated Vietnam War-era interrogation
Deputies followed the rules when they used a sleeper hold and stun gun to restrain a man who died in the downtown jail, defense attorney said Monday
Two suspects have been charged in a hit-and-run incident that left an officer in critical condition after a traffic stop Monday
Man was killed Aug. 5 while holding an air rifle his family said he’d taken off a store shelf. Two officers responded to a call reporting a man waving a gun
Omar J. Gonzalez was already under indictment in Virginia, accused of having a sawed-off shotgun and trying to elude police this summer
Gunman was killed along with two other people in the Tuesday morning gunfire
Suspect filmed the incident on cell phone camera and later uploaded it to YouTube with claims of police harassment
Here are some of the more prominent types of abuse and how to detect them
Officials said the fire was apparently electrical and no foul play was suspected
Investigators found more than 800 rounds of ammo, a machete and two hatchets in the car of the former soldier accused of scaling the White House fence
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