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 court’s holding in this case is very narrow: A person driving a rental car beyond the rental period who is on notice does not have an expectation of privacy in the car’s location
Police say they have made no arrests and have no suspects in the death of David Dorn
The NYPD is investigating videos appearing to show officer misconduct during protests and riots
Gov. Gavin Newsom erroneously accused the Marin County Sheriff’s Department of conducting a racially-motivated traffic stop
Attorney General William Barr said the FBI would use its regional joint terrorism task forces to ‘identify criminal organizers’
Investigators say the three shootings occurred separately and were not officer-involved incidents
Police officials said they are investigating the incident and take disciplinary action
Peter Manfredonia, 23, had been the subject of a six-day search involving several police agencies and the FBI
Whatever the outcome, the process must be evidence-based, deliberate and meet the highest standards of any homicide investigation
The men have been charged with felonious assault, armed robbery and numerous felony weapons charges
Videos show hundreds of protesters gathered in Minneapolis streets damaging police vehicles and property
State and federal authorities are investigating the arrest
Thanks to DNA analysis and genetic genealogy techniques, officials arrested a Colorado man they believe is responsible for the haunting slaying
Two suspects were taken into custody after fleeing on foot from the scene of the shooting
Peter Manfredonia is connected with two homicides, a kidnapping and a home invasion in the last four days
Vehicle larcenies shot up 63% in New York and nearly 17% in Los Angeles compared with the same period last year
Three officers were charged with falsifying records for lying repeatedly about where they were
Two men have been arrested in connection with a February incident in which nearly a dozen shots were fired at three officers
Detective Ashley Nolan of the Chandler Police Department in Arizona details how her PD solved a sexual assault cold case from 1986
As children’s internet usage increases, investigators have seen an alarming uptick in the solicitation of explicit content
The suspect allegedly planned to ambush park rangers and take their firearms and body armor
Police say the 20-year-old man planned to harm 10 people because he felt he “had been bullied in his life”
Officials said the gunman voiced support online for hardline clerics and jihadi figures
There are now over 150 cases tied to former Houston cop Gerald Goines that could be dismissed
Sheriff Alex Villanueva said the bill, which was written after the helicopter crash that killed Kobe Byrant, was a “very important piece of legislation”
State officials called the behavior showed on the video “disturbing” and said the trooper has been referred to the department’s employee assistance program
“The colossal failure of bail and criminal justice reform in Houston is on full display here. Innocent people are dying. This has to STOP!!”
A woman was killed when plainclothes officers entered her home with a no-knock warrant and her boyfriend, believing them to be intruders, opened fire on them
Police also seized four firearms, including a semi-automatic rifle, during the arrests
In the past week, the team has arrested 28 gang members and associates and seized 21 guns
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