Arrests and Sentencing
The 8th Circuit upheld a conviction of a felon in possession of ammunition based on control of the vehicle and corroborating witness testimony
A traffic stop leads to finding guns and marijuana, with social media proving illegal possession of firearms
In U.S. v. Keller, the 5th Circuit reaffirms the legality of Fourth Amendment border searches at immigration checkpoints
The officer, accused of stealing electronics while working overnight off-duty security, faces a third-degree felony and internal investigation
The police chiefs have been accused of charging $5,000 per person to make it appear as though an immigrant seeking a visa was the victim of a fictional armed robbery
“The order was Hot-N-Ready and the suspect was Caught-N-Steady,” Tempe Police wrote on social
The video shows one officer pinned between the car’s door and a steel beam as the suspect reverses his vehicle
The suspect, who was wearing a woman’s sundress and sweater tied around his torso,
As the officer wrestled the armed suspect to the ground, a passerby stepped in and helped secure the weapon
Joseph Huffaker and Brendan Jacy Tatum, while working as Rohnert Park officers, targeted drivers, telling them “they were federal agents to scare them”
Officers approached the man to question him as a part of a gang detail; the man fled before turning around and shooting an officer in the leg
A judge sentenced the retired Mount Vernon police sergeant to six months in prison for tasing a man seven times in two minutes while he was handcuffed
The Alvarado Police officer was shot in the neck; multiple people, some of whom were allegedly wearing body armor, fired shots when the officers arrived on the scene
When the Redding Police officer exited his patrol vehicle, the woman punched him in the face, then reached inside her pants and hurled feces at him
“While (investigators were) on scene, the father of the suspect brought his son ... to the Leesburg Police Department, where he turned himself in,” the department stated
The driver fled after reversing into a Marion County Sheriff’s Office cruiser multiple times, eventually crashing through a fence and going airborne before being apprehended
The legislation requires the Ohio Attorney General’s Office to investigate quota-related complaints and to provide an online form for officers to report alleged violations
Edward Kelley created a list of 36 law-enforcement officers to target for assassination and shared it with an accomplice, calling it their first “mission”
Nampa Police Officer Cody Huss attempted to stop the fleeing woman using a P.I.T. maneuver, which led to both vehicles crashing into a cornfield
An attorney said ex-Antioch cop Morteza Amiri “misused his police dog to inflict unnecessary and excessive force against a victim and cheated his way into a pay raise”
The Santa Cruz County grand jury report finds Watsonville officers are more likely to handcuff and transport misdemeanor suspects than counterparts in neighboring agencies
The suspect commented on multiple Polk County Sheriff’s Office Facebook posts, taunting deputies for failing to apprehend him; two weeks later, he was in custody
Pierce County Sheriff’s deputies worked to de-escalate for 40 minutes as the man stood in a pond and refused to come out; a deputy then used the lasso to take him into custody
“Of all the protests I’ve been involved in, which is well over a hundred now, I’m most proud of what I did today,” the man said in a social media post that included photos and video
“To our law enforcement officers: thank you for your courage, your service and your professionalism,” Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz stated
Vance Boelter is accused of posing as a police officer and fatally shooting Rep. Melissa Hortman, a Democrat, and her husband, Mark
Demonstrators threw water bottles and rocks at officers and spray painted nearby buildings, the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department stated
The suspect is also facing attempted robbery, attempted aggravated assault of an NYPD officer and weapons possession for the attack against Officer Chowdhury Nafees
A charging document said the case centers around a money-laundering operation through an illegal gambling house run by suspended Osceola County Sheriff Marcos Lopez
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