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The 6th Circuit upheld a man’s carjacking conviction, ruling a police photo lineup was not unduly suggestive
Court upheld a 15-year sentence after ruling a defendant who claimed he was “saving” minors targeted in a child sex sting
In U.S. v. Glover, the D.C. Circuit ruled ambiguous references to “warrants” may have led to involuntary consent for a home search
Melissa L. Farris was arrested for painting the words “Clean hands dirty $” on the monument, and placing bubbles in a fountain
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A Solano County jury found Harvey Edward Harris Jr. guilty of personally inflicting serious injury on a police animal while armed with a knife and evading an officer with willful disregard
Mangione admitted in court that he stalked, shot and killed CEO Brian Thompson; prosecutors plan to seek a life prison term
Omar Habib was convicted of the misdemeanor established in the law, along with felony strangulation and misdemeanor assault, and is facing up to seven years in prison
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After the Portland man damaged a police drone and robot sent into a home to locate him, officers sent in a K-9, who was able to subdue the man even after being struck by a pipe
Connecticut State Police troopers questioned the man, and he told them he worked for “Special Forces,” state police said; but when he was asked for credentials, he came up empty
A Dallas Police officer fired four shots at an undercover officer who was approaching a vehicle theft suspect with their gun drawn
Following the pursuit, the suspect vehicle pulled over and the driver surrendered without further incident
In an interview, Aaron Farinacci said “fire is powerful, beautiful, and that things that go through fire experience a kind of rebirth,” a Spokane County detective wrote
The defendant has been charged with multiple counts of criminal possession of a weapon, criminal possession of an assault weapon and criminal possession of a firearm
Joanell Robinson, 41, was arrested on 20 counts of trespass against state computers and 20 counts of malfeasance in the office
Jennifer Lackard, the MVPD’s Deputy Commissioner of Public Safety, has been charged with attempted murder after allegedly trying to help her son carry out a gang hit
Arrests have been made in Minnesota, Florida and California for incidents where suspects allegedly damaged, blocked or stole license plate readers
The suspect grabbed the Eustis Police officer by her vest as she tried to remove him from his vehicle, dragging her as he fled, according to an arrest report
Jacob Schmidt, a former IT specialist for the city of Greeley, pleaded guilty to two counts of sexual exploitation of child videos — extreme risk
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New Jersey police searched the suspect’s home and a K-9 trained in electronic detection located a cell phone which had allegedly been used to message the girl
With the description of the vehicle and photos from the LPRs, Dothan police used drones to locate a vehicle containing the child and the suspected abductor
The Charlotte-Mecklenburg officer was charged with illegally accessing a government computer after allegedly handing undercover vehicle information to a person involved in a drug investigation
After initially delaying getting out of his vehicle while trying to call his lawyer, Romo complied with the officer’s instructions
The man was convicted on multiple charges for firing more than 20 shots at Sacramento County law enforcement in a standoff that stretched to six hours
New Haven Officer Luis Rivera has returned to his job after his criminal charges were dismissed in the incident that left Randy Cox partially paralyzed
FBI and GBI investigators tracked the girl after she was taken from Georgia and transported more than 130 miles; the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office SWAT team aided in the arrest
South Lake Tahoe Police officers arrested the man for lowering the station’s flag and attempting to ignite it
Gastonia police said the department’s Real Time Crime Center and Flock technology helped identify the true source of the shooting and led to two arrests
Dash camera footage shows a man fleeing from Stone County Sheriff’s deputies stop his vehicle, open his driver’s side door and dive head first off of a 50-foot-tall bridge
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The suspect was carrying anti-ICE material, a DHS source told the Associated Press; he was also armed with a pellet gun, knives, a hammer and a machete