On Monday, a woman sued California police for using her DNA from a rape kit to charge her last year with an unrelated burglary. In 2016, the unidentified woman reported to San Francisco police that she was raped by her mother’s boyfriend. Cops took her DNA, but they did not disclose that it would be …
A Colorado police officer was shot and killed early Sunday while responding to a large family disturbance in Arvada. Dillon Vakoff, 27, was one of two Arvada Police officers responding to the scene, where they found several people fighting in the street. “The initial two officers tried to separate several belligerent and uncooperative individuals when …
Two Georgia deputies were killed Thursday while serving a warrant for failure to appear in court. Cobb County Sheriff Craig D. Owens said the two deputies were outside their cars just before 8 p.m., talking with the suspect when he opened fire, followed by gunfire from a second suspect inside the house. “From my understanding, …
A Georgia deputy police chief arrested last week for soliciting a prostitute in Florida got scammed out of $200 by another prostitute the night before his arrest. Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said that Cartersville Police Department Deputy Chief Jason DiPrima, 49, was arrested on Thursday as part of a “very successful” human trafficking sting …
An Indiana police officer shot during a traffic stop earlier this month was removed from life support Thursday morning. Richmond Mayor Dave Snow said Thursday afternoon that Seara Burton was “still with us.” “We know the time of her passing is imminent,” he said “However, right now, her family is spending precious time with her,” …
A Florida police officer was arrested on Wednesday for allegedly killing his girlfriend’s cat more than a week earlier. WTVT reported that Eric Harris was fired from the Tampa Police Department upon his arrest for stomping his girlfriend’s cat to death on August 21, shortly after they moved in together. The girlfriend reportedly returned home …
An altercation between a woman and a police officer during an arrest in Harlem is now under internal review by the New York Police Department. News 12 Brooklyn said officers were arresting 22-year-old Elvin James for an August 12 attempted murder when a group of people intervened. A video of the incident shows one woman …
A former Kentucky police detective pleaded guilty Tuesday to conspiring to violate the civil rights of Breonna Taylor, the 26-year-old emergency room technician who was shot dead when Louisville police officers served a no-knock warrant on her apartment, where she was sleeping with her boyfriend. Kelly Hanna Goodlett, 35, admitted to helping fellow officers falsify …
Two police officers who shot and killed a man in a confrontation outside an Atlanta Wendy’s in 2020 will not face charges in his death, a special prosecutor announced on Tuesday. Prosecuting Attorneys’ Council of Georgia Executive Director Pete Skandalakis said at a news conference on Tuesday that the officers “acted within accordance with Georgia …
An Indiana police officer was shot during a traffic stop Wednesday evening and is now “fighting for her life” in a hospital. Richmond Police Chief Mike Britt said that Seara Burton, 28, was assisting other officers in stopping a moped when her K-9, Brev, indicated the possible presence of narcotics. The moped’s driver, identified as …
U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland announced on Thursday that the Justice Department has charged four current and former Kentucky police officers for civil rights violations in the 2020 shooting death of Breonna Taylor. “The Justice Department has charged four current and former Louisville Metro Police Department officers with federal crimes related to Breonna Taylor’s death,” …
An Indiana police officer was fatally shot on Sunday during a traffic stop. According to WTTK, Carl Boards II, 42, shot and killed Elwood cop Noah Shahnavaz, 24, on State Road 37 in Madison County. For unknown reasons, Boards allegedly exited his vehicle and fired several rounds, mortally wounding Shahnavaz. Roughly 30 minutes later, police …
