Vermont State troopers last week ran into an unusual situation when they went to arrest a suspect for an assault and burglary: The suspect’s father came at them with a construction excavator. State police said that both parents intervened in an attempt to prevent the arrest of their son. Dash cam video from one of …
A Kentucky deputy who was killed last month was fatally shot by a suspect he allowed to take a smoke break, investigators said. Gary Rowland, 30, used a hidden gun to kill Calloway County Chief Deputy Jody Cash on May 16. Rowland had been arrested for absconding from parole and drug and firearm-related charges and …
Police in Tempe, Arizona, are coming under fire after a man drowned in a lake, and officers watching him allegedly did nothing to help, despite desperate pleas from the man and his wife, KPHO-TV reports. Shortly after 5 a.m. on May 28, police were dispatched to a report of a disturbance between 34-year-old Sean Bickings …
A deputy and a suspect were killed in a West Virginia shootout Friday afternoon after the deputy and his partner responded to a call about a domestic disturbance just before 8 p.m. on Friday. Nicholas County Sheriff’s deputies contacted suspects Ritchie Holcomb, 36, and Tyler Kelly, 28, in a camper. The two came out of …
Police in five Massachusetts cities are warning about a man who is vandalizing vehicles and then offering to help women who’ve been left stranded by the vandalization. WFXT reports that incidents have taken place in Franklin, Holliston, Milford, Medway, and Bellingham, all southwest of Boston. Bellingham and Milford police described a suspect as an Asian …
A Florida sheriff’s deputy will be charged with a misdemeanor for firing a taser at a suspect that sparked a massive fireball and left the suspect with burns over 75 percent of his body. Osceola County Deputy David Crawford was also injured in the February 27 inferno, although he has long since been released from …
A Michigan auxiliary officer with live ammunition loaded into a service weapon shot and wounded a civilian role-player during a training exercise on Sunday. Michigan State Police said that Taylor Police auxiliary officers were conducting a vehicle take-down exercise at a local park when one of the officers fired a service weapon, according to WJBK. …
A South Carolina police officer was shot and killed while responded to a call about a domestic disturbance early Sunday morning. The Cayce Police Department said the suspect took his own life after a seven-hour standoff, WLTX reported. Police identified the slain officer as Roy Andrew “Drew” Barr, 28, saying he had been with the …
A New York man is in the hospital after police say he refused to drop a machete during a confrontation Monday, following an incident with his girlfriend. NYPD Chief of Department Kenneth Corey confirmed that the man’s girlfriend, Brianna Cortez, contacted 911 and said her child’s father took numerous pills and claimed he wanted to …
A Michigan woman and her 9-month-old son died last week in a hospital’s garage in a suspected case of carbon monoxide poisoning. According to WDIV, Kellye Weathersby-Canty was with her infant son, Kanaan, when she dropped off her mother at Harper Hospital in Detroit on March 23. Weathersby-Canty’s mother finished her doctor’s appointment but was …
An Georgia man is dead after threatening to shoot Walton County deputies at a convenience store Saturday night. Deputies responded to the store near Loganville when they received a call about a driver crashing into cars in the parking lot and on the highway, WXIA reported. Once they arrived, they recognized William Parrott — Sheriff …
A Massachusetts state trooper was killed Thursday night when a tanker truck struck her cruiser, officials said. Tamar Bucci, 34, was killed in an accident on Interstate 93 in Stoneham. Bucci was pulling over to help a disabled car when the tanker truck hit her, according to MassLive. Two people passing by at the time …
