A California police officer was arrested on felony charges on Thursday, weeks after he allegedly touched a deceased woman’s breast while on duty. Los Angeles police officer David Rojas was charged with having sexual contact with human remains without authority in connection with a call he responded to on October 30. KCBS reported that Rojas …
A Mississippi police officer was killed on Thursday while joining an ongoing chase involving two teens and a stolen car. Officers were reportedly chasing Darion Dogan, 16, and Johnathan Taylor, 15, in a stolen car, when they crashed into Panola County constable Eula Ray Hawkins, 57, as he responded to the ongoing pursuit. WHBQ reported …
A Tennessee sheriff’s deputy has been indicted on 44 criminal counts — including rape, sexual battery, extortion, and stalking — “pertaining to incidents he was involved in while on duty in an official capacity,” Hamilton County Sheriff Jim Hammond said in a post on the sheriff’s office Facebook page. Deputy Daniel Wilkey has been on …
An Arkansas police officer was shot and killed, apparently in ambush, behind the Fayetteville Police Department Saturday night, police said. Officer Stephen Carr, 27, was shot point-blank in the head while sitting in his patrol car shortly after 9:30 p.m., police said. Officers inside the station heard shots, and Corporal Seay Floyd and Officer Natalie …
An Alabama police officer shot and killed by a drug suspect was a 14-year veteran of the Huntsville Police Department and the son of another officer killed in the line of duty, WAFF reported. Billy Clardy III, 48, was a member of the Strategic Counterdrug Team responding to a tip about a drug deal in …
A New York police officer suffered minor injuries on Thursday afternoon when he bit into a razor blade hidden inside a sandwich he ordered moments earlier, according to reports. The New York Post reported that the on-duty plainclothes officer got the tainted sandwich from Bon Appetit Specialty Food Store in Queens. NYPD is reportedly investigating …
The police union has declined to criminally defend a California police officer who allegedly fondled a woman’s dead body last month. The unidentified officer, who works in Los Angeles’ Central Division, was placed on paid leave in light of the allegations. Citing officials, the Los Angeles Times reported that detectives discovered the footage on the …
Starbucks announced on Friday that they have fired a barista who allegedly gave an Oklahoma officer coffee cups with “PIG” on the labels. Calling the term “offensive to all law enforcement,” the company said an internal investigation determined that their employee’s reported actions violated policy. Starbucks also said that they personally apologized to the officer …
A police officer in Oklahoma reportedly received coffee cups from Starbucks which were labeled with the word “PIG.” Kiefer Police chief Johnny O’Mara wrote in a Facebook post that an officer in his department was buying coffees for his fellow dispatchers for Thanksgiving when he received the cups with the inflammatory label. The police chief …
A shooting investigation is underway in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles that appears to involve a male suspect who was seen holding a machete at a Chick-fil-a restaurant. Citing LAPD sources, KTLA reports that a man was shot near the intersection Sunset Boulevard and Highland Avenue in Hollywood on Monday, in what appears to …
Authorities in Alabama have arrested an 18-year-old man accused of gunning down a cherished sheriff, Fox News reports. Lowndes County Sheriff John Williams Sr., known locally as “Big John,” was fatally shot Saturday evening after responding to a call at a convenience store about 25 miles south of Montgomery, Alabama. Williams, a U.S. Marine Corps …
