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A member at a South Carolina yacht club died this weekend after an alligator dragged them into a retention pond near Myrtle Beach. The Horry County Police Department announced the news on Friday via Facebook, revealing that the victim was “near the retention pond at the time of the initial incident” and that the alligator had “retreated into […]
A man was arrested for allegedly attacking a police officer with what appeared to be a homemade flamethrower during abortion rights protests in Los Angeles. He’s been charged with attempted murder, Deadline reports. Michael Ortiz allegedly threw the blow torch at the police officer, who was later treated at a hospital after suffering burns. Another portestor, Juliana Bernado, is accused […]
A former El Paso police officer has been sentenced to two years in prison for conspiring with her stepfather to distribute cocaine. According to a news release from United States Attorney’s Office Western District of Texas, Monica Garcia, 24, helped Fred Saenz, her stepfather and co-defendant, stash and sell cocaine while she was on the job. […]
A shooting at a pub in Oslo, Norway has left two dead and 14 injured late Friday. NBC News reports that a shooter opened fire at the London Pub, a nightclub and bar known to cater to the city’s LGBTQ+ community. Authorities arrested a Norwegian citizen who is originally from Iran; the suspect has been […]
A Georgia woman has been sentenced to a year in jail in connection with the drowning deaths of two men in 2021. WRDW reports Shontover Kirkland, 32, pleaded guilty this week to reckless conduct and involuntary manslaughter in the deaths of Eynn Wilson and Edward Kirk Jr. that occurred on Clarks Hill Lake in Lincoln County. According […]
Uvalde school district police chief Pete Arredondo was placed on administrative leave Wednesday, per ABC News. News of Arredondo being placed on leave comes nearly one month after the tragic massacre at Robb Elementary School in which 19 children and two teachers were killed. Dr. Hal Harrell, superintendent of the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District, said he […]
A trainee police officer will no longer be able to join any police force after he was caught faking a positive COVID-19 test so he could get time off work. Ahmed Anwari drew red lines on a lateral flow test he had taken on December 13, 2020, and sent a photo of the test to […]
A Texas law enforcement official has criticized the police response to the Uvalde school shooting, which he said they could have stopped within three minutes. As NPR reports, Texas Department of Public Safety director Steve McCraw described the law enforcement response to the massacre as an “abject failure.” He suggested the police, who took approximately an hour […]
A Colorado couple hiking a trail in the Jefferson County area was allegedly held at gunpoint by a man in disguise in an attempted kidnapping this week. Per a report from the Denver Post, the hikers were confronted on the trail by a man they later realized they knew, since identified as 73-year-old Kerry Endsley. […]
A 38-year-old man was taken into custody this week after he managed to climb atop a police patrol SUV and seemingly taunt officers. Oh, and he did it completely nude. According to NBC Los Angeles, the incident took place Friday morning in the area of Hollywood Boulevard and Argyle Avenue. Video shows the man, who was later […]
