UCLA police chief temporarily reassigned after violence at pro-Palestine encampment
The chief of police at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) has been temporarily reassigned after violence erupted during pro-Palestinian protests on campus. in a statement “Regarding the campus security process,” Mary Osako, the university’s vice president for strategic communications, said the university appointed Gawin Gibson as acting police chief on Tuesday. “John Thomas […]
Ousted Police Chief Makes Bid For Dem City Council Seat, Slams ‘Embarrassing’ Conditions
Former Oakland Police Chief Rulon Armstrong announced Wednesday morning that he is running for a seat on the Oakland City Council, slamming the city’s current “embarrassing” state of affairs. Armstrong, 51, filed papers to represent the city at large for an already crowded at-large seat on the City Council, he said in an interview. san […]
UCLA police chief John Thomas reassigned following criticism over handling of anti-Israel protests
The police chief at the University of California, Los Angeles has been reappointed following criticism of his response to recent campus demonstrations, which included a mob attacking a pro-Palestinian encampment. Chief John Thomas was temporarily reassigned Tuesday “pending an investigation into our security processes,” UCLA Vice Chancellor for Strategic Communications Mary Osako said in a […]
1 person dead, 1 in custody after Florida middle school shooting; police say
One person was killed in a shooting at a Marion County, Florida, middle school Wednesday night during a school awards ceremony, police said. Marion County Sheriff’s Office officials said in a press release that the shooting occurred Wednesday evening at North Marion County Middle School in Citra, Florida, 30 miles south of Gainesville. Authorities said […]
Missouri prosecutors to seek death penalty in killing of court employee and police officer
Missouri prosecutors said Wednesday they will seek the death penalty for a Kansas City-area man accused of murder in the deaths of a court official who tried to serve him an eviction notice and a police officer who responded. I made it. Larry Akeley, 70, of Independence, is accused of fatally shooting courthouse employee Drexel […]
California woman arrested after police find decomposing body of elderly woman wrapped in plastic bags in locked closet
California police said a woman was arrested after the discovery. rotting body Friday, a photo of an elderly woman wrapped in a plastic bag. Hanford police said they went to a home on Encore Drive near 11th Street on Friday after a neighbor called them to do a welfare check. When they entered, they found […]
Kidnapping victim’s wife used phone location tracking to trick suspect and get him arrested, Texas police say
Police in Texas say they arrested an 18-year-old man after the kidnapping victim’s wife tricked him into using a location tracker on his phone. Vanessa Chavez told KTRK-TV about a call she received from a kidnapping suspect on her husband, Juan Chavez’s phone, on May 15th. Her husband was delivering for Uber Eats to earn […]
Savannah police arrest suspect in weekend shootings that injured 11 in downtown square
A suspect has been arrested in connection to a shooting that left 11 people injured last weekend at Public Square in the heart of Savannah’s Downtown Historic District, police said Wednesday. Savannah police said in a statement that William Anthony Mitchell, 20, was charged with four counts of aggravated assault and possession of a firearm […]
Former Tacoma Police officer sues city, Washington state in $47M defamation suit
One of three Washington state police officers acquitted in the 2020 death of Manny Ellis has filed a multimillion-dollar lawsuit against city and state officials, alleging he was wrongly accused of criminal and racist misconduct. Ellis, a black man who was left face down on the sidewalk as he was shocked, beaten and begging to […]
Louisiana police say teenager was raped, shot twice by mother’s boyfriend and set on fire by mother: ‘They’re pure evil’
Louisiana State Police are investigating a horrifying case in which a 15-year-old girl was allegedly abused by her mother and her boyfriend. Terrebonne Parish Sheriff Tim Soigny announced details of the investigation in an emotional media briefing May 15. according to Go to WDSU-TV. “I can’t even put into words or comprehend that someone could […]