A Texas man was shot to death after breaking into a truck while the owner was asleep inside, with a rifle in reach, officials say. Deputies responded to the scene of a shooting overnight at an apartment complex in north Houston, Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said in a Feb. 13 post on X, formerly … Read more
A chase after a rowdy traveler at a Georgia airport led to a precinct fiasco when officers detained her, police said. Airport police arrived to a gate in the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport at about noon on Feb. 5 to approach a “disorderly customer,” according to an Atlanta Police Department news release. A woman at … Read more
The discovery of a large World War II-era bomb buried at a Florida regional airport prompted an evacuation that extended half a half in every direction, according to investigators. A construction company is credited with finding the 1,000-pound explosive, as crews were digging along Helicopter Drive near Brooksville-Tampa Bay Regional Airport, the Hernando County Sheriff’s … Read more
The woman who jumped on a moving car to try and stop thieves from stealing her French bulldog says cops are finally taking her case seriously … all thanks to the media. Play video content TMZ.com Ali Zacharias is the poor woman who had her dog, Onyx, taken from her in broad daylight in downtown … Read more
Play video content A state trooper happened upon an unreal site when he spotted a semi-truck filled with circus animals engulfed in flames … with multiple agencies responding to help extinguish the flames and rescue the exotic species. The trooper spotted the truck fire around 2 AM … the 57-year-old driver had already escaped the … Read more
Ring will no longer facilitate police requests for footage from its cameras without a warrant. At least, not public ones. The Amazon-owned company announced on Wednesday that it is sunsetting Request for Assistance (RFA), a tool found in its Neighbours app. Introduced in 2021, RFA was designed to let police publicly request information such as … Read more
Reached for comment, Markey’s office directed WIRED to the senator’s statement posted to X, in which he called the shuttering of the RFA tool “good.” “I’ve been sounding the alarm for years on Amazon Ring’s privacy and security failures,” Markey added. “We cannot allow Americans’ home security systems to become surveillance tools for law enforcement. … Read more
Ring, Amazon’s home surveillance company, will stop letting police departments request video footage directly from users in its app, the company said in a blog post on Wednesday. However, that doesn’t change the massive amount of footage the company, itself, shares with law enforcement. Ring has historically shared tons of footage with cops, and Amazon … Read more
A snowmobiler was seriously injured after crashing into a cable that was strewn across a dark road in New Hampshire, wildlife officials said. The 22-year-old was riding with his friend Jan. 20 in Canaan, the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department Law Enforcement Division and Operation Game Thief said in a Facebook post. The two … Read more
Two maintenance workers alerted Houston authorities of a 2-year-old they found bound with duct tape while visiting an apartment to repair a dishwasher, court documents show. The toddler was diagnosed with a brain bleed consistent with head trauma, as well as acute kidney injury, anemia and malnourishment, officials said in a Jan. 8 complaint filed … Read more