DENVER (AP) — Members of a mental health response team sent to help a man who was having a “psychotic breakdown” instead killed him by tackling him and leaving him handcuffed, according to a federal lawsuit filed Tuesday by the man’s family. The lawsuit over the 2022 death of Kevin Dizmang in Colorado Springs was … Read more
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A central Ohio city agreed this week to a settlement with a former K-9 officer and a truck driver involved in an attack last year, video of which garnered national attention and raised questions about the use of dogs to apprehend suspects. Records shared with The Associated Press by the city … Read more
Amelia Earhart seated atop the cockpit of the twin-motored, all-metal, Lockheed-Elecktra monoplane, is pictured adjacent to a sonar image of what researchers believe may be the wreckage of her ill-fated flight.Getty Images/Deep Sea Vision Tony Romeo believes he’s discovered Amelia Earhart’s long-lost aircraft. Romeo told BI he captured an image of an aircraft-shaped object on … Read more
A disgraced police officer has left her role before she was sacked which led her to being charged with assault by beating and criminal damage in Greater Manchester. Former Constable Kia Pulford Stone, who was based in Merseyside, was charged following two separate incidents which took place in Wigan, Greater Manchester, on March 4 and … Read more
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — A man who fell through the ice on a frozen Michigan lake was rescued after a quick-thinking state police officer used the stranded man’s dog to get rescue equipment to him and pull the man to safety. Bystanders called 911 on Thursday after the 65-year-old Traverse City man fell through … Read more
Toxicology results say Milwaukee Police Officer James J. Nowak was intoxicated when he was involved in a crash with a semitruck in Oak Creek that eventually took his life. Nowak’s blood alcohol content was 0.241%, according to a Jan. 4 statement from Karen Domagalski, operations manager at the Milwaukee County Medical Examiner’s Office. The legal … Read more
Paul Alex started a side hustle operating ATM machines.Paul Alex As a police officer, Paul Alex decided he would be better off by investing in cash-flowing assets. He initially bought six ATMs and scaled to 30 with the profits he earned. A decent minimum return on an ATM should be at least $200 a month … Read more
Gypsy Rose Blanchard has been ordered by police to leave the state of Missouri immediately. According to TMZ, Blanchard was told by her parole officer that she and her family had to get out of Missouri. There’s no official word on the decision for her exit, but local law enforcement officials spoke to the state corrections … Read more
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A North Dakota lawmaker who serves on a panel that handles law enforcement legislation made homophobic and anti-migrant remarks to a police officer who arrested him on a charge of driving drunk, body camera footage shows. Republican state Rep. Nico Rios of Williston was also charged with refusing to provide a … Read more
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi grand jury has declined to bring charges against a police officer who responded to a call, and shot and wounded an unarmed 11-year-old boy inside the home. The grand jury found that Indianola Police Sgt. Greg Capers did engage in criminal conduct when he shot Aderrien Murry in the … Read more