Derek Eugene Pettis, a 24-year-old gang member, found himself handcuffed in the back seat of a squad car after a drunken bar fight in 1994, but the Los Angeles deputy who placed him there wasn’t going to bring him to jail. Deputy Terrence Wenger, 31, and volunteer chaplain Bruce Bryan, …
Read More »Democratic governor declares state of emergency in crime-ridden county
Just two days after President Donald Trump seized control of Washington, D.C.’s police force to combat violent crime in the Democrat-run capital, New Mexico’s Democratic governor on Wednesday declared a state of emergency over rampant violence and drug trafficking in a large swath of her state. Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham …
Read More »Death of heavily armed man inside popular Colorado amusement park ruled a suicide
A heavily armed man killed himself rather than carry out an apparent plan to shoot up a mountaintop amusement park in Colorado, his body discovered in a bathroom next to words scrawled on the wall, “I am not a killer,” authorities said Monday. Diego Barajas Medina, 20, was found dead …
Read More »Florida deputies discover dead man in car trunk, suspect with self-inflicted gunshot wound
Florida officials said a dead man was found in the trunk of a car and the suspect in his homicide was discovered with a self-inflicted gunshot wound in the stomach. Citrus County deputies opened a death investigation after finding the dead man in the trunk and the wounded suspect during …
Read More »Iowa ex-cop who allegedly exchanged nudes, had sex with teen in ride-along program gets 15 years
A judge sentenced a former Iowa police officer to 15 years in prison for allegedly exchanging nude photos with a minor he met while investigating a sex offender. Iowa Judge Rustin Davenport on Monday sentenced former Clarksville officer Michael William Tobin, the Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier reported. CATHOLIC PRIEST FATALLY STABBED …
Read More »Father and son farmers charged with killing armed trespasser
Rural South Carolina farmers charged with killing an armed trespasser were defending their land and their livestock from an uninvited intruder who arrived with a “deadly weapon,” according to their lawyers. Ryan Jordan Lindler Sr., 52, and Ryan Lindler Jr., 26, allegedly gunned down neighbor Kevin Lester Newhouse, 36, during …
Read More »Michigan police officer saves woman trapped inside burning pickup truck, video shows
Police in Michigan have released video showing an officer charge toward a pickup truck that was engulfed in flames to rescue an elderly woman who was trapped inside. Fraser Police Officer Cameron Rieper raced to the scene in Macomb County late Saturday night after a pickup truck was reported to …
Read More »Tractor-trailer slams into NY bridge, sparking massive fire as train passes unscathed overhead
An 18-wheel tractor-trailer plowed into a rail-road bridge in upstate New York on Thursday sparking a massive explosion with flames rising to 200 feet into the night sky, dramatic footage of which was captured by an eyewitness. The tractor-trailer was carrying some type of compressed natural gas or propane, and …
Read More »Indiana man found by good Samaritans rescued from car wreck after 6 days trapped in vehicle: 'A miracle'
An Indiana man who crashed his truck and had been trapped inside it for nearly a week was found alive on Tuesday by two fishermen who happened to spot the wrecked vehicle. The fisherman – Nivardo Delatorre and his father-in-law Mario Garcia – noticed the crashed truck under an overpass …
Read More »Boebert responds to reports of fight with ex-husband at Colorado restaurant after police called
Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., responded to reports about the congresswoman fighting with her ex-husband at a Colorado restaurant after the police were called. “This is a sad situation for all that keeps escalating and another reason I’m moving,” Boebert said in a statement provided to Fox News Digital. “I didn’t …
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