Author - Holly Matkin

Holly is a former probation and parole officer who is married to a sheriff’s deputy. She is a regular contributor to Signature Montana magazine, and has written feature articles for Distinctly Montana magazine.
Aug 28
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Payday Awarded To Family Of Woman Shot While Driving Killer Shooting At Cops

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Virginia Beach, VA – A jury has awarded $800,000 to the family of a woman who was fatally shot by police when her boyfriend, an accused hit man, opened fire on officers from the passenger seat of the vehicle she was driving. Police later discovered the couple’s uninjured four-month old son, Roman, riding in the […]

Aug 28
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Activists Protest Store Michael Brown Robbed, Demand Ownership Be Given To Them

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Ferguson, MO – A group of protesters gathered outside the convenience store that Michael Brown Jr. robbed just before he was killed in a 2014 altercation with a Ferguson police officer have demanded that the property owners hand the business over to them. The protesters have been planted outside the Ferguson Market and Liquor store […]

Aug 28
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Ex-Baltimore Top Cop Blasts Panel’s Conclusion That Det. Suiter Killed Himself

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Baltimore, MD – Former Baltimore Police Commissioner Kevin Davis, who commanded the city’s police force when Detective Sean Suiter was shot and killed in 2017, has blasted an independent review board’s conclusion that the detective committed suicide. “Culturally, the BPD can’t live with the fact that there’s an unsolved murder of a cop on the […]

Aug 28
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ALERT: 4 Children Abducted From Ohio May Be Traveling Across Country

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Lima, OH – Police have issued a multi-state alert in search of four children abducted from Ohio who could be on their way to Florida with their noncustodial mother and her boyfriend. Her boyfriend, 39-year-old Charles Perkins, should be considered armed and dangerous. He has active warrants for his arrest, and has been abusive to […]

Aug 27
Fallen Heroes, imported
Hero Down: Officer Kathleen O’Connor-Funigiello Dies From 9/11-Related Illness

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New Rochelle, NY – New Rochelle Police Officer Kathleen O’Connor-Funigiello died in the line of duty on Aug. 16, when she succumbed to cancer that she developed following her service at the World Trade Center Attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. Officer O’Connor-Funigiello, 56, had been on the force for just over three years when the […]

Aug 27
Fallen Heroes, imported
Hero Down: Port Huron Lt. Joel Wood Murdered In Triple Shooting

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Port Huron, MI – Port Huron Police Lieutenant Joel Wood was murdered in an off-duty triple shooting at an apartment building early Friday morning. “This is a tragic loss for the Port Huron Police Department,” Port Huron Police Chief Joseph Platzer said during a press conference on Friday. “Lt. Wood was a great officer. He […]

Aug 27
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VIDEO: Inmates Swarm, Beat Correctional Officers Inside Max-Security Prison

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Shirley, MA – Six maximum-security prison inmates carried out a “coordinated attack” that sent five correctional officers to the hospital on Aug. 20, according to prison officials (video below). The incident occurred at the K2 Housing Unit of the Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center at approximately 11:40 a.m., The Republican reported. “This one was a coordinated attack […]

Aug 27
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Woman Investigated For Allowing Her 8-Year-Old To Walk Dog Alone

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Wilmette, IL – Police responded to investigate after a neighbor called the cops on a mother who allowed her eight-year-old daughter to walk their dog unsupervised. Corey Widen, 48, became the subject of an Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (CFS) investigation after her daughter, Dorothy Widen, was seen walking the family’s Maltese, Marshmallow, […]

Aug 27
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YouTube Gamer ‘McSkillet’ Kills Woman, Child During Suicide Run

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San Diego, CA – An 18-year-old video gamer and YouTube star killed a 12-year-old girl and her mother, along with himself on Thursday, when he slammed his sports car into their vehicle at more than 100 miles per hour. Police said the wrong-way, head-on crash occurred when 18-year-old Trevor Heitmann drove his $250,000 2015 British […]

Aug 27
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Cop Diagnosed With Stage 4 Cancer Just Weeks After Being Hired

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Rollinsford, NH – Just weeks after joining the department, a 26-year-old police officer learned he had been diagnosed with stage four colon cancer. “I mean, I’m 26,” Officer Shawn DePasquale told WFXT. “[I] didn’t expect to come down with this.” Officer DePasquale graduated from the New Hampshire Police Standards and Training Academy approximately three weeks […]

Aug 25
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Charges Dropped For Man Accused Of Urinating On 5-Year-Old, Using Racial Slur

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Grand Rapids, MI – Charges have been dropped against a Michigan man accused of urinating on a 5-year-old girl and calling her a racial slur. Investigators were able to determine that the alleged victim and her friends fabricated the story to avoid getting themselves into trouble. Convicted sex offender David Allen Dean, 60, was arrested […]

Aug 25
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Woman Who Survived Las Vegas Shooting Becomes A Cop, Inspired By Police Response

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Springfield, OR – A survivor of the 2017 Las Vegas Route 91 Harvest Country Music Festival shooting has been sworn in as the newest member of the Springfield Police Department. Lauren Card, 23, said that she witnessed chaos and tragedy as law enforcement officers ran towards gunfire when Stephen Paddock started shooting from the 32nd […]

Aug 25
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State Police Hire Known Drug Dealer As Trooper, Blame Her For Passing Background

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Boston, MA – A Massachusetts State Police internal investigation has cleared their staff of wrongdoing for hiring a known former drug dealer to be a trooper, the Boston Globe reported. The agency says that it was all Trooper Leigha Genduso's fault for not telling them she was a drug dealer, despite it being public record. […]

Aug 25
Fallen Heroes, imported
Hero Down: Laredo Police Officer Arnoldo Dimas Dies Unexpectedly

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Laredo, TX – Laredo Police Department Officer Arnoldo Dimas died of a sudden medical episode on Aug. 17, according to his department. “It is with heavy heart that we share the unfortunate news of the sudden passing of one of our own today,” the Laredo Police Department said in a Facebook post. “Officer Dimas will […]

Aug 25
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Repeat DUI Offender Sentenced To No Jail After Mowing Down CHP Officer

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Concord, CA – A drunk driver convicted of causing a six-vehicle pileup that severely injured an on-duty California Highway Patrol officer was sentenced to probation on Thursday, according to the department. The incident occurred at approximately 6:15 p.m. on Jan. 15, while California Highway Patrol (CHP) Officer Martin Lendway was assisting two drivers who had […]

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