Brooklyn, NY – Seven members of the New York Police Department (NYPD) were arrested on Wednesday, accused of providing protection for the operation of the prostitution and gambling ring in Brooklyn and Queens. NYPD said it had been investigating the case since 2015, when detectives received a tip from an officer about gambling and prostitution […]

Omaha, NE – A known gang member, out on federal probation for firearm violations, attempted to murder an Omaha Police Department gang officer during a traffic stop on Tuesday afternoon, police said. Officer Kenneth Fortune, 42, was shot at point-blank range during the encounter with John Ezell Jr, the Omaha Police Department said in a […]

Bakersfield, CA – A gunman’s rampage that started at a trucking company office ultimately left six people dead in East Bakersfield on Wednesday night. Kern County Sheriff Donny Youngblood called the incident a “mass shooting” during a press conference, and said “this is the new normal, if you look across the country, these types of […]

Florence, AZ – A Pinal County deputy narrowly escaped a burglary suspect’s attempt to ram him with a vehicle during a traffic stop early Wednesday morning, dashcam footage showed (video below). The video captured the moment that 21-year-old Charles Butler crashed into the driver’s door of the deputy’s patrol vehicle. He then took off and […]

Oxford, MS – Lafayette County Sheriff F.D. “Buddy” East, the longest-tenured sheriff in the state of Mississippi, passed away on Sep. 8, following a brief illness. Sheriff East, 76, celebrated his 46th year as sheriff in August, and was in the midst of his 12th term when he died at Baptist Memorial Hospital at 10:20 […]

Somerville, MA – Police are looking for a man who was allegedly seen urinating on American flags in a World War II cemetery on Monday. George Gatteny was outraged when he witnessed a man and woman removing the flags from around a statue in the Somerville Veterans Memorial Cemetery, he wrote in a Facebook post. […]

Lemont, IL – Joliet Police Officer Daniel Rupp died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound on Sep. 4. According to the medical examiner’s office and forest preserve police, Officer Rupp, 33, was pronounced dead at the Cook County Forest Preserve Sag Valley Equestrian parking lot at approximately 3 p.m., The Herald-News reported. His body was discovered […]

Georgetown, KY – A Scott County sheriff’s deputy was critically wounded during a shootout with a fugitive in a rest area on Interstate 75 on Tuesday night. Scott County Sheriff’s Deputy Jamie Morales, 28, was assisting federal agents in the apprehension of a wanted man at about 10 p.m. on Sept. 11 at a rest […]