Houston, TX – Houston Police Department K9 Jake died of natural causes on June 30, the agency said. K9 Jake, a Belgian Malinois, served the department for seven years and would have turned 11 years old in August, Houston police said in a tweet. Nicknamed “The Launcher,” K9 Jake was trained as a bomb and […]

Bronx, NY – The son of a reputed mob associate survived a point-blank ambush outside his home on Friday morning (video below). The incident occurred at approximately 6:30 a.m., when the driver of a dark-colored Nissan sedan pulled up outside the lavish residence of 41-year-old Salvatore Zottola, the New York Post reported. Surveillance footage from […]

Muskegon, MI – Muskegon County Sheriff’s K9 Rex passed away after being diagnosed with an aggressive form of blood cancer, the department announced on June 25. His partner, Muskegon County Deputy Jamie Ottinger, noticed a rapidly-growing lump on K9 Rex’s back and hip, which doubled in size overnight and caused him to limp, the department […]

Youngstown, OH – A driver who dragged an Ohio state trooper with his car for approximately a mile during a pursuit has turned himself in to police following a statewide manhunt (video below). The incident occurred at approximately 11:25 p.m. on Thursday, when Ohio State Highway Patrol Trooper Mike Miller spotted a Ford 500 without […]

Parkland, FL – The Broward County School District has received 140 applications from citizens who want to become armed guardians in area schools, but only 35 of those applicants have passed the initial screening process, the Sun Sentinel reported. Fort Lauderdale City Manager Lee Feldman said he expects that only five of the individuals who […]

Nearly half of the illegal immigrants who tried to enter the United States with children under the age of 5 in tow were either violent criminals, had no relation to the child they were with, were taken into custody for other charges, or didn’t want the child back, the Department of Homeland Security said on […]

Miami Beach, FL – A 90-pound homeless man with no arms has been accused of stabbing a tourist with a pair of scissors. The incident occurred just after midnight on July 10, when two tourists from Chicago encountered the armless artist, according to the Miami Herald. Cesar Coronado and his friend Cindy Barrientos, both 22, […]

South Tucson, AZ – A knife-wielding robber stabbed two people inside a Mexican restaurant before customers and employees tackled him and beat him into submission, surveillance video showed (video below). Convicted felon Jerry Madril was wanted for a probation violation warrant when he stormed into Mi Nidito restaurant with a knife at about 1:30 p.m. […]