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Chicago, IL – Two Chicago police officers were fatally struck by a train Monday night, according to Chicago Tribune. The officers were investigating a “shots fired” call that ShotSpotter picked up, according to Chicago Tribune. The officers were surveilling the area of 103rd Street and Dauphin Avenue around 6:20 p.m. when they were struck by […]

By Christopher Berg and Sandy Malone Trenton, NJ – After inadvertently banning New Jersey police officers from possessing their own duty weapons on Dec. 10, New Jersey lawmakers voted on Monday to give officers an exception to the standard capacity magazine ban. However, Governor Phil Murphy wasn’t available to sign the bill into law. The […]

Columbia, SC – An inmate is suing the state department of corrections for the right to practice his religion by smoking marijuana while he is incarcerated. James Rose, 41, was convicted of the 2012 execution-style murder of the son of a local politician in Lincolnville in 2013, according to The Post and Courier. Although he […]

Doral, FL – A 47-year-old female science teacher accused of “aggressively” pursuing a 13-year-old student both in her classroom and through social media has been arrested and fired from her job. Andrea Jimenez, who taught the victim for two years at Doral International Math & Science Academy, regularly “lured” the boy to her classroom after […]

Brandywine, MD – The Internal Affairs division of the Prince George’s County Police Department is investigating a shooting at a police holiday party on Saturday night that left two officers wounded. Eleven members of the Prince George’s County PD were suspended while the department investigated what led to a gun going off at a home […]

Missoula, MT – A suspected car thief barged into a stranger’s residence while running from police on Monday morning, and quickly found himself being held at gunpoint by the homeowner inside. The incident began at approximately 8:05 a.m., after a Missoula County Sheriff’s Office deputy spotted a vehicle that matched the description of a vehicle […]

Queens, NY – A couple of Good Samaritans saved an 11-year-old girl from a serial sex offender who was trying to kidnap her on Saturday. Police said the little girl was on her way to a weekend program at IS77 in Ridgewood when a man started following her, WABC reported. She started walking faster to […]

Omaha, NE – A known gang member who was shot during the attempted murder of an Omaha police officer will have his medical bills paid for by the city’s taxpayers. Officer Kenneth Fortune, 42, was shot at point-blank range during the Sept. 11 traffic stop with John Ezell Jr, who was on federal probation for […]

Miami, FL – The Florida Supreme Court had determined that law enforcement officers throughout the state have a right to invoke the Stand Your Ground law in cases where they use deadly force to defend themselves from imminent death or great bodily harm. Stand Your Ground grants immunity from prosecution to “any person” who acts […]

Princeton, WV – A jury reached a guilty verdict in 30 minutes for a father who claimed he had sex with his three-year-old daughter by accident. Henry Vincent Bennett, 26, was arrested in February after his daughter told family members, and later child protective service investigators, that she had been sexually abused, the Daily Mail […]