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• Police: Mitin's second child is dead - Lansing State Journal

  02-10-2015 23:57 via
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  Police: Mitin's second child is dead
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  LANSING — Authorities say they have circumstantial evidence that a child born to Melissa Mitin after she had been charged with murdering her first child also is dead. Meridian Township police were able to corroborate “circumstances surrounding the ...and more »
  

• Chicago Heights tried to get police chief into second pension - Chicago Tribune

  02-10-2015 23:38 via
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  Chicago Heights tried to get police chief into second pension
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  As soon as Chicago Heights police Chief Charles Guiliani Jr. hit 30 years of service this spring, he retired. About a month later, Guiliani was rehired by the south suburb as its "civilian" police chief, and Guiliani gave up his police powers. He began ...
  

• Police: Motorcyclist injured in Route 9 crash - Poughkeepsie Journal

  02-10-2015 23:32 via
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  Police: Motorcyclist injured in Route 9 crash
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  A 19-year-old Pleasant Valley man suffered a serious leg injury as a result of a motorcycle crash Friday, City of Poughkeepsie police said. The man had been operating his motorcycle "at a high rate of speed when he lost control and struck the left ...and more »
  

• Video: Army Vet Shot 7 Times Trying to Stop Oregon College Shooter

  02-10-2015 23:18 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: Army Vet Shot 7 Times Trying to Stop Oregon College ShooterA student and Army veteran who witnesses say charged the shooter at a community college in Oregon is alert and awake at the hospital as he recovers.Chris Mintz, 30, was shot seven times during the Thursday rampage."He ran to the library and pulled the alarms and he was telling people to run, grabbing people, telling them, 'You just have to go,'" witness Hannah Miles told ABC News."He actually ran back towards the building where th
  
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• Video: Sheriff Revises Casualty Count in Oregon College Shooting, Refuses to Name Shooter

  02-10-2015 22:49 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: Sheriff Revises Casualty Count in Oregon College Shooting, Refuses to Name ShooterA gunman opened fire inside a classroom at a rural Oregon community college Thursday, killing at least nine people and wounding 7 before dying in a shootout with police, authorities said. One survivor said he demanded his victims state their religion before he started shooting.Douglas County Sheriff John Hanlin said Thursday evening that the toll had been revised downward from the earlier figures of 13 dead
  
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• Zephyrhills police officer fired for improper use of force - FOX 13 News, Tampa Bay

  02-10-2015 21:34 via
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  ZEPHYRHILLS (FOX 13) - A Zephyrhills police officer was fired after an internal investigation determined he used excessive force while responding to a retail theft investigation, Chief David Shears said Friday. The incident happened September 9th, when ...and more »
  

• Police identify suspects in shooting at Gwinnett QuikTrip - Atlanta Journal Constitution

  02-10-2015 21:30 via
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  Police identify suspects in shooting at Gwinnett QuikTrip
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  Two men are accused of firing several shots outside a Snellville-area QuikTrip, according to police. (Photo: Gwinnett police). Story Highlights. One 18-year-old suspect has been arrested, but a second teen remains at large, police said Friday. Map ...and more »
  

• Video: Oklahoma Officer Trapped on Interstate by Swarming Bees

  02-10-2015 20:34 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: Oklahoma Officer Trapped on Interstate by Swarming BeesA semi-truck carrying honeybees overturned on an Oklahoma interstate Tuesday — trapping a sheriff's deputy as thousands of angry, swarming bees blanketed his cruiser.Miraculously, the state Highway Patrol said, the deputy was stung only once and escaped otherwise unhurt — but not before he recorded terrifying video of the blanket of bees engulfing the vehicle.Garvin County Sheriff's Deputy Carl Zink was responding to a rep
  
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• Video: Minnesota Officer Rescues Suicidal Man from Ledge

  02-10-2015 20:34 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: Minnesota Officer Rescues Suicidal Man from LedgeA Minnesota police officer's body-worn camera captured the powerful moment when he pulled a man off the ledge of a building.Duluth Police Chief Gordon Ramsay wrote on Facebook that the incident occurred during the week of Sept. 21. In the video, Officer Joe DeJesus is responding to a call about a man on the ledge of a parking garage threatening to jump off. DeJesus is careful approaching the man."I'm not here to jam you up," he sa
  
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• Video: Men Found Guilty of Killing Border Patrol Agent Terry

  02-10-2015 20:34 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: Men Found Guilty of Killing Border Patrol Agent TerryA Tucson, Ariz., jury has found two men guilty of murder in the killing of a U.S. Border Patrol agent whose death exposed the botched federal operation known as Fast and Furious.The jury found Jesus Leonel Sanchez-Meza and Ivan Soto-Barraza guilty of all counts.  Sanchez-Meza and Soto-Barraza were part of a five-man crew that planned on robbing drug smugglers when they encountered Agent Brian Terry and three others on Dec. 14, 2010
  
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• Video: Man Pleads Not Guilty in Killing of Louisiana Trooper

  02-10-2015 20:34 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: Man Pleads Not Guilty in Killing of Louisiana TrooperKevin Daigle pleaded not guilty Thursday in the August death of a Louisiana State Trooper and a Moss Bluff man.Daigle, 54, is accused of murdering State Trooper Steven Vincent and Blake Brewer, the man with whom he was staying. Daigle is charged with first-degree murder of Vincent, second-degree murder of Brewer and possession of a weapon by a convicted felon.The state is seeking the death penalty if Daigle
  
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• Umpqua Community College Considered Armed Guard, Dismissed Idea

  02-10-2015 20:34 via feedproxy.google.com
  The Oregon college where at least 10 people were killed in a shooting rampageThursday had in recent months considered hiring an armed security guard — but ultimately decided against the proposal, the retired president said."We talked about that over the last year because we were concerned about safety on campus," Joe Olson, who retired as president of Umpqua Community College at the end of June, told The New York Times. "The campus was split 50-50. We thought we were a very safe
  
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• Slain Illinois Officer Was Killed with His Own Gun, Signs of Struggle at Scene

  02-10-2015 20:34 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The northern Illinois police officer found dead last month was shot with his own weapon, and detectives say the evidence shows signs of a struggle at the scene.After vetting the information and concluding it wouldn't harm the investigation, authorities confirmed for the first time that Fox Lake police Lt. Charles Joseph Gliniewicz was shot with his own weapon. He was struck by two rounds, one that hit his ballistic vest with the force of a "sledgehammer" and another that pierced his up
  
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• DOJ Recommends Racial Bias Probe of St. Louis County Traffic Stops

  02-10-2015 20:34 via feedproxy.google.com
  The Department of Justice has recommended a deeper look into the St. Louis County police department's traffic stops of African-Americans, criticized the department's promotional process and cultivation of a tactically minded policing culture and noted the department's failure to address citizen complaints and community policing.But the county police's use of force between 2009 and 2013 was significantly lower than the national average, and the federal analysis of traffic stop data is not suffici
  
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• California Deputy Shot in Face, Suspect in Custody

  02-10-2015 20:34 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A Mariposa County, CA, sheriff's deputy was shot twice -- once in the mouth -- after a traffic stop that led to a chase and crash Thursday morning, according to officers.The incident began about 6 a.m. when a deputy tried to stop a vehicle for erratic driving. However, the driver did not stop and continued heading south on Highway 49, just south of the town of Mariposa, according to the sheriff's office.The driver, identified as Brian Ballasch, of Merced, crashed his vehicle into other sheriff's
  
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• Police make arrest in Speeder's theft - BurlingtonFreePress.com

  02-10-2015 19:41 via
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  Police make arrest in Speeder's theft
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  Astute work by a Williston officer led police to the man accused of at least one burglary at Speeder & Earl's on Pine Street in Burlington. For the second time this week, Burlington police identified a suspect they believe may be responsible for a ...and more »
  

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