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• Baltimore Detective Shot in Head Has Died

  16-11-2017 20:42 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The Baltimore homicide detective who was shot in the head on Wednesday has died, police said.Police identified the officer as Det. Sean Suiter, an 18-year veteran of the city police force and a husband and father of two. In an email to the department, Police Commissioner Kevin Davis said he died surrounded by his family."His tragic death will forever impact the BPD," Davis wrote in the email obtained by the Baltimore Sun. "Each of you go out there and put your lives on the line every single day.
  
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• IL State's Attorney Dismisses 18 Convictions Involving Former Chicago Sergeant

  16-11-2017 17:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  In what is believed to be the first mass exoneration in Cook County history, prosecutors on Thursday plan to drop all charges against 15 men who alleged they were framed by former Chicago police Sgt. Ronald Watts and his crew.The announcement to vacate the convictions will be made during a morning hearing before Chief Criminal Court Judge LeRoy Martin Jr., according to a statement from Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx’s office.It comes two months after lawyers for the 15 men fil
  
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• Toledo Officer Critically Wounded in Shooting

  16-11-2017 17:21 via feedproxy.google.com
  A Toledo, OH, police officer was shot and wounded in the line of duty early this morning. It happened when Toledo police officers tried to serve a search warrant at a home around 2:15 Thursday morning.The wounded officer has now been identified. Toledo Police Chief George Kral named him as Detective Jason Picking, a veteran of the force. He is currently in critical but stable condition at Mercy St. Vincent Medical Center. The bullet that struck Det. Picking entered through his cheek and remains
  
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• Video: FL Man Arrested on Explosives Charges Reportedly Wanted to Maim First Responders

  16-11-2017 14:53 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: FL Man Arrested on Explosives Charges Reportedly Wanted to Maim First RespondersA 31-year-old DeBary, FL, man was arrested Sunday afternoon after deputies discovered potentially explosive devices and substances in his parents’ home, the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office said.He reportedly told investigators that he was anti-government and wanted to maim first responders.Deputies were first called to the home by the mother of the suspect, Christopher Langer. Langer reportedly tol
  
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• Baltimore Detective Gravely Wounded in Shooting, Manhunt Under Way for Suspect

  16-11-2017 14:25 via feedproxy.google.com
  A Baltimore homicide detective is in critical condition after being shot in the head Wednesday by a man who approached him in west Baltimore at about 4:30 p.m.The officer, who's been with the Baltimore Police Department for 18 years, was shot in the head after approaching a man who was engaged in "suspicious behavior," said Police Commissioner Kevin Davis in a press conference that evening."We are doing everything we can to keep [the officer] stabilized and to take care of the injury to his brai
  
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• Video: NY Deputy Found Shot Dead in Wrecked Car

  16-11-2017 01:09 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: NY Deputy Found Shot Dead in Wrecked CarAn off-duty Rockland County, NY, sheriff's deputy suffered a fatal gunshot wound while driving in his car with his wife Tuesday afternoon, authorities said.State Police said 42-year-old Frank Farina, of Stony Point, was pronounced dead at Orange Regional Medical Center on Tuesday after officers responding to a single-car crash on state Route 6 in Woodbury found him with a single gunshot wound to his head, reports WNBC.His wife was also in the car, w
  
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• NY Man Charged With Impersonating Officer During Traffic Stop

  16-11-2017 00:49 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A New York man has been arrested for impersonating a police officer during a traffic stop, according to New York State Police.According to police, state troopers stopped Anthony J. Carbonaro in the Town of Salina on Tuesday for a vehicle and traffic violation. During the stop, Carbonaro displayed a police badge on his belt and stated that he was a federal police officer, reports CNYcentral.com.An investigation determined that the badge was fake and a search of Carbonaro's vehicle discovered he h
  
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• NYPD Recruit Dies at 23 of Leukemia

  16-11-2017 00:35 via feedproxy.google.com
  An NYPD recruit with dreams of becoming a police officer died early Tuesday following a short battle with leukemia, police said.Jake Siciliano, 23, was three months into his NYPD training when he was diagnosed with the deadly disease, reports the New York Daily News.The Long Island man died at Mount Sinai Hospital Tuesday—a month after he was admitted, his fiancée said."God needed an NYPD officer in heaven, baby," Ashlee Ragusano wrote in a heartfelt message on Facebook Tuesday. "Do
  
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• IL Officer Who Received Heart Transplant Thankful for Medical Care, Organ Donors

  16-11-2017 00:22 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Officer James Williams received a heart transplant after living with heart failure for over a decade. He is back on duty and grateful to be healthy.Williams returned to the Eastern Illinois University police force in August. "I got goosebumps when I put my uniform back on," said the Desert Storm veteran who one day hopes to meet the family of the heart donor. "I can't even put into words how grateful I am that people choose to donate their organs or the organs of loved ones. I am extremely thank
  
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• Officer Injured in Pursuit Comes to Aid of Elderly Woman After Crash

  16-11-2017 00:04 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A police chase in Oakland County, MI, ended early Sunday when the fleeing driver's car smacked into the side of a mobile home, knocking an elderly resident out of her TV chair, police said.Now the resident is in the hospital and the driver is in jail, thanks to the fast action of a Sheriff's deputy, whose own patrol car had been hit earlier by the fleeing driver, according to the Oakland County Sheriff's Office.The pursuing deputy, despite having his own injuries, yanked the fleei
  
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• MN Officer Treats Homeless Family to Hotel Room on 10-Degree Night

  16-11-2017 00:04 via feedproxy.google.com
  A Coon Rapids, MN, police officer delivered on his mission to protect and serve when he encountered a family of seven planning to sleep in their car on a 10-degree November night.According to the Coon Rapids Police Department, the officer made a traffic stop on Nov. 9 and found a mother, father, and five small children inside the vehicle. The family told the officer they were homeless and were planning to sleep in their car. Temperatures that night were going to be around 10 degrees above zero.A
  
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