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• Pennsylvania Corrections Officer Dies 11 Days After Being Attacked by Inmate

  26-02-2018 23:47 via feedproxy.google.com
  The Pennsylvania Department of Corrections said an officer at State Correctional Institute-Somerset died Monday from injuries sustained in an attack earlier this month at the hands of a 22-year-old inmate, Penn Live reports.Paul Jawon Kendrick is accused of fatally beating Sgt. Mark Baserman just before 7 p.m. Feb. 15, which led to Baserman's hospitalization for 11 days. Corrections Secretary John Wetzel reported Baserman's death in a news release Monday afternoon."The minute we learned of this
  
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• Missouri Deputy Shot in Vest Serving Warrant, Suspect Found Dead After Standoff

  26-02-2018 23:47 via feedproxy.google.com
  A St. Charles County sheriff's deputy working with a U.S. Marshals task force was shot Monday morning while serving a search warrant in the north St. Louis County municipality of Glasgow Village.  He was shot in the chest, but body armor stopped the bullet. The officer was brought to a hospital for observation and is said to be doing "OK."The suspect was wanted for first-degree assault and second-degree domestic assault. The Marshals Service said the suspect fired shots at the off
  
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• Man Riding Horse on California Freeway Arrested for DUI

  26-02-2018 21:56 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A man who was spotted riding a horse on the 91 Freeway in the Long Beach, CA, area was arrested on suspicion of DUI early Saturday, authorities said.Officers responded to the roadway around 1 a.m. after a 911 caller reported a man riding in eastbound lanes from Paramount Boulevard to Downey Avenue, according to a California Highway Patrol arrest report.The man was stopped as he exited the 91 at Downey and rode across Bellflower city limits, KTLA TV reports. His blood alcohol level was found to b
  
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• Loaded Handgun Found in Backpack of Philadelphia High School Student

  26-02-2018 21:56 via feedproxy.google.com
  A student was taken into custody after bringing a loaded gun into Fels High School in the Summerdale section of Philadelphia, according to school officials.Officials say the gun was found in a 15-year-old student's backpack as it went through metal detectors at the entrance of the school Monday morning, 6ABC.com.The .40 caliber Smith & Wesson handgun, fully loaded, set off an alarm when the backpack went through a metal detector, police said.The 9th grade student was immediately taken into c
  
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• Former NFL Star Now Serving as FBI Agent

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  Embed from Getty ImagesFormer Pro Bowl cornerback Charles Tillman has graduated from the FBI's Training Academy in Quantico, Va., and is now an agent, the Sporting News reports.The 13-year NFL veteran entered the 20-week program last year, as first reported by the Chicago Tribune, and had until his 37th birthday (Feb. 23, 2018) to earn his badge due to a stipulation that a new agent must be appointed before he or she reaches that age.Charles Tillman spent the first 12 years of his NFL
  
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• Florida Governor Orders State Investigation into Parkland School Shooting Response

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  Gov. Rick Scott on Sunday asked the Florida Department of Law Enforcement to investigate the response to the Parkland school shooting, as questions mounted over the Broward Sheriff’s Office’s handling of the tragedy that took 17 lives.The announcement came just hours after Broward Sheriff Scott Israel appeared on CNN and refused any blame for his agency’s missteps and touted his own “amazing leadership.”The governor’s office said in a statement Sunday that the
  
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• Florida Deputy Accused of Cowardice During School Shooting Defends Himself

  26-02-2018 21:56 via feedproxy.google.com
  The Broward County sheriff’s deputy who is accused of failing to confront the gunman at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, is pushing back at claims he is a coward and did not perform his duties on the day 17 people were killed at the school he was charged with protecting.Scot Peterson issued a statement through his lawyer, Joseph DiRuzzo III, saying that he followed Broward County Sheriff’s Office protocol on Feb. 14 and that he didn’t rush into the sch
  
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• Arkansas Officer Killed in Crash Heading Home from Shift

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  An Earle, AR, police officer was killed driving home from his shift late Saturday when he lost control of his pickup on a wet highway in east Arkansas, authorities said.The crash happened around 11:45 p.m. on Arkansas 50 at Heth in St. Francis County, according to a preliminary report.Police say Kenneth J. Culbreath, 53, of Wynne lost control of a 1999 Chevrolet pickup at a curve, causing the vehicle to travel off the highway, Arkansas Online reports.The vehicle then flipped several times before
  
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