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• Nebraska Troopers Seize 44 Pounds of Suspected Fentanyl at Traffic Stop

  29-05-2018 22:43 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Troopers with the Nebraska State Patrol have seized 117 pounds of narcotics during a traffic stop on Interstate 80 near Kearney, including 44 pounds of a powder that is thought to be fentanyl.The traffic stop occurred at approximately 10:20 a.m. on Thursday, April 26, when a trooper observed an eastbound 2013 Freightliner truck-tractor and semi-trailer driving on the shoulder near mile marker 280. During the stop, the trooper became suspicious of criminal activity.Troopers searched the vehicle a
  
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• Idaho Officer Shot 3 Months Ago Returns to Duty

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  Officer Charles Hatley of the Coeur d’Alene Police Department returned to duty after suffering a gunshot wound while responding to a call on Feb. 27.Hatley, a 30-year-old officer in training, has fully recovered, the Coeur d'Alene Press reports.He recounted the details of that evening, when he and fellow officer Taylor Beach responded as backup to a traffic stop initially made by Officer Kelly Mongan on Hattie Avenue near Government Way.At the scene, Mongan served an outstanding warrant fo
  
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• Homeless Florida Man Steals Unmarked Police Car and Wrecks It, Officials Say

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  A homeless man stole an unmarked Miami Beach police car in South Beach on Sunday night, police say. He sped south on Meridian Avenue, striking cars parked on the east and west sides of the street, before losing control of the vehicle at 13th Street and Meridian Avenue, according to an arrest report released Monday.The suspect, 25-year-old Leon Daybrell Perrymond, was taken into custody and charged with third-degree grand theft of a vehicle, aggravated battery of an officer, fleeing police lights
  
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• Florida Officers Attacked by Knife-Wielding Man in Wheelchair, Police Say

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  Two Winter Haven, FL, officers were injured after encountering a man in a wheelchair wielding a 9-inch knife. Both officers sustained non-life threatening injuries and were treated and released at the scene, police report.Just after midnight Friday, officers responded to a bar where a man in a wheelchair was reported to have a large knife attached to his wheelchair and he constantly would take out and show around. He left prior to law enforcement arriving, a Winter Haven Police Department press
  
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• Asheville, NC, Police Must Obtain Written Permission to Conduct Vehicle Searches

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  Asheville, NC, police wanting to search people will face new restrictions, including in how they obtain permission from drivers or pedestrians before going through their property.The changes mandated Tuesday night by City Council were part of a dramatic 5-2 vote that went against the wishes of Police Chief Tammy Hooper.The biggest change is that police will have to get written permission before conducting a search unless they have reasonable grounds or "probable cause" to believe a crime ha
  
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• 2 Belgian Officers Killed in Terror Attack

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  Embed from Getty ImagesA man has shot dead two female police officers and a civilian in the eastern Belgian city of Liège.Reports say the man attacked the officers from behind with a knife, then took a service weapon from them and shot them both. He also killed a man sitting in a parked car.The gunman also took a female cleaner hostage at a school before being killed by police. Four other police officers were also injured.The incident is being treated as terrorism.Police sources quoted in
  
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