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• Woman Gets 12 Years for Death of Nashville Officer During Suicide Attempt

  13-06-2018 22:41 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A woman has pleaded guilty to vehicular homicide by intoxication in the death of a Metropolitan Nashville Police officer.Juli Glisson pleaded guilty Tuesday to the charge in the death of Officer Eric Mumaw, who died while trying to save her life. A judge sentenced her to serve 12 years in prison, the top sentence in that range. Other charges were dropped and Glisson won't be able to drive for 10 years. In February 2017, police say Glisson was parked at the bottom of a boat ramp at the water
  
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• Pennsylvania Officers Shot Responding to Kidnapping Call

  13-06-2018 22:41 via feedproxy.google.com
  Two North Braddock, PA, police officers were shot in the chest and saved by their body armor Tuesday when they responded to a possible kidnapping call.A man accused of shooting the officers told investigators he fired because he thought the officers were burglars, Allegheny County District Attorney Stephen A. Zappala Jr. told TribLive.Dejon Howard, 20, fired blindly through a closed front door of a vacant house in North Braddock that he was occupying without permission, Zappala said."They were s
  
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• Border Patrol Agent Shot, Saved by Vest in Arizona

  13-06-2018 22:41 via feedproxy.google.com
  A U.S. Border Patrol agent who was wounded in a shooting in southern Arizona near the U.S.-Mexico border Tuesday was attacked by several assailants, one of whom shot him at close range, officials said at a press conference Wednesday. The shooting happened south of the community Arivaca at 4:30 a.m. Tuesday.The agent was struck several times and apparently returned fire. The agent, a 21-year veteran of the Border Patrol and a trained paramedic, called for help through his car radio and
  
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• Pennsylvania Organizations Teach Teens About Policing, Military

  13-06-2018 03:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  A unique weeklong youth camp presented by Pennsylvania State Police, the American Legion, and Pennsylvania National Guard has attracted dozens of students interested in a career in law enforcement and/or the military.For six days, the teens will live in the dorms at York College, marching to and from classes in platoon formation, according to WHTM-TV.“You will learn how to work as a team and be taught self-esteem, as you will be the future Leaders of our state and nation,” said a des
  
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• Video: FBI Agent Charged Over Accidental Discharge on Dance Floor

  13-06-2018 01:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Video: FBI Agent Charged Over Accidental Discharge on Dance FloorAn FBI agent involved in an off-duty accidental discharge of his firearm on June 3 has been charged Tuesday with one count of second-degree assault, according to CBS News.Chase Bishop, who is based in the Washington Field Office, can be seen in a cell phone video doing a backflip, losing his sidearm in the process, and then accidentally discharging it as he picks it back up.The shot struck another patron of the Mile High Spirits b
  
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• Border Patrol Agent Shot, Wounded in Arizona

  13-06-2018 01:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  A U.S. border patrol agent was wounded in a shooting in southern Arizona, about 10 miles from the U.S.-Mexico border, according to Fox News.The agent, who has not been identified, was taken to a nearby hospital for treatment with a non-life-threatening injury. Sources told Fox news the agent was “going to be fine.”Customs and Border Protection’s Twitter account said that several subjects have been taken into custody. 
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• Oregon Sheriff Says He Couldn’t Detain Man Who Was Deported 20 Times

  13-06-2018 00:17 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Multnomah County (OR) Sheriff Mike Reese is defending how his office handled the case of an immigrant who has been deported on multiple occasions and was allegedly involved in several recent violent crimes, according to Oregon Public Broadcasting.Multnomah County Sheriff Mike Reese places the responsibility for Sergio Jose Martinez’s release squarely on ICE officials.Federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency officials have said Sergio Jose Martinez had been deported 20 times prior
  
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