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• Kentucky Woman Charged with Resisting, Intentionally Defecating on Deputy

  17-09-2018 23:47 via feedproxy.google.com
  The Madison County (KY) Sheriff's Office says a woman intentionally defecated on a deputy to avoid being arrested.Amanda Peters, 26, was arrested around 2 a.m. on Saturday at her home, online records showed. She had been wanted on an outstanding warrant in neighboring Rockcastle County, according to WLEX-TV.When the homeowner let officers in, Peters reportedly locked herself in a bathroom. A responding deputy forced himself into the bathroom and arrested the woman "with force."That's w
  
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• Border Patrol Agent Accused of Serial Murder

  17-09-2018 23:47 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A Border Patrol agent was arrested early Saturday after allegedly killing four women -- believed to have been prostitutes -- and kidnapping a fifth, officials say.Juan David Ortiz, an intel supervisor for the Border Patrol, was found about  2 a.m. when state troopers tracked him to a hotel parking lot in the border city of Laredo, Texas. He was found hiding in a truck.Officials told Fox News they were alerted about the 35-year-old Ortiz after a fifth woman allegedly escaped from him and not
  
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• Video: New Mexico Officer, Local Church Provide Homeless Man with Wheelchair

  17-09-2018 21:16 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  On Saturday morning 911 dispatchers in Albuquerque were receiving numerous calls of an older gentleman in a wheelchair asking for money at the intersection of Wyoming and Montgomery. Sergeant Jim Edison with APD took the call.When he arrived he found Timothy Scott, and asked him why he was on the street corner. Scott told the officer he was just released from the hospital, and was hungry.Edison then gave Scott the lunch his wife packed for him. While moving the man to a safer place, Edison disco
  
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• Video: Georgia Police Chief Killed During Vehicle Pursuit

  17-09-2018 21:16 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: Georgia Police Chief Killed During Vehicle PursuitGeorgia State Patrol (GSP) says Ludowici Police Chief Frank McClelland Jr. and 61-year-old Marvin Pope were both struck and killed Saturday night during a high-speed police chase. Police say a Liberty County deputy attempted to stop 23-year-old Daniel Hill's car at around 7 p.m. Saturday. Police say Hill refused to stop -- leading police on a high-speed chase that reached speeds of up to 100 miles per hour.Police say Hill st
  
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• Texas Undercover Officer Dies in Hospital from Gunshot Wound

  17-09-2018 21:16 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Undercover Fort Worth (TX) Police Officer Garrett Hull who was shot just after midnight Friday while working with a robbery unit died Saturday.Fort Worth Police Chief Joel Fitzgerald along with Fort Worth Mayor Betsy Price and several members of the Fort Worth Police Department announced the news just after midnight Saturday morning — just about 24 hours after Hull was shot during a confrontation with a group of armed robbery suspects.“I regret that I have to speak to you all th
  
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• Officer Who Stopped School Shooting to be Honored at Tonight's Chicago Bears' Game

  17-09-2018 21:16 via feedproxy.google.com
  A police officer who stopped a school shooting earlier this year will be honored by the Chicago Bears at their home opener against the Seattle Seahawks on Monday night.Mark Dallas, the Dixon, IL, police officer who shot and wounded a school shooting suspect at a high school in February, will serve as the team’s honorary captain for the game, and will attend the contest as a special guest of the team, the Bears confirmed Thursday.It is the latest in a long line of honors for Dallas, who cha
  
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• Massachusetts Officer Worked while His Home Burned in Gas Fires

  17-09-2018 21:16 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Rookie Lawrence, MA, police officer Ivan Soto was working on Andover Street Thursday night, helping people leave the city and preventing others from entering after a massive area gas leak sparked dozens of fires and hundreds of evacuations. Meanwhile, Soto's own home in the Mount Vernon neighborhood was burning, police officers said. Even when he was told about the fire, Soto continued working with fellow police officers in the Andover Street area.A Go Fund Me fundraising acc
  
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• Kansas Deputy Shot and Killed on Suspicious Person Call

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  A 12-year veteran of the Sedgwick County (KS) Sheriff’s Office was shot and killed Sunday while responding to a suspicious character call, Sedgwick County Sheriff Jeff Easter said during a Sunday evening news conference. A second person, the suspect, was also killed.Deputy Robert Kunze was called at around 1:18 p.m. to an area just north of Garden Plain and about 20 miles west of downtown Wichita.When Kunze arrived at about 1:42 p.m. Sunday, he saw a person who matched the description of t
  
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• Judge Rules DOJ Cannot Withhold Anti-Gang Money from Sanctuary Cities

  17-09-2018 21:16 via feedproxy.google.com
  A federal judge issued a preliminary injunction Friday barring the Trump administration from imposing requirements that local jurisdictions cooperate with immigration agents to receive anti-gang funds.U.S. District Judge Manuel Real issued the injunction against the Department of Justice in response to a lawsuit filed by the city of Los Angeles in July seeking to prevent the government from awarding federal police grants based on cooperation with immigration enforcement, the Los Angeles Times re
  
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