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Former Student Expelled After Gun Arrest Sues Virginia Tech

Apr 30 2018 // A former student expelled from Virginia Tech after being arrested on a gun charge is suing the school and police officials in federal court.Yunsong Zhao filed a complaint Thursday saying police violated his rights in...

Southern California Police Officer Arrested in Workers’ Comp Fraud Case

Apr 27 2018 // The Los Angeles Police Department says one of its officers has been arrested on suspicion of workers’ compensation fraud.Officials say Officer John Bailey was taken into custody this week after a felony warrant was...

Massachusetts Holds 7th Annual National Cyber Crime Conference

Apr 26 2018 // More than 700 law enforcement officers, prosecutors and investigators from across the U.S. and Canada recently attended the seventh annual National Cyber Crime Conference hosted by Massachusetts Attorney General Maura...

Delaware Police Investigate Carjacking After Intentional Collision

Apr 24 2018 // Delaware State Police are investigating a carjacking set up by an intentional motor vehicle crash.Authorities say the incident happened Wednesday night on state route 71 in Bear when a woman’s car was rammed from...

Family of Man Shot by Police Files Suit Against Washington City

Apr 17 2018 // The family of a Native American man fatally shot by police who mistook a cellphone for a gun has filed a federal lawsuit against the city of Lakewood, Wash. and police involved in the 2015 shooting. The Seattle Times...

Police Arrest New Jersey Contractor Accused of Theft

Apr 12 2018 // Police have arrested a New Jersey contractor who they allege took nearly a quarter-million dollars from clients but never started the promised work. The Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office says 56-year-old Peter...

Police: GPS Failed to Warn Bus Driver Before New York Overpass Crash

Apr 11 2018 // The out-of-state driver of a charter bus full of high school students that crashed into a low-hanging overpass on a Long Island parkway was using a non-commercial GPS device that didn’t warn him about the hazard in...

Shooter’s Family Says They Warned Police She Might Attack YouTube

Apr 4 2018 // The woman identified by police as the attacker who wounded three people at YouTube’s headquarters in California was a vegan blogger who accused the video-sharing service of discriminating against her, according to...

Armed Security Officers Present in Growing Number of Schools

Apr 3 2018 // Armed security officers are becoming more prevalent at America’s schools, according to a federal study released last week amid a debate over whether teachers and other school officials should carry guns.While student...

Utah Subway Shop Suit Over Wrongly Accused Worker Dismissed

Apr 2 2018 // A judge has dismissed a defamation lawsuit filed by owners of a Utah Subway shop where a worker was wrongly accused of drugging a police officer’s drink.U.S. District Judge Dee Benson ruled that police in Layton did...

Mastermind Behind ATM Malware Attacks Arrested in Spain

Mar 27 2018 // The mastermind behind malware attacks that programmed ATMs to spit out cash on demand and caused more than 1 billion euros ($1.2 billion) of losses, has been arrested in Spain.The leader of a criminal gang that carried out...

Utah Subway Shop Suit over Wrongly Accused Worker Dismissed

Mar 23 2018 // A judge has dismissed a defamation lawsuit filed by owners of a Utah Subway shop where a worker was wrongly accused of drugging a police officer’s drink.U.S. District Judge Dee Benson ruled that police in Layton did...

Women Sue Utah City, Former Chief Over Misconduct Allegations

Mar 22 2018 // Five women claimed in a lawsuit that the city of Provo, Utah and former Mayor John Curtis failed to take action to protect them from alleged sexual harassment and assault by the city’s former police chief.The city...

Police Release Video of Fatal Collision of Uber Driverless Vehicle with Pedestrian

Mar 22 2018 // Police in Arizona on Wednesday released a short video of a fatal collision between an Uber self-driving vehicle and a pedestrian, as investigators probe the accident that has put new focus on the safety of autonomous...

Proposal to Arm Alabama Teachers Draws Support, Fire

Mar 16 2018 // A proposal to let trained teachers carry firearms in public schools drew support and criticism during a legislative public hearing Wednesday as a committee grappled with the first action on a gun-related bill introduced in...

Citing Discrimination, Black Police Officers Sue Little Rock, Arkansas

Mar 15 2018 // Four black police officers are suing the city of Little Rock alleging age and racial discrimination, underscoring a growing divide between the city’s police chief and an organization for black officers.The federal...

FBI: More than 100 School Threats in Louisiana Since Feb. 14

Mar 14 2018 // Authorities have investigated at least 106 threats of violence in or near schools in Louisiana since the Feb. 14 mass shooting at a Florida high school, state police and the FBI said. The news came as the University of New...

Insurer for Oregon City to Pay $800K to Family of Man Killed By Police

Mar 12 2018 // The insurance company for the central Oregon city of Bend will pay $800,000 in a settlement agreement with the family of a man shot and killed by a Bend police officer.The Bulletin reports that the city in the agreement...

Law Enforcement Officers 3 Times More Likely to Be Injured Than Other Workers

Mar 5 2018 // An estimated 669,100 law enforcement officers were treated in emergency departments across the nation for nonfatal injuries between 2003 and 2014, according to a new study.Researchers at the National Institute for...

Chicago Aldermen Back $20M Settlement in Police ‘Code of Silence’ Case

Feb 28 2018 // A Chicago City Council committee has recommended paying a total of $20 million to families of two men who were killed when a drunken off-duty police detective slammed into their car nine years ago.The committee backed the...