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Marine Deserter Captured at Scene of Va. Slaying: Sheriff
A Marine deserter, accused of gunning down his mother’s boyfriend, was captured Wednesday in Virginia — at the scene of the alleged slaying — following a two-week, multi-state search, authorities said. Cpl. Michael Alexander Brown, 22, was safely taken into custody at his mother’s house in Hardy, Virginia, about 8 a.m. ET, Franklin County Sheriff W. Q. “Bill” Overton Jr....
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Woman Killed by Feral Hogs Outside Texas Home: Sheriff
Authorities say feral hogs attacked and killed a woman outside a Southeast Texas home where she worked as a caretaker.
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Armed Teachers Train to Stop Potential Active Shooters in Utah Schools
Brenda Betteridge closes her eyes, takes a breath, and pulls the trigger. She nails the gunman. “One more. Put it in the head,” a police officer instructed her, as she fired away at the cardboard prop representing a gunman. Betteridge is one of the dozens of teachers and other school administrators undergoing active shooting training with the Utah County Sheriff’s...
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Waterlogged Bag Full of Cocaine Washes Up on Florida Beach
Sheriff’s deputies seized a duffel bag filled with cocaine that washed up on a northeast Florida beach.
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Rapper Kanye West Performs for Texas Jail Inmates
Kanye West has followed the Johnny Cash route and performed for inmates at a Houston jail. In secret from the public, the star rapper-turned-gospel singer performed songs Friday from his new gospel album “Jesus is King.” He and his choir performed for more than 200 male inmates at one jail facility before crossing the street to another jail facility and...
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Oklahoma Police Chief Dead After Fight With His Own Officer at Florida Conference
An Oklahoma police chief was killed during an altercation with one of his own officers while at a conference in Florida Sunday, NBC News reports. Escambia County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a report of a physical altercation at the Hilton Garden Inn in Pensacola Beach Sunday evening and found Mannford Police Chief Lucky Miller dead, according to NBC affiliate KJRH....
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Illinois Nurse Accused of ‘Barbarically' Brutalizing Woman for Years is Charged in Her 1999 Beating Death
Authorities in southeastern Wisconsin say they now know the identity of a woman found fatally beaten near a cornfield in 1999 and have made an arrest in her death.
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Accused Greenville Shooter Released After ‘Exculpatory Evidence' Discovered, Sheriff Says
The man arrested in connection to the deadly shooting in Greenville Oct. 26 was released from jail Tuesday, the Hunt County Sheriff’s Office says.
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Pregnant Florida Woman Uses AR-15 to Shoot Armed Intruder
A pregnant woman defended her home in Lithia, Florida, with a legally-owned semi-automatic rifle when two invaders broke in and began attacking her husband.
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Fifth Victim Dies in Orinda Airbnb Halloween Party Shooting
A fifth victim has succumbed to her injuries Friday after a Halloween party shooting at an Airbnb in Orinda. The victim has been identified as 19-year-old Oshiana Tompkins of Vallejo.
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Suspect Arrested in Greenville Shooting That Killed 2, Injured 12
The man suspected of opening fire into a crowd of hundreds overnight Saturday outside Greenville is behind bars, arrested Monday morning, according to Sheriff Randy Meeks.
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‘Take Care of Each Other': California's Wind-Driven Blaze Spurs Massive Evacuations
With ferocious winds driving multiple wildfires through bone-dry vegetation and nearly 200,000 people ordered to leave their homes, California’s governor declared a statewide emergency Sunday. Meanwhile, millions of residents remained without power after the state’s largest utility cut electricity as a precaution to prevent more areas from igniting. The biggest evacuation was in Northern California’s Sonoma County where 180,000 people...
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Wind-Whipped Fires Rage Across California as Lights Go Dark
Fast-growing fires throughout California forced tens of thousands of people to evacuate their homes Thursday as dry winds and high heat fed flames and fears in the state still jittery from devastating wildfires in the past two years. The dramatic fires and evacuations — near Los Angeles and in the wine country of Northern California — came against a backdrop...
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The ‘Man in Blue'? Sheriff Donates Johnny Cash Deputy Photo
Nashville’s sheriff has presented the Johnny Cash Museum proof that the late musician who famously cultivated an image as an outlaw was actually granted law enforcement authority four decades ago. This week, Nashville Sheriff Daron Hall gave a blown-up image of Cash’s September 1979 deputy sheriff commission card. It was issued by then-Davidson County Sheriff Fate Thomas and features Cash’s...
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Florida Senate Votes Against Reinstating Scott Israel as Broward Sheriff
The Florida Senate voted Wednesday to permanently remove former Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel, who Gov. Ron DeSantis accused of bungling the handling of last year’s Parkland school shooting that killed 17 people.
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Panel Backs Removal of Sheriff Over School Shooting Response
The tragedy of the Parkland school massacre framed a developing political drama in Florida’s capital, as a divided legislative panel on Monday sided with the state’s Republican governor in removing a county sheriff accused of mishandling the response to the shooting that killed 17 people. The mostly party line vote by Florida’s Senate Rules Committee sends the matter to the...
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3 Teens Face Judge in Slaying at Stafford Co. Convenience Store
The father of 20-year-old Troy Barnett told News4’s Drew Wilder it was “a hard pill to swallow” to see the teens accused of taking his son’s life. Editor’s Note: Police previously identified the victim as Troy Barnett Jr.
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Bomb Scare at Montana School Turns Out to Be False Alarm
Authorities evacuated an elementary school in Montana on Tuesday after officials found what they thought were the remnants of a homemade bomb that exploded, but it turned out to be a plastic bottle filled with nuts and bolts left in the schoolyard. School officials in Helena made the discovery shortly before classes began at Rossiter Elementary School. They blocked off...
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Tarrant County Sheriff Says Releasing Jailed Undocumented Immigrants Would Lead to More Crime
A North Texas sheriff, as well as the acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Thursday criticized a judge’s ruling barring his agency from relying solely on databases that have at times led to the wrongful detention of American citizens.
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Family on South Carolina Vacation Pulls 44 Pounds of Cocaine From Ocean
A family visiting South Carolina fished a big package from the ocean, took it to their rental home and opened it up, finding about 44 pounds (20 kilograms) of cocaine. Beaufort County Sheriff’s Maj. Bob Bromage told news outlets Monday that the family was walking along Fripp Island when they spotted the trash bag-wrapped package floating in the water. They...