OSSINING, N.Y. – A police officer in the State of New York was arrested after she reportedly sent herself menacing text messages and then blamed colleagues, according to the Westchester District Attorney’s Office. Officer Emily Hirshowitz with the Ossining Police Department complained for months about receiving alarming text messages from her colleagues. She was taken Read More >

ATLANTA — Atlanta Police Department motorcycles were damaged in an intentional fire caused by devices set inside a training facility early Saturday, officials said. The Atlanta Fire and Rescue Department responded to reports of a multi-vehicle fire around 2:20 a.m. and found multiple motorcycles on fire, WANF-TV reported. Firefighters at the scene found “incendiary devices” Read More >

Two former University at Buffalo football players have been charged with animal abuse after being accused of beating a dog with a belt after the animal damaged a couch one of the men owned. Blake Hiligh, 19, and Zachary Pilarcek, 20, were arraigned in an Amherst Town Court on Thursday in connection with a June Read More >

CULPEPER COUNTY, Va. – An alleged enrichment scheme involving a county sheriff in Virginia and three accused co-conspirators to exchange bribes for badges has led to a federal indictment. Culpeper County Sheriff Scott Howard Jenkins, 51, is accused of receiving more than $70,000 in cash while doling out “auxiliary deputy sheriff” appointments and other perks Read More >

ALBION, Mich. – A Michigan mother was taken into custody last weekend after police said they caught the woman in the act of trying to drown her 2-year-old daughter in the bathtub. Jessica Deirdre Edward-Ricks, 35, a mother of four children, was identified as the suspect who tried to drown her toddler. She is also Read More >

GETTYSBURG, S.D. – George Floyd’s uncle, Selwyn Jones, was arrested on June 10 and is facing charges of possession of a controlled substance, ingesting a controlled substance, and possession of drug paraphernalia following an overdose on methamphetamine, according to South Dakota media reports. KELO reports that Jones, 57, lives in Gettysburg, S.D., and operates a motel where Read More >

A sergeant successfully deployed the Grappler Police Bumper, netting one of the suspect vehicle’s rear tires, and brought it to a safe stop

Some of the minor traffic violations that fall under Ann Arbor’s new ordinance include cracked windshields and objects hanging from the rearview mirror

Left alone all day in Starbucks while his mother tried to earned money, Alejandro Matias Nazario’s life was transformed after Officer John Larson intervened

“The officers’ actions were not consistent with SAPD’s policy and training,” Police Chief William McManus said of the June 23 incident