Latest Law Enforcement Headlines
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Insurance Exec Rescues Elderly Louisiana Woman From Kidnapping, Robbery
Jun 18 2018 // He wouldn’t call himself a hero, but the 83-year-old woman Dennis P. Neyland rescued from a carjack/kidnapping and robbery on the streets of downtown Baton Rouge, Louisiana, probably would. Neyland, an insurance...
FBI, International Law Enforcement Disrupt Business Cyber Fraud Schemes
Jun 12 2018 // Federal law enforcement officials announced a significant coordinated effort to disrupt Business Email Compromise (BEC) schemes used to intercept and hijack wire transfers from businesses and individuals, including senior...
Survivors of Nightclub Shooting in Orlando Sue City, Police
Jun 11 2018 // Almost two years after a massacre at an Orlando nightclub left 49 people dead and 53 injured, some of the surviving victims were filing a lawsuit in federal court Thursday saying the city and police didn’t do enough...
Louisiana Insurance Man Rescues Elderly Woman from Kidnapping, Robbery
Jun 5 2018 // He wouldn’t call himself a hero, but the 83-year-old woman Dennis P. Neyland rescued from a carjack/kidnapping and robbery on the streets of downtown Baton Rouge, Louisiana, probably would. Neyland, an insurance...
Tesla Hits Parked Police Vehicle in California, Driver Blames Autopilot
May 30 2018 // The driver of a Tesla Inc. Model S crashed into an unoccupied, parked police vehicle in Laguna Beach, Calif., on Tuesday and the driver told investigators the Tesla was in “Autopilot” mode at the time, police...
Woman Awarded $1.2M in New Mexico Stolen Car Crash
May 22 2018 // A Santa Fe County, N.M. jury has awarded an 80-year-old woman more than $1.2 million after she was injured in a crash involving a stolen car chased by Santa Fe police. The Santa Fe New Mexican reports the jury decided that...
Police Probing Whether Autopilot Feature Was on in Utah Tesla Crash
May 15 2018 // Police are investigating whether a Tesla sedan’s semi-autonomous Autopilot feature was engaged when it rear-ended a fire department truck in Utah. The Tesla Model S crashed into the truck at 60 mph apparently without...
Tesla With Autopilot in Utah Collides with Truck Stopped at Light
May 14 2018 // A Tesla sedan with a semi-autonomous Autopilot feature has rear-ended a fire department truck at 60 mph apparently without braking before impact, but police say it’s unknown if the Autopilot feature was engaged. The...
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...
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...
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...
