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BSO starts campaign against domestic violence
SunSentinel.comThe Broward Sheriff's Office today launched a campaign it hopes will reduce domestic violence against women. The campaign -- called "You Are Not Alone" -- will include a 30-second video, billboards, posters and purple lapel pins. "I'm fortunate to be...Tags: Crimes, Law Enforcement, Emergency Planning, Broward County, Abusive Behavior
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Pickup in Fort Lauderdale careens into gas pump after collision
A driver who ran a red light caused a crash that sent a Dodge pickup truck verring into a gas station, setting off an explosion and leaving several people injured, police said. In all, nine people were involved in the 5:40 p.m. incident at the BP station...Tags: Police Investigations, Downstream Oil and Gas Activities, Vehicles, Fort Lauderdale
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Motorist fires shot at officer during traffic stop
757-928-6479Police in Virginia Beach are looking for a motorist who fired a shot at an officer during a traffic stop early Sunday morning. Around 1:30 a.m. on Sunday, an officer observed a vehicle driving in a reckless manner and stopped the vehicle on South...Tags: Police Arrests, Vehicles
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Bus driver in deadly crash arrested
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterSACRAMENTO -- Authorities arrested a bus driver on suspicion of drunk driving early today in the aftermath of a horrific crash on a rural Colusa County roadway that left eight casino-bound passengers dead and 35 others injured. Quintin Joey Watts, 52, of...Tags: Casino and Gambling Industry, Fires, Modesto, Police Arrests, Hospitals and Clinics
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FBI file details Knievel's dark side
Evel Knievel never denied his scrapes with the law -- the late motorcycle daredevil often reveled in them. But even he objected to a 1970s FBI investigation of whether he was involved in a string of beatings. According to documents obtained by The...Tags: Police Investigations, John F. Kennedy, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Motorcycling, Gerald Ford
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Hundreds remember 'cop's cop' in Islip
bart.jones@newsday.com john.valenti@newsday.comAmid a sea of blue police uniforms, the flag-draped casket of Lt. Michael Pigott was carried out of the United Methodist Church of Islip Monday. Bagpipers from the Emerald Society accompanied the scene, as an NYPD helicopter swooped low over Main Street....Tags: Islip, New York City Police Department, Islip
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Woodlawn man, 71, charged after attacking wife with brick
By a Baltimore Sun reporterA Woodlawn woman beaten with a brick in her home Thursday remains in critical but stable condition today, and her husband, whom police revived after an apparent suicide attempt, is charged in the attack, Baltimore County police said. Officers...Tags: Murder, Crimes, Police Investigations, Assault, Prosecution
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87-year-old recovering after being stuck in attic
An 87-year-old LaPorte woman was improving in a hospital after being trapped in her attic for several days, a staffer at her church said Monday. Paramedics found Wilmetta Spier on Thursday, lying on her back in the attic, suffering from severe...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics
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Police: Mother duct-taped kids, threatened to kill them
757-928-6479A Suffolk woman has been arrested after police say she used duct tape to bound her two young children and threatened to kill them. Takiyah Wright, a 25-year-old who works as a teacher assistant at Elephants Fork Elementary School, has been charged with...Tags: Prosecution, Police Arrests, Schools
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Search for child murder victim begins next to freeway in Moorpark
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterDozens of law enforcement and forensics experts began excavation this morning beside a freeway off-ramp in Moorpark where four decades earlier, they believe, child serial murderer Mack Ray Edwards disposed of a 16-year-old boy he had fatally stabbed. Law...Tags: Ronald Reagan, Torrance, Police Investigations, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Ventura County
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California Highway Patrol arrests driver of casino-bound bus that crashed and killed 8
Associated Press WriterWILLIAMS, Calif. (AP) _ The driver of a casino-bound charter bus that crashed and killed eight people was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of drugs, the California Highway Patrol said Monday. Authorities were investigating whether...Tags: Casino and Gambling Industry, Fires, Police Arrests, Hospitals and Clinics, Transportation
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No charges against Coral Springs officer whose K-9 dog died in car
SunSentinel.comA Coral Springs police officer whose K-9 dog suffocated inside his police car in late August will not be charged, authorities said today. The Broward State Attorney's Office declined to prosecute, said police spokesman Sgt. Joe McHugh. Hieke, an 9-year-...Tags: Law Enforcement, Coral Springs, Vehicles
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