MANATEE, FL -- A Manatee County Sheriff’s Office sergeant was suspended without pay for almost 26 hours after he labeled a scripture passage in a Bible as “the Obama prayer” and left it on co-worker’s desk, according to a recently released internal affairs report. The highlighted scripture was Psalm 109, which reads in part, “Let his days be few, and let ...

LONGWOOD LANE, UK - Detectives have begun a Facebook campaign in a bid to catch the killer of Jo Yeates. Her body was found on Christmas Day, in Longwood Lane, Failand, eight days after she was reported missing from her home in Clifton, Bristol. The campaign involves an advert that will allow people to contact the incident room via the social ...

GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. - Police in Gwinnett County won’t be using laser guns to catch speeders on the roads—at least for now. The change came January 1 because of a disagreement among several government agencies. Officers say they’re making adjustments to the way they do their jobs. Radar and lasers are now no longer an option for police in Gwinnett County, ...

DETROIT - The number of homicides in Detroit in 2010 fell to its lowest level since 1967 -- the year of the infamous riot -- according to crime statistics from law enforcement and the Detroit Almanac. There were an unofficial 308 homicides in the city last year, Detroit police announced Monday, a decline of more than 15% from the 364 in ...

NORTHGLENN, CO -- Northglenn police found the homeowner with a gunshot wound after using a robot to enter the house early Tuesday morning. Northglenn police officer Dennis Alps was trying to serve a warrant when he was shot Monday evening. “One of our officers was shot in the upper arm. Also another round, I was told, hit almost in the center ...