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WASHINGTON -- Prince George's County is bringing in over 100 federal agents to help stay the string of murders that have left more than a dozen dead just days into the new year. Interim Police Chief Mark Magaw announced Thursday that approximately 135 officers from the FBI, DEA and ATF will be embedded into county homicide units. This follows the Wednesday, ...

Los Angeles - -- The man who shot a sheriff's deputy in the face before another deputy opened fire and killed the gunman was a known gang member and career criminal on parole, officials said Wednesday. Deputy Mohamed Ahmed, 27, was shot in the face while patrolling with his training officer Tuesday night. Authorities identified the gunman as Nestor Torres, 37, ...

MASSACHUSETTS - State Police captured a violent fugitive in Ashland on Tuesday night who allegedly put a gun to his girlfriend’s head last week as their 3-year-old daughter watched, authorities said. Troopers said in a statement that Daniel Dubie, 28, of Framingham, was apprehended without incident at about 8:45 p.m. when State Police boxed in his car. Dubie loaded a handgun ...

INDONESIA - A toy salesman admitted to police that he raped nearly 100 boys, authorities said on Thursday. The disturbing admission comes from an unidentified 34-year-old arrested in Jakarata, investigators said. He had been picked up after a complaint was filed by the parents of one of his alleged victims. The teen, who was also not identified, said the toy salesman ...

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - A pistol-packing jogger in Florida won't be charged for shooting and killing a teenager who attacked him during a midnight run. Prosecutors said Tuesday they are convinced Thomas Baker acted in self defense when he fired eight shots at 18-year-old Carlos Mustelier near Tampa in November . Prosecutors say Florida's "stand-your-ground" law was a factor in their ...

CARMEL, Ind. — A police merit board will review disciplinary charges against a central Indiana officer accused of acting inappropriately with women following traffic stops. Carmel Police Chief Tim Green issued a statement Wednesday saying his department's merit board will review charges against Officer Greg Park next Tuesday. Park has been suspended with pay since Nov. 18. Park's attorney, Robert Turner, ...

SAN RAMON -- San Ramon's police department is looking at reorganizing its beat structure to help deal with staffing shortages. A study by the state Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training found the three-and-half year-old department could use six more patrol officers to help with understaffed shifts. There are 28 officers and corporals assigned to patrol now, according to the ...

ORLANDO, Fla. -- The police chief of Windermere, the Orlando suburb near where golfer Tiger Woods had his infamous 2009 crash, was arrested and charged Wednesday with shutting down an investigation into the sexual battery of a child because it involved his friend. Windermere Police Chief Daniel Saylor, 44, was charged with a count of giving unlawful compensation for official behavior, ...

Jared Loughner, accused of shooting U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords wrote "die bitch" and "die cops" on a letter he received from the lawmaker in 2007, officials said. The note was found by FBI investigators searching the Tucson home of Loughner and his parents, Captain Chris Nanos of the Pima County Sheriff's Department said Wednesday. On the morning of the shooting, That ...

WASHINGTON, DC - Kentucky police were following a man who had just sold drugs to an undercover informant. They entered an apartment breezeway, heard a door slam and found they had two choices. Behind door No. 1 was the dealer. And, unfortunately for him, behind door No. 2 were Hollis King and friends, smoking marijuana. Smelling the drug, the officers banged ...