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-UPDATE-BOW, N.H. -- A Bow police officer was killed Tuesday morning in an accident at his home involving a chain saw.Bow officials said Nathan Taylor, 34, died at his Epsom home, and town officials were notified of his death by the Epsom police chief.Relatives said Taylor was alone, trimming tree branches on his property on Goboro Road when the chainsaw kicked ...

We that follow sports and are in law enforcement in general, should remember the acts of harm that were bought to Richard Collier of the Jacksonville Jaguars last .  After all of what he's been through (15 surgeries and want not), he is finally at and in a "peaceful" state of mind after the shooting took place just about 15 months ...

CHICAGO - Last week a Chicago Police sergeant was busted for allegedly stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from his union coffer, and now authorities say it was even more. Prosecutors told a judge today that John Pallohousky laundered about a million bucks from the Chicago Police Sergeants' Association, using the money for everything from steak dinners to gambling trips to ...

A POLICE chief who killed his wife and daughter in a drunken crash went on trial for manslaughter yesterday.   Inspector Keith Bridges was three times over the limit when he lost control of his 4x4 in France. Four of his seven passengers – his wife Julie, 10-year-old step-daughter Bethany, best friend Andrew Dyer and Mr Dyer’s daughter Gabriella, 10 ...

UNION COUNTY, IL (KFVS) - A big bust ends up in the arrest of 15 people for more than 100 felony charges in Union County. During a news conference Tuesday afternoon, the Union County States Attorney said federal, state and local law enforcement made the arrested 15 people from across the county for burglary, theft, stolen firearms, and money laundering among other charges. ...

Flashing obscene gestures at the camera and spewing curses at police, the two young men in the video might have just come off as disaffected ranters. Then they mentioned the names of specific officers, showed footage of a gun, and peppered their rap with sounds of a firearm going off. That was enough for State Police to arrest them Saturday, according ...

DEDHAM - Ronald Gale, 79, held his head in his shaking hands and cried yesterday in court as he faced the family of a Weymouth police officer he struck and killed with his car last summer. The devastated family of Officer Michael Davey, a 34-year-old father of three who survived a stint in Iraq only to be killed while working a ...

Convicted cop-killer John "Jordan" Lewis today could learn if a Philadelphia jury will sentence him to life in prison without parole, or death. After defense and prosecution attorneys deliver closing remarks in the penalty phase of Lewis' capital murder trial this morning, the jury will get instructions from Common Pleas Judge Jeffrey Minehart and then begin deliberating the defendant's fate. If ...

A Chicago police spokesman said two officers have been reprimanded after an investigation into an Internet video of behavior at the G-20 summit in Pittsburgh in September. Chicago police spokesman Richard Drew said reprimands were issued to a department chief as well as a commander. Police wouldn't release their names. The investigation began after a video circulated on the Internet that ...

Cops are human, and the natural impulse to help a family member can put them in situations in which they're tempted to use their badge or gun in a personal dispute. And that can lead to trouble. The weekend incident involving Sgt. Frank Tepper is at least the fourth case in the past two years of an officer allegedly abusing his ...

ANDERSONVILLE (WATE) -- The body found by U.S. Marshals in Andersonville last week has been identified as the convict they planned to arrest. The remains of Brad Smith, 56, were found at his home at 355 Lone Mountain Road on November 20. Marshals were attempting to arrest Smith for violating his federal parole. Smith's conviction in July 2006 was for possession ...

Essex, Vermont - November 23, 2009 An Essex police officer who was acquitted in an animal cruelty case will keep his job and has returned to duty. Officer Michael Wootton was off duty last Spring, when he shot and killed his neighbors dog who was fighting with his.

White River Jct. Vermont - November 24, 2009 A Cavendish man was in court today to answer to his fifth drunk driving charge. And, some prosecutors say the potential penalty for repeat drunk drivers is not enough. 29-year-old Randolph Benson was arrested Monday evening. According to court papers, he had a blood alcohol level of .118. Benson has already been convicted on four other drunk ...

Authorities yesterday busted two Brooklyn men for running an illegal pipeline from Florida that supplied weapons that could have wreaked havoc on New York City streets. "There remains a steady stream of these weapons imported mainly from southern states, which continues to put our police officers and citizens at serious injury of risk," declared Brooklyn DA Joe Hynes at a City ...

Former acting State Police Supt. Preston Felton admitted breaking state law in connection with the Dirty Tricks scandal over two years ago in which then-Gov. Eliot Spitzer used the State Police against a leading political foe, the Public Integrity Commission announced today. Felton, who left his post in the wake of Spitzer’s resignation amidst a high priced hooker scandal in March, ...

Detroit -- The city Police Department's deputy chief has been dismissed and officials are seeking a permanent replacement. Jamie Fields was let go Friday, Assistant Chief Ralph Godbee Jr. said. "We decided to go in a different direction for leadership," he said, declining further comment on the decision. Jeffrey Romeo of the department is expected to take over duties until a ...

NEWARK — The captain of a charter jet that crashed on takeoff at Teterboro Airport in 2005 has been indicted on charges of fraud and lying to investigators. The indictment released Tuesday alleges John Kimberling was part of a conspiracy by the owners of Platinum Jet Management to operate the charter service without proper certification. Company officials also are charged with ...

The mother and the attorney of a youth allegedly assaulted by the Prospect Park Police Chief last year wants answers from the mayor and council. Elana Rodriguez, 57, of Paterson, criticized the borough at a council meeting on Monday night for failing to take disciplinary action against Police Chief Frank Franco over the alleged assault of her son, Samuel Irizarry. Irizarry ...

Randy Eugent Cliett was extracted from the ventilation system at the supermarket in Haines City this morning — more than five years after he was accused of breaking into the same business. Screams coming from the roof of La Placita Mexico Supermarket early Tuesday meant Randy Eugene Cliett got stuck in another jam at the popular Polk County grocery. A veteran ...