SAN JOSE, CA - Most fathers would have taken him aside for a quiet chat. But when one police officer found out a 15-year-old boy had slept with his 14-year-old step-daughter, he took things a little bit further. The unnamed California motorcycle cop went round to the youth’s house in uniform and staged a fake arrest, claiming that he was being ...

ATLANTA - One of the most divisive chapters in the history of the Atlanta Police Department has come to a close. Four years after rogue APD narcotics officers killed 92-year-old Kathryn Johnston during an illegal raid of her home, Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed has offered her family a $4.9 million settlement. Under the structure of the settlement the estate, represented by ...

FRESNO, Calif. — A Good Samaritan who spotted a suspected kidnapper and cut him off in traffic rescued an abducted Fresno girl Tuesday. "It was truly a miracle of God," said Fresno Police Chief Jerry Dyer in announcing the arrest of a 24-year-old gang member on suspicion of kidnapping the 8-year-old girl from in front of her central Fresno home Monday ...

CHARLOTT, NC - Michael Neal Harvey was not just on probation, he was on two probations. In theory, that can send you to prison if you break the law or the conditions of your probation. Among his probation conditions were requirements not to use or possess illegal drugs or controlled substances, and to “complete all treatment.” So the question most everyone ...

DALLAS - It's been a busy week for Dallas Police Chief David Brown. On Thursday afternoon, he fired five officers who range in experience from three to 15 years on the force. They are: • Officer Dwight Govan , who was arrested on drunken driving charges Jan. 26, 2008. He was also involved in an off-duty disturbance in Addison that led ...

DANE COUNTY, WI - A Dane County Sheriff’s deputy who fired his gun at a fleeing car after being injured Saturday night is on paid leave. That is normal protocol after “a critical incident,” Dane County Sheriff Dave Mahoney said Sunday. How long the deputy is on leave depends on his needs, Mahoney added. It could be a few days or ...

NEW ORLEANS — Two New Orleans police officers were charged Thursday with lying under oath about the shooting death of a man outside the city's convention center in Hurricane Katrina's aftermath, the latest case generated by a broad Justice Department probe of the police department. Officers Ronald Mitchell and Ray Jones were patrolling the area where thousands had sought refuge and ...

SSUFFOLK COUNTY, MA - uffolk County Sheriff Andrea J. Cabral said yesterday that US Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement has asked her to reconsider her decision to stop housing immigrant detainees at a Boston jail. She said she plans to huddle with federal authorities in a bid to resolve her complaints of a serious breakdown in communications with the agency. ...

Washington, DC—When the National Law Enforcement Museum opens in late 2013, it will tell the fascinating stories of federal law enforcement in America – thanks, in part, to generous loans from two federal agencies that were announced today by the Museum. The Internal Revenue Service is lending the Museum a number of historically significant items, including the .38-caliber, top break, 5 ...

BROOKSVILLE - Hernando County sheriff's deputies shot and killed a suspect Wednesday night after they say he fired at them and struck a sheriff's office K-9. The shooting happened at 9:23 p.m. in the backyard of a home in the 600 block of Fort Date Avenue in Brooksville. The 39-year-old gunman died at the scene, sheriff's spokeswoman Donna Black said. The ...