The normally quiet little Tokyo, pictured here, erupted into chaos on Saturday night as suspects in a high-speed chase abandoned their car and drove through a crowded square. (Christina House/Los Angeles Times) Suspects involved in a high-speed law enforcement chase sparked a scene of panic in Little Tokyo on Saturday night after they jumped out … Read more
PARIS (AP) — Young rioters clashed with police late Saturday and early Sunday and targeted a mayor’s home with a burning car as France faced a fifth night of unrest sparked by the murder of a teenager by the police, but the overall violence seemed to decrease compared to the previous nights. On Sunday morning, … Read more
Convicted murderer Gerald Pizzuto has spent 37 years — more than half his life — locked up on Idaho’s death row. He’s dodged his scheduled execution by way of a needle five times over that period. Since Pizzuto’s 1986 conviction for killing two people at a remote Idaho County cabin north of McCall, Idaho taxpayers … Read more
A police siren. Courtesy of McClatchy Co. A Belton woman was taken into custody after pointing a weapon at a police officer Saturday afternoon. [–> Officers were dispatched at 3:42 p.m. on calls of a critical incident involving a woman with suicidal ideations, according to Lieutenant Mary Bruegge, a spokeswoman for the Belton Police Department. … Read more
French firefighter works to put out burning car in fifth day of protests – Reuters France has dispatched its elite GIGN commandos to bolster beleaguered police as the country endures a fifth night of violence following the murder of Nahel Merzouk. Some 45,000 police and gendarmes were mobilized on Saturday night after hundreds gathered to … Read more
Montgomery police are investigating a shooting that left a woman dead on Saturday. Police were called to a Montgomery hospital just before 1 p.m. Doctors pronounced the woman dead at the hospital, according to an MPD press release. Police are working to identify the location of the shooting. Officers had made no arrests late Saturday … Read more
File photo Courtesy of McClatchy Co. A North Texas man was arrested after attempting to hang himself and his 8-year-old, according to a report from Star-Telegram partner, WFAA-TV. [–> Officers with the McKinney Police Department responded to a home in the 9800 block of Copperhead Lane about a “suicide threats call” on June 23. [–> … Read more
DeKalb County police arrested a person and seized weapons and drugs Wednesday from an abandoned car following a fight between two people that ended in gunfire. On June 28, officers from the Tucker compound responded to gunfire near 1200 To Lani Path. Responding to the call, officers observed a Dodge Challenger speeding away from the … Read more
File photo Courtesy of McClatchy Co. A 20-year-old man was arrested last week in the death of a man who was killed in a fight outside of an apartment building, according to the Fort Worth Police Department. [–> Zhahn Hawkins was booked into the Fort Worth jail in the early morning of June 22 on … Read more
A burglar broke down the front door of a DeKalb County store and stole thousands of dollars worth of hemp products. Surveillance footage from the Georgia Hemp Company in the early morning hours of Saturday June 24 shows a man making his way into the store at Church Street and North Decatur Road. Once inside, … Read more