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Columbus, OH

Iowa State

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Anaheim, CA

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On Friday, August 9, 2024, at approximately 1:30 p.m., Anaheim Police officers responded to the 1400 block of N. State College Blvd. to assist a U.S. Marshal’s Task Force regarding a man who was wanted in connection with a murder in another state.

Iowa murder suspect fatally shot by Anaheim police officers and members of a U.S. task force

Mississippi State

Summit, MS

Fox News

A Summit Police Department patrolman and two McComb Police Department officers were shot by a passenger in a car at a traffic checkpoint on Thursday.

Mississippi police officer fatally shot, 2 others wounded by gunfire at traffic checkpoint: 'Heroes in blue'

MotorBiscuit


A police officer may give you a speeding ticket for following them while they exceed the speed limit. 
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Can You Get a Speeding Ticket for Following a Police Officer?

Colorado State

Denver, CO

David Heitz

The driver of a bakery goods truck who Denver police crashed into head-first will receive a $350,000 payday from the city. The settlement to Christopher Cordova appears on the consent agenda of Monday’s City Council meeting. Items are the consent calendar are considered routine and generally pass in a block vote. However, council members Shontel Lewis and Sarah Parady regularly call out the settlements to draw attention to them.

Bakery truck driver latest to receive a Denver police payout

The Lantern

One man is dead after a five-hour standoff with police Sunday morning near Ohio State’s South campus. Credit: Lantern File Photo. One man is dead after an over-five-hour-long barricade standoff with the Columbus Division of Police Sunday morning.

One dead after five-hour standoff with police in the University District Sunday morning

Seminole County, FL

Law & Crime

A 21-year-old man in Florida was arrested this week for allegedly killing his 20-year-old friend after taking his mom’s new Porsche Boxer for a drive and trying to test the vehicle’s limits, resulting in a fiery car wreck more than a year ago. Zachary Edward Kreusch was taken into custody on Monday and charged with one count of negligent vehicular homicide, court records reviewed by Law&Crime show.

‘I’m the reason he’s f—ing dead’: Man lost control of mom’s new Porsche resulting in fiery wreck that killed friend, police say

Missouri State

Barton County, MO

A motorist is dead after failing to yield at an intersection and crashing into a tractor trailer in Missouri on Wednesday. The accident happened on July 24th at about 1:30 p.m. in Barton County, Missouri. According to KOAM, the motorist failed to yield at the intersection of Mo-126 and State...

Motorist dead after crashing beneath trailer and coming out other side

Fast food workers at a Miami Popeyes got the surprise of their lives when a driver crashed her BMW into the front door of their restaurant on Sunday. The car reportedly plowed through a bus stop and smashed into the doors before finally stopping. Thankfully, no one was seriously injured in the crash, and the driver remained at the scene until police arrived, 7 News Miami reports.

'I Cannot Go To Jail': Teen Tries To Talk Bystander Into Fleeing After Crashing A BMW Into A Popeyes


If you don't know the local laws, you can find yourself in a dangerous situation.
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If a Plainclothes ‘Police Officer’ in an Unmarked Car Pulls You Over, Call 911 Immediately!

Los Angeles County, CA

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Herbie J Pilato

It's been 33 years since the handsome actor and Emmy award-winning TV game show host Bert Convy died of a brain tumor at 57 in 1991. This is his story. Bert Convy was born July 23, 1933, in St. Louis, Missouri. His father was in the shoe business, while his parents separated when he was just seven years old. His mother moved the family to California in the San Fernando Valley, where Convy attended North Hollywood High and was named the "class clown."

In Memory of Actor/Game Show Host Bert Convy: 33 Years After His Tragic Death From Brain Cancer

Distractify

Manda (@catnipstb) was sleeping in on her day off, only to hear loud banging on top of her house. Waking up to investigate just what the heck was going on, she noticed that there were objects flying off of her roof.The objects turned out to be shingles and she soon discovered that construction workers were replacing the roof on her home. The problem is that she never ordered a new roof and the company got to work on the wrong address.She posted about her experience in a series of TikTok videos."Pov you did not order a roof and you see...

Woman Wakes up to Loud Noise on Top of House — Turns Out Roofers Got the Wrong Address

A bill quietly introduced this spring in the Colorado legislature to decriminalize the possession of drug paraphernalia obtained by harm reductionists has become law. As low-key as the legislation was introduced, the bill was signed into law without fanfare June 6. It garnered little to no media attention.

Colorado legalizes needles, pipes for meth and crack if obtained by harm reduction group

Ohio State

On Tuesday, licensed Ohio dispensaries began legally selling non-medical marijuana to consumers; however, the drug’s possession, growth and/or usage are still prohibited on Ohio State’s campus. Credit: Jefferee Woo/Tampa Bay Times/TNS [Original caption: Four citizen-led petitions with proposals to update Dallas’ charter hit the 20,000 valid signature threshold to make it on the Nov. 5 election ballot, including one that would ban police officers from arresting or citing people carrying less than four ounces of marijuana.] As of Tuesday, students 21 and older can now legally purchase marijuana in Ohio.

Dispensary sales of recreational marijuana began Tuesday; possession and usage still prohibited on Ohio State’s campus

Georgia State

Douglas, GA

Daily Coffee Press

Last week, a 32-year-old was arrested on trafficking charges after allegedly fleeing from a traffic stop and abandoning the vehicle with a child in the passenger seat. The chase resulted in the discovery of 230 grams of methamphetamine, which the suspect allegedly threw out while fleeing on foot. According to local detectives, the vehicle the suspect was driving was registered to NFL football player Tyreek Hill.

Man Driving Vehicle Registered to Tyreek Hill Arrested on Drug Trafficking Charges in Douglas

Atlanta, GA

A 40-year-old man has been sentenced to over 28 years in prison for distributing significant amounts of fentanyl and other controlled substances to dealers in the Middle Georgia region. Authorities revealed that investigators uncovered evidence linking the drugs provided by the defendant, 40-year-old Lagary Williams, also known as "Frog," from Atlanta, to a fatal overdose.

Atlanta Man Sentenced to 28 Years for Supplying Deadly Fentanyl Linked to Fatal Overdose

Los Angeles, CA

L.A. TACO

L.A. TACO has identified the police officer seen in a viral video sucker-punching a detained man named Alexander Mitchell in Watts over the weekend as Los Angeles Police Department Officer (LAPD) Joshua Sportiello.

LAPD Officer Identified After Punching Detained Man In Face In Watts On Video

WyoFile

The woman who shot a video of a hydrothermal explosion in Yellowstone National Park on Tuesday morning told WyoFile she and her family were terrified as the blast sent boiling water and rocks skyward, destroying parts of a boardwalk, its guardrail and a nearby bench.

Yellowstone hydrothermal explosion: ‘We were terrified’

Jacksonville, FL

Jacksonville Today

A historic marker could be erected to honor the victims of the racist mass shooting at the Dollar General store in Jacksonville’s New Town neighborhood nearly a year ago. If approved by the Jacksonville City Council, a marker would be installed at Kings Road and Canal Street on Aug. 25, a day before the first anniversary of the shooting, when a white gunman took the lives of three Black people.

Memorial considered to honor Dollar General victims

South Carolina State

Colleton County, SC

Explore Beaufort SC

Some beachgoers were in for a surprise this week when a bizarre looking prehistoric fish washed ashore in Colleton County along Edisto Beach at Edisto Beach State Park. It turned out to be an atlantic sturgeon.

Rare Atlantic sturgeon washes ashore on South Carolina beach

Orange County, FL

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Akeena

On July 14th, an unsettling incident occurred in Orange County that has captured the community’s attention and sympathy. Two dogs were abandoned in a most distressing manner, pushed out of a moving vehicle. The situation took a turn for the worse when one of the dogs was hit by the car, resulting in serious injuries.

Two dogs were dumped and pushed out of a car in Florida, and one of them screamed

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FOX10 Investigates: Mobile Police officer involved in four crashes, 1 deadly, still on patrol

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FOX10 Investigates: Mobile Police officer involved in four crashes, 1 deadly, still on patrol

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