Newburgh, NY

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Nicholls, GA

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A 28-year-old was recently arrested after allegedly threatening to kill an officer in Nicholls. According to a Nicholls Police Department report, an officer was in the parking lot at the Foodmart on Vann Street Highway on July 31 when Kyle Martin “rode up on a bike.” The officer stated that he conducted a field interview with Martin regarding a storage building at Liberty Storage that had been broken into.

28-Year-Old Arrested in Nicholls After Allegedly Threatening Officer's Life

Washington, DC

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NewsNinja

A woman says she overheard Texas Roadhouse corporate managers plotting to terminate an employee who is in the intensive care unit (ICU) by baiting her husband with a fake benefits package. The story has sparked outrage in a now-viral TikTok.

Woman catches Texas Roadhouse managers allegedly scheming to terminate an injured worker

Georgia State

Floyd County, GA

According to officials with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI), three former officers from the Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC), one GDC investigator, and a former Floyd County deputy have been charged for the aggravated assault of an inmate at the Floyd County Jail.

Five Former Georgia Law Enforcement Officers Charged With Aggravated Assault Against Inmate

Indiana State

Cops across the US are moving to embrace AI-written police reports — and according to The Associated Press, experts are sounding the alarm. The AI tool, called "Draft One," was announced by the police tech company Axon back in April. Axon — also the maker of tasers and other weapons — claims that the AI program uses OpenAI's GPT-4 large language model to soundly generate police reports from cops' body camera audio, and has marketed it as a productivity booster that can cut down on officers' paperwork hours.

Cops Say Hallucinating AIs Are Ready to Write Police Reports That Could Send People to Prison

Arkansas State

Memphis, TN

NewsNation

New details have come to light regarding a mother's alleged abandonment of her three young children.

Body cam video shows kids left alone in hot house pleading for help

Maine State

Sagadahoc County, ME

Lewiston, ME

The Maine Monitor

Editor’s note: This story contains references to suicide. When a bill to strengthen Maine’s yellow flag law went into effect earlier this month, Sagadahoc County Sheriff Joel Merry said he felt a sense of relief.

Law enforcement officers can now get a warrant to take someone into protective custody

Canton, OH

Black Enterprise

Body cam video released by the Canton Police Department in Ohio shows a police officer allegedly kicking a Black man while he was kneeling on the ground with his hands in the air, WKYC 3 reports. The disturbing video, which went viral on social media, shows Officer Brandon Momirov kicking...

Disturbing Body Cam Video Shows Ohio Police Officer Assaulting Black Man As He Complied With Orders

Swainsboro, GA

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) has arrested and charged former Soperton Police Department officer Kenneth Bishop, 60, of Swainsboro, Georgia, with three counts of aggravated assault and one count of terroristic threats and acts.

Georgia Police Officer Arrested on Charges of Aggravated Assault and More

Denver, CO

David Heitz

A partnership between Bayaud Enterprises and Atlantis Community Foundation to build a 60-unit apartment complex for people experiencing homelessness likely will get a $3 million infusion from the city.

Denver funds $3M for homeless housing: Henninger Legacy Homes

The Standard

Jamar Powell, 16, thought he was going to die after the incident in Greenwich

Met Police officer ‘who put Taser to black boy’s neck during stop was motived by race’, says force

Los Angeles, CA

L.A. TACO

After Curtis Wallace was sentenced to 46-years-to-life in prison nearly two decades ago, for a shooting he has always maintained he did not commit, he made his family a promise: one day he would make it home in one piece.

‘I’m Innocent:’ He Was Stabbed In Prison After Nearly 20 Years, Will D.A. Gascón’s Policies Help Free Him Before It’s Too Late?

Police were alerted about a driver sleeping behind the wheel of a Tesla going down the highway in North Carolina. They stopped the Tesla on Autopilot by positioning the police car in front of it to get it to stop. The driver was carrying over $100,000 in drug-laced vape pens...

Police Stop A Sleeping Driver In A Tesla Full Of Drugs

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J. Souza

A man has sparked heated debate online after deciding to take a solo trip for his 40th birthday, despite his girlfriend's financial struggles. The man, who has been dating his girlfriend for three months, shared his dilemma on a popular Reddit forum.

Boyfriend Taking Vacation Alone Since Girlfriend Can't Afford It Asks if He's in the Wrong

MotorBiscuit


A U.S. city says it just found about 150 dummy signs posted around the area.
The post Yet another hard-to-spot parking scam is hitting American towns appeared first on MotorBiscuit.

Yet another hard-to-spot parking scam is hitting American towns

Aurora, CO

Aurora, Colo. -- A Facebook post Aurora Mayor Mike Coffman made about meeting with business owners at Colfax and Iola quickly turned into an attack on Coffman over a perceived lack of action against Venezuelan gangs in the city.

Aurora mayor under fire: Do more to stop Venezuelan gangs, say residents

New Jersey State

Jersey City, NJ

Morristown Minute

MORRISTOWN, NJ - Two members of a Jersey City gang associated with the Marion Gardens Housing Complex were sentenced to lengthy prison terms for their involvement in multiple shootings and other gang-related crimes, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today.

Gang Members Sentenced: 31 Years for Violent Crimes

Los Angeles County, CA

Herbie J Pilato

Actor Van Johnson, who died in 2007, was one of Hollywood's ideal films idols. In the 1940s, the charming screen icon was box office gold, and remained a popular presence on TV in shows like Murder, She Wrote (which starred his good friend Angela Lansbury).

The Secret Gay Life & Horrific Car Accident of Actor Van Johnson: 16 Years After His Tragic Death

If you were suspected of a crime, would you trust a chatbot to accurately explain what happened?. Some police departments think the tech is ready. And officers who have started using chatbots to quickly complete their most dreaded task of drafting police reports seemingly don't want to go back to spending hours each week doing their own paperwork.

Chatbots offer cops the “ultimate out” to spin police reports, expert says

Last month, the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) released video footage that shows a veteran LAPD officer chasing a young man through a Pacoima housing project before fatally shooting him in the back as he ran away.

20-Year-Old Fatally Shot in The Back By LAPD Officer in Pacoima Projects

Colorado State

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

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EXCLUSIVE: Man beaten by City of Newburgh police speaks with News 12 about encounter caught on video

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EXCLUSIVE: Man beaten by City of Newburgh police speaks with News 12 about encounter caught on video

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