Posts Tagged ‘officer safety & awareness’
Witnesses to fatal police shooting in Arbutus area say man had bow and arrow
Baltimore County police officers fatally shot a man who was carrying a bow and arrow on streets in the Arbutus area Wednesday morning. County police said officers were called around 10:25 a.m. to the 5100 block of Leeds Avenue for a person armed with a bow and arrow. A resident’s doorbell camera captured video in…
Read MoreGerman police raid home of teen accused of producing a ricin-based toxin
German law enforcement raided the home of a 16-year-old boy whom they accuse of producing and storing a ricin-based biological warfare agent. Police entered the home owned by the boy’s parents early Thursday morning due to suspected violations of Germany’s Weapons of War Act and secured “all toxic substances and other evidence,” the Saxony State…
Read MoreKnife-wielding suspect in domestic-related stabbing shot dead by police near National Harbor
A suspect in a domestic-related stabbing was fatally shot by police at National Harbor in Maryland on Sunday. At 8:20 a.m. Prince George’s County police officers in Oxon Hill, Maryland, responded to a stabbing call in the 8300 block of Indian Head Highway. It was there that officers discovered a man and a woman with…
Read MoreHagerstown teenager pleads guilty to making swatting calls across US
A Hagerstown teenager pleaded guilty to making swatting calls to multiple police departments across the country, threatening violence against schools, a casino, and an airport. Swatting is a form of criminal harassment, during which people falsely report an emergency to public safety to get emergency personnel to respond somewhere, despite no emergency existing. The U.S.…
Read MoreMan arrested after homemade explosives were detonated by bomb squad in South Austin house
A man is in jail after officers found and detonated a large amount of homemade explosives at a house in South Austin, the police department said. Austin Police Chief Lisa Davis said police received a call around 3:13 p.m. Tuesday about the possibility of bomb material inside a home. The APD Bomb Squad and the…
Read MoreFlorida State gunman used deputy mom’s former service weapon to kill 2 and wound 6, authorities say
The 20-year-old son of a sheriff’s deputy opened fire Thursday at Florida State University with his mother’s former service weapon, killing two men and wounding at least six others, investigators said. Officers quickly arrived and shot and wounded the shooter after he refused to comply with commands, said Tallahassee Police Chief Lawrence Revell. Authorities have…
Read MoreFBI arrests Warren County man accused of leaving explosive device at sports complex
A Warren County man is accused of leaving an improvised explosive device at an outdoor sports complex last fall in Lebanon. James River Phillips, 20, of Mason was arrested Thursday by the FBI Cincinnati Field Office’s Joint Terrorism Task Force on federal charges, the FBI said in a release. The FBI said that they believe…
Read MoreMan wearing gas mask in pepper spray attack at Mass. courthouse held without bail
A man accused of attacking several people with his fists and pepper spray at a courthouse in Woburn on Monday morning was charged and ordered held in law enforcement custody. Nicholas Akerberg, 28, of Yarmouth Port, faces nearly 20 criminal charges in connection with the reported incident at Woburn District Court, the Middlesex District Attorney’s…
Read MorePrison unit emptied after Manchester bomber attack
All prisoners held in the terrorism prison unit where Manchester Arena bomber Hashem Abedi attacked guards have been moved, the BBC has been told. There were seven prisoners in the HMP Frankland separation centre at the time of Abedi’s attack on Saturday, including the extremist preacher Anjem Choudary. The centre has now been emptied and…
Read MoreAnderson man found guilty of impersonating Homeland Security officer and possessing Molotov cocktails
A federal jury has found Joshua W. Stearman, 42, of Anderson, guilty of unlawfully possessing incendiary bombs, commonly referred to as Molotov cocktails, and falsely impersonating an officer or employee of the United States. According to court documents and evidence introduced at trial, on December 12, 2023, at approximately 1:47 a.m., a police officer in…
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