Posts Tagged ‘officer safety & awareness’
Reports of ‘possible biological lab’ prompt police, FBI search of east Las Vegas home
An investigation into a “possible biological laboratory” prompted police and FBI agents to converge on an east Las Vegas home early Saturday morning. According to new information from the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, SWAT and the FBI searched two homes in the area of East Washington Avenue and North Hollywood Boulevard just before 6…
Read MoreMan allegedly tried to break Luigi Mangione out of jail by impersonating FBI agent: Sources
A Minnesota man allegedly tried to break Luigi Mangione out of jail in New York, law enforcement sources told ABC News. Mark Anderson, 36, was charged Thursday with impersonating a federal agent after authorities said he showed up at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn claiming to be an FBI agent with a court order…
Read MoreTeen admits he wanted to join ISIS, tried to kill N.J. cop to ‘promote terrorism’
A 17-year-old has admitted in court that he planned to join ISIS and tried to kill a police officer as a way to “promote terrorism.” Fasihullah Safar, of Alexandria, Virginia, pleaded guilty on Thursday to first-degree attempted murder, second-degree aggravated assault, third-degree aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer and third-degree theft of a motor…
Read MoreJudge set to hear arguments on Minnesota’s immigration crackdown after fatal shootings
A federal judge will hear arguments Monday on whether she should at least temporarily halt the immigration crackdown in Minnesota that has led to the fatal shootings of two people by government officers. The state of Minnesota and the cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul sued the Department of Homeland Security earlier this month, five…
Read MoreNebraska man who tried to use Molotov cocktail to damage ICE building is sentenced to prison
A federal judge sentenced a Grand Island man to prison for trying to damage a federal property with a Molotov cocktail. Eulisis Martin, 35, will spend five years behind bars. Martin spray-painted the words “Kill ICE” on an Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in June 2025. He then lit and threw the explosive, but it…
Read MoreMichigan church gunman called 911 with bomb threats to local churches minutes before attack
Gunman Thomas Jacob Sanford made his own call to emergency dispatchers minutes before he drove to a Michigan church in September, rammed his truck into the chapel, opened fire and set the building ablaze, according to newly released records. The documents, released first to ABC News by Grand Blanc Township Police, offer new details about…
Read MoreFederal agent shoots man in leg leading to protests
Federal law enforcement was on scene at North Lyndale Avenue and 25th Avenue Wednesday night after a man was shot in the leg by a federal agent. A KARE 11 photographer on scene said a crowd gathered in the area of the shooting and was tense and chaotic, with protestors using horns and whistles. At…
Read MoreFederal prison for alleged sovereign citizen found with ‘cricket bombs’ after east-metro arrest
A 47-year-old man found with homemade explosives and hundreds of rounds of high-powered ammunition after a traffic stop in Oak Park Heights and who prosecutors say identifies as a “sovereign citizen” was sentenced Wednesday to three years and four months in federal prison. Wayne Robert Lund, of Stillwater, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in…
Read MoreSLED releases video of fiery ambush against Greenville officer
The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) said it is investigating after an officer was hurt in a fiery ambush in Greenville. Officials said ambush took place at the Greenville County Law Enforcement Center (LEC) around 1:49 a.m. on Sunday. According to SLED, the suspect 42-year-old David William Lane drove up next to an officer…
Read MoreRoadside bomb targeting police vehicle kills 6 officers in northwest Pakistan
A roadside bomb targeting a police vehicle killed six officers in northwestern Pakistan near the Afghan border on Monday, police said, underscoring a surge in militant violence in the region. The blast struck in Tank district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, local police chief Pervez Shah said. The dead included a local police chief, Ishaq Ahmad,…
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