Posts Tagged ‘officer safety & awareness’
5 plead guilty to charges in connection with July ‘ambush’ of North Texas ICE facility
Five pleaded guilty in federal court Wednesday to charges in connection with the July “ambush” of a North Texas ICE detention facility. Officers were called to the Prairieland Detention Center in Alvarado, about 30 miles south of Fort Worth, on July 4 about a group of people wearing all black who shot fireworks toward the…
Read MorePortland man pleads guilty to arson of Portland’s ICE facility
A 34-year-old man pleaded guilty Wednesday to arson of a federal building for setting a fire beside the front gate of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in Portland in June. Trenton Edward Barker, who was dressed all in black in the driveway of the building, took a flare from his backpack, lit it…
Read More4 law enforcement officers shot in rural Kansas responding to domestic violence call
Four law enforcement officers were shot Saturday morning while responding to a domestic violence call at a home in a rural area south of Topeka, and a 22-year-old male suspect died of gunshot wounds at the scene. The suspect’s 77-year-old grandfather also was wounded in the gunfire but he and the law enforcement officers are…
Read MoreNYPD officers kill man in a shootout after he threatened people and a hospital
A man with a gun was killed in a shootout with police in New York City after he pointed his weapon at a man in an apartment building elevator and a deli worker and threatened to shoot up a hospital, police said. New York Police Department officers took the man to a hospital in a…
Read MoreRochester man jailed for terrorism alarms Kentucky prison staff
Mufid Elfgeeh, a former Rochester pizza shop manager now incarcerated for terrorism-related crimes, has prison officials so worried about his mental stability that they recently chose to fly him between prisons for safety reasons. Last week Elfgeeh, now accused of trying to kill a cellmate with a shiv, was flown from Kentucky to a federal…
Read MoreMacomb County man charged with terrorist threats toward police and judge
A 42-year-old man from Warren is facing multiple felonies after reportedly threatening police and a judge. According to authorities, a police scanner website contacted the Warren Police Department on Oct. 27 about messages it received that threatened specific individuals, including Warren District Judge Suzanne Faunce. Messages allegedly included “Death to Warren PD,” “Death to Judge…
Read MorePennsylvania man accused of threatening to kill Congress member arrested in Washington, D.C.
A Pennsylvania man was arrested in Washington, D.C., after Capitol police said he threatened to kill a member of Congress. Capitol police said 43-year-old Richard Griffin from Pennsylvania was spotted by the Rapid Response Team around 12:30 p.m. Griffin was spotted from a “be on the lookout” bulletin that Capitol police said had been published…
Read MoreEx-Waterbury firefighter threatened to ‘light up’ left-wing officials, shoot police, warrants show
A former Waterbury fire lieutenant sent a number of threatening emails and phone calls to the mayor and city leaders, including one email that he will “light up the left-wing lunatics in the city of Waterbury” and a phone call where he threatened to shoot a police officer, according to his arrest warrant. Over the…
Read MoreMonterey County man arrested after police seize IED materials, ghost guns
A Monterey County man has been arrested after authorities said they found unregistered “ghost” guns along with materials to manufacture improvised explosive devices during searches of two homes earlier this week. According to the Marina Police Department, 21-year-old Ryan James Keating of Marina was arrested and booked into the Monterey County Jail on Tuesday. Police…
Read MoreFlorida man arrested for allegedly posting death threats to ICE agents on social media account
A Fort Myers man was arrested after he allegedly made online death threats to Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers, according to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Joseph Giancola allegedly said the threatening posts on social media platform Bluesky under the pseudonym Cain Delon, DHS said. Receipts from the social media account show the threats…
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