Posts Tagged ‘officer safety & awareness’
Florida man arrested day after bomb threats made at North Carolina Lowe’s, Walmart
A Florida man was arrested last week, just one day after a North Carolina Lowe’s and Walmart were targeted with bomb threats. The threats were made against stores in Rutherford County on March 13, according to the Forest City Police Department. Police said businesses in the area had to be evacuated while authorities investigated, and…
Read MoreBaltimore County officer, alleged gunman shot in precinct parking lot near UMBC, police say
A Baltimore County officer and an alleged gunman were injured in a shootout Thursday afternoon in the Catonsville precinct parking lot during a shift change, according to police. Police said the officer, who has been with the department for about six years, was at the end of his shift when he was shot. Baltimore County…
Read MoreSecret Service Shoots Armed Man Near the White House
The Secret Service shot a 27-year-old man near the White House early Sunday after an “armed confrontation” with federal officers, the agency said in a statement. President Trump was spending the weekend in Florida at his Mar-a-Lago Club and was not at the White House at the time. On Saturday, the Metropolitan Police Department in…
Read MoreA cache of explosives in Sydney provoked antisemitic terrorism fears. Police now say it was faked
An explosives-filled trailer that Australian politicians earlier described as an antisemitic terrorism plot and a foiled mass casualty event was staged by criminals in a complicated hoax — and was never meant to be detonated, police said Monday. Law enforcement agencies investigating January’s discovery of the trailer on the outskirts of Sydney divulged in a…
Read MoreTeen armed with gun overpowered by passengers onboard plane
Passengers and crew members had to overpower a 17-year-old who got onto a plane with a shotgun and ammunition in Australia. It happened as the aircraft prepared to take off from Avalon Airport, near Melbourne, ahead of a flight bound for Sydney on Thursday afternoon carrying about 160 people. Police believe the teenager got onto…
Read MoreJustice Department Charges 12 Chinese Contract Hackers and Law Enforcement Officers in Global Computer Intrusion Campaigns
The Justice Department, FBI, Naval Criminal Investigative Service, and Departments of State and the Treasury announced today their coordinated efforts to disrupt and deter the malicious cyber activities of 12 Chinese nationals, including two officers of the People’s Republic of China’s (PRC) Ministry of Public Security (MPS), employees of an ostensibly private PRC company, Anxun…
Read More21-year-old arrested, accused of planning attack on Corpus Christi police, FBI says
Houston FBI officials announced Monday they partnered with the Corpus Christi Police Department to stop an alleged attack on police. Federal and local authorities said 21-year-old Seth “Andrea” Gregori was arrested Monday on a warrant for terroristic threat. The FBI was notified of Gregori making threats against Corpus Christi Police Department officers, the local department…
Read MoreMotive revealed in Pennsylvania hospital shooting that left 1 officer dead, 5 injured
Anguish and anger at the very recent loss of a loved one apparently spurred on the man who would target the intensive care unit at a Pennsylvania hospital Saturday morning, a senior law enforcement official briefed on the investigation told ABC News. One officer was killed and at least five others were shot in the…
Read MoreCultlike group’s leader connected to 6 killings in 3 states ordered held without bail in Maryland
The leader of a cultlike group connected to six killings in three states was ordered held without bail Tuesday in Maryland, where she faces trespassing and other charges. Jack LaSota, 34, of Berkeley, California, and two others arrested with her on Sunday appeared via videoconference for bail hearings in Allegany County District Court. A judge…
Read MoreMysterious leader of violent, cultlike Zizian group arrested in Western Maryland
Jack ‘Ziz’ LaSota, the apparent leader of the Zizians, a cult-like group tied to at least six deaths, was arrested Sunday evening in western Maryland. LaSota, who uses she/her pronouns, is being held in the Allegany County jail on charges of trespassing, wrongly possessing a handgun in a vehicle and obstructing or hindering authorities, according…
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