Posts Tagged ‘officer safety & awareness’
Violence intensifies in southwest Colombia as FARC holdout group attacks police and military
Violence intensified in southwestern Colombia on Monday when a bomb blast injured six people in the city of Jamundi and an attack by insurgents on a police station in the rural town of Morales left at least two officers dead, according to police. Colombia’s government attributed the attacks to the FARC-EMC a rebel group that…
Read MoreCarson City man facing terrorism charges after being arrested with explosives
A Carson City man is facing terrorism charges related to building explosives. Deputies say they became aware of the situation when they conducted a traffic stop Saturday afternoon on a car driven by 50-year-old Christopher Gorham. A search of his car turned up drug paraphernalia and an explosive device. The Tahoe-Douglas Bomb Squad was called…
Read MoreMan who set police cars on fire at the Supreme Court sentenced to 10 years in prison
A 26-year-old Maryland man was sentenced to 10 years in prison on Tuesday for pouring gasoline over several U.S. Supreme Court Police cars on Capitol Hill and lighting one on fire. On Jan. 9, Cody Michael Tarner pleaded guilty to a charge of arson. In addition to his prison sentence, Tarner was ordered to serve…
Read MoreFDLE investigating deputy-involved shooting in Hamilton County Wednesday
On Thursday May 9, 2024 the Hamilton County Sheriffs Office requested the assistance of the Alachua County Sheriffs Office (ACSO) to serve a domestic violence injunction and an Ex Parte Risk Protection Order. The suspect, Joseph A. Ogle (4/10/1965) considered himself a sovereign citizen. He was also a veteran with training/experience working with minor explosives…
Read MoreFormer Maine Senate candidate gets 15 months for assaulting police during Jan. 6 Capitol riot
A midcoast man, who once ran for Maine Senate was sentenced to 15 months in prison and ordered to pay $3,000 in fines after he pleaded guilty to assaulting law enforcement during the U.S. Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021. Matthew Brackley, 40, of Waldoboro, was arrested on July 21, 2023, and pleaded guilty on…
Read MoreNazi flag-bearing man who crashed a truck into barriers near the White House pleads guilty to felony
A Missouri man who crashed a rental truck into White House barriers and showed a Nazi flag before his arrest last year pleaded guilty on Monday to damaging government property, court records show. Sai Varshith Kandula, 20, drove a U-Haul truck onto a sidewalk, sending pedestrians running for safety, before ramming it into metal bollard…
Read MoreMassive Manhunt In France For Prison-Break Gang That Gunned Down Officers
A massive manhunt was underway in France on Wednesday for an armed gang that killed two prison officers and seriously injured three others to spring an inmate they were escorting. French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said “unprecedented” efforts were deployed, with hundreds of officers mobilized in the search for the escaped convict, Mohamed Amra, and…
Read MoreMan faces multiple charges, including manufacture of a bomb, after explosive devices found at New Iberia motel during drug raid
Authorities in New Iberia said a drug probe led to a bomb scare and the arrest of a man on multiple drug and weapon charges. New Iberia police said Beau Broussard, 38, is charged with manufacture and possession of a bomb, possession of a firearm in the presence of CDS, possession of a firearm by…
Read MoreExplosives to free Dali from Key Bridge wreckage, crew to shelter in place on board
Unified Command will use explosive charges to free the Dali container ship from the wreckage of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, and the ship’s crew will shelter in place on board while the explosives are detonated, 11 News Investigates has learned. When detonated, the explosives will separate a large piece of the Key Bridge that’s…
Read MoreMan Who Carried Out Machete Attack on NYPD Officers in Times Square on New Year’s Eve 2022 Sentenced to 27 Years in Prison
Trevor Bickford, 20, of Wells, Maine, was sentenced to 324 months in prison for attempting to kill officers and employees of the U.S. Government and persons assisting them during his brazen attack using a machete-style knife against three New York City Police Department (NYPD) officers in Times Square on Dec. 31, 2022. Bickford pleaded guilty…
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