Police News Reports

Police News Reports
Police use Facebook to fight crime - 12/04/2008
	SYCAMORE, Ill. � Facebook and MySpace aren't just for connecting with friends. Police are using these Web sites to catch criminals. "I'm always amazed at what people put on [social Web sites]," ... Full story
Government seeks 45 years for would-be LAX bomber - 12/03/2008
	SEATTLE � Prosecutors want to nearly double the original prison sentence of would-be millennium bomber Ahmed Ressam, saying he has stopped cooperating with them and still poses a "serious threat." Ressam ... Full story
Armored truck guard dies in Miami mall shooting - 12/02/2008
	MIAMI � An armored truck guard was shot to death at a suburban Miami mall Monday, and police were searching for two gunmen. Police have not released a motive for the shooting inside the Express ... Full story
Serial rapist captured in Nev., ending 10-month manhunt - 12/01/2008
	Reno Police Chief Mike Poehlman listens to a question during a news conference on Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2008. A local pipefitter, James Michael Biela, 27, of Sparks, Nev., was taken into custody and booked ... Full story
Man shoots three at N.J. church, flees - 11/25/2008
	ATLANTA � A California man accused of driving to New Jersey and fatally shooting his estranged wife and another man inside a church has been captured in Georgia. Joseph M. Pallipurath was arrested ... Full story
Ariz. governor favored for homeland security post - 11/24/2008
	WASHINGTON � Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano, President-elect Barack Obama's top choice to run the Homeland Security Department, is tough on illegal immigration, child abuse and Republicans. A ... Full story
Pa. woman accused of killing FBI agent denied bail - 11/21/2008
	PITTSBURGH � A judge denied bail on Thursday for a woman accused of killing an FBI agent during a drug raid that led to her husband's arrest on cocaine-dealing charges. Christina Korbe, 40, ... Full story
Career criminal arrested in crash that killed Philly officer - 11/20/2008
	PHILADELPHIA � A career criminal who police said had just made a drug run on a suspended driver's license was trying to elude authorities when his vehicle struck a squad car, killing a veteran police sergeant, ... Full story
TSA's threat detectors are taking off at Newark airport - 11/18/2008
	NEWARK � Airport screener Rupesh Persaud still remembers the day he first discovered that the behavior detection training he'd received from the Transportation Security Administration actually works. The ... Full story
Suspect seized in slaying of Colo. officer - 11/17/2008
	DENVER � A day after a dragnet of hundreds of police failed to capture a man who had fatally shot an Aurora code-enforcement officer, SWAT officers paraded a 22-year-old handcuffed murder suspect in front ... Full story
Jury finds N.H. man guilty of killing officer - 11/14/2008
	MANCHESTER, N.H. � A jury found Michael Addison, 28, guilty of capital murder this afternoon in the killing of Manchester Police Officer Michael Briggs, after more than 12 hours of deliberation over two ... Full story
Man sues police for $10 million over planted drug evidence - 11/12/2008
	NEW HAVEN � A New Haven man is suing the city for $10 million, claiming political pressure to crack down on drug dealing led to his arrest and incarceration two years ago by corrupt detectives who planted ... Full story
Jury finds courthouse gunman guilty - 11/11/2008
	ATLANTA — A man who escaped from custody during his rape trial and launched a deadly courthouse shooting spree that claimed the lives of a judge and three others was convicted of murder Friday more ... Full story
N.Y. mayor drops cop cadet class to cut spending - 11/07/2008
	NEW YORK � Canceling a new class of police officers is one of several extreme measures that Mayor Michael Bloomberg is expected to make to steer the nation's largest city through an economic slowdown that ... Full story
Mo. shooting suspect spoke of killing officer - 11/06/2008
	UNIVERSITY CITY, Mo. � The suspect in last week's shooting of a University City police sergeant frequently spoke of killing an officer "and ending the unfair treatment of blacks and lower-class people ... Full story
Election 2008: Police were prepared - 11/05/2008
	CHICAGO � Bring water. Think about gel inserts. And by all means, never leave your partner alone. That's some of the advice veteran cops are giving to their younger brethren in preparation for ... Full story
Dozens mark anniversary of officer's death with protest of trial delay - 10/31/2008
	SAN JOSE, Calif. � Seven years ago Tuesday, San Jose police officer Jeffrey Fontana was gunned down in the line of duty. His accused killer still is awaiting trial. About 50 family members and ... Full story
An in-depth look at how feds infiltrated Mongols gang - 10/29/2008
	WEST COVINA, Calif. � Weeks of drinking and carousing to win acceptance in a notorious motorcycle gang came down to a nerve-racking moment for three undercover federal agents: taking a polygraph examination ... Full story
Execution delayed again for Ga. cop killer - 10/27/2008
	ATLANTA � A federal appeals court gave a late reprieve Friday to a Georgia man set to be executed for the 1989 killing of an off-duty police officer in a case in which several witnesses have changed their ... Full story
L.A. raid targets Mongols motorcycle gang - 10/23/2008
	LOS ANGELES � More than 1,000 heavily armed federal agents and local police fanned out across Southern California and cities in five other states early this morning, arresting dozens of members of the ... Full story