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The Alachua County Sheriff’s Office released video of a traffic stop when deputies arrested a man who held a kitchen knife to his throat. According to the Alachua County Sheriff’s Office, Justin Charles Turner, 39, was reported as missing and endangered, and possibly suicidal. On Tuesday, Deputies located Turner south of Waldo on NW US Highway 301 and conducted a traffic stop. When Turner exited the vehicle, he held a large kitchen knife to his chest and throat. After members of the Negotiations Response Team arrived, Turner refused to comply and ignored numerous verbal commands to drop the knife. Deputies deployed a less-than-lethal device because of his ignorance, which caused Turner to drop the knife. Turner was arrested and received immediate medical attention before being transported to the hospital. “I want to commend all the deputies on their extraordinary patience and for relyingon their training throughout the roughly 30-minute period,” Sheriff Emery Gainey said. “Each of you did an exemplary job at coordinating and de-escalating the incident to produce a favorable outcome for this event.” Turner was booked into the Alachua County Jail for resisting without violence and has pending charges for felony domestic battery and felony child abuse from Pinellas County.

The Williamson County Sheriff’s Office released dash cam video of a patrol vehicle being hit by a motorcyclist, leading Herrin police on a chase. According to the sheriff’s office, they released the video and addressed some public comments regarding the crash. They said they requested Illinois State Police investigate the crash “in the interest of transparency.” The crash happened around 12:50 a.m. on May 26 when a stationary Williamson County Sheriff’s Office patrol vehicle was hit by a motorcycle at the intersection of Illinois Route 13 (Deyoung Street) and Carbon Street in Marion. The motorcyclist was involved in a chase with Herrin police at the time, and the patrol vehicle did have its emergency lights on. According to the sheriff’s office, the patrol vehicle that was hit was one of numerous patrol vehicles stopped at major intersections along the path of the chase to prevent other drivers from crossing into the path of the fleeing motorcycle. The dashcam video from the lead patrol vehicle in the chase shows the motorcyclist leaving his lane before the intersection, crossing a traffic lane to the north and heading toward the patrol vehicle. Deputies say the video shows the motorcyclist start to veer right a few seconds before hitting the vehicle, but failed to miss the push number of the vehicle by inches, resulting in the crash. They say the motorcycle was going nearly 100 miles per hour when it came up to the intersection.

An altercation involving a knife-wielding man and Los Angeles police resulted in an officer's injury and the arrest of the suspect, officials said. According to the LAPD Newsroom, the incident occurred in the early hours of April 27 when police responded to an Assault with a Deadly Weapon call on West 105th Street. Dominique Langlois, 34, was reportedly uncooperative with responding officers, becoming combative and retreating to his bedroom when they tried to engage him. After backup arrived, Langlois then complied and was handcuffed, but later spat at the officers, escalating the situation to a "Categorical Use of Force" by the LAPD's definition. The suspect was taken to a local hospital, where he was cleared for booking and subsequently transported to the 77th Street Regional Jail. Langlois now faces charges for battery on a police officer, based on the reported events leading up to his arrest. The only reported injury from the clash was an officer's finger abrasion, and no other officers or community members were harmed.

Video released shows the moments leading up to a deadly multi-vehicle crash involving a Los Angeles Police Department patrol SUV in Hollywood. The fatal crash happened April 30 near the intersection of Gower Street and Santa Monica Boulevard shortly before 4 p.m., according to the LAPD. An investigation revealed that LAPD officers were traveling north on Gower Street moments before another vehicle headed west on Santa Monica Boulevard struck the police vehicle, causing it to spin and hit a pedestrian walking in a crosswalk. Two other vehicles were also struck, and the people inside those cars were not injured. The pedestrian has been identified as a 27-year-old resident of London, England.

A Trotwood woman accused of fleeing from law enforcement, leading to a pursuit and deadly crash on state Route 49 at U.S. 35 is now facing four felony charges. Charges were filed Tuesday against Melissa Joan Hutchins, 50, for involuntary manslaughter, aggravated vehicular homicide, failure to comply with the order or signal of a police officer and possession of cocaine, according to Montgomery County Municipal Court - Western Division records. She is held on $350,000 bail in the Montgomery County Jail. The crash has led the Dayton Unit NAACP to demand a harsher penalties for drivers who cause deadly crashes and uniform law enforcement policies regarding when to pursue a suspect following the May 20 pursuit and crash at state Route 49 and U.S. 35 that killed motorist Colby Anthony Ross, 35, of Dayton, who was not involved in the chase. “Our hearts are heavy to see a young man who’s come from a family that has done nothing but good inside this community, a young man who has lost his life at the hands of a reckless, dangerous, insensitive driver, and we are calling upon the full-scale power coming from the prosecutor’s office and the police department, to ensure that this young lady pays the price for killing this man through her reckless behaviors,” said Derrick Foward, president of the local civil rights organization, during a news briefing last week. A Butler Twp. police officer broadcast around 4:40 p.m. May 20 that a white SUV was wanted for felony failure to comply charges. The SUV’s driver, identified as Hutchins, fled from police during rush hour on Interstate 75 in a construction zone, Streck said last week. “Approximately three hours later, a plainclothes sheriff’s detective in an unmarked vehicle observed the white SUV on Free Pike Avenue,” he said. The detective was part of Project Safe Neighborhood Targeted Enforcement that works to reduce violent crime and gun violence and which included aerial support from a law enforcement partner, the sheriff said. “As the wanted vehicle was stopped at the intersection on Free Pike near state Route 49, the detective was able to deploy a tire deflation device on the vehicle successfully,” Streck said. “The vehicle then drove off and failed to yield for deputies, fleeing southbound on state Route 49. A deputy in a marked patrol car initiated a pursuit while waiting on the confirmation that the helicopter was overhead and locking onto the suspect vehicle. Streck said that sheriff’s office policy allows pursuits in conjunction with air support because of the success in catching fleeing suspects who believe the pursuit is over and slow or abandon the car and run on foot. “That was the plan for this incident,” Streck said. Dash camera video from the deputy in pursuit released last Tuesday shows Hutchins start to pull over a few times, but then take off. It also shows the white SUV lose its right rear tire and spin out on state Route 49, either crashing or almost crashing into another car before continuing its flight south on state Route 49. “The driver accelerated, running the red light at West Third Street and narrowly missing several stopped vehicles. The vehicle struck a BMV convertible that was headed eastbound on U.S. 35. The BMW was forced into the westbound lane, where it struck a black pickup truck. The driver of the BMW was ejected from the vehicle. Although deputies immediately provided aid and requested fire and medics who were stationed nearby, the driver and sole occupant of the BMW was transported to a local hospital where he succumbed to his injuries,” Streck said. The sheriff said Hutchins does not have a license and did not own the SUV she was driving. She also has been charged many times before for driving without a valid license. The most recent charge was for a hit-and-run crash on June 10, 2023, in Trotwood, during which she did not have a valid license, Montgomery County Municipal Court records show.

A southeast Houston man, who neighbors and law enforcement say was in crisis, died following an altercation with Houston police Sunday morning. Family have identified the deceased as Egin Tavera. According to Assistant Houston Police Chief Wyatt Martin, Tavera's heart stopped beating about a minute or so after officers handcuffed him. Martin said paramedics with the Houston Fire Department worked for about twenty minutes to revive Tavera on scene before transporting him to Southeast Memorial Hospital, where he was pronounced deceased. Martin said officers called paramedics prior to the encounter because they could tell Tavera had ingested narcotics, and they were very concerned for his wellbeing. Neighbors ABC13 spoke with said Tavera was running around the neighborhood on Sageleaf Drive, naked, screaming and bloody. At least one of them called 911 around 7 a.m. By the time officers approached Tavera, it was approximately 7:30 a.m., according to Martin. He was inside a neighbor's back sunroom. The resident showed ABC13 how Tavera broke a glass window to gain entry. He appeared to have injured himself in the process. Martin said he did not know how many officers used a Taser on Tavera or for how long. He said he could only confirm authorities used a Taser on Tavera at least once. Martin indicated the preliminary belief was that narcotics combined with the Taser may have caused his heart to fail. The department declined to state what substance Tavera was allegedly using, pending autopsy results. Tavera's cause of death will not be known until that autopsy is completed. "It appears there may have been long term narcotics use involved," Martin said. Martin also stated Tavera had been wrestling with officers prior to the Taser. The department declined to disclose how many officers were involved in the physical altercation, citing ongoing investigations.

New surveillance video has raised questions over an incident last month involving an off-duty Chicago Police officer who shot and killed a dog in the Bridgeport neighborhood. On Tuesday, the Civilian Office of Police Accountability released two videos of the shooting and said the CPD should rethink the officer's employment status. Chicago Police issued no citations in the incident. CPD records show that around 11:30 a.m. on Sunday, April 21, off-duty CPD Officer Carmen Mostek was walking her corgi east in the 500 block of West 29th Street, just west of Normal Avenue. That was when her neighbor's dog, Aggie—described by Officer Mostek in a 911 call and by police in incident reports as a pit bull, but referred to by the owner as a "mutt" or a "mixed-breed rescue dog"—escaped from the backyard. According to Mostek, Aggie tried to bite the corgi. At that point, the surveillance video shows Aggie's owner on the ground trying to separate the dogs. Then, according to the video, Mostek shot the mixed-breed dog at very close range while Aggie was still in her owner's arms. According to the tactical response report, Officer Mostek said, "I believed my dog would be killed in that in a split moment if I did not intervene." The owner of the other dog is heard saying to the officer in the video: "You shot my dog! Why?" The video showed that moments after Mostek fired, the corgi and Mostek ran away. In a 911 call after the incident, Mostek said: "Hi, I'm an off-duty PO. I'm at 29th and Normal. There was a dog attacking my dog and I had to shoot it, and the neighbor's freaking out." In a statement released in conjunction with these videos, COPA said, "Based upon the serious nature of the incident, COPA recommends that CPD evaluate the current assignment of the officer and whether administrative duties or relief of powers is warranted during the pendency of this investigation." The dog's owner filed a lawsuit earlier this month against the City of Chicago, the CPD, and the officer involved in this case. The lawsuit alleges Mostek never tried to help separate the dogs before firing. "Mostek shot Aggie to death, without justification, at point-blank range while Aggie was in the plaintiff's arms and plaintiff was in the line of fire," the complaint read. The owner of the dog on Tuesday declined our request for an interview, citing that pending litigation.

Around 6:30 on May 17 on Highway 29 in the town of Lafayette, a Chippewa County sheriff's deputy and patrol sergeant were on scene of a crash when one was nearly hit by a passing car. In the video, you can see the car start in the left line, but swerves into the right lane so it doesn't hit the slowing car in front of it. Luckily, no one was hurt. Chippewa County Sheriff Travis Hakes sent out the video as a cautionary tale. He asks that everyone pay attention and slow down when you see emergency vehicles on the side of the road.

A Colorado police officer found a lot more than common paraphernalia while searching a car for drugs Sunday night. The officer was checking trailheads at Prospect Park in Wheat Ridge when he spotted a car with drug paraphernalia in plain sight, according to the Wheat Ridge Police Department. “Around the same time, the car’s owner was dropped off [at] the location by an Uber,” the department said in a statement. The owner told police a friend borrowed the car and told the owner to pick up the vehicle at that location. The owner also gave the officer consent to search the car. During the search, the officer found drugs, a gun and a large plastic bin. Body camera footage shows him opening the bin only to find a fully-grown rattlesnake inside. “Yo, you got a rattlesnake in here? What the (expletive) dude. Are you kidding me? There’s a (expletive) live rattlesnake in this bin,” the officer said in the video. The car owner appeared just as shocked as the officer. “Does he have any other thing that might bite me?” the officer said while he continued looking inside the car. The owner will not face charges at this time. Police are still trying to contact the owner’s friend, as they still have “a lot of questions.” According to the department, the police booked the drugs and the gun but left the snake. The police recommended the owner take it to the 24-hour vet.

No charges will be filed against a Kent County deputy accused of hitting and killing a teenager with a sheriff's cruiser, according to Kent County Prosecuting Attorney Chris Becker. "Based on the facts of the circumstances, I did not find a basis to charge the officer," Becker said at a news conference Tuesday. Riley Doggett, 17, died of his injuries in the hospital on May 9. The 17-year-old and another teenager were found driving a stolen Land Rover near the Allegan-Ottawa County line on April 8 when they crashed and tried to run away. Doggett would be sideswiped by a sheriff's cruiser driven by deputy Josiah McMains minutes later, catching his leg under the car and landing hard on his head, according to the Kent County Sheriff's Office. Two weeks after Doggett's death Tuesday, Becker announced that McMains wouldn't be charged in the case due to insufficient evidence. Evaluations of multiple charges, including involuntary manslaughter, reckless driving causing death and moving violation causing death, also did not fit the description of the incident, Becker said. The driver of the stolen car, on the other hand, faces charges of fleeing and eluding causing death and continuing criminal enterprises, or CCE. The Juvenile could also be charged as an adult because the four minute, 45 second chase ended in Doggett's death, according to Becker. Tuesday's announcement comes just four days after attorney Ven Johnson, who is representing the Doggett family, claimed that the family has yet to receive a police report surrounding the 17-year-old's death. Because of this, a civil action lawsuit has not yet been filed. Johnson spoke with News Channel 3 after Becker's announcement of the charges against the juvenile driver. "We obviously disagree with prosecutor Becker's conclusion that he can't bring charges, but that's his call," Johnson said. Becky Wilbert, Doggett's mother, said they brought charges against the wrong person. "The juvenile driver is not the one who hit my son," she said. "The officer hit my son." Previous coverage:Attorney demands police video be released in Riley Doggett death Johnson and the Doggetts had demanded that police release footage of the teenager's death, saying that deputies should not be allowed to "hide it." "They should not be allowed to hide this from the families, hide this from the public," Johnson said. "To be able to hide this video from the family and from the public for 46 days is shameful and disrespectful." At Tuesday's news conference, Becker said the family had been allowed to see the video. Moving forward, Doggett's family plans to conduct an independent autopsy, saying they believe the teenager's death was due to excessive and deadly force. "That's not a sideswipe, especially when you have the front passenger's side wheel running up the back of your left leg, taking your shoe off, and leaving a tire print on your left calf," Johnson said. Wilbert is worried about the possible precedent this situation may set. "These officers are getting out of control, and without charges being pressed, that more officers will think that they can do the same thing and get away with it, and that's not okay," she said. Johnson said he plans to write a letter to Attorney General Dana Nessel, asking her to review the evidence and bring criminal charges against McMains.

Body-camera video shows a man with schizophrenia was shot and killed by Holly Hill police after he charged at an officer with a knife, according to the Volusia Sheriff’s Office. The sheriff’s office released the video on Wednesday, less than 24 hours after the fatal shooting on Ridgewood Avenue. The video can be seen in the media player above. A word of warning, the video contains graphic content, and viewer discretion is advised. The sheriff’s office is supplying operational support to the Holly Hill department after multiple officers and the chief resigned amid allegations of inappropriate conduct. The sheriff said 911 dispatchers received a call from the man who was shot and killed, as well as his mother. In the 911 call from the man, he can be heard saying that he is hearing voices that are telling him to kill people. The man can be heard saying that he has a steak knife. Around the same time, the man’s mother calls to warn officers that her son has schizophrenia and is known to be violent. “He doesn’t want me to come over cuz he tried to kill me before,” the woman said to dispatchers in the recording. The dispatcher speaking with the man can be heard encouraging him to stay inside and put away the knife. “She’s right there outside,” the man can be heard saying in the recording. “Who’s outside?” the dispatcher responds. “Nicole,” the man said in the recording. “I’m going to kill her.” A moment later, screams can be heard coming through the phone. It is not clear exactly what happened. The video then cuts to body camera footage that shows an officer arriving on the scene. The man is seen charging the officer, who has his gun drawn. The officer orders the man repeatedly to drop his knife, but he continues charging the officer, who is backing up. The officer eventually opens fire and the man can be seen dropping to the ground, but he gets back up again seconds later and resumes charging the officer. The officer is then seen firing several more times. The video shows the man fall to his knees, where he remains until more officers arrive and they begin rendering aid. The man ultimately died at the scene, according to the sheriff’s office.

A San Fernando man who led Pasadena Police on a foot pursuit in April that ended in a scuffle with a police K9 was fatally shot after attempting to reach for a handgun, officials said Tuesday as they released body-worn camera footage of the shooting. Ricardo Guade Andrade, 36, was approached by police on the evening of April 13 while parked in a white pickup truck on Hudson Avenue, near Del Mar Boulevard, police said. His truck was parked in the wrong direction on a one-way street when officers attempted to conduct a check on the vehicle. Andrade turned the engine on and attempted to flee after officers told him to step out of the truck. One officer stood in front of Andrade’s path, telling his dispatch that he has “got one at gunpoint. He’s trying to run me over,” according to the body-worn footage. Andrade ran a red light during the pursuit before crashing the truck into a parked vehicle in the driveway of a home along the 800 block of Arden Road. A K9 officer was the first to arrive and sent the dog towards the truck. “Stop, or you’re going to get bit,” the officer said before shouting “gun” twice. Andrade fled from the pickup truck and into the neighborhood, first breaking into a home about a block away from the crash by smashing the glass on the front door. The victims hid inside a closet and told dispatch that they could hear Andrade demanding the key to their car. The victims were unharmed, and Andrade eventually left. He broke into a second home through the back door in the 700 block of Oak Knoll Circle, scaring the residents, who fled out the front door. One woman running from the home shouted to the officers for help, saying “he’s got a gun,” and that he was inside their home, according to the footage. A police helicopter spotted Andrade in the backyard of the home using a night vision camera while officers were planning to enter the residence. The K9 dog was the first to be sent into the backyard, police helicopter footage shows. The man was quickly subdued by the K9, clamping onto his arms and legs. At least two officers arrived shortly after the K9 had taken down Andrade, and began ordering him to show them his hands. Andrade, who was still struggling with the dog, attempted to reach for what authorities say was a handgun, though it is not clear in the footage. One officer shouts “gun,” and “watch my dog,” before firing around eight shots at the suspect. He was pronounced dead at the scene and a handgun was found near the body, police said. No officers were injured. It was not determined if his weapon was ever fired, and the shooting was being investigated by the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office alongside detectives with the police department’s Robbery and Homicide Unit.

A 33-year-old man is facing charges after he shot at a Fort Worth police officer who attempted a traffic stop as part of an aggravated assault investigation, authorities say. Police charged Devoreia Thompson, who was hit by return fire from the officer, with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon in connection with the May 19 shooting. Thompson, who was a suspect in a reported assault with a firearm the day before, was receiving care Tuesday at a hospital when police held a news conference about the shooting. Thompson remained in Tarrant County custody Tuesday afternoon on a $500,000 bond, according to online jail records. Court records do not list an attorney for Thompson. Surveillance footage played during the conference showed a man, who police identified as Thompson, shoot another man in the shoulder May18 as the two stood in the back parking lot of a business in the 4800 block of Miller Avenue, near Martin Street. The footage shows Thompson leaving in a Nissan sedan after the shooting. The injured man, who police did not identify, is shown walking away with blood soaking his shirt. The man was later treated at a hospital, police said. Investigators identified Thompson as a potential suspect and entered the Nissan’s license plate number into a department system that spots and alerts officers to the locations of specific vehicles. On May 19, the system notified police about the location of the Nissan. An officer located the vehicle and attempted a stop in the 3100 block of South Edgewood Terrace, near East Berry Street, according to police and an online incident report. Footage captured by a responding officer’s dashboard camera shows the Nissan coming to a stop on the residential street. The video shows Thompson drawing a handgun from his waistband before the officer calls out to him and firing seven times in the direction of the patrol vehicle. The officer, who police did not publicly identify, starts returning fire just as Thompson re-enters the Nissan, firing 10 shots. As the Nissan goes off down the street, the officer fires two more times, the video shows. Police said it was not clear to the officer whether the shots hit Thompson. The officer then starts a high-speed pursuit of the Nissan down residential streets but does not catch up, the video shows. His patrol vehicle “sustained damage that prevented him from continuing the pursuit,” and Thompson escaped authorities, police said. “I have no doubt that this officer would have continued to chase the suspect until he was caught,” assistant police Chief Robert Alldredge said during the news conference. The officer, who has worked at the Fort Worth police department for a year and a half and has more than a decade of previous law enforcement experience, was treated at a local hospital for glass cuts to his left arm he suffered during the incident, police said. The officer was placed on leave after the shooting per policy, Alldredge said. That evening, police found the Nissan parked at a house in the 5500 block of Summit Ridge Trail in Arlington, police said. Body-worn camera footage shown during the news conference shows a team of SWAT officers arresting Thompson “without incident,” police said. Police conducting the arrest then noticed Thompson was struck by gunfire in his lower back, police said. Thompson was treated for the wound at a hospital, where he remained Tuesday.

The incident was began in the 400 block of 47th Street around 10:20 p.m., when the San Diego Police Department received a call from a woman who said her ex-boyfriend was at the door of her apartment and threatening to shoot through it. According to the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department, the woman let the man inside due to fear he would act on those threats. He then reportedly pointed the gun at her before grabbing their 11-month-old daughter and walking out the apartment. SDPD officers arrived on scene as the suspect left the apartment, authorities said. When the suspect saw the officers, he reportedly fled on foot, running through the complex, the neighboring trolley tracks and into another apartment complex in the 200 block of 47th Street. An officer saw the man hiding in a bush with the child at the apartment complex. According to the sheriff’s department, the officer then ordered the man to come out of the bush but refused, prompting the officer to fire his weapon. The suspect, who was reportedly holding his child when the officer fired, was struck at least one time. He was transported to a nearby hospital, where he later underwent surgery and is expected to survive his injuries, authorities said. The 11-month-old was unharmed in the shooting and was returned safely to her family. No additional injuries were reported in the incident. The suspect has since been identified by the sheriff’s department as 29-year-old San Diego resident, Steffon Nutall. He was arrested on suspicion of kidnapping, assault with a deadly weapon, exhibiting a firearm in a threatening manner wand willful cruelty to a child with the potential for great bodily injury or death, according to authorities.

A man was shot and killed by police after a robbery and assault at a Morena market near the University of San Diego, officials said. The incident began when the suspect entered the store in the 1000 block of Morena Boulevard at around 10:40 a.m. Officers were called for a reported robbery as the suspect walked out with chips and soda without paying. When the female employee tried to stop him, the suspect brandished a knife and fled. Lt. Mike Krugh said officers observed a man matching the description of a suspect carrying a knife in the 5300 block of Napa Street. They tried to detain him and used a Taser on the suspect, but it was ineffective. The suspect continued to flee to an encampment in the 5300 block of Friars Round, where he grabbed a man and held him hostage by holding a knife to the man's neck, Krugh said. During the confrontation, three police officers fired at the suspect, striking him at least once. Officers immediately began life-saving measures until paramedics arrived, but the suspect was pronounced dead at the scene. The hostage was not injured in the incident, and no officers were injured, according to the San Diego Police Department. The officers involved in the shooting have been employed by the San Diego Police Department for twelve, one and a half, and six and a half years, respectively. Two of the officers are patrol officers assigned to the Western Division, while the third is assigned to the San Diego Police Department's Neighborhood Policing Team. "The officers involved in the shooting have been identified as Matthew Steinbach, Michael Howells, and Justin Tellam," the department said. The 33-year-old suspect has been identified, but his identity hasn't been released pending family notification.

A deputy responding to a domestic disturbance call in La Puente early Friday shot and injured a man that authorities say was using a metal paint roller as a weapon. Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department deputies were sent to the 600 block of Willow Avenue to investigate the report around 1:20 a.m. Upon arrival, the deputies found a man arguing with family members outside a home. According to the sheriff’s department, deputies tried to detain the man when he “armed himself with a metal paint roller, which he used as a weapon.” Deputies told the man to drop the paint roller multiple times, but he refused. Then, authorities said, they used pepper spray on the man, but he still wouldn’t comply. A deputy then shot the man when he raised the paint roller as a weapon toward a deputy, authorities said. The suspect, who was described as an adult Hispanic male in his 40s, was taken to a local hospital, where he’s listed in stable condition. A deputy was also transported to a local hospital for treatment for his injuries.

On Tuesday, the Stockton Police Department released officer-worn body camera footage showing an officer shooting an armed robbery suspect last month. Officers were responding to the report of an armed robbery around 9 p.m. in the 5700 block of Pacific Avenue on April 12. The police department said the suspect entered a business while wearing a ski mask, took out a handgun and demanded money. He ran away with the money before officers arrived. Shortly after, officials said there was a report of a prowler on W. Swain Avenue trying to hide under vehicles or get into residences. He was found by officers in the backyard of a home. The suspect refused to leave the yard despite “numerous efforts and means of communication” with him, police said. Based on the released video, the suspect extended his hands out in front of him while holding what appeared to be a black shirt and ran at officers. The police department said they believed he simulated pointing a gun. One officer used a less-than-lethal shotgun to try to subdue the suspect, while another officer used a firearm. The suspect was shot at least once and fell to the ground. He was taken to a hospital in critical condition. More than a month later, officials said he is now in stable condition and expected to survive. Officers found a Glock-style replica handgun and money believed to belong to the business in the suspect's possession. No officers or bystanders were harmed.

A San Diego Police Department officer resigned from his post after he accidentally locked himself in the backseat with a woman for more than an hour while he was transporting her to Las Colinas Women's Detention Center. In adherence to California Law, San Diego Police released its internal investigation into then-Officer Anthony Hair and the events that took place on Aug. 15, 2023. The investigation resulted in Hair's resignation the following month. On the night of Aug. 15, 2023, the two-year police veteran, Hair, was one of several officers to help with the arrest of two people suspected of car theft. One of the people arrested was an unidentified woman who also had a bench warrant out for her arrest. SDPD Officer Hair was asked to take the woman to police headquarters and then to the Las Colinas Detention Center in Santee. Minutes into the transport, Hair and the woman began to speak. Their conversation was picked up by Hair's body camera that was attached to his uniform. Woman: "Are you married?" Officer Hair: "Why are you asking that?" Woman: "You're not too bad. What's it gonna hurt me if I work the system, you know what I mean? That's the way I see s---t." Hair continued driving towards police headquarters. Minutes later, the body camera microphone picked up moans coming from the backseat. Woman: "Are you single?" Officer Hair: "Yeah. But you're not." The conversation then turned illicit. Woman: "I'm down to f--- right now." Hair: "Don't say that right now...Don't say that right now because everything is being recorded right now." For the next several minutes, as Hair sped towards Las Colinas, little could be heard between the two. As he approached Las Colinas, Hair asked what the woman was doing in the backseat. His police cruiser then slowed and Hair turned off his body camera. According to the GPS tracking system inside Hair's police cruiser, Hair's car quickly slowed to seven miles per hour before turning down a dark residential street just blocks away from Las Colinas. At 1:34 a.m., Hair's police cruiser stopped. More than twenty minutes after the police cruiser stopped, Hair called a fellow officer, asking if he had a master key for the patrol cars. In a subsequent interview, the unnamed officer described the conversation to internal affairs investigators. "I heard and noticed Officer Hair had a panicky voice," said the officer. "I asked him if he was okay. He said, yes, and then asked if I had my patrol car key with me...I asked why he was asking and what did he need. Officer Hair then asked me If I could go meet him. I asked him his location and he said, near Cottonwood... I asked him why he needed me, and he said he would tell me when I got there. He said he was really embarrassed." After some back and forth, Hair finally said that he was locked in the backseat of his police cruiser with a woman that he was transporting to Las Colinas. At 2:40 a.m., after more than an hour in the backseat with the woman, a supervisor arrived and opened the door. Throughout the investigation, Hair maintained that he was checking on the woman and the car door accidentally shut on him. As for his body camera being turned off, Hair told investigators that he knocked the camera off of its clip while getting out of the cruiser. Investigators later interviewed the woman, who said that nothing inappropriate happened in the backseat of the cruiser. The department did test Hair's clothes for semen and found traces on his belt. Hair resigned on September 14, 2023, less than a month after the incident.

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A wandering alligator rode in the back seat of a police cruiser near Savannah, Georgia, on Thursday, May 23, after officers were alerted to its unwelcome visit to a local neighborhood. Footage released by Chatham County Police Department (CCPD) shows officers restrain and remove the animal from a resident’s driveway in Georgetown on Thursday evening. After securely taping shut the alligator’s mouth, the animal was placed in the back of a cruiser. It was released back into the wild shortly after, CCPD said.

On April 26, 2024, around 11:45 a.m., Northeast uniformed officers responded to the 100 Block of East Avenue 36 for a shooting investigation. When the officers arrived, they determined that the suspect, later identified as 24-year-old John Lopez, had shot a family member following a verbal dispute and was no longer at the scene. Shortly after a crime broadcast was initiated, an Air Unit located Lopez riding a bicycle south on the 5 Freeway. Northeast and Hollenbeck patrol units created a traffic break and followed Lopez as he traversed across multiple lanes. Lopez eventually exited the freeway via the Mission Road off-ramp and continued riding in and out of traffic. After Lopez turned north on Daly Street, a Hollenbeck officer utilized his police vehicle to strike Lopez, which caused him to lose control of the bicycle and fall onto the roadway. He was subsequently taken into custody without further incident. Lopez complained of pain to his knees and was treated at a local hospital before being booked for 664/187(a) PC, Attempt Murder. The victim of the shooting sustained non-life-threatening injuries and was held overnight at a local hospital for observation. No officers or other community members were injured during this incident. A small caliber firearm was recovered while officers took Lopez into custody.

Speeders on the roadway are nothing new to troopers with the Ohio State Highway Patrol, but it's not every day you'll find a driver going over 70 miles over the speed limit. That's exactly what troopers with Mahoning County OSP found on I-680 in Youngstown on Saturday, May 18 when they caught a driver going 122 miles per hour in a 50 mph zone. That's 72 over the speed limit. Body camera video captured the traffic stop, showing the driver immediately slowing down when troopers pursued him. When troopers asked why he was going so fast, the driver told the troopers he had to go to the bathroom. According to court records, the driver of the vehicle is charged with a minor misdemeanor for speeding and is set to appear in court for an arraignment on May 31. According to a Facebook post, there have been nearly 10,000 speed-related crashes throughout Ohio in 2024 so far. The trooper reminded the drivers of the danger he could pose to others by speeding. "Slow down. You passed me at 122 miles per hour. ... You're going to kill someone just because of pee," the trooper said.

On April 25, 2024, at 6:18 a.m., Newton Area officers received a radio call for a “Burglary from Motor Vehicle, Suspect There Now” at a gas station located at Gage and Broadway. The suspect was described as a Black male driving a gold Chevrolet Suburban. The previous night’s victim of a Burglary from a Motor Vehicle informed police that she was tracking an electronic device stolen from her vehicle. The officers located the suspect inside a gold suburban parked in front of an apartment building at 48th and Central. The police positioned their vehicle behind the suspect’s vehicle and activated their police lights. The suspect reacted by quickly accelerating away from the police southbound on Central Avenue. The officers chased after the vehicle and broadcasted they were in pursuit of a Burglary from a Motor Vehicle suspect. The pursuit went through several streets until the suspect collided with a male cyclist crossing Hooper Avenue and 46th Street. The force of the collision propelled the cyclist to crash into a parked vehicle. Despite the collision, the suspect continued driving and collided with a parked vehicle and numerous moving vehicles. Eventually, the suspect’s vehicle was stopped after crashing into a telephone pole at Hooper Avenue and 45th Street. The suspect got out of the vehicle and attempted to evade the police by running away a short distance until police apprehended him. The driver of the vehicle was arrested for Felony Evading. The cyclist sustained fatal injuries and was pronounced deceased. The Los Angeles County Coroner responded and identified the victim. During the suspect’s vehicle impound, a bag containing cash, an electronic device, and several identification cards belonging to different people were recovered. The suspect is identified as Germaine Smith, DOB 02-19-2001, and was booked for 2800.3 (F) Felony Evading, Causing Death; his bail amount was set for $150,000 plus additional warrants for a total of $327,000. The victim is Jose David Monsalve Rojas, DOB 06-23-77, a native of Columbia.

The Forest Acres Police Department said in a statement posted to social media Friday, the pursuing officer involved in chasing an accused shoplifter violated internal policies. Sgt. David Pickett was suspended on Feb. 14 after he chased 37-year-old Ashley Baker, who was later charged to stealing from two businesses off Trenholm Road, the statement said. The high-speed chase ended when Baker’s car flipped into the front yard of a home in the area of Longsford Road and Trenholm Road. Four children and Baker were transported to a local hospital for treatment after the crash. Baker, from Columbia, was spotted by two Forest Acres Police Department officers in Trenholm Plaza. According to video evidence, Baker backed out between two patrol cars and “is seen nearly striking a FAPD vehicle as she drives away in an attempt to evade police,” the statement from FAPD said. She then sped down Trenholm Road Boulevard while Sgt. Pickett chased after her, according to dashcam video obtained by WIS News 10 through a records request. Baker had four children in her car between ages 2 and 13 during the alleged shoplifting spree and chase, the police said. The stolen merchandise totaled to $829, the initial incident report said. Speeds reached more than 70 mph in a 40 mph zone in the area of Trenholm Road, according to the police department. Twice in the video, Sgt. Pickett is seen jumping in front of Baker on the road to try and make an attempt to stop her. According to the initial incident report WIS News 10 received, the woman’s “aggressive driving” caused her to hit a Forest Acres police department vehicle. The dash cam video shows Sgt. Pickett move into the right lane where Baker is located. “She just hit me, she just flipped,” he said over the radio, according to the dash cam video. The initial incident report also said it was not until after the crash officers saw four children exit the vehicle. The video shows dispatch warning Sgt. Pickett there were juveniles in the car during the chase. At least two internal policies were violated, according to the statement from FAPD. Jumping in front of a vehicle during a chase is a violation of their internal policy. It’s also against the department’s internal policy to chase for a non-violent offense. Forest Acres Police Department’s chase policy restricts several actions during chases and says that once “the identity of the offender is determined, and it is reasonable to believe that failure to immediately apprehend the offender shall pose no serious threat to the community.” It’s unclear if any other internal policies were violated during the Feb. 13 chase.

Authorities have released the video from a shooting involving an off-duty Tucson police officer in Pima County on Wednesday, April 17. The video, which can be watched in the player below, was released by the Pima Regional Critical Incident Team on Friday, May 24. PRCIT said Matt Laswell, 38, was injured in the shooting at Skyline Gateway Apartments, which is near Skyline and Swan. PRCIT said Laswell suffered life-threatening injuries but survived. He has been charged with aggravated assault and will undergo a mental health evaluation. The Tucson Police Department said the situation began when Laswell called 911 claiming there was a burglary in progress. Laswell said he had a knife and made statements that led the 911 operator to believe he was in a mental health crisis, according to PRCIT. The Pima County Sheriff’s Department then sent deputies to the scene for a welfare check. At the same time, an off-duty TPD officer started checking the area after hearing sounds of distress. The officer was not in uniform and was only at the complex to visit a friend. PRCIT said the TPD officer saw a woman talking with Laswell through a closed window. The officer told her to move to a safe place. That is when Laswell allegedly came out of his apartment armed with two knives. He was shot when he started walking towards the officer, according to PRCIT. No one else was injured in the shooting.