Woman charged for DUI after crashing, flipping, being trapped inside a burning Range Rover
A woman is accused of driving under the influence after police said she caused a fiery crash that destroyed her SUV.
It all happened on March 15 near Knollcrest Boulevard in Johns Creek.
According to Johns Creek police, an accident occurred, causing a white Range Rover to flip in front of a home.
Body cam footage shows the moment an officer ran to help save the trapped driver, identified as Alka Bharwaj.
As the officer began using a fire extinguisher to put out the flames, he ran to break the window to get Bharway out of the vehicle.
You can hear the officer say, “Your car is on fire.”
Minutes later, Bharway was pulled out from the vehicle. As officers tried to move Bharway from the vehicle, an officer appeared to have grabbed an open bottle of alcohol from between Bharwaj’s legs.
Bharwaj was arrested and charged with DUI, reckless driving and open container.
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Bodycam shows Thermopolis officer tase woman inside a wanted suspect's home
One of the videos the Thermopolis Police Department released this month shows Mascorro’s April 27, 2019, arrest of a Thermopolis woman, Tara Sonesen.
This case is not mentioned in a public summary of POST's earlier investigation of Mascorro, where he was cleared of wrongdoing. POST Director Chris Walsh cannot discuss whether Sonesen’s arrest is part of the new POST investigation against Mascorro because it’s still active, he told Cowboy State Daily on Wednesday.
Mascorro had been trying to confront a male, Keith Searle, regarding a warrant for Searle’s arrest, says the video’s narrator. The video depicts Sonesen in what Mascorro called an act of police interference.
But Sonesen’s interference charge and a concurrent breach of peace charge from that day both were dismissed. The dismissals came as part of a plea agreement in which Soneson pleaded instead to misdemeanor methamphetamine possession, Hot Springs County Attorney Jill Logan told Cowboy State Daily on Wednesday after reviewing the case file.
For the meth conviction, Soneson was released after serving two days in jail.
The other 28 days of her 30-day sentence were suspended.
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Body camera video leaked in shooting death of Steve Perkins by Decatur police
WAFF 48 News is aware that a news agency has leaked Decatur Police body camera video from the night Steve Perkins was shot and killed.
Perkins was killed outside his house in September, after a tow truck driver who was at Perkins’ home called police and said Perkins had a gun.
In January, three officers were fired, and one officer was suspended for their alleged actions in the shooting. One of the officers who was fire is Mac Bailey Marquette, who has since been indicted for murder.
WAFF 48 has made the decision not to air the video out of respect for all parties involved.
In a statement, the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency said, “The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA) did not release the referenced video to media outlets, and we are unaware of who provided the video to media outlets. ALEA’s State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) turned over the investigative file regarding the officer-involved shooting involving Mr. Perkins to the Morgan County District Attorney’s Office on Dec. 26, 2023.”
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Trespassing call leaves the suspect bloody during arrest with Thermopolis police
Another video features Mascorro’s April 2, 2018, trespassing arrest of Shane Boren.
POST investigated the incident with Boren and opted not to take action against Mascorro, except that Mascorro received an “oral reprimand” for not activating his body camera earlier.
The POST summary letter says Mascorro’s camera did not power up by the time he arrived at the call. By the time the camera comes on, Boren is being held face-down on the pavement in a pool of blood from his face, which is intentionally blurred out.
The other agent’s camera also was not turned on until later, at the hospital, says the summary letter.
POST Director Chris Walsh did not find clear and convincing evidence of any violations of POST rules, says a summary letter on the incident, which is included in a Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigation report.
Boren was arrested near a local motel from which he’d been trespassed prior, and provided a breath sample showing a 0.45% breath-alcohol content, says a note on the video.
Boren was ultimately convicted of trespassing, interfering with a peace officer and breach of peace, according to his court file.
The video does not show Boren’s interference incident, but rather its aftermath, in which Boren’s face is blurred and Mascorro is calling for an ambulance.
Mascorro saw Boren leaving the area, tried to detain Boren, but felt Boren was going to assault him, the letter says. Mascorro performed a take-down.
Boren sustained a cut above his right eye and cheek, reportedly.
Mascorro turned on his body camera as Boren was being handcuffed, says the summary letter.
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Traffic camera video shows Scottsdale police shooting, killing an armed suspect in a stolen SUV
The video is from a traffic camera at Scottsdale and Cactus roads and shows drivers moving before the camera focuses on a dark-colored SUV being followed by a marked Scottsdale police SUV with its lights on.
Police said 52-year-old Laquanza Young was driving the SUV. Young is going north and moves into the left turn lane, stopping at the red light while traffic moves on the southbound side.
A uniformed officer is seen getting out of the marked SUV, but since the video doesn’t have any audio, it’s unclear if the officer shouts any commands. The officer is out of his SUV with his rifle drawn as Young opens his door.
The traffic camera zooms in as Young gets out, faces the officer and shoots, police said. One officer from the marked SUV is seen returning fire, while an officer in an unmarked truck also returns fire but isn’t seen on camera.
Young gets back into his SUV for cover.
Video shows a bullet shattering the driver’s side window as more rounds are fired. Young is seen on the video trying to hide in the driver’s seat, but his leg is sticking out.
Bullets damage the SUV, including popping the back tire. The camera then pans right to show the second officer and another marked SUV parked on Scottsdale Road before fading to black.
Young died in the SUV.
Police said the SUV was stolen from Phoenix, and Scottsdale spotted it using an automatic license plate reader.
One officer involved in the shooting has three years of experience, while the other has 24 years. Both have been placed on paid leave, which is standard protocol after a police shooting.
An investigation is ongoing.
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Body cam shows moment man overdose on fentanyl in Ga. deputy’s backseat
A Georgia sheriff’s office has released bodycam footage of the crucial moment in which deputies saved a man’s life after he overdosed on fentanyl.
On March 14, around 3 p.m., Oconee County Dep. Glenn was called to Puritan Road to exchange custody of an arrestee with Athens-Clarke County police.
The arrestee was identified as Quintellus Clarke.
Deputies said Clarke was wanted on an Oconee County misdemeanor probation violation charge for shoplifting.
As Glenn was traveling toward the jail, Clarke told Glenn, “I swallowed something.”
Glenn asked, “You swallowed fentanyl?” She continued, “How long ago?”
The sheriff’s office said, the man slumped over in the backseat and began gasping loudly.
Video captures the moment Glenn administered Naloxone to Clarke.
Glenn can be heard saying “Talk to me” multiple times while she and other deputies tried to wake Clarke up.
Moments later, deputies gave Clarke another dose of naloxone.
First responders arrived and Clarke was taken to the hospital—no word on his condition.
According to the Georgia Department of Public Health, naloxone temporarily stops the effects of opioids and helps a person resume breathing after an overdose.
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Woman Caught Playing "Shoplifting Game," Discovered to be Trafficking Drugs
On Monday, March 25, a concerned citizen contacted the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office to report a shoplifter at a Palm Coast business. During the investigation, deputies determined the thief in question was also trafficking methamphetamine and other narcotics.
Deputy Stanford responded to the Walmart in Palm Coast at approximately 6:26 p.m. to investigate a suspected larceny. The reporting party stated that a white female had passed all points of sale and refused to show her receipt for a cart full of items. The reporting party also provided a vehicle description to deputies and stated that they watched her move the stolen items from her cart to the vehicle, then flee on foot once she noticed someone watching her. The store’s loss prevention officer provided a more thorough description of the suspect, and later valued the stolen items at just over $1,030.
Deputies located the vehicle matching the description in the parking lot, and observed stolen items on the back seat. Deputies then observed a female fitting the suspect’s description walking towards the store.
Deputy Stanford made contact with the woman, identified as Amber McCann, 30, of Sanford, Florida, who admitted that she carried a loaded cart full of stolen items to a car. She claimed that it was a random car she found and placed the stolen items and her purse inside when she saw law enforcement arriving. According to McCann, she was playing a game called “21” where someone grabs as much merchandise from a store and walks out without paying for them while trying not to get caught. After being secured, she changed her story and said the vehicle had not been random, but in fact was a rental car that belonged to her boyfriend.
While removing the stolen merchandise, deputies detected a clear and distinct odor of marijuana emanating from within the vehicle. During a probable cause search, they located a partially burnt marijuana cigarette in the center console. Additional baggies containing marijuana, along with a digital scale, hashish, a glass pipe with burnt residue, and empty baggies were found in the trunk of the vehicle.
They also located a locked bag which contained two plastic baggies containing a clear, crystal-like substance, which tested positive for methamphetamine, and another baggie containing two yellow tablets identified as alprazolam, which is a Schedule IV Controlled Substance. Inside a locked safe, deputies located various 1-ounce silver bars and rounds, copper bars, and a 1-gram platinum bar. In total, deputies recovered four bags containing methamphetamine, which weighed a combined 62 grams.
McCann was arrested for Shoplifting - Grand Theft ($750-$5000), Possession of Marijuana (20g or Less), Possession of Hashish, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, Possession of Alprazolam, and Trafficking of Methamphetamine (28g-200g). She was transported to the Sheriff Perry Hall Inmate Detention Facility and is currently being held on $34,000 bond.
“If she really thought she was playing a shoplifting game, she lost to our deputies and observant citizens,” said Sheriff Rick Staly. “Yet again, a ‘see something, say something’ caller directly contributed to the arrest of a thief and drug trafficker. Another out-of-town resident ‘just stealing material things’ from a big box store learned the hard way we enforce the laws in Flagler County and it’s illegal to steal. She may have skipped the checkout lane at Walmart, but she went through the express check-in at the Green Roof Inn with a free set of designer bracelets—aka handcuffs.”
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Fond du Lac Deputy justified that left resident dead and sheriff’s office K9 critically injured
Fond du Lac County Sheriff Ryan Waldschmidt interacts with K9 Iro during a press conference announcing Iro’s recovery as well as no wrong doing found on Iro’s handler, Deputy Blaine Evans, in the death of Kyle Massie in a critical incident last October***
Fond du Lac County Sheriff Ryan Waldschmidt and Fond du Lac County District Attorney Eric Toney held a press conference to announce the Wisconsin Department of Justice has released their findings in regard to the critical incident that took place in the 500 block of Western Avenue in the City of Fond du Lac on October 14, 2023.
During the incident, the City of Fond du Lac Police Department were responding just before 6 AM to a Drury Place address where a woman had said she was sexually assaulted and held at gun point for much of the night. The woman had managed to escape the man who was holding her against her will and call for help.
While the city officers were setting up a perimeter, a Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s Office K9 Deputy passed by the area and noted the suspects' vehicle leaving the area.
Officer Blaine Evans attempted to stop the suspect, but the man failed to stop for the officer's lights and siren.
When Deputy Evans noticed the man returning to the residence where the assault occurred, he attempted to stop the vehicle by performing a pit maneuver on the vehicle to try and get it to spin out. In doing so, the driver sped up and ended up crashing into the garage door, ending up inside the garage. It was at this point, Deputy Evans saw the man exit his vehicle with an AR style rifle.
After refusing commands to drop the weapon, Deputy Evans fired two shots at the suspect as he released his K9 (Iro) on the suspect.
Deputy Evans and the suspect continue to exchange gunfire and as K9 Iro enters the garage, the suspect turned his gun at Iro and shot the K9 multiple times.
While Deputy Evans repositioned, the suspect got back in his vehicle and backed out of the garage, striking Deputy Evans’ squad car.
As other officers convened on the location, a single gunshot was observed coming from the suspects' car. It was at this point that the suspect had suffered a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
As Deputy Evans tended to K9 Iro who lay wounded in the garage, other officers attempted life-saving efforts on the suspect who had succumbed to his injuries which included two non-lethal gunshot wounds that were from the shoot-out with Deputy Evans, and the fatal self-inflicted shot the suspect gave himself.
Deputy Evans, along with the help of other K9 officers, tended to K9 Iro and rushed him to Blue Pearl Pet Hospital in Appleton where he underwent emergency surgery for his wounds.
Iro would go on to recover with months of rehabilitation and is expected to continue his duties on The Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s Office.
The results of the post incident investigation, done by the Wisconsin Department of Justice, has come to the conclusion that no criminal charges will be brought against Deputy Evans and that he acted in a justified manner to protect himself, the victim, other law enforcement and the community.
As a secondary effect of the incident, residents of the community of Fond du Lac County came together in an outpouring of support for K9 Iro, raising money to help pay for the care that was needed.
Words spoke by Deputy Evans during the rescue of K9 Iro at the scene sum up the moment when Deputy Evans said to Iro, “You saved Dad, and now we have to save you.”
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2 women arrested at Dodge County Middle School following traffic dispute
Police say two women were arrested on the campus of Dodge County Middle School Monday afternoon after refusing to comply with officers’ commands.
According to the Eastman Police Department arrest report, released along with video footage in a Facebook post on Tuesday, the episode unfolded just before 3:30 p.m. during traffic control for school buses.
Eastman Police Chief Billy Cooper wrote in the police report he’d encountered a red van that failed to obey traffic directions. Chief Cooper says the driver, identified by police as 35-year-old Lakeshia Legreair, reportedly ignored commands to stop—first from a teacher and then the chief himself.
“I attempted to tell the driver to not come through this part of the parking lot during bus loading times but was unable to because the driver was irate yelling she had to get a car seat,” Chief Cooper wrote.
That’s when Chief Cooper says he got Legreair’s driver’s license and directed her to pull to the curb and wait for another officer.
Officer Joshua King then arrived on the scene. Officer King and Chief Cooper both wrote in the report that Legreair then exited her vehicle and began walking toward another vehicle. According to Officer King and Chief Cooper, Officer King told Legreair to stop and return to her vehicle, but she refused.
Officer King wrote that Legreair became loud as she continued to make her way to the other vehicle, and he told her she was going to be placed under arrest. According to Officer King and Chief Cooper, Officer King then grabbed her arm to place handcuffs on her, and she continued resisting. Chief Cooper says he then asked for Officer King’s taser and proceeded to use it on Legreair twice until she complied with their commands.
During the arrest, police say Legreair’s sister, 39-year-old Ladonna Legreair-Dean, approached the scene and did not obey police instructions to maintain distance. Legreair-Dean was also eventually placed under arrest and charged with obstruction of law enforcement officers.
Legreair was charged with failure to obey a person directing traffic and obstruction of law enforcement officers.
“In an effort to be transparent regarding the incident yesterday, the City of Eastman and Eastman Police Department would like to release the official police report as well as the video footage from both the Eastman Police Department and Dodge County Middle School,” Eastman Police wrote in the Facebook post on Tuesday.
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Body cam shows lack of thorough search ahead of teen shooting self at Jail
Bodycam video from the San Antonio Police, showing the arrest of the teenager who later shot himself at the Bexar County Jail.
Despite being searched and handcuffed, the 19-year-old still managed to sneak a gun into the jail, then shot himself during the booking process.
Investigators say he used a gun that he brought into the secured facility. Now, we're getting a look at the moment he was arrested.
In the more than 5 1/2-minute body cam footage taken from March 3, it shows San Antonio Police officers repeatedly ask 19-year-old Jesus Rey Gonzales if he has any weapons on him. He was arrested on a family violence warrant.
Gonzales was wearing several layers of clothing in the video.
You can see officers search his pockets, taking out his wallet and even counting the money he had in front of him. But officers did not pat the teenager down completely. We learned later that he was hiding a gun in the waistband on the back side area of his body.
According to Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar, it was during a strip search in a secure area of the booking facility that Gonzales pulled out the gun and turned it on himself.
While he declined to comment on the San Antonio Police's part of the booking process, Sheriff Salazar did say he wished jail staff would have conducted a more thorough pat down.
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