SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (AP) — The FBI and local investigators are trying to determine a possible link between the ambush-style killing of a Northern California sheriff’s deputy Saturday night and that of a federal officer who was fatally shot outside the U.S. courthouse in Oakland more than a week ago. The FBI office in San […]
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Officer stabbed, 2 shot in Brooklyn, hours into NYC curfew
NEW YORK (AP) — A confrontation in Brooklyn late Wednesday left one police officer stabbed in the neck, two officers with gunshot wounds to their hands, and another man shot by police, the New York Police Department said. The officers were taken to a hospital with wounds that were not expected to be life-threatening, the […]
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Investigation launched after video of several kids beating up one kid goes viral
The Criminal Investigation Division has launched an investigation after a viral video of several kids beating up one kid goes viral on social media. According to a statement released by the Ministry of Justice the victim in the video has been interviewed and the kids involved have been taken into questioning accompanied by their parents. […]
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5 drug cases charged this year under tougher bail law
Five drug trafficking cases filed within this year 2020 fell under the new law which set presumptive bail of at least $50,000 for cases involving the distribution, trafficking, or possession of dangerous drugs such as heroin, cocaine, fentanyl, morphine, lysergic acid diethylamide also known as LSD, schedule 1 opiates or ecstasy. Despite facing a national […]
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U.S Police conducting ‘criminal investigation’ in Marshallese death
MAJURO, 17 FEBRUARY 2020 (MARIANAS VARIETY) — Police in the U.S. state of Washington have informed the Marshall Islands community in the area that they are conducting a criminal investigation into the shooting death by a police officer of a 25-year-old Marshallese man last month. The police investigation in Spokane, Washington follows the shooting death […]
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Samoa to build regional Police Academy centre
Samoa is moving ahead with plans to build a multi million dollar Police Academy compound at Tafaigata which is to be a training facility for the region. Police Commissioner Fuiavailili Egon Keil told the Samoa Observer that this project is in partnership with the Chinese Government. Funding of $158,073 is included in the budget that […]