A California deputy was shot and killed in the line of duty Friday, the second such fatality in two weeks, the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department said. Darnell Calhoun, 30, leaves behind a pregnant wife and a grieving community still reeling from the Dec. 29 killing of Deputy Isaiah Cordero during a traffic stop, Sheriff Chad […]
Unprecedented amounts of rain soaked the state over the New Year weekend. Many areas saw flooding, power outages, and more. A Riverside County sheriff’s deputy lost his life in the line of duty. The deputy’s passing was the first in over a decade for the county. Marijuana is being grown illegally in the state. One […]
LOS ANGELES—Citing the need for further investigation, authorities released a 22-year-old man who was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder of a peace officer after the SUV he was driving veered into the wrong lane and crashed into Los Angeles County law enforcement recruits on a training run, injuring 25 of them. Nicholas Joseph Gutierrez, […]
WHITTIER, Calif.—The driver of an SUV veered into the wrong lane and plowed through dozens of Los Angeles County sheriff’s academy recruits running in formation during a training exercise early Wednesday, injuring 25 of the cadets, authorities said. The most serious injuries included head trauma, broken bones, and “loss of limb,” said Sheriff Alex Villanueva. […]
A Northern California sheriff’s department will suspend all daytime patrols starting Nov. 20 amid a “catastrophic staffing shortage,” according to department officials. The small sheriff’s office headquartered in Red Bluff, Tehama County, has had difficulties recruiting and retaining employees, Sheriff Dave Hencratt said in a statement Nov. 7. “A drastic rise in attrition, coupled with […]
A Tennessee woman was arrested on Oct. 12 for allegedly assisting a man facing murder charges to escape from a correctional facility in downtown Lafayette, La. last month. Jasmina Mahoney, 26, was arrested for helping Leroy Miles Jr., 23, escape the Lafourche Parish Correctional Complex on Sept. 16, said a statement issued by the Lafourche Parish Sheriff’s […]
COLUMBIA, S.C.—A man using drugs who hadn’t slept in days shot and killed five people in a South Carolina home where people gathered to get high, a sheriff said Tuesday. James Douglas Drayton, 24, was arrested on Monday in Burke County, Georgia, after crashing during a police chase, said Spartanburg County Sheriff Chuck Wright at […]
The message that hurricane-ravaged Florida is an inhospitable place for looters was driven home by an outspoken Polk County sheriff, who in a media appearance on Friday urged Floridians to shoot looters breaking into their homes so they look “like grated cheese.” Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd issued the warning during an Oct. 7 appearance […]
OKLAHOMA CITY—An Oklahoma County Sheriff’s Office deputy was shot and killed and a second deputy wounded while the two were serving eviction papers at a home on the southwest side of Oklahoma City, authorities said. Both deputies were transported to the University of Oklahoma Medical Center, where Sgt. Bobby Swartz died and the other deputy […]
