Tag: police
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Police report details alleged sexual assault by Trump’s defense pick Pete Hegseth
A woman told police she was sexually assaulted by a man she identified as Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s choice for defense secretary, according to official records of a police investigation released in California on Wednesday night. The documents released by Monterey Police Department say that the woman, identified only as “Jane Doe,” met Hegseth…
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3 dead in pair of shootings at Minneapolis homeless camps that police say may be linked
Two shootings at separate homeless encampments in Minneapolis that killed three people and wounded three others over the weekend are possibly connected, police said. The first shooting occurred shortly before 4:45 a.m. on Saturday at an encampment on 21 St E and 15 Av S., the Minneapolis Police Department said in a statement. The shooting…
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Police arrest man charged with threatening and shooting neighbor in the neck after standoff
A white Minneapolis man accused of shooting and critically injuring his Black neighbor was arrested early Monday following a SWAT standoff, after the department faced backlash for failing to address his escalating threats that turned violent. John Herbert Sawchak, 54, was arrested in connection with allegedly shooting his neighbor, Davis Moturi, 34, in the neck…
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Minneapolis man charged in shooting of neighbor but has not been arrested, prompting anger at police
A white Minneapolis man was charged with attempted murder Thursday after allegedly shooting his Black neighbor in the neck for touching a tree following an ongoing dispute, but the failure of police to arrest the suspect has angered city council members. The Hennepin County Attorney’s Office filed charges against John Herbert Sawchak in connection with…
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Police arrest suspect in shooting incidents at Harris campaign office in Arizona
Police in Tempe, Arizona, have arrested a 60-year-old man suspected of shooting at a Democratic National Committee office over the last two months and hanging suspicious bags of white powder from politico signs in a nearby village. Police announced the arrest late Tuesday and identified the suspect as Jeffrey Michael Kelly. He was charged with…
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Colorado girl, 8, fights back against kidnapper in clown mask, police say
An 8-year-old Colorado girl fought back against an intruder wearing a clown mask who tried to kidnap her during a violent late-night break-in at her family’s home, court documents show. The victim’s neighbor, Thomas Gallegos, 56, was arrested on suspicion of attempted kidnapping, assault, child abuse and burglary, police in the city of Sterling, northeast…
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Charges dismissed against deaf man with cerebral palsy who was tased and repeatedly punched by Phoenix police
All charges have been dismissed against a deaf Black man with cerebral palsy who was shocked with a Taser and repeatedly punched by Phoenix police officers. Tyron McAlpin, 34, was charged with two counts of aggravated assault and one count of resisting arrest, both felonies, after police accused him of failing to respond to verbal…
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Iowa school shooter showed ‘warning signs’ and ‘copycat behavior,’ police say
The student gunman in a small-town Iowa school shooting in January in which two people were killed and several others injured was known to have a fascination with school shooters and exhibited a number of unreported “warning signs,” the Iowa Public Safety Department said Friday. The new details come from an investigation into the Jan.…
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Jan. 6 rioter who assaulted police says she was ‘duped’ by Trump’s election lies
WASHINGTON — A Donald Trump supporter who stormed the Capitol and assaulted law enforcement officers now says she was “duped” by the former president’s lies about the 2020 election. Dana Jean Bell was sentenced to 17 months in federal prison by U.S. District Judge Timothy J. Kelly on Thursday. Federal prosecutors had sought 27 months…
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Pakistani police fire tear gas at protesting students as anger spreads over alleged on-campus rape
The Federal Investigation Agency said it had registered cases against 36 people accused of spreading misinformation about the case on social media. Authorities, including the province’s chief minister, said there was no assault, as did the woman’s parents. But Punjab police on Thursday urged people to share any information about the alleged rape. Mauz Ullah,…