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A local man police say stabbed an officer in the chest and head before being shot by police was arraigned from his hospital bed Monday.
Huntley Jackson, 45, was charged with attempted murder, first-degree assault, assault on a public safety officer, interfering with police, threatening and carrying a dangerous weapon.
Jackson was arraigned remotely from his hospital bed at St. Vincent’s Medical Center Monday afternoon.
Wearing a respirator mask over his face, Jackson held up his index finger to acknowledge he was aware of the proceeding. He then nodded as Superior Court Judge William Holden read each of the charges against him.
Supervisory Assistant State’s Attorney Craig Nowak urged the judge to set a high bond for Jackson, telling the judge that Officer Marie Cetti is in serious condition after being stabbed in her upper right chest and left side of the head.
The judge ordered Jackson held in lieu of $750,000 bond and continued the case to Oct. 22.
According to the police report, at about 1 a.m., on Oct. 5, the city’s Emergency Operations Center received a 911 call from Jackson’s mother stating that her son was in an emotionally disturbed state.
When officers arrived at the Terry Place home, they could hear Jackson inside yelling that he wasn’t going to leave without a fight, the report states.
The report continues that when Officer Cetti opened the glass storm door, Jackson charged at her with a knife, stabbing the officer in a “windmill-like” motion. Police then fired at Jackson, the report states.
He was handcuffed as he lay on the porch, the report states.
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The Connecticut Office of the Inspector General gave an update on a Sept. 19 shooting in which three officers shot and killed a New Haven man.
The inspector general’s office said that the man, 36-year-old Jebrell Conley, had an outstanding arrest warrant on robbery and firearm charges. The police department was told that Conley was at the Splash Car Wash on Boston Post Road in West Haven.
Once police arrived at the car wash, they allegedly tried to block Conley’s Hyundai Tucson with their patrol vehicles. As officers moved in attempts to arrest him, the report said that Conley fired one round that shattered the front driver side window of his car.
Three officers: Connecticut State Police Sgt. Colin Richter, New Haven Police Sgt. Francisco Sanchez and New Haven Police Officer Michael Valente, shot at Conley, according to the report, striking him multiple times until he fell out of the car and onto the parking lot.
Body camera footage shows the moments that shots were fired from both Conley and police.
Conley was transported to Yale New Haven Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Officers said that they recovered a handgun with a high capacity magazine from the Hyundai Tucson that Conley was driving, which appeared to be jammed.
New Haven Police Chief Karl Jacobson said based on the body camera video and initial investigation, he believes his officers used appropriate force to protect themselves and the public.
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A man barricaded himself in a burning home on the near west side of Indianapolis Saturday evening.
Per the Indianapolis Fire Department, crews were first dispatched to the 1100 block of Mount Street after they received a notification from the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department around 5:50 p.m.
IMPD units were dispatched to the scene on a report of a domestic disturbance. When officers arrived, they relayed information about a residence fire in the area to IFD.
Firefighters found heavy fire emanating from the front of a house when they made it to the scene. They also discovered a car that was fully involved in flames in the home’s driveway.
IMPD helped IFD remove an uncooperative 58-year-old male from the house. Witnesses told first responders the man intentionally set the residence on fire before barricading himself inside.
According to IFD, police had to forcibly move a dresser that was blocking the entrance to the home. Once inside, officers placed the man in handcuffs and pulled him from the residence while the fire was still burning.
A public police report on the incident indicates Daniel Fred Luter was the man police arrested during the incident.
Luter has been preliminarily charged with arson of dwelling, arson that endangers human life, intimidation, escape and resisting law enforcement. The most serious of the charges Luter faces — arson of a dwelling and arson that endangers human life — are Level 4 Felonies. The maximum penalties for Level 4 Felonies in Indiana is a 12-year prison sentence and a fine of up to $10,000.
IFD reported that multiple rounds of ammunition went off inside the burning vehicle while crews were trying to extinguish the fire. IFD and IMPD investigators have determined that the blaze was intentionally set.
Per IFD, one firefighter sustained a “slight injury” during the incident. The firefighter was transported from the scene to IU Methodist Hospital.
IMPD and IFD are still investigating the domestic disturbance and subsequent arson.
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A for-hire driver taking three women to a medical appointment led New York City officers on a chase through the Queens-Midtown Tunnel during rush hour, according to NYPD.
Officers tried pulling over the man's Jeep during an operation targeting vehicles with "ghost plates" on the Queens side of the tunnel at around 9 a.m. Thursday, police said.
The driver took off and entered the tunnel with officers in pursuit, police said.
NYPD dashcam video shows officers maneuvering around the Jeep and boxing the driver in. The driver, identified as a 33-year-old man from the Bronx, was eventually forced to stop.
Police said the man's Jeep had active registration suspensions for unpaid tolls and parking tickets, a fraudulent paper license plate that was purportedly issued in Georgia and was uninsured at the time.
Police said the man's license had been suspended seven times. He was later charged with assaulting a police officer, unlawful imprisonment and reckless endangerment.
The women, who are from Westchester and Putnam counties, told police they called a medical transport company to book a ride to an appointment in Manhattan that morning.
They were treated for minor injuries at a hospital in Westchester, police said.
Two officers reportedly suffered minor injuries while trying to arrest the driver in the tunnel.
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New police body-worn camera footage shows a high speed pursuit in Talbot County that ended in a deadly crash.
On July 22 sheriff's deputies tried stopping a car on route 50 near Dutchmans Lane in Easton.
The unidentified teen driver refused to stop, prompting a chase of nearly 10 minutes.
Around 7:15 that evening, the driver lost control, colliding into a tree on Black Dog Alley.
Three passengers, a juvenile and two women, were also in the car at the time of the crash.
The woman seated in the front passenger seat died at the hospital.
Three others inside the car suffered serious injuries.
It's unclear why officers initially tried stopping the vehicle.
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An unusual animal is no longer roaming the streets of Lawrence.
A goat that had been making drivers and residents in Lawrence, Kansas, worried by darting across streets and through town is now on the lam.
Officers with the Lawrence Police Department cornered the goat on the side of a home, and shared video of body camera footage of the capture on Thursday.
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The Long Beach Police Department released a video Thursday of the shooting of a woman who pointed a replica firearm at officers.
The shooting occurred June 16 inside an apartment building in the 1000 block of Long Beach Boulevard, near 10th Street, police said.
A security guard told officers a woman had pointed a gun at his head, robbed him of his keys and said she was going to kill him, according to the LBPD.
The video shows the officers confronting the woman, instructing her to put her hands up. She pointed a firearm -- later identified as a replica -- through a crack in the door, resulting in the shooting, police said.
The woman then barricaded herself in her apartment.
"SWAT responded to the scene and attempted to deescalate the situation. After about four hours of unsuccessful attempts to contact her, SWAT officers deployed gas," police said.
The woman eventually surrendered and was taken into custody.
Police said she sustained a gunshot wound to her upper body and was taken to a hospital with injuries that were not life-threatening.
Detectives recovered the replica firearm from the scene, and no officers or bystanders were injured, police said.
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Muskogee Police released body camera video of two officers firing several shots at a man who pointed a gun at those officers during a traffic stop.
Police say the man had a warrant, and they found other stolen guns inside the car.
Muskogee Police say it started as a traffic stop, and there were four people inside the truck.
Officers say one of the passengers, Jordan Pierce, had a warrant. When they tried to get him out of the truck, he is heard on body camera telling officers he wasn’t going to jail and then seen pointing a gun at them.
Police say Pierce was shot in the finger and went to the hospital to get checked out. He was booked into jail the same night. Pierce’s warrant is for possession of a controlled substance, and he is now charged with pointing a gun and having stolen guns.
Investigators say Pierce told them he was trying to hand the gun to the officers.
“You don’t hand a loaded pistol with the hammer cocked back, barrel first, to anybody, so obviously, his intent was not to hand it over and give it to us,” said Deputy Chief Chad Farmer.
Police say another stolen gun and a sawed-off shotgun were also found in the car.
The other passengers have not been charged with anything.
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The Aug. 23 video from Officer Peter Sieczkiewicz's body camera shows him narrowly avoiding the knife and then tackling William W. Frick, 32, with the help of Officer Anthony Brito.
Police charged Frick, of 24 Elaine St., with criminal attempt to commit first-degree assault, assault on a police officer, third-degree assault on an elderly victim, disorderly conduct, payment card theft, second-degree threatening and carrying a dangerous weapon. He is being held on a $100,000 bond at the Corrigan Correctional Center in Montville. He is next scheduled to appear in New London Superior Court on Sept.13.
Pollce were called to Frick's home on Elaine Street by his parents, who were reporting a domestic disturbance. Police said Frick had assaulted his father and threatened to kill him.
The video shows Sieczkiewicz driving to the home and receiving information from the dispatch center about the dispute.
When Sieczkiewicz arrives and opens the door to the house, Frick is standing a few feet away with his right hand behind his back. Sieczkiewicz tells Frick, "let me see your hands. Let me see your hands."
Frick then lunges at the officer and swings his right hand holding the knife at his head. Frick's hand but not the knife hits Sieczkiewicz in the face.
As Frick continues to scream profanities at the officers, they hold him down and try to force him to drop the knife. They soon find he had dropped a second knife.
Frick then repeatedly tell the officers to "kill me now."
Frick then begins laughing as the two officers are able to put handcuffs on him. They then go inside to check on Frick's parents.
One of the officers and Frick's father sustained minor injuries but did not need to go to the hospital.
After the incident, Deputy Chief Todd Olsen praised Sieczkiewicz and Brito for how they handled a potentially deadly situation.
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Los Angeles police have released new video of an incident in which officers fatally shot a naked burglar who charged at them with a butcher knife.
The incident happened on July 29 in the Beverlywood neighborhood.
AIR7 was over the scene as the suspect ran at the officers and was shot.
The additional video shows earlier exchanges between officers and the suspect inside a woman's home, where he was armed with a knife and attempted to barricade himself. He also set a fire inside the home.
At one point, officers used beanbag rounds to try to subdue him as he lunged with the knife. He did not comply or surrender, and the officers retreated from the home and called in help from SWAT.
In the video, SWAT officers outside the home can be heard repeatedly telling the suspect to get on the ground. He is standing near the house wearing no clothing and covered only by a blanket. He starts running at them while holding the knife and officers open fire. He drops to the ground shortly before reaching them.
The suspect, later identified as Lavell Adams, was pronounced dead at the scene.
According to a report from CHP, the incident started when a CHP officer went to check on what he thought was a disabled vehicle.
The white Honda was parked on the shoulder of I-5.
It had dark tint on the windows and a sunshade covering the front windshield.
Dash camera video from the officer’s patrol car shows the 10-year veteran officer approach the vehicle on the passenger side.
“Hey, can you roll down your window?” the officer is heard saying to the man inside the vehicle.
However, the driver refused to roll down the window. He gets out of the vehicle instead and shoots the officer.
The ordeal happened quickly. The officer was shot at just one minute after the officer stopped to check on the driver.
Then two minutes later, the suspect begins shooting at the officer again, striking him, before stealing the patrol car.
Dash camera video from the patrol car shows the suspect, later identified as Joseph Michael Pate, swerving in and out of traffic.
Pate managed to get out and was taken into custody. (See CHP body-worn camera video below that shows this. Warning: The content is disturbing.)
He was taken to a hospital where he died.
The officer was shot in the abdomen, shoulder and leg. He has physically recovered and is back on the force.
CHP chopper video taken after the incident shows the yellow evidence markers and how dangerously close the gunshots came to other drivers.
Newly released bodycam footage from Fort Smith police officers shows the moment they discovered a man hiding in a box at Mercy, Fort Smith on July 22, 2024.
John West, 34, stands accused of bringing a painted water pistol to the hospital. Law enforcement searched the hospital campus for hours before he was found.
The footage shows police find West and repeatedly ask him to raise his hands and step out of the box.
The footage shows an officer grabbing West, pulling him onto his stomach, and handcuffing him.
West had previously been banned from Mercy Fort Smith, according to police.
West faces a charge of aggravated assault. Police say that's because he pointed the water pistol at a security guard.
Newly released body camera footage shows police on the roof where Donald Trump’s would-be assassin shot at the former president during the deadly July 13 rally in Butler.
Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa shared the video on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, on Tuesday. The video was obtained from the Beaver County Emergency Service Unit after requests from Congress, he wrote.
The video appears to show Thomas Matthew Crooks lying dead after being shot and killed by Secret Service personnel.
Feet away from Crooks' body, local law enforcement personnel are huddling with a man believed to be a U.S. Secret Service agent. The timestamp at the start of the video is 7:08 p.m.
"So this is the guy?" the agent can be heard asking.
The officer, who is wearing the body camera in question, answers in the affirmative.
"Beaver County snipers seen him, sent the pictures out," he says. "This is him."
The conversation later appears to reveal that the agent in question had already seen the pictures circulated by local law enforcement officers, who alerted others to a person they deemed to be suspicious.
Nine people from Massachusetts and Rhode Island, including a 16-year-old teen, are now facing charges after a large brawl at the Block Island Ferry dock over the weekend.
Two people were taken by ambulance to area hospitals with injuries suffered during the fight on Saturday night, police said. They were later released from the hospital.
On Saturday, at 8:12 p.m., police responded to the Block Island Ferry at 304 Great Island Road for a report of 20 to 30 people fighting, Narragansett Police Chief Sean Corrigan said in a statement.
Officer Brandon Gagnon was first to arrive and immediately requested backup.
When additional officers arrived, they found a large group of individuals fighting each other, Corrigan said.
It was unclear Tuesday what sparked the large fight at the ferry dock to Block Island, a popular destination visited by tens of thousands of tourists during the summer season.
As officers were making arrests, “numerous individuals” began interfering with police, Corrigan said. They were given warnings to stand back, or they would be arrested for obstruction.
Police arrested seven people at the scene, including a 16-year-old teenager.
Manuel Pina, 42, of Brockton, Massachusetts, was arrested and charged with obstructing an officer in execution of duty, felony assault, resisting arrest, and disorderly conduct.
Gilda Antunes, 28, of Brockton, Massachusetts, was arrested and charged with obstructing officer in execution of duty.
Elsa Lopes, 31, of Brockton, Massachusetts, was arrested and charged with simple assault, resisting arrest, obstructing an officer in execution of duty and disorderly conduct.
Victor Manuel Gomes Depina, 39, of Brockton, Massachusetts, was arrested and charged with obstructing an officer in execution of duty and disorderly conduct.
Michael Gomes Lopes, 36, of Brockton, Massachusetts, was arrested and charged with resisting arrest and disorderly conduct.
Henry Lopes Jr., 32, of Providence was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct.
A 16-year-old juvenile was arrested and charged with simple assault and disorderly conduct.
Two Rhode Island men, James Ronald Cole Jr., 54, of Westerly and Jordan Leighty, 41, of Richmond, turned themselves into police on Monday. Both men were arrested and charged with disorderly conduct.
All nine people arrested were arraigned on Monday.
Police are asking the public for help finding a man who they say dragged an officer with a car, injuring the officer.
Colchester police are looking for Andrew Brace, 39, of St. Albans. They say he faces multiple potential charges, including aggravated assault and eluding police.
The search stems from an incident Thursday morning. Colchester police were called to Conquest Circle at about 4:20 a.m. for a report of two people in a car who were unresponsive.
Officers found the car had been reported stolen out of Burlington.
Police say they managed to wake up one man in the car, who they later identified as Brace. But when they tried to take him into custody, they say he threw the car in reverse, dragging a Colchester officer about 50 feet. They say he then sped off.
Police released body-camera video of officers trying to arrest Brace.
The officer had injuries that were not life-threatening.
The stolen car Brace was driving is a dark blue Genesis G809 with Colorado license plate D0UT58.
The Independent Investigations Division (IID) of the Maryland Office of the Attorney General has made public the body-worn camera footage from a fatal police chase that occurred on Monday, May 13. The chase started in Calvert County and concluded in Anne Arundel County.
In the early morning of Monday, Calvert County Sheriff’s deputies were investigating multiple vehicle break-ins in the Huntingtown area. During their investigation, deputies identified a suspicious vehicle believed to be linked to the break-ins. Around 5:35 a.m., they attempted to pull over the car on Plum Point Road and Ridge Road, but the driver did not comply.
The pursuit extended for about 25 miles into Anne Arundel County, where the fleeing car collided with a pickup truck at the intersection of Birdsville Road and Solomons Island Road in Harwood. The impact of the crash resulted in non-life-threatening injuries to the driver of the pickup truck, who was subsequently hospitalized.
Tragically, the front seat passenger of the car, a juvenile female, was pronounced dead at the hospital. The car’s driver sustained critical injuries, while another passenger suffered non-life-threatening injuries. The release of the body-worn camera footage aims to provide transparency regarding the events leading up to the tragic incident.
A man was shot and killed by Detroit police and an officer was dragged 20 yards with a vehicle Wednesday evening during a traffic stop on the city's west side, according to police.
Officers pulled the driver over at about 10:15 p.m. at Fenkell Avenue and Southfield Road; Assistant Police Chief Charles Fitzgerald said he had failed to use a turn signal at the intersection. Later Thursday afternoon, police revealed the officers involved were assigned to a gang intelligence unit.
Once pulled over, the driver refused to provide identification, police said.
Fitzgerald said the driver attempted to drive off, and an officer reached inside the vehicle with his leg and stepped on the brake pedal, attempting to stop the vehicle, but was dragged about 20 yards.
The officer's partner entered the struggle by attempting to deploy a Taser, which, according to Fitzgerald, did not take. The driver put the vehicle in reverse, Fitzgerald said, and the officer was dragged again as the man drove backward.
The officer who was dragged then fired two shots at the driver, striking him in the upper chest, police said. He was transported to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
The officer was also hospitalized and was treated for injuries, Fitzgerald said.
The entirety of the struggle happened in less than a minute, according to police — "A lot was happening," Fitzgerald said.
A passenger in the vehicle was taken into custody for questioning and was later released, police said.
A Glock with an extended magazine and switch, "rendering it fully automatic," police said, was recovered from the driver's side floorboard. The weapon was a ghost gun, police said, which are guns with no serial number and are unregulated and untraceable.
It wasn't clear whether officers saw the gun prior to the fatal shooting.
A scale, cash and a large amount of drugs were also recovered, including oxycodone, crack cocaine, ecstasy, promethazine and marijuana, police said.
The man killed was out on bond while facing charges of receiving and concealing a stolen vehicle and carrying a concealed weapon, police said.
The Dallas Police Department Monday released new body camera footage of the moment when a capital murder suspect opened fired on officers and U.S. Marshals when they were serving a warrant. One officer was injured in the shooting.
“This suspect had already shown no regard for human life and tried to murder us last Thursday. Fortunately, [we're] here today, instead of talking about an officer who died,” Dallas Police Chief Eddie Garcia said during a press conference.
For three minutes, Dallas police officers and federal Marshals knocked and announced themselves while trying to get capital murder suspect, 20-year-old Jordan Owens, out of an apartment on Thursday, Nov. 16.
But instead of coming out, the new bodycam footage shows Owens started shooting at them.
Police said officers returned fire and moved downstairs from the apartment.
Dallas Police Officer, Sr. Cpl. Edgar Morales, was hit in the leg during the shootout.
Police also said Owens started throwing things at officers from the apartment window.
Officers returned fire again.
Garcia confirmed what WFAA reported last week that the suspect was armed with a Glock switch, which converts a gun into a machine gun.
"It’s a small device that allows semi to fire auto,” said Garcia.
Police said a man and a woman were inside the apartment as Owens was firing. The woman called 911 during the shooting asking officers not to fire back because they were inside.
“Are you letting them know because we are not trying to get shot here,” said the caller.
Garcia said Owens fired more than 20 rounds at officers. Owens was shot and eventually taken into custody.
Garcia says his department is looking into officers' tactics that day. The task force did not have a no-knock warrant and announced themselves.
“This is a chance to step back and be grateful we didn’t lose an officer. The officers did an amazing job,” said Garcia.
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Four Baltimore police officers fired 36 rounds the day they killed 27-year-old Hunter Jessup.
The Baltimore Police Department released on Friday the body-worn camera footage of the police shooting that killed Jessup. The deadly shooting occurred in the 2600 block of Wilkens Avenue on Nov. 7.
WJZ was one of the news organizations that watched police body-worn camera footage recorded during the foot chase that took place before Jessup was killed.
Jessup had been standing on Brunswick Street around 12:30 p.m. that day when officers attempted to interact with him. He then allegedly took off on Wilkens Avenue.
The chase went eastbound on Wilkens Avenue before it ended in tragedy.
Baltimore Police Chief Richard Worley said during a press conference following the shooting that one of his officers tried to tackle Jessup but fell onto some stairs. It was at that point that Jessup pointed a gun at the officer, police said.
"There you can see the firearm in his right hand with the extended magazine," Dept. Commissioner Brian Nadeau said during a screening of the body-worn camera footage.
Police say that Jessup discharged his weapon, firing at least one shot in the direction of the officers. The Maryland Office of the Attorney General has said that ballistics indicates Jessup fired his gun during the altercation, too.
That's when multiple officers discharged their weapons, Worley said.
Their bullets struck Jessup and fatally injured him. It took about a minute and a half for officers to begin rendering aid to the injured man, according to authorities.
He was pronounced dead at Shock Trauma.
Jessup's family and friends have been demanding to see what happened the day he died.
The body-worn camera footage will show people where the stop-and-frisk started and how it turned into a deadly shooting, Jelevon Nolley said during a vigil for his friend that was held on Nov. 11.
"We need this body camera footage," Nolley said. "We need the body camera footage."
Jessup's family was shown the body-worn camera footage on Thursday, police said.
That footage shows Nolley lifting his shirt. Outside of the frame, officers said they noticed something in Jessup's pants. That's when he reportedly took off on Wilkens Avenue
Nolley said he was related to Jessup and rattled by the death of his loved one.
"They shot my brother 17 times. It's my brother," Nolley said. "I'm with him every day."
Worley defended the number of bullets that his officers fired at Jessup on the day of his death.
"We are firing to shoot to incapacitate until that person is no longer a threat to our officers or the public," Worley said.
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A Dalton police sergeant has been fired for engaging in three high-speed pursuits in the span of two months. The last of the chases resulted in a fatal crash for the driver.
Dalton Police Chief Deanna Strout confirmed Oct. 10 that Sgt. Bustin Buzzella is no longer employed by the town. The decision came following a Sept. 28 executive session meeting of the Dalton Select Board.
In a series of disciplinary action reports — one for each pursuit — obtained by The Eagle, Strout alleged that Buzzella violated multiple department policies during and following the high-speed chases, including being untruthful in his reports about the incidents and falsifying documents.
Strout’s report states that after the first pursuit, on March 21, she pulled Buzzella into her office and told him “he was never to operate a cruiser at a high rate of speed like that in the future, or he would face further disciplinary action.”
Attorney Mark Brennan, who represents Buzzella, did not have an immediate comment on the outcome. Brennan said that Buzzella did file a disability claim with the town.
Buzzella had been on administrative leave since a high-speed chase on May 20 resulted in the death of Ryan Griffin, of Pittsfield. Buzzella has been placed on the Brady List for the Berkshire District Attorney’s Office, meaning he should not be called for witness testimony without prior approval.
In the internal affairs investigations into Buzzella’s conduct during the three chases, Strout outlined the department rules the sergeant violated: Its high-speed pursuit policy, untruthfulness and falsifying records, among other infractions.
The department’s criteria for engaging in high-speed pursuits weighs factors such as the severity of the crime believed to have been committed, the population density and nature of the area, and the officer’s familiarity with the area, among others.
In the internal investigation, Buzzella was found to have omitted or exaggerated information in reports on the chases, and in the case of a pursuit on May 14, failed to file a report as requested until almost a week after the incident.
The evening of May 20, Griffin died in a single-car crash after Buzzella pursued him from Main Street in Dalton onto Robinson Road in Hinsdale.
Dashcam footage obtained by The Eagle shows that Griffin crashed into a tree while traveling at a high speed evading Buzzella, causing the car to catch fire. In the footage, Buzzella can be seen exiting his car to extinguish the fire.
Griffin, 33, was being pursued on suspicion of operating under the influence of alcohol after a stop sign violation. He was driving with a suspended license.
In her disciplinary report, Strout wrote that there was no evidence that Griffin posed a significant risk of harm to the community, as “there is no indication that the operator of the vehicle had committed a violent felony,” one of the criteria for justifying a pursuit.
Strout went on to say that Buzzella’s decision to pursue Griffin in rainy conditions created a greater risk to the public than letting him go. There was another option, she said: Because he knew Griffin’s identity after searching for his registration, he could have followed up at his home later.
“I find that, by choosing to continue the pursuit after the operator increased his speed on wet and windy roads, Sgt. Buzzella created an avoidable risk of harm to the public,” Strout wrote. “Based on these circumstances, there was no justification to commence a high-speed pursuit.”
Strout also wrote in the report that Buzzella’s account of the incident was inaccurate. The chief said Buzzella mischaracterized Griffin’s actions, saying he crossed a double yellow line. Strout was not able to find any instances of the vehicle doing so in the dashcam footage, and found Buzzella “falsely reported the improper actions of this vehicle to justify pursuing it.”
Strout also wrote that Buzzella mischaracterized his own actions in the pursuit, quoting him as saying he “slowed his cruiser and turned in to the parking lot for Craneville Place.” In fact, she said, he made a U-turn on Main Street and drove over the sidewalk to conduct a traffic stop.
Strout noted in the report that Buzzella had been involved in a motor vehicle crash in December 2017 in which he was found at fault for making a U-turn in his cruiser.
The May 20 chase came just six days after his last high-speed pursuit. On May 14, Buzzella chased a suspect from Hinsdale to Peru to Worthington and back, reaching a top speed of 99 mph. The speedometer data on Buzzella’s cruiser is included in the dashcam footage.
The chase lasted for 16 minutes.
Buzzella began the pursuit after an alleged assault with a knife was called in. He reported that he believed the juvenile suspect in the car was armed with a knife and could have been a threat to themselves, told by a responding officer that they had been “making statements of suicide by police.”
In her report, Strout said Buzzella did not ascertain details about the situation at the time before beginning pursuit, finding fault in his failure to communicate. She noted that the dispatcher failed to provide these details, but added that as a sergeant and the supervisor on duty, it was Buzzella’s responsibility to ask for them.
Buzzella also wrote in his report that he was responding to “a domestic violence incident involving the use of a knife and a possible stabbing injury.”
In her review of the radio transmissions and phone calls of the incident, Strout said none of the officers or dispatchers involved informed Buzzella that anyone had been stabbed. A dispatcher asked officers to respond to Hinsdale for “a party involved in an assault with a knife,” Strout wrote; she found Buzzella’s inclusion of an alleged stabbing in his report to be untruthful.
“Sgt. Buzzella was never advised there was a stabbing injury,” Strout wrote. “I find that Sgt. Buzzella attempted to escalate or exaggerate the level of the crime to justify his actions in this vehicle pursuit.”
In a disciplinary action report reviewing the May 14 incident, Strout noted that Buzzella traveled at excessive speeds, “passing cars, bicyclists and pedestrians” and that Buzzella followed the car “through a basketball court on a Sunday morning.” Dashcam footage shows the basketball court in question was empty at the time.
Factors that made that chase unsafe, Strout said, included continuing the pursuit into unfamiliar towns and using his cellphone to communicate with Dalton police dispatch because he had driven out of radio range.
Strout also found that Buzzella had filed misleading information in his report on the chase. She quotes Buzzella’s writing directly as saying, “there were times when I was traveling at 75 miles an hour and still losing sight of the black BMW (the car he was pursuing) off in the distance.” Strout notes that dashcam footage shows Buzzella regularly traveling at speeds ranging from 70 to 99 mph.
“I find that Sgt. Buzzella deliberately omitted the information regarding his actual speed in order to avoid being reprimanded for excessive speed,” Strout wrote in the report.
The first time Buzzella was disciplined for a high-speed chase was for a March 21 pursuit, after Buzzella attempted to stop a vehicle for speeding. The driver fled through a red light and crashed into another car on Housatonic Street in Dalton, then continued into Pittsfield. Buzzella pursued the driver into the city at “a high rate of speed” — a subsequent report indicated Buzzella traveled up to 96 mph in the chase.
Buzzella lost sight of the car and eventually stopped pursuing it. According to a verbal warning report from the incident, the car that Buzzella was pursuing crashed into several other vehicles later on.
On September 15, 2023, at around 12:09 p.m., Newton Division uniformed officers responded to a radio call of a “Hot Prowl Burglary,” located at 1100 block of East 33rd Street. Shortly thereafter, details of the call were updated, indicating that four male suspects entered an apartment, bound and gagged the victim and stole the keys to his vehicle.
As responding officers arrived, two of the four suspects, later identified as Justice Lockhart and Aaron Felnoy were taken into custody without incident. The third suspect, later identified as Jeffrey Askew, was observed by the Air Unit, on the roof of the apartment building. Askew jumped off the building and landed on the roof of an adjacent single-story structure. Askew then fell from the roof of that structure and landed on a cement walkway between the two buildings. As officers approached Askew to take him into custody and render aid, he reached into his front waistband and removed what officers believed to be a firearm. Askew then appeared to point the object in the officers’ direction, resulting in an Officer-Involved Shooting (OIS) and simultaneous deployment of a 40mm Less-Lethal Launcher.
Askew was struck by gunfire and was taken into custody without further incident. Due to the unknown whereabouts of the fourth suspect later identified as Daiyann Henderson, officers carried Askew out of the immediate area, rendered medical aid, and ultimately brought him to Los Angeles City Fire Department paramedics, who were staged nearby. Askew was then transported by rescue ambulance to Los Angeles General Medical Center, where he was listed in critical but stable condition.
Several minutes later, Henderson attempted to escape the perimeter by changing clothes and exiting the front of the apartment complex. He was subsequently observed by officers and was taken into custody without incident.
The object that was observed in Askew’s hand at the time of the OIS, later determined to be a hammer with an overall length of 6 ½ inches, was recovered and booked as evidence.
No officers or other community members were injured during the incident.
0:00 - 911 call
3:37 - Officer Reinhart
9:02 - Officer Lozano
15:08 - Officer Ricker
21:02 - Officer Guzman
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The Austin Police Department on Wednesday released body-worn camera footage from an officer-involved fatal shooting last month.
60-year-old James Woodrome was shot and killed by APD officer Adam Reinhart July 20, after he reportedly chased a woman with a knife at The Tides at South Lamar apartment complex, located off of Menchaca Road.
In addition to Officer Reinhart, officers John Ricker and Arlene Lozano also responded to the 911 call, deploying tasers which proved ineffective against Woodrome, who was reportedly advancing towards them. All three officers have been placed on administrative leave, following APD protocol.
According to the 911 call made at approximately 4:54 a.m., a woman frantically knocked on an apartment door, saying she was being chased by a man with a knife. The woman was later located by officers at the scene. At approximately 5:06 a.m., Woodrome approached the officers in the parking lot while they were speaking with the woman. He allegedly ignored officers' commands to drop his knife and repeatedly yelled at them to shoot him.
The officers attempted to de-escalate the situation, continuously giving commands and stepping backward to create distance. When Woodrome continued to advance, Officer Reinhart discharged his firearm, fatally injuring him. Officers on scene immediately performed life-saving measures and requested medical assistance, but Woodrome succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced dead on scene at 5:19 a.m.
The incident is under investigation by APD's Special Investigations Unit in conjunction with the Travis County District Attorney's Office, and an administrative investigation conducted by the APD Internal Affairs Unit, with oversight from the Office of Police Oversight.
The man killed by a Vanderburgh County deputy during a standoff Wednesday was a convicted felon so hellbent on avoiding a return to prison that he shot at officers, Sheriff Noah Robinson said Thursday.
Robinson identified the man during a news conference at the sheriff's office as 49-year-old Steven Howard Goldstein, who he said fired on deputies and members of a U.S. Marshals Service fugitive task force from inside a trailer.
The incident began about noon Wednesday at 7303 North St. Joseph Road. Deputies were attempting to arrest Goldstein for alleged parole violations. They also reportedly wanted to speak to him after an anonymous tip indicated he discharged a firearm in front of a juvenile earlier in the week.
The tip included video footage that appeared on Facebook, Robinson said. The Courier & Press independently reviewed the video Wednesday, which shows a man stand up from a chair, draw a pistol and fire at least one shot just inches away from a woman. One individual who told the Courier & Press they were present said they were nearly struck by a bullet.
Wednesday's siege on Goldstein's trailer was informed by knowledge of his criminal history, warnings from people who knew him that he was capable of violence, the video and a chilling caution from a man who had just seen him, Robinson said.
That man confirmed that Goldstein was inside “and that he was armed with a 9 millimeter handgun," the sheriff said. The man said something else: Goldstein "was not going to surrender," Robinson quoted him.
After surveilling the trailer, employing a drone and assessing ways to get Goldstein out peacefully, officers decided to call on an armored rescue vehicle.
"We shouted warnings into the trailer for a solid 30 minutes," Robinson said.
Immediately, the other man who lived in the trailer came out — but Goldstein remained inside.
After more shouted warnings, Robinson said, officers finally heard shots from the side of the building and the echo of gunfire from inside the trailer. They responded with three tear gas rounds fired from a 40-millimeter launcher into the trailer's windows.
The deputies and marshals next pulled the armored rescue vehicle alongside the trailer in a bid to tear the structure apart from the outside. That would give a clearer picture of the inside of the trailer and deprive Goldstein of cover, according to Robinson.
The deputies and marshals could afford to play a waiting game with Goldstein, Robinson said, but Goldstein "escalated the situation," which led to his death.
The critical confrontation occurred with Goldstein lying on his belly but in a very dangerous position, the sheriff said.
"As we began taking apart the westward side of the trailer and working our way to the east, one of our deputies spotted Mr. Goldstein in a prone position, pointing a handgun at us," Robinson said. "Then, almost as soon as the deputy noticed him, Mr. Goldstein fired a shot directly at us – which prompted the deputy to return fire, striking Mr. Goldstein and killing him."
The depth of Goldstein's desperation can be assessed by what he faced had he been captured alive, Robinson said.
"Mr. Goldstein had a petition to revoke his probation on a parole violation warrant based on a new methamphetamine charge he had picked up in Posey County," the sheriff said. "So in addition to the parole violation, he was wanted on a charge of methamphetamine in Posey County, and now these new (firearms charges stemming from the video).
"So this was an individual who clearly made the decision that they were not going to go back to prison and were willing to shoot at us to make that point."
The deputy who fired the fatal shot is on administrative leave with counseling and time off per sheriff's office policy, Robinson said, and Indiana State Police is tasked with conducting the internal investigation.
Why state police and not sheriff's office internal affairs?
"We’re a large agency, but we’re not so huge that we don’t all know each other," Robinson said. "This (fatal shooting) appears to be very straightforward, but they’re not always straightforward."
The Stanislaus County Sheriff’s Office released video showing the moments leading up to when a man earlier involved in a vehicle pursuit fatally shot himself atop a Modesto business late Wednesday.
The video, released Friday, is a one-minute, 52-second compilation of body camera video, 911 dispatch audio and drone video of the suspect on top of a roof in the 100 block of Empire Avenue. The incident started around 10:54 p.m. and ended at 12:19 a.m.
Shots can be heard in the video from one deputy’s body camera. The video shows the deputy run for cover when the first shot is fired. Two more shots were fired, which Sheriff’s Officials say were in the direction of deputies. A fourth shot occurred when the suspect took his own life, according to the Sheriff’s Office.
The video starts with body camera footage of a deputy driving to catch up with the suspect, later identified as 24-year-old Aaron Osgood, who was seen driving recklessly on Yosemite Boulevard on Wednesday night.
A drone was deployed and confirmed that Osgood was on the roof. Several announcements were made for Osgood to surrender, but he did not comply, according to the Sheriff’s Office.
Through the drone, Osgood was seen crawling to different areas of the rooftop.
At 11:15 p.m. Osgood crawled toward the edge of the roof facing the location where a group of deputies were standing and fired the three shots, according to the Sheriff’s Office.
Deputies immediately took cover and did not return fire because they did not have a clear shot. “Where is he? Where is he?” one deputy is heard asking in the video.
After broadcasting over the radio that shots had been fired, about 10 officers from the Modesto and Ceres police departments responded to assist the 10 deputies already on scene.
While maintaining drone surveillance, a team made up of deputies and officers was created to make contact with Osgood.
The Modesto Fire Department was asked to respond to the scene to provide ladders that could be used to access the rooftop of the warehouse.
Low temperatures left a thin layer of ice on the rooftop, slowing the deputy and officer’s approach to Osgood, according to the Sheriff’s Office.
At about 12:19 a.m. deputies contacted Osgood and confirmed he was dead due to a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
A firearm was located near his right hand, which was later determined to be stolen, along with the vehicle he was driving. A records check revealed Osgood also had several felony arrest warrants, according to the Sheriff’s Office.
The video released by the Sheriff’s Office includes a written message extending condolences to Osgood’s family, some of whom viewed the video before its public release Friday, according to Lt. Tom Letras.
The video ends with phone numbers of resources for people in crises, including Regional Suicide Prevention and Crisis Services at 800-273-talk. People can also call 988 to reach the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline.
On Thursday, Sept. 27, 2022, APD was notified of a ShotSpotter notification at 11 p.m. in the area of 12720 Central Ave., S.E. The gunshot appeared to have come from the stairwell at the apartment complex.
A resident at the complex called 911 to report that her upstairs neighbor pointed a gun at her and fired the gun because she parked in his parking spot.
The man, later identified as Oron Newson, told arriving officers that he had a gun in his apartment, but refused to go downstairs to talk to officers. At one point, Newson entered his apartment, retrieved the gun, walked outside and set it down on the landing of the apartment.
Officers attempted to negotiate with Newson for over an hour and he refused to comply with any commands. He entered and exited the apartment several times, consuming alcohol and at one point retrieved the handgun and went back inside the apartment.
During later interviews with investigators, officers said they could hear Newson run the slide of the handgun, chambering a round. He re-emerged outside, produced the handgun from his pants pocket and pointed it at officers.
Two officers discharged their weapons, firing at Newson.
Officers took Newson into custody and took him to an ambulance to be treated for his wounds. He was transported to the hospital.
During an interview with investigators, Newson stated that he knew officers were on scene. He raised his gun toward officers, but did not think they would shoot so quickly. He said he also believed he fired his gun at officers.
In March, Saginaw resident Vance D. Martin was pulled over by Michigan State Police troopers after reportedly speeding and running two stop signs. In the following half-hour or so, things would escalate to the point that a trooper repeatedly punched a handcuffed Martin in the face.
Months on, two MSP troopers and two Saginaw Police Department officers are facing criminal charges stemming from their interaction with Martin.
While video footage of the incident recorded by a civilian bystander was previously published on MLive, the Saginaw Police Department has now released footage recorded by its officers.
Via a Freedom of Information Act request, MLive-The Saginaw News obtained four videos totaling about 90 minutes. The cumulative footage was recorded by cameras worn by Saginaw Police Officers Jordan Engelhart and Dominic Vasquez and their vehicles’ dashboard-mounted cameras.
The footage begins with Engelhart and Vasquez arriving on the scene of a traffic stop initiated by MSP troopers in the 2300 block of Annesley Street about 7:15 p.m. on March 28. Already stopped by troopers is a red Pontiac Grand Am, with 47-year-old Martin — the driver — already standing outside the car, his wrists cuffed behind his back as troopers search him.
Engelhart instructs an adult male passenger to exit the car, then handcuffs him as well.
As this occurs, Martin repeatedly asks why he was stopped and professes his innocence of any wrongdoing.
“They ain’t got no bodycam or nothing,” Martin says, referring to the troopers.
“I got a bodycam, boss,” Engelhart tells him. “You’re alright.”
Engelhart then searches the Pontiac’s passenger, removing items from his pockets. Meanwhile, MSP Troopers Bram L. Schroeder and Zachary W. Tebedo try putting Martin in the backseat of one of their patrol cars, with Tebedo holding a Taser toward Martin while doing so.
Engelhart encourages Martin to get in the car as he resists, assuring him everything is on camera.
“Get in the car, man,” one officer says.
“I’m about to, but this guy about to—”
Schroeder then punches Martin once squarely in his face, causing him to drop to the ground, his knees buckled beneath him.
Martin loudly groans as officers ask him about his breathing. Officers also radio for medical personnel to come to the scene.
Moments later, Vasquez stands beside Martin as he’s seated on the ground, leaning against the rear passenger-side tire of the MSP patrol car. Vasquez speaks with him, offering to help him stand. Vasquez assures him his bodycam is on.
“I’m with the city police,” Vasquez says. “This ain’t my gig, bro. I’m here, if you want help, I’ll help you. If you want help up, I’ll help you up.”
Martin asks Vasquez to let him out of the handcuffs but the officer replies he cannot do that. After several minutes, Vasquez and a trooper hoist Martin to his feet and lean him against the side of the patrol car.
Several minutes after Schroeder punches Martin, Mobile Medical Response personnel arrive and speak with Martin. He expresses confusion but declines their offer to take him to a hospital.
Officers then resume trying to get Martin in their car as he repeatedly shouts he does not know what’s going on.
“This (expletive) trying to kill me,” Martin yells, after which Schroeder punches him two or three more times in his face. This second round of punches happens about 14 minutes after Schroeder first punches Martin.
Martin again falls to the ground and continues shouting to civilian bystanders. The officers then place Martin in the back of the patrol car.
Police reports previously obtained by MLive from the MSP via the Freedom of Information Act state troopers noticed the Pontiac turn onto eastbound Annesley Street at a high rate of speed. Troopers’ radar indicated the Pontiac was going 46 mph in a 25-mph zone, their reports state.
Troopers pulled over the Pontiac in the 2300 block of Annesley Street after Martin failed to stop at two stop signs. Troopers wrote in their reports that Martin was uncooperative, failing to provide identification or step out of the Pontiac.
Police searched the Pontiac and found open bottles of Michelob Ultra and Seagram’s Extra Smooth Vodka. Troopers wrote in their reports that Martin had bloodshot eyes, smelled strongly of intoxicants, had slurred speech, was lethargic, and displayed severe mood swings, leading them to believe he was intoxicated. They were unable to administer a preliminary Breathalyzer test to Martin at the scene.
Martin slept in the troopers’ car as they drove him to Covenant HealthCare for an evaluation and a chemical blood draw. The results of the blood draw have not been made public.
On Wednesday, June 1, 2022, Atlanta Police Narcotics Investigators served a search warrant at 2766 Waters Road after a lengthy investigation into illegal activity at the home. Three people, including 43-year-old Nico McFarland, were detained during the search. Inside the home, investigators located 6 firearms, MDMA, THC infused edibles, and cocaine.
Two of the detainees were later released. Mr. McFarland, seen exiting the home without a shirt, was charged with trafficking narcotics, possession of narcotics with intent to distribute, possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, and possession of a sawed-off shotgun.
Mr. McFarland is a convicted felon with 12 previous arrest cycles, including charges for aggravated assault, weapons violations, obstruction of law enforcement, burglary and narcotics violations.
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This morning, a man facing eviction from his parents' home on Southfork Court, Port Orange, pointed a gun at a Volusia sheriff's deputy and barricaded himself inside the house for several hours. VSO SWAT, bomb and drone teams responded along with negotiators, with Air One overhead and the Mobile Command Post on scene.
Around 3:30 p.m., after hours of negotiations, a bomb robot forced open the front door, and 56-year-old Curtis Lapiere Jr., 56 (DOB 1/23/1966) surrendered. He was taken into custody by SWAT without further incident.
Lapiere Jr. was charged with aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer and transported to the Volusia County Branch Jail with no bond. He was also issued a trespass warning for the home from which he was evicted.
Sheriff Mike Chitwood commended the hard work of everyone involved in bringing this volatile situation to a safe resolution. Thank you Port Orange residents for your patience!
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6:49 - Body cam 2
8:32 - Body cam 3
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The New Jersey Attorney General’s Office released video footage on May 13 from three body-worn cameras related to a fatal police-involved shooting that occurred last month in Edison.
According to the preliminary investigation, Officer Daniel Bradley and Officer Joseph Elqumos of the Edison Police Department responded to a 911 call made shortly after 3:45 p.m. April 12 reporting a male threatening an individual with an axe on Judson Street.
When officers arrived, they reportedly attempted to speak to Merrill Rambarose, 49, of Edison, on his balcony. Rambarose then went inside his apartment and emerged moments later armed with a short-handled axe, according to reports.
Officers ordered him to back up and drop the weapon. He did not comply with the officers’ commands and instead charged towards the officers with the axe in his hand, according to the statement.
At this time, Elquomos and Bradley had both fired their weapons, fatally wounding Rambarose.
An axe was recovered Rambarose, according to the statement.
Officers and emergency medical personnel rendered first aid to Rambarose, who was pronounced deceased on scene via telemetry at 4:41 p.m.
The fatal shooting remains under investigation by the Office of Public Integrity and Accountability (OPIA). The recordings are being released pursuant to policies established by the Attorney General’s Office in 2019 that are designed to promote the fair, impartial, and transparent investigation of fatal police encounters.
Investigators met with Rambarose’s family on May 13 to review the recordings, according to the statement.
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On April 6, 2022, around 2:20 p.m., officers responded to a radio call in the 8700 block of Tobias Avenue. The comments of the call indicated that a male suspect was breaking windows, armed with a knife and threatening to kill a person. When the officers arrived to the area of the call they made contact and verbalized with the suspect, later identified as 33-year-old Jesus Alan Castellanos.
Castellanos refused to comply with the officer’s commands and charged at the officers with a knife in his hand, resulting in an officer involved shooting and a simultaneous taser deployment. Castellanos was struck by gunfire and taken into custody. Los Angeles Fire Department Paramedics responded to the scene and determined Castellanos deceased.
A 6-inch knife was recovered at scene and will be booked as evidence.
No officers or bystanders were injured during the incident.
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Virginia State Police are investigating the death of a 77-year-old man following a traffic stop in Front Royal where the man who was pulled over wound up with a deep cut to his head and died 13 days later.
Footage from police body cameras and dashboard cameras, obtained by WUSA9 through a Virginia Freedom of Information Act request, shows Warren County Sheriff Deputies slamming Ralph Ennis’ face into the rear of his vehicle before tackling him to the ground. According to the sheriff's office, Ennis died in hospice care on April 15.
The stop occurred in the early morning hours of April 2 at a 7-Eleven parking lot in the area of Riverton Commons and Route 522. Police said they observed Ennis "driving erratically," weaving between two lanes and eventually crossing into the shoulder. An officer following Ennis turned on his lights, and a brief low-speed pursuit ensued.
The footage, released by Front Royal police, shows the perspective of the responding officer. The officer pulls up to the scene to find a deputy outside of his cruiser in what appears to be a stand-off with the driver who is standing outside the car with his hands to his side. A second deputy can be seen holding back a barking K-9 and a third deputy approaches with his gun drawn, yelling at the driver, “drop your keys, drop your keys!” A Front Royal police officer is heard on camera saying, “Jesus Christ, just grab ahold of him!”
In a subsequent police report, obtained via FOIA request, the Front Royal officer listed as Cpl. R.D. Lowery wrote, “the male appeared elderly and confused.”
The video then shows the deputies grabbing hold of Ennis, swinging him toward the car forcing his face into the vehicle. They all then fall to the ground.
In Lowery's account of the incident, it's described as follows:
"Another deputy ran behind the male and placed his arms behind his back and jerked the male around towards the Ford f150. The deputy slammed the male into the camper top face first. I observed the male spit something out on the pavement below his body. Another deputy came from the side of the male and grabbed the male while the other deputy had his hands behind his back. The male was pushed over but his legs had caught the hitch on the back of the truck. Two deputies and the male were on the ground at this point."
Lowery says Ennis appeared to be "in custody" at that point so he left the scene. He says he only later learned, via radio traffic, that Ennis suffered "a laceration to his head" and was taken to the hospital.
According to a news release from the sheriff's department posted on April 25, this was the second time they encountered Ennis. Deputies located Ennis on March 11 after Pennsylvania State Police issued a Silver Alert for him. The release congratulates the deputies for locating Ennis.
“This office has a proud and proven track record of responding to the urgent need to locate missing and endangered persons, particularly our seniors,” state Major Jeffrey Driskill wrote.
"It's not very often that we see things escalate to this point of violence," said Katie McDonough the Director of Programs and Services with the Alzheimer's Association.
McDonough said they help first responders recognize the signs of cognitive impairment, for instance, if folks appear confused, freeze or do not follow instructions. Her advice? Take it slow.
"Asking simple questions like, 'What is your name? Where are you? Where do you live,' explained McDonough, "if you're getting responses that don't seem normal, those are some clues and you cannot interact with that person like you would with someone without a cognitive impairment. We want to make sure that first responders understand that very often those living with a cognitive impairment are going to become further agitated."
WUSA9 is still waiting for comment from the department about the video, but according to the release the deputies are on administrative leave and the office is cooperating with the investigation and has launched an internal review into the use of force in this case.
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An FCSO deputy clocked two cars racing north on U.S. Highway 1 at 111 miles per hour Saturday night. That was just moments before one of the racers lost control of his Blue Nissan 350Z and spun into the side of the deputy’s patrol SUV parked in the median. The collision near County Road 13 was so intense that the air bags on the patrol vehicle deployed.
However, the suspect was able to drive away from the scene.
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A police officer’s body camera has recorded a successful dolphin rescue effort off the Florida coast, and the exact moment he freed the juvenile marine mammal from the fishing net in which it was trapped, back into the ocean.
Officer Nelson Silva, of the Miami-Dade Police Department’s Marine Patrol Unit, responded to a call about a dolphin in distress in the Shorecrest area on Dec 10.
Drawing close to the struggling dolphin in a rescue craft, the officer turned off the engine so as to drift closer without causing injury to the marine animal.
The police department uploaded Silva’s bodycam footage to Facebook a month later.
In the footage, Silva leans overboard, grabs onto the fishing net with a long pole, and reaches for his pocket knife to begin cutting away at the tangled strands. The dolphin, initially agitated, wrestles away from Silva’s grip twice and the fishing net cuts the officer’s hand.
However, he still perseveres and can be heard saying: “I got you … it’s OK little guy,” as he works through removing the fishing net from the dolphin.
The dolphin briefly disappears underneath the boat before resurfacing on the other side. Silva’s third attempt is successful in cutting the net clean away and releasing the juvenile back into the water.
Netizens were impressed by the officer’s dedication and the act of ignoring his own injury in favor of the rescue effort.
“Stories like this bring my faith back in humanity,” wrote one netizen. “Thank you, Officer Silva, for rescuing the dolphin and having so much patience.”
“So admirable,” wrote another, adding a note of concern: “Fishing harms so many animals and in so many ways. Thank goodness—and Officer Silva—that this one was rescued. Hopefully s/he makes a full recovery.”
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Surveillance video shows a Black 17-year-old struggling with staff at a Wichita juvenile center last fall before he died after he was restrained facedown for more than 30 minutes.
Sedgwick County released 18 video clips late Friday afternoon of what happened before Cedric Lofton was rushed to a hospital on Sept. 24. He died two days later.
The release of the clips followed Sedgwick County District Attorney Marc Bennett's announcement Tuesday that the state’s “stand-your-ground” law prevented him from pressing charges because staff members were protecting themselves. He also said he struggled with whether an involuntary manslaughter charge was justified, but concluded it was not.
Sedgwick County’s webpage crashed after the video was posted, making it temporarily inaccessible. But The Wichita Eagle posted screenshots of the encounter and several Wichita area television stations posted clips of some of the approximately two hours of footage, which didn't include audio.
One video shows several officers carrying Lofton into the Sedgwick County Juvenile Intake and Assessment Center while restrained in something called the WRAP, a device comprised of a locking shoulder harness, leg restraints and ankle straps. The sheriff’s office describes it as a way to restrain a person who is “out of control” so that they don’t hurt themselves or others.
According to Bennett's report, Lofton had become paranoid and was hallucinating. His foster father said the situation got worse after the teen attended his grandmother's funeral. At a foster official's urging, the foster father drove Lofton to a mental health provider, but he walked away. When Lofton returned home, foster officials told the foster father to call police.
But the 5-foot-10, 135-pound Lofton resisted the officers who responded to the home, assaulting at least one of them, Bennett’s report said.
The WRAP was removed at the juvenile intake center, according to Bennett's report. An unrestrained Lofton walked out of his holding cell and then tried to grab a computer monitor from the intake counter.
The video shows him resisting attempts to place him back in the holding cell. At one point, he can be seen punching one of the juvenile detention employees in the head.
The video shows detention workers wrestle him into the cell and more employees showing up to help. The camera doesn't show a close angle of what is happening inside the cell.
Bennett’s report said staff shackled Lofton’s ankles and put him on his stomach on the floor. His report said Cedric was “mumbling” at times, repeated that he was Jesus and saying staff should kill themselves and that he would “hex” them. Staff noticed he wasn't breathing after they called to arrange for Loftin to be taken to a hospital for a mental health evaluation.
KSNW reported that after about 30 minutes facedown in the cell, video appears to show workers flip Lofton onto his back. They eventually start CPR and paramedics arrive.
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The Massachusetts State Police department is sharing a bird's-eye-view video of auto theft suspects being tracked and arrested.
The video shared by state police on Monday shows an MSP Air Wing Unit helicopter when it received a Lojack hit for a stolen motor vehicle while it was flying over Brockton on Thursday, Dec. 23.
The helicopter, which was crewed by Sgt. Gregg Spooner and Trooper Joshua Pacheco, located the stolen car and directed Brockton Police Department and MSP patrols to its location.
When a Brockton police cruiser got behind the vehicle, the suspects fled at a high rate of speed. This action prompted a pursuit that spanned several communities, according to state police.
The ground pursuit was called off due to the threat it posed to public safety, but the state police helicopter continued to follow the car, and Spooner and Pacheco repeatedly updated ground units of its changing location.
The vehicle eventually pulled up to the Chatham West Apartments complex in Brockton and five suspects exited the vehicle. Those suspects eventually fled onto the DW Field Parkway and into an adjacent wooded area.
The MSP helicopter continue to monitor the suspects' locations through its forward-looking infrared (FLIR) thermal camera system, and Spooner and Pacheco directed patrols toward the suspects.
As a result of the overflight support, state troopers and Brockton police were able to find the suspects hiding in the woods and take them into custody.
The suspects involved in the incident were not identified by state police
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A Blue Ash police officer on Monday committed to stopping a wrong-way driver on Interstate 71 by ramming into her, if necessary. Now that officer is being commended for his courage.
The driver, 25-year-old Kelsey Peterson, got onto I-71 North near Sycamore Township around 9:15 a.m.
According to Ohio State Highway Patrol, she made it a mile on the interstate, splitting traffic and making cars swerve past her on either side. She barely missed a head-on collision with an OSP trooper and did cause one crash, which was nonfatal.
Blue Ash Police Sgt. Mike Jackson raced to help. When he spotted Peterson, he says he flashed his lights and sounded his siren. Then he set his vehicle on a collision path with hers in the interstate’s fast lane.
“I thought she was going to hit me,” Jackson said. “I was coming down... She was careening everywhere and, like, moving over. (...) I was like, man, this is going to hurt.”
Dash cam video shows Peterson slow as she approaches Jackson.
“I can see her face and see, she is just not there,” he explained.
Finally Peterson stops before hitting the officer, and Jackson pulls up to her.
Body camera footage shows cans scattered throughout Peterson’s car. Jackson asks if she is ok, and she shakes her head. At one point he comments on the strong smell of alcohol.
Peterson was arrested for OVI and driving on a suspended license. She also faces charges of driving the wrong way and causing a crash. But it could have been much worse without Jackson’s actions.
On Wednesday, the Blue Ash Police Department awarded him for his actions. The police chief gave him a commendation for courage.
Peterson’s bond was set at 10 percent of $1,000. She was released following a hearing on Tuesday.