Police officer faces down wrong-way driver on I-71, praised for courage

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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.