Protesters at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Broadview tussled with state police and sheriff’s police Friday morning, hours after a judge ordered the fence erected outside the building be taken down. Three protesters were arrested during the fray and charged with resisting and obstruction: Mara R. Blumenstein, 28; Emmett J. Matlock, 19 and Peter M. Reimer, 31. …
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Rhode Island sheriffs’ retirement account woes bring scrutiny to their state-run plan
Over the last 13 years, Jason Allaire, a captain with the Rhode Island Division of Sheriffs, had saved thousands of dollars in a state retirement plan created for public employees. The account is a 401(a), a 401(k) equivalent for government workers, so he assumed it worked the same way: He could withdraw funds before he hit retirement age but would …
Read More »At least 2 students shot at Evergreen High School, Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office says
At least two students were shot Wednesday at Evergreen High School, the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office said. The students are en route to a hospital, the sheriff’s office said. Officials said they were responding to an “active assailant” near the Jefferson County school. The county’s dispatch center reported the assailant near the high school at 29300 Buffalo Park Rd., calling …
Read More »Sheriffs seek to identify man found dead ‘in pool of blood’ at Burning Man festival | Nevada
Nevada sheriffs are asking the public’s help in identifying a man killed on Saturday in an apparent homicide at the Burning Man festival. In a statement on Monday, Pershing county sheriff Jerry Allen asked for assistance to identify the man, who was found dead in the futurist encampment of Black Rock City as the festival reaching its climax when an …
Read More »Travis Decker search: New evidence shows he is the only suspect in his daughters’ killings, sheriff’s office says
Facebook Tweet Email Link As authorities continue their search for Travis Decker, the Washington state man accused of suffocating his three daughters to death, investigators now believe he is the only suspect in the crime based on evidence found at the gruesome scene. The Chelan County Sheriff’s Office revealed in a social media post Tuesday that each victim, 5-year-old Olivia, …
Read More »3 Virginia sheriff’s deputies who were shot while executing a search warrant are OK
GRETNA, Virginia (AP) — Three sheriff’s deputies who were shot while executing warrants in southern Virginia were “shaken up” but doing well, officials said Wednesday. The warrants were for brandishing a firearm and trespassing, said Pittsylvania County Sheriff Michael W. Taylor. They were also serving a protective order, he said. There was an hourslong standoff but it ended peacefully and …
Read More »Sheriff’s office launches probe after reports of naked women seen on official’s TV at Oklahoma Board of Education meeting
A sheriff’s office in Oklahoma is investigating an incident during a state Board of Education meeting last week that reportedly involved images of naked women on the state school superintendent’s office television. The images were seen during the board’s executive session, held in Superintendent Ryan Walters’ office, The Oklahoman newspaper of Oklahoma City reported, citing members Ryan Deatherage and Becky …
Read More »Rapper GloRilla arrested on drug charges after home burglarized, sheriff’s office says
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) – Grammy-nominated rapper GloRilla was arrested on drug charges after police responded to a reported burglary at her home in Forsyth County. According to the Forsyth Sheriff’s Office, deputies were called to her house in the St. Marlo Subdivision around 1:30 a.m. on Saturday. Investigators said three people were allegedly stealing things and had been …
Read More »Marina del Rey boat searched in probe of blast that killed 3 L.A. County sheriff’s deputies
Investigators executed a search warrant on a boat in Marina del Rey as they continue their probe into the deaths of three bomb technicians who were killed when ordnance collected in Santa Monica exploded at a training center on Friday. It is not clear what, if anything, was found on the boat located in the 13900 block of Marquesas Way. …
Read More »Santa Monica apartment tied to explosion that killed 3 L.A. County sheriff’s deputies
Authorities investigating the deadly blast at a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department training facility are looking into connections to some explosives collected in Santa Monica. Three deputies were killed Friday in an explosion at the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s Biscailuz Center Training Academy in East L.A. while handling explosive materials. No cause for the blast has been determined. But …
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