Houston’s mayor has replaced the city’s police chief, saying Wednesday it was the best thing for a law enforcement agency that’s still under intense scrutiny over why hundreds of thousands of cases were never investigated, including more than 4,000 sexual assault allegations. Mayor John Whitmire said he did not push out former Police Chief Troy Finner but accepted his retirement …
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A man acquitted of having a supporting role in the plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said he’s running for county sheriff. Eric Molitor filed papers to run against Wexford County Sheriff Trent Taylor in the Republican primary in August, The Detroit News reported Thursday. He said he’s running on a pledge to not enforce a new state law …
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A known gang member with a long violent criminal history accused of shooting a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputy could have been kept behind bars if not for soft-on-crime policies by the region’s top prosecutor, his election opponent said. Raymundo Duran, 47, who allegedly shot Deputy Samuel Aispuro in the back at a stop light while he was sitting on …
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Squatters wreaking havoc on Georgia House candidate Mel Keyton’s Atlanta-area community have been persistent, ushering in drugs and prostitution and even breaking in again after being removed by police over the weekend. Under a new bipartisan-backed bill signed by Gov. Brian Kemp last month, squatting has shifted from a civil matter to a criminal offense, but Keyton said the change …
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A Colorado woman’s attempt to swipe a truck was thwarted after she was left stumped behind the wheel of the stick shift vehicle, police said. “Stick Shift FTW [for the win],” the Boulder Police Department said in a press release. “Not a standard recommendation for car theft prevention, but this past Friday a stick shift kept a thief from getting …
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A Chicago woman is looking to have discussions with lawmakers this summer about how to increase penalties for squatters and decrease the blow for homeowners in the state of Illinois. Darthula Young’s property that she inherited from her mother was taken over by a “professional squatter” in Sept. 2022. She received a phone call at the time from a neighbor …
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A former Ohio vice detective who pleaded guilty to federal crimes related to kidnapping sex worker victims under the guise of arresting them was sentenced Thursday to 11 years in prison. Andrew Mitchell, 60, of Sunbury, will receive credit for the roughly five years he has been in custody since his arrest in April 2019, according to the U.S. Attorney …
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The rate of guns stolen from cars in the U.S. has tripled over the last decade, making them the largest source of stolen guns in the country, an analysis of FBI data by the gun safety group Everytown found. The rate of stolen guns from cars climbed nearly every year and spiked during the coronavirus pandemic along with a major …
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EXCLUSIVE: The FBI is disputing reports that the bureau has been urging employees to increase the use of warrantless wiretapping on U.S. soil. “Yesterday’s reporting in Wired magazine is a complete misrepresentation of the FBI Deputy Director’s email to the FBI workforce,” a spokesperson told Fox News Digital in a statement on Thursday. “Their allegationthat the FBI instructed its employees …
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Christine Wright of Roanoke, Virginia, never thought she would give birth with her wrist and an ankle handcuffed to the hospital bed, like she remembered seeing in a movie growing up showing a woman having a baby while incarcerated. To the now 35-year-old mother, it was the “worst of the worst,” and she struggled to wrap her head around how …
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