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“The Roswell Police Department is heartbroken to announce the loss of Officer Jeremy Labonte, 24, who was killed in the line of duty on the evening of February 7, 2025,” police noted in a statement ...

For a decade and a half, officers made DWI cases go away in exchange for bribes, relying on protection from senior officers ...

Bosque County Sheriff’s Office Investigators conducted an inquiry into the suspicious expenditures, and requested the ...

LOS ANGELES, California - Steven Robert Sablan, 63, of Cleburne, Texas, was sentenced on Sunday to 420 months in federal ...

Her agent was so helpful he even offered to keep her money safe if she moved it to a government safety locker — but she ...

WESTON, W.Va. (WBOY) — A man has been charged after children were found in a home with no heat or electric in Lewis County.

Texas Man Arrested in Long Beach to Serve 35 Years in Federal Prison for Kidnapping 13-Year-Old Girl at Gunpoint and Repeatedly Assaulting Her ...

Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan recommended his police chief choice to the City Council. It comes over a week after three finalists ...

The shooting took place in Tarzana, a suburb in the San Fernando Valley near Woodland Hills. A boy, 16, died at the scene and ...

Two people, including the victim's husband, have been charged in connection to the 2024 death of a 23-year old Army soldier, ...

Duggan was provided three candidates to choose from, including current interim chief Todd Bettison and two other men who have ...