Border Patrol agent acquitted in Mexican teen’s 2012 death

PHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona jury on Wednesday acquitted a U.S. Border Patrol agent of manslaughter in the shooting of a Mexican teen through a border fence, sparking a protest in downtown Tucson following the second loss for federal prosecutors in the second trial over the 2012 killing. Jurors in Tucson found Lonnie Swartz not... Read More

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Lonnie Swartz

November 20, 2018

Ex-LA County deputy sentenced in drug trafficking case

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A former Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy has been sentenced to 17 years in prison after he was caught in an FBI sting offering to guard shipments of methamphetamine, cocaine and marijuana. Kenneth Collins of Chino pleaded guilty in August to conspiracy to distribute drugs. The U.S. attorney’s office says a... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Drugs, Law Enforcement, News

Kenneth Collins

November 7, 2018

Tennessee man gets life in prison for officer’s killing

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A man convicted of first-degree murder in the fatal shooting of a police officer in Tennessee was sentenced Tuesday to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Shelby County Criminal Court Judge Lee Coffee read the sentence for 41-year-old Tremaine Wilbourn after a jury recommended the punishment. Prosecutors had sought... Read More

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Tremaine Wilbourne

November 5, 2018

Ex-convict convicted in fatal shooting of Tennessee officer

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — An ex-convict was found guilty of first-degree murder and other charges Sunday in the fatal shooting of a police officer in Memphis, Tennessee. A jury in state court convicted Tremaine Wilbourn on Sunday in the August 2015 killing of Officer Sean Bolton. Wilbourn also was found guilty of carjacking and weapons... Read More

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Tremaine Wilbourn

November 1, 2018

Death-penalty trial begins in shooting of Tennessee officer

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A death-penalty trial has begun in the fatal shooting of a police officer in Memphis, Tennessee. Lawyers made opening statements Wednesday in the state trial of Tremaine Wilbourn, who has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder in the killing of Officer Sean Bolton in August 2015. Authorities said Wilbourn shot Bolton... Read More

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Sean Bolton, Tremaine Wilbourn

November 1, 2018

Indictment sought against police officer in 2017 shooting

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (AP) — Prosecutors in Virginia have announced they are seeking an indictment against a white officer seen on body camera video shooting a black suspect in the back as he tried to run away. News outlets report Deputy Commonwealth’s Attorney Brandon T. Wrobleski announced Wednesday that an indictment in the October 2017 shooting... Read More

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Deontrace Ward, Jeremy Durocher

October 31, 2018

Chicago officer convicted in shooting returning to court

CHICAGO (AP) — Former Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke is returning to court for the first time since a jury found him guilty this month in the 2014 shooting death of Laquan McDonald. Van Dyke won’t be sentenced during Wednesday’s hearing but the judge might set a sentencing date. One issue that could be... Read More

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Jason Van Dyke, Laquan McDonald

October 29, 2018

Closing arguments next in ex-trooper’s trial in Detroit

DETROIT (AP) — Jurors will hear closing arguments in the murder trial of a former Michigan state trooper who shot a 15-year-old Detroit boy with his Taser moments before the teen crashed an all-terrain vehicle and died. Mark Bessner and another trooper were pursuing Damon (Da-MAHN’) Grimes on a Detroit street in August 2017. Bessner... Read More

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Mark Bessner

October 26, 2018

Fired Texas deputy indicted for fatally shooting unarmed man

HOUSTON (AP) — A fired Texas sheriff’s deputy was indicted Thursday in the fatal shooting of an unarmed black man during a March confrontation. A grand jury in Houston indicted former Harris County Sheriff’s deputy Cameron Brewer on a charge of aggravated assault by a public servant for the death of 35-year-old Danny Ray Thomas.... Read More

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Cameron Brewer

October 25, 2018

Judge to hear thoughts on police reform for 2nd, final day

CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago federal judge will resume hearing from members of the public about whether they are for or against a draft plan to reform Chicago police under his supervision. Some 30 people are expected to address Judge Robert Dow Jr. on Thursday. It’ll be the second and final day of hearings designed... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Law Enforcement, News

October 24, 2018

Trial delayed against ex-police chief, ex-prosecutor wife

HONOLULU (AP) — A U.S. judge said the medical records of a former Honolulu prosecutor convinced him that a trial against her and her retired police chief husband must be delayed. U.S. Magistrate Judge Richard Puglisi said he reviewed Katherine Kealoha’s confidential medical records filed under seal and determined she wouldn’t be able to attend... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Law Enforcement, News

Louis Kealoha

October 23, 2018

Border Patrol agent’s new trial in teen’s killing to start

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Federal prosecutors will once again try a U.S. Border Patrol agent who killed a 16-year-old boy in a cross-border shooting but who was earlier this year acquitted of murder. The second trial against Lonnie Swartz begins Tuesday morning, six months after he was acquitted on a second-degree murder charge and five... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Law Enforcement, National Security, News

Lonnie Swartz

October 22, 2018

Police hire raises criticism in New Mexico’s largest city

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The Albuquerque mayor’s hiring of a New Jersey law enforcement veteran accused of excessive force in a more than decade-old lawsuit was met Friday with strong criticism among New Mexico police reform advocates. The announcement a day earlier of Leonard Nerbetski’s appointment as a civilian manager of Albuquerque’s Real-Time Crime Center... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Law Enforcement, News

October 18, 2018

3rd Florida ex-officer sent to prison for framing suspects

MIAMI (AP) — A third ex-police officer is going to federal prison as part of a conspiracy in a small Florida city to frame black people for crimes they did not commit. Court records show a federal judge Thursday sentenced former Biscayne Park officer Guillermo Ravelo to just over two years behind bars. Ravelo pleaded... Read More

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Guillermo Ravelo

Border Patrol agent acquitted in Mexican teen’s 2012 death

Ex-LA County deputy sentenced in drug trafficking case

Tennessee man gets life in prison for officer’s killing

Ex-convict convicted in fatal shooting of Tennessee officer

Death-penalty trial begins in shooting of Tennessee officer

Indictment sought against police officer in 2017 shooting

Chicago officer convicted in shooting returning to court

Closing arguments next in ex-trooper’s trial in Detroit

Fired Texas deputy indicted for fatally shooting unarmed man

Judge to hear thoughts on police reform for 2nd, final day

Trial delayed against ex-police chief, ex-prosecutor wife

Border Patrol agent’s new trial in teen’s killing to start

Police hire raises criticism in New Mexico’s largest city

3rd Florida ex-officer sent to prison for framing suspects

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