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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 7, 2013

Rampaging Ex-LAPD Cop Shoots 3 Cops, Kills 1

SWAT teams searched near a rugged San Bernardino ski resort late Thursday for a fired LAPD officer who shot three officers, including one fatally, in a rampage across Southern California.

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 7, 2013

Burned-Out Truck Linked to Fugitive Ex-Cop

Officers searching for an ex-LAPD cop wanted for three murders moved their search to the Big Bear area after locating a burning pickup truck they have linked to Christopher Dorner.

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 6, 2013

Steelers QB Gives K-9 Grants To Pittsburgh-Area Agencies

Pittsburgh Steelers' quarterback Ben Roethlisberger has provided eight K-9 training grants totaling more than $66,000 to law enforcement agencies in the Pittsburgh area on behalf of the Ben Roethlisberger Foundation at the Giving Back Fund.

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 5, 2013

Cop Killer Impregnates Prison Guard To Avoid Death Penalty

A convicted killer of two undercover NYPD detectives impregnated a guard at a federal prison, hoping to avoid the death penalty.

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 4, 2013

FBI Raid Frees Child from Ala. Abductor

The hostage situation ended sometime on Monday. Sources at the scene confirm that Ethan is safe and the hostage-taker, 65-year-old Jimmy Lee Dykes, is dead.

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 4, 2013

Chicago Drug Task Force Targets Cartel 'Choke Points'

Seventy federal agents, police officers, and prosecutors recently started working there in what authorities say is a first-of-its-kind drug-fighting headquarters.

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 4, 2013

Fla. Capt. Sentenced As Part of Drug Trafficking Organization

A federal judge sentenced a former Opa-Locka (Fla.) PD police captain to more than seven years in federal prison for his role in a drug trafficking operation. Arthur Balom, 46, of Miramar, had pleaded guilty to trafficking of cocaine, ecstasy, and oxycodone.

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 1, 2013

Fla. Man Kills K-9 After Chase

Florida sheriff's deputies shot and wounded a man who opened fire on them and killed a police dog in the K-9 unit.

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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 31, 2013

LAPD Acquires Tractor for Mounted Unit

A new tractor is for the department's Mounted Platoon, which has about 30 horses on two acres in Atwater Village, just east of the 5 freeway and Griffith Park.

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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 31, 2013

Ga. SRO Disarms Suspect in Middle School Shooting

An off-duty Georgia police officer working as a school resource officer disarmed and detained a student who is suspected of shooting a 14-year-old classmate in the head.

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