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News•by Staff Writer•September 7, 2010

Three LAPD Officers Injured During Standoff With Shooting Protesters

Four protesters were arrested and three LAPD officers were injured when bottles and a rock were thrown at them.

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News•by Staff Writer•September 7, 2010

Former Soldier Holds 3 Hostage At Georgia Hospital

The suspect entered the hospital heavily armed and held three people hostage including a medic, behavior health nurse and technician.

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News•by Staff Writer•September 5, 2010

Drug Couriers Using Disguises and 'Cloner' Vehicles

The traffickers have been caught hauling marijuana along the Texas border in fake versions of a Walmart truck or FedEx van. They've employed sham school buses, dummy dump trucks and bogus ambulances.

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Videos•by Staff Writer•September 4, 2010

Pennsylvania SWAT Team's Chicken Dance

View the Greer (Pa.) PD's entry into the city's 2010 Oktoberfest Chicken Dance Competition.

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News•by Staff Writer•September 3, 2010

Mexican Man Guilty of Assaulting Two Border Patrol Agents

Jaime Martinez-Garcia, 26, of Guaymas, Sonora, Mexico, was found guilty of two counts of assault on a federal officer and one count of illegal re-entry after deportation by a federal jury in Tucson on Tuesday.

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News•by Staff Writer•September 2, 2010

Parents of Slain Kids To Chicago Gang Members: How Dare You?

The gang members said they and other gang members were disrespected by police during a surprise meeting with Chicago PD's Superintendent Jody Weis and that their constitutional rights were violated.

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News•by Staff Writer•September 2, 2010

Discovery Channel Gunman was Armed with Starter Pistol, Bombs

The 'gunman' in yesterday's Discovery Channel hostage standoff was only armed with starter pistols, which are incapable of firing bullets. He also had bombs.

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News•by Staff Writer•September 1, 2010

Discovery Channel Gunman Dead, Hostages Released

Numerous sources are reporting that police shot and killed a man who took three people hostage at the company's headquarters this afternoon.

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News•by Staff Writer•September 1, 2010

SWAT Called to Discovery Channel's Maryland HQ, Gunman Inside

Montgomery County police have confirmed the Discovery Communications headquarters on Georgia Avenue in downtown Silver Spring has been evacuated after the report of a man possibly with explosives inside the building.

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News•by Staff Writer•September 1, 2010

SRO Reported S.D. Teen's School Bomb Plot

Joseph Thomas Hansen, 18, was arrested Aug. 23, the day before he was scheduled to begin his senior year at Sisseton High School. Police arrested the teen after a school resource officer received a tip about Hansen's suspected plot.

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