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Newsby Staff WriterApril 19, 2011

Sheriff Joe Launches Mugshot Rating Contest

Maricopa County (Ariz.) Sheriff Joe Arpaio's newest idea for bringing traffic to his Web site — launching a "Mugshot of the Day" that allows users to vote for the mug of the booked suspect they like best.

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Newsby Staff WriterApril 19, 2011

Former Missouri Sheriff Busted for Meth Distribution

Tommy Adams, who had been sheriff of Carter County for more than two years, allegedly snorted meth and then gave it to an informant. Adams, 31, is being held on a $250,000 bond.

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Newsby Staff WriterApril 18, 2011

Texas Deputy Fatally Shot Transporting Inmate

A female Bowie County (Texas) Sheriff's deputy was overcome and fatally shot in a courthouse basement today, as she readied an inmate for a court hearing.

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Newsby Staff WriterApril 13, 2011

S.C. Deputy Shoots Armed Man, After Discovering Wife's Body

A Cherokee County (S.C.) Sheriff's deputy shot a man who pointed a handgun at him, after the deputy discovered the body of the man's wife, who had apparently been dead for several days.

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Newsby Staff WriterApril 13, 2011

Parole Board Denies Appeal for Miss. Sheriff's Killer

For the fifth time since the killing of Marshall County (Miss.) Sheriff Osborne Bell, Bart Mease has been denied parole. The state's Parole Board declined Mease's appeal in the 1986 shooting death of Sheriff Bell during a traffic stop.

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Newsby Staff WriterApril 6, 2011

Michigan Trooper Crashes During Early Morning Pursuit

Trooper Jeffrey Werda, 43, had responded to a pursuit at 1:30 a.m. today on Birch Run Road in Taymouth Township to help Saginaw County sheriff's deputies with the chase.

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Newsby Staff WriterApril 5, 2011

Iowa Deputy Fatally Shot by Man with Violent Past

Keokuk County (Iowa) Sheriff's deputy Eric Stein was shot and killed on Monday at a home that he had responded to a day earlier on an unknown disturbance call.

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Newsby Staff WriterApril 4, 2011

Sheriff's Dog Stabbed, Killed During Pursuit

Clark County (Wash.) Sheriff's Office dog, Kane, was attempting to apprehend 31-year-old Keegan Graves, who allegedly stabbed the black Dutch shepherd multiple times and kept running.

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Newsby Staff WriterApril 1, 2011

APCO Honors Tucson Mass Shooting Dispatchers

As part of National Public Safety Telecommunications Week, the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) International will honor members of the Pima County Sheriff's Department call center for their work during the Tucson mass shooting in January.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 29, 2011

Video: Surveillance Footage Clarifies Walmart OIS

The shooting occurred on Jan. 23 at about 4 p.m., when Kitsap County (Wash.) Sheriff's Office deputies approached Anthony Martinez in a Walmart parking lot in Port Orchard.

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