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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 5, 2011

Oregon Chief Killed In Confrontation At Car Stereo Shop

Chief Painter, 55, had responded to the shop's call at about 11 a.m. that a man later identified as 21-year-old Daniel Armaugh had entered the bay and was acting suspiciously. Armaugh apparently wrestled the gun from Chief Painter and fatally shot the officer.

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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 1, 2011

Ohio Deputy Slain In Trailer Park Gunfight

The entrenched suspect wounded patrolman Jeremy Blum, as "many, many, many" rounds were exchanged between officers and the suspect, according to Clark County Sheriff Gene Kelly.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 29, 2010

First-Year Texas Cop Killed Investigating Domestic Assault

An Arlington (Texas) Police officer investigating a domestic assault Tuesday evening was found dead with two other people in an apartment complex.

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Inside the Badge by Richard ValdemarDecember 29, 2010

Blood Brothers: Roots of a Cartel War

Like the evolution of the Italian Mafia in U.S. cities such as New York and Chicago, Mexican smugglers or "contrabandistas" evolved from crude thuggish beginnings to more criminally sophisticated organized crime groups.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 28, 2010

Slain Mass. Officer Had Put In Retirement Papers

Starting Jan. 1, Maguire was scheduled to leave the busy night shift and retire in about a year. Woburn Chief Philip Mahoney said telling Maguire's wife of 23 years that her husband had been fatally shot was "one of the saddest duties I ever had to do."

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 28, 2010

LEO Duty Deaths Jump 37 Percent

Line-of-duty deaths surged nearly 40 percent; firearms-related killings increased by more than 20 percent for a second year in a row.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 28, 2010

Suspect Steals Georgia Trooper's Vehicle After Fatal Shooting

Trooper Chadwick LeCroy, 38, was shot twice in the face and died while being transported to the local trauma unit. LeCroy is survived by his wife and two sons, ages 8 and 21. He became a trooper in August 2008.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 27, 2010

Two Charged In Fatal Shooting of Mass. Officer

Just after 8:30 p.m. Sunday, Woburn PD's Officer John B. "Jack" Maguire, a 34-year veteran of the force, responded to an attempted robbery by three men at a Kohl's during a snowstorm.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 24, 2010

Univ. of Houston Officer Killed In Crash, Responding To Call

Officer Ann O'Donnell, 24, is the first line of duty death for the agency. The officer had been with the agency for about a year.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 24, 2010

Georgia Officer Fatally Shot While Investigating Robbery

The fatal 9mm round struck Lt. Cliff Rouse in the abdomen below his body armor. A second round struck his leg.

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