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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 7, 2017

Virginia Executes Cop Killer

Morva was sentenced to death in 2008 for murdering security guard Derrick McFarland and Montgomery County sheriff's Deputy Eric Sutphin during an escape from custody in 2006.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 7, 2017

Investigators Seek Motive in Slaying of NYPD Officer

Where he went and what he did over the next several hours is now the subject of intense scrutiny as investigators try to understand what could have motivated him to pull out a Ruger .38 handgun and shoot Familia in the head as she sat in a mobile command post.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 6, 2017

Looming Execution Divides Mother, Daughter of Slain VA Deputy

The daughter of a sheriff's deputy killed by a man set to be executed in Virginia said that she has urged the state's governor to spare the man's life, but the slain deputy's mother says she hopes the prisoner is executed.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 3, 2017

Baton Rouge Cop Killer Searched for Officers’ Home Addresses Before Ambush

The gunman who set an ambush last summer for police in Baton Rouge, La., had written about killing officers and had searched for officers’ home addresses before the attack, according to a new report released Friday by the local prosecutor.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 30, 2017

Jury Recommends Life Sentence in OH SWAT Officer's Slaying

A jury has recommended life in prison without parole for a man convicted of fatally shooting an Ohio SWAT officer during a standoff last year.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 30, 2017

Man Accused of Killing VA Officer Faces Capital Murder Charge

Ball is accused of shooting 45-year-old Special Agent Michael Walter while the officer was patrolling in a Richmond public housing complex.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 27, 2017

Killer of 2 NYPD Officers Escapes Death Penalty for Second Time

His first death sentence was overturned by the Second U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals because of an improper prosecution argument. He was again sentenced to death by a jury in 2013, but that was overturned based on a new legal standard for retardation.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 23, 2017

CA Gang Member Told Detectives He Killed Whittier Officer, Cousin

"I guess you guys have everything down — smoked my cousin, smoked the cop. ... I mean, what else do you guys want? I shot another cop," Michael Christopher Mejia said in the interview.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 16, 2017

Trump Demands Return of Cop Killer from Cuba

President Donald Trump has demanded that Cuba return a woman convicted in the murder of a New Jersey state trooper.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 14, 2017

18-Year-Old Suspect Admits to Killing Arkansas Officer, Faces Capital Murder Charge

Tyler Calamese, an 18-year-old from Newport, AR, has admitted to shooting and killing Newport police lieutenant Patrick Weatherford Monday night, according to Arkansas State Police.

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