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Inside the Badge by Dean ScovilleSeptember 2, 2010

Investigative Sloppiness is Criminal

Your notes are legal record. Make them complete as possible and keep them safe and secure. Failure to do so can compromise a prosecution.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 31, 2010

Slain Alaska Officers Encountered Suspect In Earlier Violent Arrest

The officers followed Marvin to his home, where he ambushed them in an alley and physically attacked them. Both officers drew their guns and eventually used a TASER to subdue Marvin, who ignored their verbal commands.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 30, 2010

Man Accused of Killing Alaska Officers Surrenders After Standoff

The standoff between Alaska state troopers and the man they say killed two police officers in the village of Hoonah, a very small town near Juneau, ended this morning.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 30, 2010

Suspect in Slaying of Utah Deputy Captured

Arizona’s Coconino County Sheriff’s Department spokeswoman Erika Wittenmuth said Curley was taken into custody about 1 a.m. in the Lost Spring subdivision after a homeowner reported seeing a man with a rifle slung over his shoulder trying to get into his home about 12:20 a.m. In all, 17 police officers rushed to the scene and soon located Curley.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 29, 2010

Texas Cops Make Arrest In State's Oldest Unsolved Cop Killer Case

Gary Wayne Pettigrew is suspected of killing Tribble, 38, while the officer was returning to work after dropping off cough medicine to his ailing son.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 29, 2010

Alaska Tactical Teams Surround Suspect Who Fatally Shot Two Officers

John Marvin Jr. allegedly shot 32-year-old Hoonah Police Sgt. Tony Wallace and 39-year-old patrolman Matt Tokuoka shortly after 10:30 p.m. Saturday.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 26, 2010

Prosecution Thrown Curveball in Charlotte Cop Killing Trial

On the third straight day of surprises in the Demeatrius Montgomery trial, attorneys argued over the importance of another possible suspect in the 2007 killings of two Charlotte police officers - a man who bears a striking resemblance to Montgomery.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 25, 2010

Prosecutors Won't Appeal Death Penalty Decision in Charlotte Cop Killing Case

Mecklenburg County Judge Forrest Bridges ruled Tuesday that Montgomery should not face the death penalty because a detective’s misconduct has tainted the trial in the killings of two Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officers.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 24, 2010

Evidence Tossed in Charlotte Cop Killer Trial, Judge Rules Out Death Penalty

Judge Forrest Bridges ruled this afternoon that Demeatrius Montgomery should not face the death penalty because of an investigator's misconduct during the investigation into the 2007 killings of two Charlotte police officers.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 3, 2010

CHP Officer's Killer Averts Death With Guilty Plea

Allen, 34, admitted in court Monday he shot Scott during a February 2006 traffic stop near Salida to avoid arrest and possible prison time because he was a felon with a gun in his car.

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