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Austin Metcalf was stabbed and killed at a high school track meet on April 2. The family of the murder suspect, 17-year-old Karmelo Anthony, held a news conference earlier in the day on Thursday.
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Body camera footage from both officers shows the teenager running toward a patrol car which had the engine running and the front door unlocked. When an officer began to confront the teenager, the boy sprinted toward the officer with a knife in-hand.
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Multiple motivations have been posited for the false calls. Some may be pranks. Some may be kids hoping to disrupt their schools. Sarasota County Sheriff Kurt Hoffman raised concerns that the swatting could be testing law enforcement responses to find weaknesses.
Read More →Police suspect that the boy is also responsible for similar swatting calls in Windsor Lock, Connecticut; Charlotte, North Carolina; and Tampa, Florida, the release said. SWAT teams responded to two of the calls and “made forced entry” into the homes, the release said.
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False reports from criminals or from fellow officers can be extremely hazardous to you and the public you serve.
Read More →On Tuesday, Wilson Police Chief Kevin Coley announced that the former officer gave a full confession to the department and to the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation
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The video shows NYPD officers smashing the car windows when the door doesn’t budge, and pulling out Saroya to check his vitals.
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Tennessee Highway Patrol’s Special Operations Unit used a robot to sniff for explosives on the truck, but none were found, according to the Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office.
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Actor Jussie Smollett has been indicted on six new charges of disorderly conduct, accusing him of filing false police reports claiming he was the victim of a racist and homophobic attack last year.
Read More →Police and firefighters had to respond to each of the woman's many false calls, taking services away from real victims with real emergencies, said Lt. John D’Amico of the NYPD’s Communications Division.
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