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Patrol
Cop Killer Who Asked TX Jury for Death Penalty Gets His Wish
According to trial evidence, Solis shot the 42-year-old deputy multiple times during a Sept. 27, 2019, traffic stop in a residential cul-de-sac 18 miles northwest of Houston. The deputy was returning to his patrol car when Solis shot him from behind.
October 28, 2022
Point of Law
Convicted Texas Cop Killer Asks for Death Penalty
During his testimony and closing argument of the guilt phase, Solis claimed that the shooting of Deputy Sandeep Dhaliwal during a traffic stop was an accident.
October 18, 2022
Harris County (TX) Sheriff's Deputy Sandeep Dhaliwal was shot and killed during a 2019 traffic stop. (Photo: Harris County SO)
Point of Law
NY Cop Killer to Soon be Paroled
Anthony Blanks, now 69, was convicted of first-degree murder and criminal possession of a weapon in 1978 for the veteran officer's killing. He was sentenced to 25 years to life.
October 13, 2022
The family of Patrolman Arthur Dematte and the members of the Larchmont PBA held a vigil of remembrance Wednesday night. Dematte's killer has been paroled but not yet released. (Photo: Larchmont PBA/Facebook)
Investigations
MD Investigators Solve 51-Year-Old Cop Killing
In October 2021, the 50th anniversary of Captain James Tappen Hall’s homicide, detectives from the Cold Case Unit decided to review the case.
September 7, 2022
Montgomery County Special Deputy Sheriff Captain James Tappen was murdered on duty in 1971. (Photo: Montgomery County PD)
Patrol
OK Police Release Video from Pursuit of Suspected Cop Killer
After the suspect’s vehicle was spotted, a pursuit began and continues on several highways in the Oklahoma City area. Shots were fired at officers and officers returned fire. Police report that no one was hit.
September 6, 2022
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Patrol
Cop Killer Sentenced to Life Plus 375 Years
“While we cannot bring back Detective Green, we hope this guilty plea and sentence brings relief and a sense of justice to his family, friends and colleagues,” said Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis in a statement.
August 22, 2022
Patrol
GascĂłn Defends Treatment of Parolee who Killed El Monte Officers
Critics of GascĂłn and the parents of one of the slain officers have lashed out at the district attorney in the days following the fatal shootout that occurred last Tuesday afternoon.
June 22, 2022
Patrol
Family of Slain El Monte Officer Slams GascĂłn
"GascĂłn's just letting all these criminals out and they just keep doing one crime after the other. And that guy should've been in jail, if he wouldn't have been out, my son and the other officer would still be here," Olga Garcia said.
June 20, 2022
Patrol
Widow of El Monte Cop Killer Says She’s Sorry
"I'm so deeply sorry. My condolences for saving me," an emotional Diana Flores said. "I'm so sorry. They didn't deserve that. They were trying to help me."
June 17, 2022
Patrol
AL Cop Killer Pleads Guilty to Avoid Death Penalty
Preston Johnson, 39, of Addison, avoided the death penalty by pleading guilty to intentional murder on Monday. Johnson was sentenced to 25 years in prison.
June 15, 2022
Preston Johnson pleaded guilty to murdering Kimberly, AL, police officer Nick O'Rear Monday. (Photo: Cullman County SO)
Point of Law
CA Cop Killer Gets 15-Year Sentence
The property owner did not tell the responding deputies that Vasquez Orozco and another worker, Ramiro Morales, were in the garden protecting the crop, nor did he warn them that Vasquez Orozco was armed with a firearm
May 17, 2022
El Dorado County, CA, Sheriff's Deputy Brian Ishmael was shot and killed in 2019 while responding to reported theft in a marijuana grow. (Photo: El Dorado County SO)
Patrol
Texas Executes Man for 1990 Murder of Houston Offic
Carl Wayne Buntion, 78, was executed at the state penitentiary in Huntsville. He was condemned for the June 1990 fatal shooting of Houston police officer James Irby, a nearly 20-year member of the force.
April 22, 2022
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