Tag: Off-Duty Incidents: Page 50

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Chicago Boy Charged with Murder of Officer Grandmother

A 15-year-old Chicago boy has been accused of murdering his 55-year-old grandmother after she yelled at him for skipping school. The relationship between the two, who lived together, had grown increasingly tense.

November 6, 2011

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Video: Miami Cop Detained for Driving 120 mph

A Florida Highway Patrol trooper chased down off-duty Miami Police Officer Fausto Lopez and detained him at gunpoint, after clocking him driving 120 mph in his cruiser.

October 29, 2011

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Fla. Trooper Detained Miami Cop at Gunpoint

A Florida Highway Patrol trooper chased down off-duty Miami Police Officer Fausto Lopez and detained him at gunpoint, after clocking him driving 120 mph in his cruiser.

October 28, 2011

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Soldier Kills Ga. Deputy, Then Himself

An intoxicated soldier who was reportedly firing at vehicles with an M4 semiautomatic rifle fatally shot a Richmond County (Ga.) Sheriff's deputy earlier today before killing himself.

October 22, 2011

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Off-Duty Deputy who Tackled Robber Crashed Through Glass

An off-duty Florida sheriff's deputy suffered minor injuries, after tackling a suspect who tried to steal cash from a donation jar for terminally ill children.

October 5, 2011

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Off-duty Ill. Cop Stops Pizza Parlor Robbery

Four men entered Marie's Pizza at about 10:30 p.m. Saturday. One pulled out a handgun and demanded money from the owner, who was talking with the deputy. After a struggle began between the owner and gunman, the deputy grabbed the owner's gun and shot the suspect.

October 3, 2011

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Off-Duty Atlanta Cop Fatally Shoots Burglar

Officer Robert Livsey was at home waiting for an HVAC repairman. The officer was planning to move into the home next month with his fiancee, Kimberly Taylor. Apparently, the burglar entered through a window around 8:45 a.m.

September 6, 2011

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Off-duty LAPD Detective Killed In Motorcycle Wreck

LAPD Detective Jesus Ravega, 48, succumbed to injuries sustained after losing control of his motorcycle on a freeway interchange in downtown Los Angeles

September 2, 2011

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Would You Respond Off Duty With Family?

I ask myself: Would I just hang back and hope for the best? And if things did go south, would I perhaps not only be adding to the officer's vulnerability through my own inaction?

August 29, 2011

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Drunk D.C. Cop Fired on Trannies

Officer Kenneth Furr apparently stood on the hood of his car, firing at people, and yelling threats such as, "I'm gonna kill you." Furr allegedly fired at the people at 5 a.m. Friday, after several verbal confrontations. Three people suffered injuries, and DCist reports that two were transgendered women.

August 28, 2011

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Mystery Surrounds NYPD Cop's Death on Kayak Trip

Investigators are still trying to sort out the details of the death of a veteran New York City police officer who drowned while kayaking with his 5-year-old son.

August 14, 2011

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N. Kentucky University Officer Struck, Killed by Hearse In Ohio

Officer Roy Sims, 51, died from injuries he sustained in the crash in Montgomery, Ohio. Officer Sims was escorting a funeral procession to Gate of Heaven Cemetery when the hearse struck the motorcycle he was riding around 11:39 a.m.

August 4, 2011