Tag: Assaults on Officers: Page 6

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VT State Troopers Menaced by Mechanical Excavator During Arrest

The suspect’s father Wayne Tallman reportedly operated the excavator and used it as a weapon.

June 24, 2022

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Man Gets 10 Years in Prison for Assaulting Portland Police with Firebombs

Malik Fard Muhammad was charged in both state and federal court. Earlier this year, he pleaded guilty to 14 felonies in state court, including attempted murder.

June 22, 2022

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FL Inmate Saved Life of Deputy Under Attack

The incident started when Harvey approached Deputy Lillian Jimenez, claiming that Colvin was sick. When Jimenez went to check on Colvin, Harvey snuck up behind her and started choking her with a pillowcase and stabbing her with a shank.

June 17, 2022

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Raleigh Officers Fatally Shoot Man Throwing Fire Bombs

The incident began around 1:20 p.m. in the parking lot of the agency's southeast district office when an officer saw a man setting vehicles on fire using Molotov cocktails, the chief said.

May 9, 2022

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IN Man Gets 10 Years for Throwing Firebombs at Police During Portland Riots

The Multnomah County (OR) District Attorney's Office says that in the late summer of 2020, Malik Muhammed traveled to Portland. "His criminal activity spanned September and October of 2020 and included four separate criminal incidents," the DA says.

March 31, 2022

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FL Drivers Help Trooper Under Attack

Several drivers who witnessed the assault pulled over onto the shoulder and ran to help as the trooper managed to tackle the subject to the ground.

March 21, 2022

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Seattle Man Gets 5 Years for Hitting Officer with Baseball Bat, Arson During Riot

The officer added, “My head almost got taken off that night. That impact that night, I did not feel the repercussions that I’m going to have to live through…I don’t know how much worse my headaches might get when I get older.”

March 14, 2022

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Miami Officer Recovering from Brain Surgery After Skull Fractured in Assault

“It was very traumatic for him, one of our brothers getting hurt, very traumatic, especially hearing he was rushed in for brain surgery,” Miami police Sergeant Tommy Reyes, president of the Miami Fraternal Order of Police, said.

February 9, 2022

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NYPD Officer Recovering After Being Shot in Carjacking Attempt

Police say shortly after 10 p.m., an off-duty rookie officer who was on his way to work stopped at a traffic light in his personal car. Two suspects walked up to the officer and tapped on the driver’s side window with a gun. That’s when the officer got out of the car and one of the suspects started firing at the officer, striking him in the shoulder.

February 2, 2022

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NC Deputy Shot, Saved by Armor

The bullet passed through the deputy's body-worn video camera and lodged in the body armor the deputy was wearing.

January 17, 2022

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Suspect Assaulted OR Officers with Fireworks, Bomb Squad Finds Blasting Caps

Police found the man on a local bike path after getting several early-morning complaints about gunshots. When officers tried to talk to him, the man allegedly began shooting the fireworks toward them.

January 3, 2022

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SC Civilians Honored for Helping Officer During Vicious Off-Duty Attack

"We had citizens who not only said something but did something, they prevented him from further injury and possibly the loss of his life," said Chief Alonzo Thompson of the Spartanburg Police Department.

December 21, 2021