Tag: Holiday Crimes: Page 3

SWAT

Getting Through the Holidays

Amidst the craziness of midnight callouts for family gatherings gone wrong, take a minute this holiday season to reflect on what you have and the good that you do.

December 22, 2010

Patrol

Armed Man In Santa Suit Robs Rhode Island Bar

A bartender had been getting the bar at the yacht club ready when a man, described as large and wearing a Santa hat, white beard, a red Santa suit jacket and jeans, walked in and produced a shotgun or rifle-type gun from a Santa bag.

December 20, 2010

Patrol

Halloween DUI Wore Breathalyzer Costume

A Lincoln (Neb.) PD officer pulled over the Ford F-150 truck driven erratically by Matthew Nieveen, 19. Nieveen's blood alcohol level was more than twice the state's .08 limit.

November 2, 2010

Patrol

Illinois Mob Attacks Officers With Illegal Fireworks

Officers responded on three separate occasions to the housing complex. Police used pepper-ball guns and at one point pursued attackers in an attempt to restore order.

July 5, 2010

Patrol

Iowa Man Bites Officer During Bar Fight

A 22-year-old Iowa man started off his 2010 by biting a police officer 11 minutes into the new year during a physical altercation with another patron of the Boogaloo Cafe in Burlington.

January 5, 2010

Patrol

Off-Duty Officer Helps Wal-Mart Greeter Detain Shoplifter

After observing Joseph Anthony Hill attempting to force his way past the greeter with a shopping cart with unpaid TVs and a computer, officer Josh Wright identified himself and showed his badge.

December 29, 2009

Technology

Drunk Drivers Using Twitter To Avoid DUI Checkpoints

Drivers are sending each other "tweets" that include the intersections of checkpoints, as well as text messages and an iPhone application that allows drivers to input checkpoint locations.

December 29, 2009

Patrol

Phoenix K-9 Officer Honored For Rescuing Abducted Girl on Christmas

The decisive action of Phoenix K-9 officer Mike Burns resulted in the return of a 5-year-old girl, who was abducted by a parolee on Christmas Day, AZCentral.com reports.

December 28, 2009

Technology

Watching Over Baby Jesus

To help catch nativity vandals, BrickHouse Security is offering GPS tracking devices that can be installed on Baby Jesus, wise men, or other figurines.

December 9, 2009

Patrol

Search Broadens For Fla. Thanksgiving Day Shooter

A national manhunt is now underway for Paul Merhige, a Thanksgiving Day dinner guest who allegedly killed four relatives with a handgun.

December 2, 2009

Patrol

Drunk Driving Prevention

November brings us to the onset of the holiday season. And the holiday season essentially begins and ends with two big nights of drinking: the night before Thanksgiving and New Year's Eve.

November 29, 2009

Patrol

Fugitive Tricks Detroit Cabbies Into D.C. Trip, Then Skips Out

Nguyen, wanted in Pennsylvania for theft, fraud and forgery, ran off on the trio during a stop early Christmas morning in Maryland and left them without money to get back to the Motor City, they said.

December 30, 2008