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Ex-police chief facing multiple criminal charges one day after her resignation

Former Chattanooga Police Chief Celeste Murphy is now facing a 17-count indictment containing felony and misdemeanor criminal charges a day after she resigned from her position.

Retired NYPD chief busts two teen suspects in his own backyard: 'He doesn't play'

Joseph Reznick, 72, a former deputy police commissioner who ran the IAB before he was pushed out in 2022, held the 15- and 17-year-old males in his yard on 89th...

Kate Major calls estranged husband Michael Lohan 'a psychopath' in heated exchange involving cops

Lindsay Lohan's father filed for divorce four years after marrying Major after an alleged assault.

Driver charged over flipping off state trooper settles suit for $175K

Vermont has agreed to pay $175,000 to settle a lawsuit on behalf of a man who was charged with a crime for giving a state trooper the middle finger in...

NYPD chief makes last-ditch bid to toss his abuse of authority case

Chief of Department Jeffrey Maddrey was set to face an internal trial Monday over allegations that he wrongfully intervened in the arrest of an ex-cop accused of pulling a gun...

'Multiple people' may be charged in Matthew Perry's ketamine death after police investigation: report

Matthew Perry had an overwhelming amount of ketamine in his system when he drowned in his jacuzzi last year.

Alabama teen, boyfriend killed days apart in same location with police chase into burned church: report

An investigation into both incidents is ongoing by the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency.

Cop demoted for using city cameras to track wife he suspected of cheating with fellow officer

Eventually, the dubious cop fessed up to using department-owned cameras around the city to tail his wife.

Rookie cop who arrested Justin Timberlake saved resident's life with Narcan days earlier: sources

An insider exclusively tells us that officer Michael Arkinson, who turns 24 this month, administered Narcan to save a local who was overdosing.

Whacko tries to slice off man's nose with a samurai sword for kissing kin: police

Police said Peter Michael Anthony Tighe flew off the handle when a man kissed a relative in a South Carolina convenience store parking lot -- so he tried to cut...

Jealous ex killed NYC cabbie and then sent his family horrifying photos and chilling voice messages, kin says

A possessive ex-girlfriend charged with stabbing a city cab driver to death sent friends photos of his bloodied body -- and left his family a haunting voice message confessing to...

Karen Read's lawyer claims murder trial for death of cop boyfriend is an elaborate frame-up

But prosecutor Adam Lally, during his closing, said four witnesses testified at trial that Read told first responders, "I hit him, I hit him, I hit him, I hit him."

Pregnant woman who accused three cops of sexually abusing her as teen may have been killed — despite initial suicide finding: pathologist

Sandra Birchmore's death had been ruled a suicide by a state medical examiner after the 23-year-old was found hanging in her Canton, Massachusetts apartment back in February 2021.

Who suffers from defunding the police? This blue city has over 1,000 unsolved murders

One major Midwest city has more than 1,000 murder cases over last decade that remain unsolved as police battle staff shortages, budget cuts.

Troubled NYC man who tried to drown his twin toddlers at Conn. beach ordered held on $2M bail

A Queens man charged with trying to drown his two children at a Connecticut beach early Saturday morning was hauled into court Monday and ordered held on $2 million bail.

Cops deliver groceries after busting DoorDash driver on his way to customer's house: 'Keep the citizen happy'

“They don’t expect the police to deliver groceries, but you know, I’ll do what I need to do to keep people happy.”

Over 15 killed in suspected terror attacks on Russian synagogues, church, police post

A priest and six cops were killed and at least a dozen other people injured when gunmen opened fire at two synagogues, an Orthodox church and a police post Sunday...

Michigan sheriff's deputy shot dead in vicious ambush as community reels from 'soul-crushing' loss

Oakland County, Michigan, Deputy Sheriff Bradley Reckling, 30, was gunned down in Detroit on Saturday night by accused car thieves. He leaves a wife and three young daughters, officials said.

Man fatally stabbed after running into NYC bodega for help as violence plagues Big Apple stores

The attack occurred around 9:40 p.m. when the unidentified 40-year-old victim ran into Sammy's Gourmet Deli on Jamaica Avenue in Jamaica looking for help and was stabbed multiple times in...

Savvy thieves use devious hidden cameras to scope out houses in troubling 'burglary tourism' trend

"The victim's neighbor found a hidden camera in the bushes pointing toward their home," the Alhambra Police Department said on Facebook.