Archive for January, 2010

Mexican police find headless bodies in border city (AP via Yahoo! News)

Sunday, January 31st, 2010
Mexican police on Saturday found two severed heads near blanket-wrapped bodies in a border city where 15 people have been killed in less than 24 hours.

Police probe rugby eye ‘gouging’ (BBC News)

Sunday, January 31st, 2010
Kent police investigate a rugby game in which a player was blinded in one eye when he was allegedly gouged by an opponent.

Officer Discovers Stolen Police S.U.V. at La Guardia Airport (New York Times)

Sunday, January 31st, 2010
Officers arrested a suspect after a sport utility vehicle attached to the Police Department’s Highway Unit was stolen about 7:30 a.m. in the Bronx.

Man on parole faces drug, gun charges after police shooting (Chicago Tribune)

Saturday, January 30th, 2010
A 32-year-old man is facing numerous charges after he pointed a gun at officers on narcotics surveillance in the South Side 's Bronzeville neighborhood and was shot, police said today. Dwayne Woods, 32, faces felony weapons, drug and assault of a police officer charges in and incident that began about 11 p.m. Thursday in the 3800 block of South Michigan Avenue, police said. Woods was being ...

Police: Former mother-in-law killed Utah teacher (AP via Yahoo! News)

Saturday, January 30th, 2010
A 70-year-old woman shot and killed her former daughter-in-law in the parking lot of the preschool where the young teacher worked, Utah police said Saturday.

Colombian police seizes cocaine-stuffed cookies (AFP via Yahoo! News)

Saturday, January 30th, 2010
Colombian sniffer dogs smelled something that was just not right: cocaine-stuffed cookies that were about to be shipped to Barcelona, police said Saturday.

Slain Arizona police officer mourned (UPI)

Saturday, January 30th, 2010
GILBERT, Ariz., Jan. 30 (UPI) -- Friends and colleagues of an Arizona police officer whose slaying this week sparked a wild car chase say he was kindhearted and had a big sense of humor.

Officer Discovers Stolen Police S.U.V. at La Guardia Airport (New York Times)

Saturday, January 30th, 2010
Officers arrested a suspect after a sport utility vehicle attached to the Police Department’s Highway Unit was stolen about 7:30 a.m. in the Bronx.

Iraq suicide and grenade attacks kill two, wound 24: police (AFP via Yahoo! News)

Saturday, January 30th, 2010
A suicide bomber blew himself up inside an Iraqi restaurant used by police and anti-Al-Qaeda militiamen on Saturday, killing one person and wounding 20 others, police said.

Homicide Bomber Kills 2 at Iraqi Restaurant, Police Say (Fox News)

Saturday, January 30th, 2010
An Iraqi police official says a suicide bomber detonated an explosives belt at a popular restaurant in a Shiite holy city north of Baghdad, killing at least two people.