Archive for the ‘Police News’ Category

Police charge man with possession of multiple drugs

Monday, February 6th, 2012
ASPEN — Police have arrested a man on suspicion of possession of cocaine, Ecstasy, psilocybin and other drugs.

Police Reports February 5

Monday, February 6th, 2012
Abington Retail theft … Nykewmia Holliman, 24, of the unit block of South 43rd Street, Philadelphia, was charged with retail theft and receiving stolen property Jan. 16 at 7 p.m., police said. Holliman allegedly attempted to steal $194 worth of merchandise from Macy’s at the Willow Grove Park mall, according to police.

Police Blotter

Monday, February 6th, 2012
WILKES-BARRE – State police said a mentally disabled man who walked away from his job at The Green House counseling center on South Franklin Street on Friday afternoon was found in Wilkes-Barre.

Police shoot armed robber in Northeast China

Monday, February 6th, 2012
Police shot dead an armed robbery suspect after he opened fire on arresting officers on Saturday evening in Shenyang, capital of Northeast China 's Liaoning province, police said on Sunday.

Panama police, indigenous clash over blockade

Monday, February 6th, 2012
Police fired tear gas Sunday to clear blockades of the Pan-American highway by indigenous groups protesting changes to the mining law. One person was killed and 39 injured in the resulting clashes.

Police clear DC Occupy site, protesters look to a new day

Monday, February 6th, 2012
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. police officers cleared tents from an "Occupy" protest site in downtown Washington on Sunday, but demonstrators said even without the camp they would continue to fight for economic equality and other issues. About two dozen protesters in Freedom Plaza, just blocks from the White House, watched calmly as the National Park police and sanitation workers in hazmat suits ...

Cairo protesters demand early vote, clash with police

Sunday, February 5th, 2012
CAIRO (Reuters) - Protesters demanding a swift presidential election and an early handover of power by the army hurled rocks at police guarding the Egyptian Interior Ministry on Sunday and were forced back with volleys of teargas. It was the fourth day of clashes outside the ministry, in which seven people have died. Protesters accuse the ministry of failing to prevent the deaths last week of 74 ...

Police, some on horseback, clear Occupy DC protesters

Sunday, February 5th, 2012
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Police removed protesters as they confiscated bedding and most tents on Saturday from an "Occupy" protest site just blocks from the White House, enforcing a no-camping rule for the public McPherson Square they had ignored for months. Dozens of mounted police and police on foot in riot gear earlier sealed off the square, which is administered by the National Park Service ...

Eight arrested as police move in on Occupy DC

Sunday, February 5th, 2012
Police swept through the Washington offshoot of Occupy Wall Street, arresting eight people in a day-long raid that virtually shut down the tent colony a stone's throw from the White House.

Police arrest 8 at Occupy DC camp

Sunday, February 5th, 2012
U.S. Park Police in riot gear entered the Occupy DC camp in McPherson Square in downtown Washington early Saturday.