Archive for the ‘Police News’ Category

POLICE: Louisville woman gives massage, takes gun

Friday, May 18th, 2012
Police say a Louisville woman gave a man a massage -- but he didn't count on the fact that she would rob him of his property.

Police in stations shake-up plan

Friday, May 18th, 2012
The front counters at seven small police stations in mid and south west Wales could shut to the public under plans by Dyfed-Powys Police.

Georgia police hunt man who pointed rifle at school bus

Friday, May 18th, 2012
Police in suburban Atlanta say they're trying to find a man who witnesses say pointed a rifle at a passing school bus this week and apparently left a note at the scene containing school bus numbers.

Police arrest suspect in Mississippi highway shootings

Friday, May 18th, 2012
TUPELO, Mississippi (Reuters) - Mississippi police have arrested a man they believe is responsible for two highway killings this month, the Department of Public Safety said on Friday. The suspect, James Willie, 28, of Sardis, Mississippi, was arrested Tuesday morning in Tunica, the department said in a statement. Police had responded to a reported rape. Willie is charged with aggravated assault ...

Thai police arrest man with babies' bodies for black magic

Friday, May 18th, 2012
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thai police arrested a British citizen on Friday after the bodies of six babies thought to have been used in a black magic ritual were found stuffed into travel bags in a Bangkok hotel room. Chow Hok Kuen, 28, a British citizen born in Hong Kong of Taiwanese parents, was arrested in Bangkok's Chinatown and was being held for possession of human remains, police said ...

Police detain more "Blockupy" activists in Frankfurt

Friday, May 18th, 2012
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - German police began removing anti-capitalist protesters on Friday from outside a Frankfurt skyscraper that is Goldman Sachs' home in the German financial capital. The demonstration was part of a four-day-long "Blockupy" protest, due to run until Saturday, against capitalism and austerity measures implemented to tackle the euro zone crisis. "Hungry? Eat a banker," read one ...

Police: Trayvon Martin's death 'ultimately avoidable'

Friday, May 18th, 2012
Just over two weeks after the fatal shooting, and less than a month before an arrest was made, police in Sanford, Florida, urged prosecutors to take George Zimmerman into custody after arguing his killing of Trayvon Martin was "ultimately avoidable."

Killing of Florida teen 'ultimately avoidable': police

Friday, May 18th, 2012
A police report said the confrontation that led to an unarmed black teenager in Florida being shot dead by a neighborhood watch volunteer was "ultimately avoidable."

Suspected police impersonator questioned in Mississippi

Friday, May 18th, 2012
Mississippi authorities are questioning a man suspected of impersonating a police officer to determine whether he is involved in the killings of two motorists on highways in the state, a sheriff's investigator said Thursday.

New Zealand police charge driver in Boston U crash

Friday, May 18th, 2012
New Zealand police filed charges Friday against a 20-year-old Boston University student who drove a minivan in a crash that killed three of his college classmates last week.