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Douglas Sacha/Getty Images/STOCK (REDAN, Ga) — A police chief who was allegedly seen on camera body-slamming a student has been put on paid leave, Georgia’s DeKalb County School District (DCSD) said Friday. In a video that has been circulating on social media, DCSD Police Chief Brad Gober allegedly slams a student to the ground after the […]

Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (MADISON, Wisc.) — Police are urging people to send in surveillance footage after a University of Wisconsin-Madison student was found beaten off-campus over the weekend in a “horrific” attack. The woman was found around 3:20 a.m. Sunday on a block in downtown Madison, police said. A person who lives in the area called […]

STOCK PHOTO/Getty Images (EAST POINT, Ga.) —  body found at a garbage collection station in Georgia Thursday is believed to be missing 2-year-old J’Asiah Mitchell, whose father reported the child had been kidnapped during an armed robbery last week. The toddler’s father was charged with lying about the robbery to police and has been identified […]

Irizarry Family (PHILADELPHIA) — The family of a 27-year-old man killed in an officer-involved shooting this week in Philadelphia is calling on officials to release body-camera video of the incident after police said their initial description of the event was not accurate. During a news conference Wednesday, Philadelphia Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw said Eddie Irizarry […]

Courtesy of the Marion County Journal Newspaper (MARION, Kan.) — A police raid on a small-town Kansas newspaper is prompting a First Amendment fight. Surveillance video of the raid on the family-owned Marion County Record newsroom obtained by ABC News shows a police officer reading Miranda Rights to a reporter and other officers taking photos […]

WIN-Initiative/Neleman/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Yenchun Chen, 44, repelled out a hospital window Wednesday afternoon using towels and linens he had requested from staff. Authorities are still searching for Yenchun Chen after he jumped out a fifth floor window and rappelled down Mount Sinai Beth Israel Hospital in New York City to evade Department of […]

The City of Franklin Virginia Police Department released this undated photo of Tashawnda Nicole Drayton, 24, who law enforcement said is wanted in connection with the fatal shooting of a 10-year-old. — The City of Franklin Virginia Police Department (FRANKLIN, Va.) — A 24-year-old woman is wanted in connection with the fatal shooting of a […]

Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Former Columbus, Ohio, police officer Ricky Anderson has been indicted on charges of murder and reckless homicide for the shooting of an unarmed man last year. Anderson shot and killed 20-year-old Donovan Lewis in August 2022 during a search warrant while he was unarmed and in bed. Body camera […]

Courtesy Ja’Michael De’Shawn (NEW YORK)– NYPD detectives are looking for a 17-year-old in connection with Saturday night’s fatal stabbing of dancer O’Shae Sibley at a gas station in Brooklyn. The 17-year-old has a history of arrests but, because he’s a minor, the records are sealed and the details are unavailable, police said. According to police, […]

Oliver Helbig/Getty Images (ANN ARBOR, Mich.) — Police in Ann Arbor, Michigan, are investigating “hate-motivated vandalism” at two off-campus fraternity houses. The Ann Arbor Police Department described the vandalism as “homophobic and antisemitic,” including a swastika. “The university condemns these acts of vandalism, which included broken windows and spray-painted messages that are vile, homophobic and […]