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St. Louis Police Officer Shot; Police Searching for 4 Suspects - July 14, 2015
 ST. LOUIS -The officer shot this morning is now out of the hospital. The 39-year-old sergeant with 16 years on the force was shot at Maryland and Euclid in the Central West End just before 5 a.m. Police Chief Sam Dotson calls it an ambush attack. “The officers there, hired by the residents, hired by the businesses of that area for visibility, he was doing his job, he did what he was supposed to, and he was targeted today,” he says. Police are searching for four suspects, including the shooter who covered his face with a black bandana. They got away in a gray, newer-model Ford Focus. Meantime, a man stood near the shooting scene with a sign that read, “HOW DOES IT FEEL?” Dotson said the officer gave a denoscription of the shooter who was chased on foot as an African-American male between ages 18 and 22, 5’7″ or 5’8″ with a thin build and some facial hair. |
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“They targeted, they ambushed, they tried to assassinate a police officer,” Police Chief Sam Dotson said. He emphasized that there was no previous contact between the sergeant and the men, and no attempt made to rob him.
A lone angry protester, Dhoruba Shakur, stood with his back to the yellow police tape Tuesday morning and held a homemade sign asking, “How does it feel?” Shakur, 25, of St. Louis, said his question was posed to police who are shooting black men. “How does it feel to be met with the same aggression you inflict on certain communities daily?” he told a reporter. Shakur said he hopes whoever shot the officer gets away.
- Protesters and police clash at police headquarters - July 13, 2015
ST. LOUIS – Protesters and police squared off in Downtown St. Louis Monday night. The clash came two days after a 16-year-old was shot by an officer over the weekend. Police said Brandon Claxton had a stolen gun and the officer feared for his life.
- Brandon Claxton: 5 Fast Facts - July 13, 2015
1. Police Say the Officer Feared for His Safety After Claxton Refused to Drop the Gun
5. Protesters Gathered Outside the Police Headquarters & Some Were Arrested
- Black teen shot by St. Louis Police in self-defense - July 13, 2015
 (Black teen thug) shot by St. Louis police paralyzed. .Dotson said that five officers had arrived and that two young black men had fled, running one way and then the other, with police on both sides.He said one teen, carrying a gun, had run toward an officer. That officer, a white man, 29, with seven years on the force, fired three times. “He saw a gun in the suspect’s hands,” Dotson said.“He believed the gun was pointed at him. He feared for his safety.”
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HOUSTON – Houston police have arrested a suspect in Wednesday's fatal shooting of a security guard. Jeremy Wayne Miller is charged with murder in the death of 55-year-old security guard Daniel Arp. Arp was gunned down while working security at the St. Joseph Condominiums in the 8200 block of Park Place Boulevard. Surveillance video showed the victim talking with a man before he was shot. That video helped lead to Miller. When officers arrested Miller Thursday night, they say he tried to grab one cop's gun and escape, but they stopped him. Miller was out on bond for a 2014 murder and was wearing a court-mandated ankle monitor when Arp was shot. Investigators say he shot and killed Tremayne Richardson last July. Miller was released in that case after posting bond. - (Black-on-white)
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EAST PALO ALTO – An elderly priest was assaulted with his own cane in the parking lot of an East Palo Alto church earlier this week by a suspected methamphetamine user. 
An Alabama police chief is accused of selling a handgun and ammunition to an illegal immigrant. Franklin Police Chief Michael Clements was arrested Thursday after being indicted by a grand jury on July 8 for selling a .357-caliber Smith and Wesson handgun to a person Clements allegedly knew was living in the United States illegally in July 2014, court records show. Clements is then accused of selling the same person 22 rounds of 38.-caliber ammunition on May 8, 2015. 
PORT EWEN >> Two men are facing felony charges for the rape of
CLEVELAND, Ohio — A federal grand jury has indicted a Sheffield Lake man who was arrested in June after the FBI said he bought an AK-47 assault rifle in pursuit of supporting the Islamic State in the U.S. 
ORLANDO, Fla. - Orlando police have made two arrests in the case of an Orlando police officer injured after being run down during a traffic stop.
ST. LOUIS - St. Louis Police are now saying they have all four suspects in custody in connection with the shooting of 
St. Louis police officers instruct protesters to get out of the street outside the St. Louis Police Department headquarters on Monday. 
LANSING – An Ingham County judge called a Lansing teen's role in a sex-trafficking ring "sickening" before sentencing her this morning to at least four years in prison. Mariah Haughton, 17, pleaded guilty to human trafficking and transporting of a female for prostitution last month. Several other charges were dropped as part of her plea agreement, among them human trafficking, child sexually abusive commercial activity and prostitution. Ingham County Circuit Court Judge Joyce Draganchuk sentenced Haughton, who will turn 18 later this month, to four to 20 years on both counts. She will serve the sentences at the same time. "Make no mistake about it, this offense is sickening," Draganchuk told Haughton. "It's sickening and disgusting." The sex-trafficking ring operated between March and July 2014, and involved girls who were then 
HUNTSVILLE, Texas - A death-row inmate convicted of fatally beating and stabbing a 93-year-old woman during a robbery at her Texas home is facing execution without any last-minute court appeals. Clifton Lamar Williams is set to die Thursday evening for the 2005 slaying of 
LITTLE ROCK, AR - Police have arrested a second suspect in the killing of a bank security guard inside his home earlier this month. The Little Rock Police Department says Malcolm Jamel Cooksey, 24, faces charges in the beating death of 
Police announced last night that they had found and interviewed all three people in photographs circulated yesterday of "persons of interest" in the slaying of 
LITTLE ROCK, AR - A photo has been released by police of a third person of interest in a July 8 murder. The Little Rock Police Department is working to identify the man seen in the picture and his possible connection to the homicide on South Jackson Street. - Police have a new lead in the investigation into the murder of a bank security guard. Police say the two women pictured above have been using 
New Orleans police confirmed an arrest Monday (July 13) in connection with the July 6 hit-and-run that killed artist and cyclist 
BOSTON -- A former Uber driver who was arrested last December on charges of rape and kidnapping has been arrested in connection with multiple sexual assaults that occurred on the Esplanade and in South Boston. Alejandro Done, 46, appeared in court last year on charges of rape, assault to rape, kidnapping, and two counts of assault and battery, in relation to an attack on a woman that happened earlier that month. The same man has been identified from a DNA match to several attacks on women around the Esplanade in previous years. Done was charged in connection with five sexual assaults that took place on the Esplanade and in South Boston. 
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- A man who prosecutors say sometimes approached his victims on bicycle is charged with raping four women since 2005. The sexual assault cases were linked to William Whitaker based on DNA found in rape kits. Whitaker, who was charged last week, pleaded not guilty to the rape and kidnapping charges.
CLEVELAND, Ohio – A Lakewood woman testified Wednesday to feeling "sick" and "used" after being raped in January by a man who had given her a ride to her apartment from a mutual friend's home. But a lawyer representing her accused attacker, 50-year-old Ronald Smith Jr. of Cleveland, told jurors the sexual encounter was consensual and asked the woman whether she had been drinking prior to the attack. "Yeah, but that doesn't give anybody the right to rape me," she replied.
NEW YORK — Police have identified suspect wanted in a brutal sex attack on an 82-year-old woman in Brooklyn. Investigators said they are now looking for 18-year-old Asa Robert in connection with the attack, which happened early Monday morning in Brighton Beach. Robert is seen on surveillance video lurking outside the woman’s home around 1:30 a.m. Monday, police said. He then walks off camera and sneaks in the house through the unlocked front door as the woman was sweeping outside, police said.
Tosheen Karon Shawell was arrested because he allegedly exposed himself to a woman and then masturbated in front of her at a Lancaster Laundromat Wednesday morning.
But did Katherine Archuleta stumble into her job? Fernandez points out that she’s an affirmative-action appointee, with her Opm.gov biography stating she’s part of an “inclusive workforce that reflects the diversity of America.” And what does she know about computer networks or security? Apparently nothing. As her biography informs. So Archuleta may be qualified to secure “diversity,” and this may include the diversity of foreign spies in American networks. And while an OPM data breach doesn’t sound as sexy as James Bond combating Goldfinger, it’s a serious matter. 
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CONEY ISLAND - A manhunt is underway for a suspect who committed allegedly raped 
MACON COUNTY, Ala. – The Macon County Sheriff’s Office is confirming that Stacey Gray is in their custody. They say he is suspected in the murder of previously missing Columbus woman 
HAGERSTOWN, Md. -- 
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McALLEN, Texas—A previously convicted cartel kidnapper and illegal alien has been charged in connection with a double execution in Texas tied to a cartel-affiliated, human-smuggling organization. 
Attorneys for 
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Erie County Coroner Lyell Cook has identified the teenager shot and killed while riding his bike in Erie Saturday afternoon. Cook identified the victim as 18-year-old 
CLEVELAND, Ohio – A Heartless Felons gang member already serving life in prison plus 100 years was given an additional three years Monday for threatening
Fayetteville, N.C. — A Texas inmate was charged Monday with murder and rape in connection with a series of Fayetteville cold cases. The announcement comes six months after investigators said DNA evidence linked him to the crimes. William Everette Razor III, 46, is charged with first-degree murder, two counts of first-degree rape, first-degree kidnapping and two counts of common law robbery. Razor may face additional charges, authorities said. 
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He's already serving 50 years in prison for robbing people he'd lure through Craigslist with the promise of sweet deals on electronics. Now, a 19-year-old named Tahj Thomas is looking at even more decades in prison. The Michigan City man admitted to raping a woman he attacked outside her apartment complex on the southeast side last year and pleaded guilty to several felony counts. As part of a plea agreement with Allen County Prosecutors, Thomas pleaded guilty to one count of rape and a count of robbery. 
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The Federal Supreme Court convicted 
The estranged son of a respected Boston police captain was arrested July 4 by FBI agents as part of a counter-terrorism operation against alleged ISIS-inspired domestic terrorists. 
Michael Crawford, 68, didn't ride into Phoenix on a horse. But Arizona authorities say the Pennsylvania man traveled there intending to have sex with one. the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office has charged Crawford with suspicion of a bestiality charge, a Class 6 felony. This, after Crawford allegedly posted an ad on a popular website soliciting a willing horse owner. This is the eighth time Maricopa County sheriff's deputies have made a bestiality arrest in the past five years.
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