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A Purdue University professor is in custody for allegedly dealing methamphetamine and propositioning women for sexcual favors, police say.

Experts say there is a pattern of false allegations directed towards victims of police brutality.

Cops have a person of interest after woman, 96, found dead in freezer in Chicago

Natasha Johnston, 28, from London, died of shock and haemorrhage, an inquest hears.

A Chandler, Arizona 23-year-old man was arrested and charged with murdering his girlfriend back in December, according to police officials.

Memphis police say two more officers involved in the arrest, beating and death of Tyre Nichols have been disciplined.

CASSELBERRY, Fla. — Casselberry police have identified the victim after a deadly shooting Saturday morning. Police said Dereck Lavon Cummings II, 31, was found dead near a damaged car at the Carrington Park Condominiums. Casselberry police said they responded to a shooting call around 5:30 a.m. at the apartments on Caper Lane. Read: Casselberry police investigate deadly Saturday morning shootingInvestigators said they believe this shooting was a dispute between individuals who knew each other and do not believe there is any threat to the public at this time. Police have not released suspect information and hope to have more information in the coming days.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Police announced Friday a third person has been arrested in connection with the death of an 11-year-old girl in Syracuse, New York. When officers arrived, they found one victim who was identified as Brexialee Torres-Ortiz, 11, with a gunshot wound. WABC reported that authorities said that Torres-Ortiz was shot and killed walking home after buying some milk at a nearby store. Two suspects were arrested Wednesday, Jan. 25 in connection with the deadly shooting, according to WABC. On Friday, Syracuse Police Department announced the arrest of a third suspect who was arrested on Thursday.

A timeline of events in the Tyre Nichols case, which sparked state and federal investigations into police brutality and led to murder and other charges against the five officers involved in his arrest this month.

A woman was identified after police said she was found dead near her crashed car on an off-ramp, prompting a 12-hour closure of Interstate 4 in Orlando.

The girl was attacked and seriously injured at a school in the Didsbury area of Manchester.

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A Lake County police department is evolving to help its citizens with special needs, especially the most precious ones.

Police are searching for a man they said tried to pull a barista through a drive-thru window Monday morning. >> Read more trending newsAuburn, Washington, police shared the disturbing video on Facebook, KIRO reported. The footage shows a man, who was not identified, pull up to the take-out window and grab the woman’s arm as she reached out the window. Police said it appears that he tried to use a looped zip tie in his other hand to try to trap the woman, KIRO reported. Auburn police said the man has a unique tattoo that looks like it reads, “Chevrolet,” KIRO reported.

After falling overboard, the man “was seen on the surface and disappeared within seconds,” police said.

Protesters have been trying to stop a coal mine from swallowing up an abandoned village.

Bolingbrook police said a man was wounded Friday afternoon at Starz Cuttery at 299 S, Schmidt Rd.

One relative said blaming local officials was "cutting off the off the lizard's tail to spare the head".

Before Jonathan Hosmer was pepper sprayed and restrained by his ankles, Cocoa Beach police say Officer Matt LaFleur was right to check on the 30-year-old after he fell asleep on a bench in front of the Tropics bar last summer.

ORLANDO, Fla. — The Federal Aviation Administration sent out an advisory Wednesday morning that is impacting flights across the country. An FAA advisory says a system failure is impacting flights nationwide. See: Police release photo of man believed to have carjacked someone at gunpoint at OIAIt says technicians are working to restore the system, but there’s no timeframe for when that could happen. An FAA spokesperson released the following statement:“The FAA is working to restore its Notice to Air Missions System. We will provide frequent updates as we make progress.”Watch: Passengers stuck on delayed Amtrak train nearly 29 hours to arrive in Central FloridaChannel 9 has a crew at Orlando International Airport and will provide updates on Eyewitness News.

PARIS — (AP) — French media are reporting that people have been stabbed at a Paris train station and the interior minister says several people were injured before police “rapidly neutralized” the attacker. Media reports, quoting unnamed police sources, say police opened fire early Wednesday morning on the attacker who was armed with a knife and injured several people. Paris police say the incident at the Gare du Nord station is now over but are offering no other immediate details. Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin also says the attacker injured several people at the station but his tweet gives no other details on their number or the extent of the injuries. He says the attacker was “rapidly neutralized."

French media are reporting that people have been stabbed at a Paris train station and the interior minister says several people were injured before police “rapidly neutralized” the attacker

Kohberger is accused of killing four college students in Moscow, Idaho.

A shooting in Montana left one person dead and another injured as the suspect barricaded themselves in a residence. The suspect was eventually taken into custody.

Oklahoma police arrested a man who's accused of stealing a package off someone's porch while wearing women's underwear on his head as a mask.

Police warn of a rising number of luxury vehicles being stolen to order by criminal gangs.

A young woman's death in a gruesome manner has sparked outrage in India's national capital.

The game was abruptly canceled and players and attendees cleared the gym, police said.

Serbian police say they have detained two people sought on international warrants during a raid to locate migrants and people smugglers near the border with Hungary

The police department in Tampa, Florida, has fired an officer who was videotaped dragging a handcuffed woman from a patrol car to a jail entrance.

WATERTOWN, N.Y. — Police said that a man accused of stealing nearly $9,000 in items from a business during a recent winter storm was also illegally living inside of a closed school. >> Read more trending newsThe Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release that its deputies were called to an alarm at a Watertown business early Tuesday morning. When deputies arrived, they saw an unoccupied pickup truck with a plow parked near the door of the business. Inside the business, deputies found a suspect, identified as Sean Briggs. Jefferson County sheriff’s deputies said Briggs broke into the school on Christmas Day when his car got stuck in a snowbank.

Lyla Lake, who was missing for almost a week over Christmas, has been found safe, police say.

Police say they believe no one is missing after a Christmas Day avalanche that swept across a ski trail near the town of Zuers in western Austria

The incident took place in the Arab Israeli town of Kfar Qassem, an unusual site for what police suspected was a militant attack. The Arab community in Israel is struggling with surging violent crime that residents blame on decades of government neglect. Police said that the suspect first called officers to his house over an alleged violent incident. A man then rushed out of the apartment with a gun drawn, according to security footage from the scene. Palestinians have been accused in dozens of stabbing, shooting and car-ramming attacks targeting Israeli civilians and security personnel in recent years.

According to police, Madalina was last seen in her Cornelius, North Carolina, home on Nov. 23 but was not reported missing until December 15.

Chicago Ridge police say that several shots were fired Thursday night outside of Chicago Ridge Mall and that investigators are interviewing several people.

AMMAN, Jordan — (AP) — Jordanian police say a senior commander has been killed in clashes with protesters that broke out over high fuel prices. Abdul Razzaq Abdel Hafez Al Dalabeh, deputy police director in the city of Maan, was shot Thursday “by a group of outlaws,” police said. Truck drivers launched a strike last week to protest high fuel prices. Clashes erupted in multiple cities on Thursday, with police using tear gas to disperse them. Jordan is a close Western ally and has long been seen as an island of stability in a turbulent region.

David Ross died just weeks after achieving his dream of owning a nightclub.

Surveillance video clips at the Palm Bay Club Condominiums show officers confronting Jacob Mitchell Sunday morning after police said the man called 911 and admitted he lied to dispatchers about seeing some teenagers pointing guns at each other.

Atlanta police are asking for the public's help in identifying a person of interest in the fatal stabbing of a 77-year-old woman in the northwest section of the metropolitan area.

Chicago police were conducting a death investigation after an unidentified male died in a fiery crash early Saturday morning in the Logan Square neighborhood.

Idaho police are asking web sleuths to tone down "rumors and misinformation" as well as "harassing and threatening behavior" as they probe a quadruple murder.

Police removed boxes of personal belonging from a rental home near the University of Idaho campus where four students were killed November 13th. (Nov. 6)

With everything that’s happened in the last several years — the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, a rash of officer-involved shooting incidents, the Black Lives Matter movement and calls to defund the police — many law enforcement agencies have sought to make changes to their policies.

Kearne Solanke and Charlie Bartolo died a mile apart in south-east London last Saturday.

Police alleged Thursday that a Canadian man previously charged with murdering an Indigenous woman also killed three other women — two also confirmed to be Indigenous and one believed to be.

It is unacceptable that people's lives are being disrupted by a "selfish minority", says Rishi Sunak.

Due to the closeness and timings of the incidents, police say they are trying to establish if they are linked.

A father shot two of his children before fatally shooting himself. The father, who does not live with the children, had a history of domestic violence with the mother.

Anderson Lee Aldrich, the suspect in Saturday's shooting at an LGBTQ nightclub in Colorado, was previously arrested for bomb threats in 2021, according to records.

The Lake Mary Police Department is asking for the public’s help identifying a man that was killed in a traffic crash on Saturday morning.

After four University of Idaho students were killed on early Sunday morning, multiple memorials have been set up around the college campus.

Gwent Police is investigated after "abhorrent" messages between serving and retired officers emerged.

ROSS TOWNSHIP, Pa. — Two women are facing charges in connection with the theft of nearly $23,000 in perfume from a Pittsburgh-area mall, authorities said. The manager told police that the women initially stole 43 bottles of Tom Ford and Sauvage perfume on Monday, according to the criminal complaint. The manager said the pair returned Thursday and took another 30 bottles of Tom Ford perfume before leaving, police said. Police, who obtained descriptions of the suspects and their vehicle, also said a toddler was with the women at the time, according to WPXI. Hopkins also faces charges of endangering child welfare, fleeing police, using a suspended license and traffic offenses, the news outlet reported.

One dead, 2 hurt in shooting near South Side McDonald's.

A legally blind man, arrested by police after they mistook his cane for a gun, filed a complaint with the Columbia County Sheriff's Office in Florida.

Fairfax, Virginia police said an Oakton man shot and killed an intruder who broke into his home on Waples Mill Road on Wednesday night.

Daytona Beach Shores police and Volusia County deputies are going door-to-door inside 12 condo complexes and one hotel along the beach that are under threat of collapse due to the powerful storm surge caused by Tropical Storm Nicole.

Police in the United Kingdom detained a man in York who threw eggs at King Charles III and the Queen Consort Camilla, while screaming in protest.

Andrew Leak threw up to three incendiary devices at a migrant processing centre in Dover, Kent.

Trooper Steve answers viewer questions.

Trooper Steve answers viewer questions.

A Sanford neighborhood was blocked off for hours as police investigated a reported shooting.

A report from July says the city’s first Black police chief was investigated for racial comments to two of his officers.

Authorities have publicly identified the 14-year-old killed in a shooting that also wounded four other teens as they walked away from a Philadelphia high school athletic field after a football scrimmage, saying they believe he was not the intended target of the shooting.

A 5-year-old boy drowned in a community swimming pool at an Ocala apartment complex, police say.

The new chief of the Orlando Police Department was officially sworn in on Wednesday.

With the fall semester starting next week at University of Central Florida, officers on campus are getting trained on how to breach locked doors in case of an emergency by using a breaching kit.

A driver was injured after a two-vehicle crash in Melbourne on Tuesday, according to police.

It’s taken years and a lot of work to turn the city around. The solutions they found could work for other cities battling gun violence.

President Joe Biden, who was originally slated to attend a law enforcement conference in Orlando Monday, spoke at the event virtually due to his COVID-19 diagnosis.

The Orlando Police Chief amended his retirement date on Tuesday due to an accepted job offer, according to the City of Orlando.

Police in Florida say a family fight over the home of a woman who moved into an assisted living facility has left two relatives dead and another wounded.

Police have imposed a curfew in Sri Lanka’s capital a day before a planned protest demanding the resignations of the country's president and prime minister over the economic crisis that has caused severe shortages of essential goods.

Marion County deputies said they arrested a man Tuesday who attempted to burglarize an Ocala home and tried to enter multiple vehicles at a nearby intersection.

Team partners with mental health professionals to get results for community members in crisis

Orlando police Chief Orlando Rolón recognized commendable officers and community members at the department’s Quarterly Awards Ceremony.

Investigators are looking into a man who was found dead in some bushes Saturday afternoon, according to the Apopka Police Department.

A Deltona man died and a motorcyclist was seriously hurt in a crash Saturday, according to the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office.

Three men were arrested Thursday in connection with a fatal shooting that occurred in Kissimmee over a month ago, according to the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office.

The police department currently has 41 vacancies. Part of city leaders’ plan to fix that are raises starting in July and some proposed incentives that will also go to vote next month.

An Israeli newspaper says that a police investigation has found that officers engaged in misconduct during the funeral of slain Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh last month.

Police said they are looking for a man diagnosed with Schizophrenia who was deemed endangered and unable to take care of himself.

Police are making a move into a Daytona Beach beachside entertainment district.

Steve Montiero is no stranger to Central Florida.

Scores of law enforcement officers from across the country have made the trip to Washington D.C. for observances of National Police Week.

Police have made another arrest over the balloon-popping incident in Biscayne Bay.

Two teens were involved in a deadly car crash in Ocala Tuesday morning, leaving one dead, Ocala police said.

Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer announced Deputy Chief Eric Smith is set to take over the leadership of the city’s police department following the announcement of Chief Orlando Rolón’s retirement after serving three years in the position.

A South Carolina police K-9 officer, volunteer firefighter and emergency medical technician has been shot and killed while responding to a domestic disturbance.

Orlando police are called to an apartment complex for a reported shooting.

A police officer was shot in the arm while responding to a domestic dispute outside a gas station in Florida.

olice and family have tried to find her at several possible locations and have been unsuccessful. Police say the family is desperate to find her.

Police said Monday that they spoke to Scotland’s leader to reminder her about sticking to coronavirus mask rules after she was filmed without a face covering indoors, Police Scotland said officers reminded First Minister Nicola Sturgeon of the “importance of wearing a face covering when there is a legal requirement to do so.”.

A 13-year-old boy is reported missing in Port Orange.

Deputies said 31-year-old Michael Marolla had the animal inside an open plastic tub in the bed of the pickup, along with two firearms.

A 78-year-old man was killed in a Marion County crash Monday night, according to a Florida Highway Patrol press release.

Deputies with the Orange County Sheriff’s Office are searching for missing 80-year-old Kenneth Hampton.

A woman in her 70s was attacked in her own home Saturday, according to the Orange County Sheriff’s Office.