Police News
Final Philly cop killer caught
PHILADELHPIA, Pa. — Eric DeShawn Floyd, 33, the fugitive wanted in the slaying of police Sgt. Stephen Liczbinski, was arrested last night and is expected to be arraigned this afternoon.The suspect, who had been on the run since Liczbinski’s murder on Saturday, was sleeping upstairs in a front bedroom at 5432 Windsor Ave., a boarded-up middle-of-the-block rowhouse, when police got him, Police Commissioner Charles H. Ramsey said early this morning. Floyd was with a girlfriend, but a homicide detective declined this morning to reveal her identity or say whether she was in custody. Police received a tip late yesterday …Read more […..]
Details emerge about Philly cop killers
Officer Down: Sgt. Stephen LiczbinskiPHILADELPHIA — Police charged a journeyman boxer with murder and issued a warrant yesterday for an alleged accomplice in connection with the “assassination†of Philadelphia Police Sgt. Stephen Liczbinski on Saturday after a bank heist by three ex-cons.“I’m going to let him have it,†Howard Cain, 33, allegedly said as he turned his high-powered rifle on Liczbinski Saturday afternoon. Police shot Cain dead minutes later. Cain’s words were recalled in a confession by Levon T. Warner, 39, the local boxer and the only one of the three suspects in custody, …Read more […..]
N.H. officer's gun discharges, hits other officer
CONCORD, N.H. — A Concord police officer was shot in the chest by another officer yesterday morning while on duty but suffered only minor injuries because he was wearing a bulletproof vest, according to the state attorney general’s office.The shooting happened at 4:30 a.m. inside the Granite State Credit Union building on Sheep Davis Road. Four Concord police officers were inside the bank, which is under construction, when one officer’s handgun discharged and hit another officer in the chest, said Senior Assistant Attorney General Jeff Strelzin. Neither Strelzin nor Police Chief Robert Barry identified the officers yesterday …Read more […..]
Fired police officer seeks compensation or reinstatement
April 30, 2008By MARK LAWTON mlawton@pioneerlocal.com A former police officer fired by the City of Northlake is suing the city. Daniel Rasic filed a suit Jan. 7 in U.S. District Court against the City of Northlake, Northlake police and fire commission members and Police Chief Dennis Koletsos. In his filing, Rasic asks the court to review the police and fire commission’s decision. He also seeks unspecified amount in back wages and damages or reinstatement as a police officer. In November, the three-member police commission approved ending Rasic’s employment after eight years with the police department. The board charged Rasic …Read more […..]
Parents Fight Over Which Gang Toddler Should Join
Joseph Manzanares was charged with disorderly conduct, harassment and domestic violence for a fight with his girlfriend inside a Hollywood video store. Parents Fight Over Which Gang Toddler Should JoinPolice: Mother A Crip, Father A Westside BallerCOMMERCE CITY, Colo. — A couple fighting about which gang their 4-year-old toddler should join caused a public disturbance that resulted in the father’s arrest, Commerce City police said Thursday.On Saturday, Joseph Manzanares stormed into the Hollywood Video store where his girlfriend worked, threatened to kill her and knocked over several video displays and even a computer, Commerce …Read more […..]
Confessions of a Police Officer
Confessions of a Police Officer: :Dear Citizens, Neighbors, Friends and Family,My name is Jill and I am a cop. That means that the pains and joys of my personal life are often muted by my work. I resent the intrusion but I confuse my self with my job almost as often as you do. The label “police officer” creates a false image of who I really am. Sometimes I feel like I’m floating between two worlds. My work is not just protecting and serving. It’s preserving that buffer that exists in the space between what you think the world is, and what the world really is.My job isn’t like television. The action is less frequent, and more …Read more […..]
Man who wounded Va. cop caught in Texas
The Virginian-PilotNEW BOSTON, Texas — A Southwest Virginia man wanted on charges that he shot and wounded a Virginia State Police trooper was arrested Sunday in Texas.Stephen Branscome was arrested after a massive,10-day manhunt. His apprehension ends a massive, 10-day manhunt that began March 28 .Corinne Geller, a State Police spokeswoman, said Steven Dale Branscome, 32, was captured early Sunday at a hotel in New Boston, a community in northeast Texas near the city of Texarkana.Warrants have been issued for his arrest in several states, including West Virginia, where he is wanted for malicious wounding and wanton …Read more […..]