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Mexican Gunmen Kill Elite Cop, 6 Kids

Several others killed as Mexico implodes

(Newser) - Mexican gunmen rained bullets on the home of an elite cop, killing him, six children in his extended family and five others. The officer was assigned to ferret out police corruption, reports the Los Angeles Times. The violence was unusual for oil-rich Tobasco, which has been largely immune from such...

Rihanna Helps Cops Build Case Against Abusive Brown

Relationship with Rihanna filled with ongoing violence

(Newser) - Police are trying to beef up the case against Chris Brown and expect to complete their investigation next week, the New York Daily News reports. Rihanna is cooperating, and investigators expect to reinterview both parties before involving the DA's office, which has already asked for more evidence, a source tells...

SC Cops Make Arrests in Phelps Case
SC Cops
Make Arrests
in Phelps Case
Feb 12, 2009 8:36 AM CST

SC Cops Make Arrests in Phelps Case

Man who used to live in pot party house hit with possession

(Newser) - Police in the county where Michael Phelps was photographed smoking a bong have been arresting people as they seek to make a case against the swimmer, a South Carolina defense lawyer says. The attorney said he has a client who was questioned about the now-infamous party Phelps attended near the...

Florida Police Hunt for Missing 5-Year-Old

Girl was most likely taken from her bed, authorities say

(Newser) - A 5-year-old girl is missing in Florida, and police say she was most likely abducted from her trailer home in rural Florida, CNN reports. Her father's girlfriend reported Haleigh Cummings missing at 3 am yesterday, seven hours after reportedly putting her to bed. Police are treating everyone they interview—including...

Cancun Police Chief Busted in Drug Czar's Torture-Murder

Just in time for spring break

(Newser) - Federal authorities have arrested Cancun's police chief in the recent torture and murder of a retired general who had just been appointed to a drug-fighting task force, reports CNN. The military has taken over the police force in the beach town popular with college students on spring break. In another...

Police Slap Wayward Driver With 50 Tickets

Cops rack up violations after Fla. man leads dangerous chase

(Newser) - Florida police had already revoked or suspended his driver's license 34 times. Today Elvis Alonzo Barrett, 46, led cops in two cities on a chase through red lights and against freeway traffic before smashing his SUV, the South-Florida Sun Sentinel reports. Aside from driving and cocaine charges, Boynton Beach police...

Crime Labs Employ Shoddy Science: Report

Experts will call for independent agency to oversee forensics

(Newser) - The country's crime labs are seriously deficient, according to a new report that's expected to shake up the field of forensics, the New York Times reports. Evidence portrayed as incontrovertible is often far from it, says the report, which Congress commissioned from the National Academy of Sciences. Forensic analysis often...

Boulder Cops Take Over JonBenet Case

(Newser) - Police in Boulder, Colo. are taking control of the investigation into JonBenet Ramsey's 1996 murder, the Colorado Daily reports. Reclaiming the probe from the Boulder County DA, police plan to include state and federal investigators and apply new technology to the cold case. “Some cases never get solved, but...

Bearing Bad News Tough on Cops, Too
Bearing Bad News Tough
on Cops, Too
Jan 30, 2009 5:50 PM CST

Bearing Bad News Tough on Cops, Too

Among occupational hazards, informing family of death is worst

(Newser) - News of a death can be tough on police officers charged with delivering it, too. While agencies don’t generally have formal protocols (unlike the US Army), most prefer to inform families in person, with a chaplain. “You ask yourself: How would you want to deliver this message,”...

Murder-Suicide Parents Fired for Misconduct

Dad claimed suicide pact; blamed Kaiser

(Newser) - The Los Angeles man suspected of killing his wife and five children before committing suicide lost his job due to misconduct, not layoffs, the Times reports. Ervin Antonio Lupoe and wife Ana were terminated from a Kaiser Permanente medical center, and sources say allegations of fraud were involved. A letter...

LA Dad Kills Wife, 5 Kids, Self

Father cited 'job issues' in suicide note

(Newser) - Seven family members were found dead in their Los Angeles home today, apparent victims of a murder-suicide, police say. Police think a man shot and killed his wife and five children, and then turned the weapon on himself, the Los Angeles Times reports. The child victims were an 8-year-old, 5-year-old...

Nigerian Cops Nab Goat for Car Heist

(Newser) - Nigerian police paraded a goat before journalists yesterday, calling it a "suspect" in an armed robbery case, the BBC reports. Vigilantes reportedly handed the goat to police and said it was a car thief that had shape-changed using witchcraft. Police later denied the goat was under suspicion. "Of...

SF Cop Charged in BART Slaying

Ex-officer surrendered on suspicion of murder

(Newser) - The transit officer who fatally shot an unarmed man on New Year's Day, sparking San Francisco-area riots, was arrested last night in Nevada on suspicion of murder, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. Sources say Johannes Mehserle, 27, had fled California after receiving death threats in the wake of Oscar Grant's...

SF-Area Riots Erupt Over Fatal Shooting By Cop

Storefronts, cars destroyed as 200 protesters storm Oakland

(Newser) - An angry mob protesting a cop's fatal shooting of an unarmed man stormed Oakland last night, hurling rocks at cars and storefronts, and lighting garbage on fire. About 200 protesters—including a core group of self-proclaimed communists—began peacefully at the subway stop where an officer killed a 22-year-old passenger...

Video Shows SF Cop Fatally Shooting Prone Suspect

Shooting of unarmed man filmed by passengers sparks outrage

(Newser) - Video of a cop shooting an unarmed suspect has sparked outrage in San Francisco and calls for an investigation, report the San Francisco Chroncle. The videos, taken by passengers and obtained by local station KTVU, shows Oscar Grant, 22, seated against a subway wall apparently pleading with police. He is...

Drunk Driving Teen Calls Herself In

(Newser) - Police in Bismarck, ND weren't surprised to get a drunk driving call on New Year's Eve—but they were surprised to hear from the driver herself, the Bismarck Tribune and AP report. A 17-year-old girl told them she had been driving through the city all evening and needed help. "...

In Mexico, Corruption Is Rampant and Pervasive

(Newser) - During his two years in office, Mexican President Felipe Calderón has made a valiant attempt to expel corruption from his government, but many think his efforts are quixotic at best, the Christian Science Monitor reports. “I don't think there is ever a point that Calderón can claim...

Murders of Black Teens Soar 39%
Murders of Black
Teens Soar 39%
Dec 29, 2008 4:07 AM CST

Murders of Black Teens Soar 39%

Cuts in policing, youth programs blamed

(Newser) - Murders of black teens between the ages of 14 and 17 are up 39% since the start of the millennium—five times the overall homicide surge in the same period, and twice that of white teens, reports the Wall Street Journal. The authors of the study attribute some of the...

Shield Guns Down The Wire
 Shield Guns Down The Wire 
OPINION
Dec 27, 2008 2:47 PM CST

Shield Guns Down The Wire

In crime drama face-off, Mackey has the edge on sheer depravity

(Newser) - When it comes to gritty portrayals of life on the unforgiving streets of an American city, no show is better than The Wire—except The Shield, Chris Petit declares in the Guardian. The crime dramas, with their shaky lens style and foul-mouth approach, shuck romance and expose the oft-forgotten American...

Latino Population Surges in Post-Katrina New Orleans

Rebuilding effort attracts immigrant workers to NOLA

(Newser) - The promise of jobs in New Orleans' ongoing reconstruction has drawn thousands of Spanish-speaking immigrant laborers to the city in one of the quickest demographic shifts America has seen, the AP reports. The Hispanic population has increased from 15,000 to 50,000 since the storm, accounting for 15.2%...

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