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Dealer auctions ex-LAPD cop's gun for donation

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 12th

By KEN RITTERAssociated Press NORTH LAS VEGAS, Nev. (AP) - A southern Nevada gun dealer wants to auction a handgun once owned by a rogue former LAPD officer who killed four people and fatally shot himself during a manhunt in February. George Bramlett, owner of Bargain Pawn, said he plans to donate

Chief Reacts To Upcoming Changes With Police Force

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 10th

SPOKANE, Wash. - The Spokane City Council voted Monday to give the Mayor more power to hire and remove top administrators in several city departments. The move was driven by Police Chief Frank Straub's proposed reorganization and a use of force commission recommendation to change the

Chief Reacts To Upcoming Changes With Police Force

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 10th

Seattle Cops Give Pot Dealers Warning Letters

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 3rd

SEATTLE (AP) - Seattle police are handing out warning letters to some marijuana dealers contacted by undercover narcotics detectives. Although Washington voters legalized the possession of a small amount of marijuana, it's still illegal to sell or use the drug in public. The

Seattle Cops Give Pot Dealers Warning Letters

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 3rd

W.Va. sheriff shot to death, suspect in custody

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 3rd

By JOHN RABY and VICKI SMITHAssociated Press WILLIAMSON, W.Va. (AP) - A new sheriff who was cracking down on the drug trade in southern West Virginia's coalfields was shot to death Wednesday in the spot where he usually parked his car for lunch, and State Police said the suspect was in a

Palestinian leader clamps down on critics

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 31st

By KARIN LAUB and DALIA NAMMARIAssociated Press HUSSAN, West Bank (AP) - Mahmoud Abbas' government in the West Bank is getting tougher with critics, interrogating, prosecuting and even jailing several journalists and bloggers in recent months for allegedly "defaming" the Western-backed

Former Nev. lawmaker arrested after freeway chase

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 30th

By KEN RITTER and MICHELLE RINDELSThe Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) - Police chased a former lawmaker on a freeway between Las Vegas and Los Angeles and arrested him at gunpoint following a struggle, hours after he became the first person ever expelled from the Nevada Legislature. Steven Brooks

Kansas couple: Indoor gardening prompted pot raid

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 29th

By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTHAssociated Press LEAWOOD, Kan. (AP) - Two former CIA employees whose Kansas home was fruitlessly searched for marijuana during a two-state drug sweep claim they were illegally targeted, possibly because they had bought indoor growing supplies to raise vegetables. Adlynn and

Freeway chase led to ex-Nev. lawmaker's arrest

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 29th

By KEN RITTER and MICHELLE RINDELSThe Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) - Hours after he became the first person in Nevada history to be kicked out of the state Legislature, an embattled former lawmaker led police on a chase on a freeway between Las Vegas and Los Angeles that ended with a violent