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In darkened NYC, safety on the list of concerns

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 31st

By JENNIFER PELTZ and RALPH D. RUSSOAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - Faced with the prospect of days without power and swaths of the city plunged into darkness at night, police brought in banks of lights and boosted patrols to reassure victims of a monster storm that they won't be victims of

In darkened NYC, safety on the list of concerns

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 31st

Cops: Drunken woman tried to 'save' ducks in storm

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 30th

GLEN ROCK, Pa. (AP) - A Pennsylvania woman faces charges that include risking a catastrophe after she jumped into a raging creek to "save" a couple dozen wild ducks. Southern Regional Police in York County says Justina Laniewski went into the Codorus Creek in Glen Rock on Monday evening, and her 4-

COPS: Man On PCP Strips Naked, Bites Off Own Finger And Then SWALLOWS It!

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 23rd

NJ.COM - A Jersey City man believed to be high on PCP tried to gnaw off his own wrist in a holding cell, defecated in the back of a Jersey City police cruiser, and then bit off his own finger and swallowed it at Hudson County jail Sunday night, authorities said. Jargget Washington, 29, of

Chicago police culture on trial in beating case

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 22nd

By MICHAEL TARMAssociated Press CHICAGO (AP) - Allegations of a culture in which Chicago police jump to protect fellow officers accused of wrongdoing are at the heart of a federal civil trial that began Monday, pitting the victim of a barroom beating by an off-duty officer against the city. The

4 convicted in NY cop's 1988 death up for parole

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 20th

By COLLEEN LONGAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - Rookie cop Eddie Byrne was alone in a squad car on a cold February night in 1988, protecting the home of a witness in a drug case who had been threatened by dealers. It was about 3 a.m. when the gun flashed - five bullets were pumped into his head

Jury: 1 of 2 Md. officers found guilty in beating

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 20th

By The Associated Press UPPER MARLBORO, Md. (AP) - A jury late Friday found one of two police officers charged in the alleged beating of a University of Maryland student in 2010 guilty of second-degree assault, but cleared the second officer in the incident. Prince George's County police

Woman Paraded Around Topless By Police

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 17th

KHQ.COM: Imagine a woman being arrested, paraded around topless and hogtied by an officer and then having her teeth knocked in against the ground. This is exactly what Ashleigh Davis of Ocala, Florida, filed a lawsuit on Tuesday for against Lake County Sheriff's Office and the Leesburg Police

Cops: Two Held Over Tot's Drive-By Shooting

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 15th

NBCNEWS.COM - Two people have been arrested in connection with the drive-by shooting of a 16-month-old boy last week, New Haven police said. A stray bullet hit Tramire Miller in the abdomen while he was sitting with family on the front stoop of a home on Kensington St. on October 10. He

Teen's shooting fuels criticism of Memphis police

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 13th

By ADRIAN SAINZAssociated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - A pile of stuffed animals marks the spot where 15-year-old Justin Thompson fell, fatally shot by an off-duty Memphis police officer on a school night in a working-class neighborhood. The Sept. 24 shooting is still under investigation, but