Monday, February 14, 2022
Arkansas Corruptions
JACKSON COUNTY, Ark. (KAIT) - A teacher is facing sexual indecency charges after investigators say he had an “inappropriate relationship with a 13-year-old student.”
Jackson County sheriff’s deputies arrested 35-year-old Christopher Bullington of Pocahontas on Thursday, Feb. 10, following a months-long investigation.
Captain Ricky Morales said Jackson County School District administrators contacted the sheriff’s office on Nov. 3 regarding allegations that Bullington was “having an inappropriate relationship with a 13-year-old student.”
During their extensive investigation, detectives uncovered several social media accounts and phone information. The information was then turned over to the Third Judicial District Prosecuting Attorney’s Office for review.
On Wednesday, Feb. 9, a judge issued a warrant for Bullington’s arrest.
He appeared Friday before District Judge Henry Boyce, who set his bond at $50,000 and ordered him to appear in circuit court on March 25.
According to online records from the sheriff’s office, Bullington is currently free on bond.
JONESBORO, Ark. (KAIT) - Arkansas State Police are investigating a shooting that sent a Jonesboro police officer to the hospital and left another man dead.
Jayden J. Prunty, 22, of Jonesboro died at a local hospital Wednesday night following a shooting in the 200-block of Spruce Street.
According to ASP, an officer who was not identified, “encountered” Prunty around 10:30 p.m. near the Warren Street intersection.
“A struggle between the officer and Prunty occurred, leading to an exchange of gunfire between the two,” ASP said in a Thursday morning news release.
Both the officer and Prunty were taken to a local hospital. Prunty was later pronounced dead. ASP said the officer “sustained a non-life-threatening gunshot wound.”
Later on Thursday, Jonesboro police released a redacted police report on the incident.
According to the incident report, Officer Corey Obregon called out that Prunty started fighting with him.
“While en route, approximately 10 seconds later, I heard Officer Obregon call out shots fired over the radio,” Officer Adam Charles Butler said in the report.
Obregon was shot in the right calf, while Prunty received a gunshot wound to the head, the report noted.
Obregon graduated from the police academy in Aug. 2019 and was the leader of his graduating class.
At the time, Obregon said he was looking forward to becoming a police officer and helping people.
”It’s a great relief but it’s not over yet. Like they said we have to continue our training and continue to learn and continue to get better and help make the community to get better,” Obregon said.
Prunty’s mother, Sherry, said Thursday evening that her heart was broken and that she “just lost her baby.”
She said her son lived in the area and was known to walk around. However, she said she did not know why he encountered police or why he fired a shot at the officer.
She also said Prunty had three brothers and described him as a “very intelligent young man.”
Special agents with ASP’s Criminal Investigation Division collected evidence from the scene and are continuing to investigate. Their investigation file will be turned over to the Craighead County prosecuting attorney who will determine if the officer’s use of deadly force was consistent with state law.
The Jonesboro Police Department said Friday the city attorney supported the department’s denial of a request by Region 8 News for body and dash camera video.
The Arkansas State Police is handling the investigation and a similar request to the office for body and dash camera video has been denied.
We have appealed both decisions based on previous Arkansas Court orders allowing for the release of daily operational information, even if it is used as part of an investigation.
Jonesboro Mayor Harold Copenhaver released a statement Thursday afternoon about the incident:
“As has been reported, an officer-involved shooting occurred last night in our city. A Jonesboro police officer was shot and injured but will recover. I thank God for the police force that protects our community, as well as the county deputies who were immediately on the scene. As a life was lost in the incident, my heart and prayers go out to the loved ones of all involved in last night’s events.”
Nicole Oulson, center, arrives for the start of the second-degree murder trial for former Tampa Police Captain Curtis Reeves on Monday, Feb 14, 2022, at the Robert D. Sumner Judicial Center in Dade City. Reeves is accused of shooting and killing Nicole's husband, Chad Oulson, at a Wesley Chapel movie theater in January 2014. (Douglas R. Clifford/Tampa Bay Times via AP)
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — The role of a tossed bag of movie popcorn played a central part Monday as a trial opened for a retired Florida police captain who fatally shot a man in a theater eight years ago.
Omaha police identify man killed in fiery accident
yesterday
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Omaha police on Monday identified a driver killed in a fiery accident on Interstate 480.
The accident on Friday closed the westbound lanes of the interstate. It happened when a 1988 Pontiac 6000 broke down in a traffic lane and was struck from behind by a 2012 Ford pickup truck.
California AG, others to help with new SF investigation pact
yesterday
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The San Francisco District Attorney’s Office and the San Francisco Police Department this week will start renegotiating an agreement to cooperate on investigations involving police officers with the help of the state Attorney General and San Francisco's mayor and city attorney, officials said Monday.
SC man dead following chase, police shooting in east Alabama
yesterday
OXFORD, Ala. (AP) — A South Carolina man who stole a vehicle outside a restaurant early Monday led police on a high-speed chase, shooting at officers along the way, before he was shot to death by officers, authorities said.
Cops: Fighting teens also attacked cops at basketball game
yesterday
DERIDDER, La. (AP) — Authorities in Louisiana say a disturbing video of officers hitting a teenager outside a high school basketball game doesn’t show what happened before — teens hitting the officers in their faces and from behind.
Officials: Man in Meeker County shootout took his own life
yesterday
EDEN VALLEY, Minn. (AP) — The Midwest Medical Examiner’s Office has identified the man who died over the weekend after exchanging gunfire with a police officer in small community southwest of St. Cloud.
2 bodies found in alley behind northern Indiana strip mall
yesterday
ELKHART, Ind. (AP) — Police are investigating the deaths of two people whose bodies were found Sunday behind a northern Indiana outlet mall.
Elkhart police officers were called to the scene after the bodies of a male and a female were discovered about 10 a.m.
Officials: Officer shot man coming toward him with knife
yesterday
MADISONVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Police in Tennessee fatally shot a man who came toward an officer with a knife, officials said.
Officers with the Madisonville Police Department responded late Sunday to a report of a suicidal man at a residence, a statement from the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation said.
Man killed by police after Dearborn mosque fire identified
yesterday
DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) — Authorities have released the name of a man who police shot and killed Saturday after officers noticed a fire at a Detroit-area mosque.
Officials: Missouri deputy fatally shot man after car chase
yesterday
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — A central Missouri sheriff’s deputy shot and killed a man over the weekend following a police chase of a car that ended in a field east of Columbia, authorities said.
The shooting happened Sunday morning, killing Blain Johnson, 37, of Columbia, the Boone County Sheriff’s Office reported on its Facebook page.
Police shoot armed suspect after standoff in Leavenworth
February 13, 2022
LEAVENWORTH, Kan. (AP) — Authorities are investigating after police officers shot and critically wounded a man in Leavenworth.
Officers from several departments went to an area near 4th and Miami streets around 5 a.m.
Police plan video release after officers, woman shot
February 13, 2022
A large police presence is seen near a house where several police officers were shot after responding to a shooting inside the home Friday, Feb. 11, 2022, in Phoenix. The shooting suspect, identified by police as 36-year-old Morris Jones, was found dead in the home following a barricade situation, and a woman at the home also died later on at a local hospital. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
PHOENIX (AP) — It will be two weeks before the Phoenix Police Department will release video and audio of a standoff with a gunman who shot five patrol officers and injured four others.
Police had gone to a home Friday in the pre-dawn hours in response to a 911 call reporting a woman had been shot.
St. Louis Police shoot and wound man after he fires at them
February 13, 2022
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Police officers shot and wounded a robbery suspect after he fired at them in St. Louis Sunday morning.
St. Louis Police Chief John Hayden said officers were called to a check-cashing business around 8:45 a.m.
Police shoot, kill burglary suspect in North Carolina
February 13, 2022
CONCORD, N.C. (AP) — Police in North Carolina say an officer shot and killed a burglary suspect Sunday after a confrontation at a car dealership.
Concord Police say an officer on patrol discovered a burglary in process Sunday around 5 a.m.
Barely in job, new chief feels heat from Amir Locke shooting
By KATHLEEN FOODY
February 13, 2022
FILE - Minneapolis Deputy Chief Amelia Huffman, Thursday, Dec. 16, 2021, at Shiloh Temple in Minneapolis. The fatal shooting of a 22-year-old Black man by police in Minneapolis is turning up the heat on the city's police chief. Amelia Huffman was elevated to the top job on an interim basis just weeks before Amir Locke was slain by officers serving a search warrant. (Glen Stubbe/Star Tribune via AP, File)
Minneapolis Police Chief Amelia Huffman was taking questions about the fatal shooting of 22-year-old Amir Locke when a reporter challenged the police account that Locke's gun was pointed toward officers serving a search warrant.
Officials seek opinion on Bennington police review board
February 13, 2022
BENNINGTON, Vt. (AP) — A Bennington task force is seeking opinions from the public about a recommendation for a Police Department review board in the southwestern Vermont community.
Bennington’s 10-member Safety and Equity Task Force released its recommendations to the select board last week for the creation of a police advisory review board.
Lawyers in Netanyahu trial say no illegal phone taps found
February 13, 2022
JERUSALEM (AP) — Prosecutors in the high-profile corruption case against former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that police have found no unlawful use of phone surveillance technology against witnesses in the trial.
Man whose home was bombed by police holds off on rebuilding
February 13, 2022
BANGOR, Maine (AP) — A Maine man who was shot twice and whose home was destroyed by a police bomb is forgoing, for the time being, his plan to rebuild at the scene of the standoff.
Michael Grendell, 65, won a $400,000 settlement in November 2020 after suing members of the Maine State Police and one member of the state attorney general’s office.
City settles lawsuit over handcuffed man killed by police
February 12, 2022
WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah (AP) — West Valley City has settled a lawsuit filed by the family of a 31-year-old man police shot and killed while handcuffed inside a police station.
Susan Neese filed the lawsuit in September, saying her son, Michael Breinholt, was unnecessarily killed and that officers “threatened and antagonized” him before Sgt.
Man killed by police after fire at Detroit-area mosque
February 12, 2022
DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) — A man was shot and killed by police early Saturday after officers noticed a fire at a Detroit-area mosque, authorities said.
The armed man fled from the Al-Huda Islamic Association in Dearborn and fired at police before he was killed just across the city border in Detroit, police said.
Police: 1 killed in shooting at bowling alley in Fresno
February 12, 2022
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — An 18-year-old man killed in a gang-related shooting outside a bowling alley in Fresno, police said Saturday.
Gunfire erupted Friday night after a fight between two groups of people inside Bowlero spilled out to the parking lot, police Lt.
Alabama town taps police veteran to rebuild community trust
February 12, 2022
BROOKSIDE, Ala. (AP) — A police veteran has been tapped to help restore the image of an embattled town after allegations of aggressive policing for profit gained national attention.
Henry Irby was introduced Friday as Brookside's interim police chief, al.com reported.
Police: Man kills 1, wounds 1 in shooting, then shoots self
February 12, 2022
POST FALLS, Idaho. (AP) — A man forced his way into an Idaho Falls residence, shot a woman, fatally shot a man and then shot himself in Coeur d'Alene after police located him in a stopped vehicle, police said.
N. Carolina police shoot person trying to run over officer
February 12, 2022
MOUNT HOLLY, N.C. (AP) — Police officers shot and seriously wounded a car driver after authorities say he hit the officers with his vehicle.
Ex-Air Force sergeant pleads guilty to killing federal guard
OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ
February 11, 2022
FILE - This June 7, 2020, file booking photo from the Santa Cruz County, Calif., Sheriff's Office shows Steven Carrillo. The former U.S. Air Force sergeant with alleged ties to the "boogaloo" movement has changed his plea to guilty in the 2020 fatal shooting of a federal security officer in the San Francisco Bay Area. Carrillo had pleaded not guilty in July 2020 in David Patrick Underwood's killing. Underwood was shot May 29, 2020, while standing outside an Oakland federal building amid large protests against police brutality following the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis. (Santa Cruz Sheriff's Office via AP, File)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A former U.S. Air Force staff sergeant and alleged member of the “boogaloo” extremist movement pleaded guilty Friday in the fatal shooting of a federal security officer in the San Francisco Bay Area amid large 2020 protests against police brutality.
Mishawaka police justified in shooting man dead: prosecutors
February 11, 2022
MISHAWAKA, Ind. (AP) — A northern Indiana police officer was justified in fatally shooting a man during a recent standoff at a mobile home park, prosecutors said Friday.
Mishawaka Officer Garrett Schock shot and killed 37-year-old Michael Haas after he fired at Schock.
Attorneys: Judge releases video in California fatal shooting
February 11, 2022
CABAZON, Calif. (AP) — A Southern California judge on Friday ordered the release of police body-camera footage in the fatal shooting of a 26-year-old man in 2017, according to lawyers representing the victim's family.
Virginia officer pleads to fatally shooting fiancée’s dog
February 11, 2022
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A Virginia police officer has pleaded no contest to felony animal cruelty in the fatal shooting of his fiancée’s dog, which he tried to cover up by saying he accidentally killed the animal while trying to stop a bear attack.
NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week
By The Associated Press
February 11, 2022
A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these are legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. The Associated Press checked them out.
Officers kill armed man accused of murder
February 11, 2022
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans police say officers shot and killed a man who had a rifle and was accused of murder. The shooting was the second in 48 hours by a city police officer; the other was not fatal.
Jury selected, Florida theater shooting trial begins Monday
February 11, 2022
DADE CITY, Fla. (AP) — Opening statements are set to begin next week in the case of a retired Tampa police captain who is accused of killing a man during an argument over cellphone use in a movie theater in 2014.
City leader pleads not guilty in alleged radio threat on cop
February 11, 2022
EVERGREEN, Ala. (AP) — A city leader from a south Alabama town has pleaded not guilty to a federal charge of using his local radio show to threaten a police officer who pulled him over.
Evergreen City Council member Luther James Upton, 74, entered the plea on Wednesday, WALA-TV reported.
Missouri police say officer shot person wielding a knife
February 11, 2022
BUFFALO, Mo. (AP) — Police in the southwestern Missouri town of Buffalo report that one of its officers shot and injured a knife-wielding person during a confrontation on a city street.
The shooting happened Thursday evening when police were called to a business for reports of a person who had entered a business brandishing a knife and making threats, the Buffalo Police Department said on its Facebook page.
Deputy shoots, kills man who attacked another with hatchet
February 10, 2022
ELLIS TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — A northern Michigan sheriff's deputy fatally shot a man who attacked another deputy with a hatchet Thursday, state police said.
A Cheboygan County sheriff’s deputy responding to a domestic disturbance at a home in Ellis Township shot the 32-year-old suspect after he struck another deputy with the hatchet, police said.
Cop safety cited in no-knock warrant ahead of Locke’s death
By AMY FORLITI
February 10, 2022
Attorney Ben Crump speaks during a press conference with the family of Amir Locke to demand the abolishment of no-knock warrants Thursday, Feb. 10, 2022, at Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul, Minn. (Carlos Gonzalez/Star Tribune via AP)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Authorities searching the Minneapolis apartment where Amir Locke was killed by a SWAT team member said a no-knock search warrant was necessary to protect the public and officers as they looked for guns, drugs and clothing worn by people suspected in a violent murder, according to documents made public Thursday.
Lieutenant: Officers should have intervened in Floyd killing
By STEVE KARNOWSKI
February 10, 2022
FILE - In this image taken from video, witness Lt. Richard Zimmerman, of the Minneapolis Police Department, testifies on April 2, 2021, in the trial of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin in Minneapolis, Minn. Three former Minneapolis police officers on trial for violating George Floyd's civil rights should have intervened to stop fellow Officer Derek Chauvin when he had his knee on the Black man's neck, Zimmerman, the head of the Minneapolis Police Department's homicide unit, testified Thursday, Feb. 10, 2022. (Court TV via AP, Pool File)
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Three former Minneapolis police officers on trial for violating George Floyd's civil rights should have intervened to stop fellow Officer Derek Chauvin when he had his knee on the Black man's neck, the head of the Minneapolis Police Department’s homicide unit testified Thursday.
Police: 2 students charged in school parking lot shooting
February 10, 2022
CATONSVILLE, Md. (AP) — Two Maryland high school students have been charged in a school parking lot shooting that injured at least one teen, police said Thursday.
The shooting happened in the back parking lot of Catonsville High School around 3 p.m.
Officer charged in killing once fired for poor decisions
By JEFFREY COLLINS
February 10, 2022
This photo provided by Georgetown County Sheriff's Office shows Cassandra Dollard. Hemingway police Officer Cassandra Dollard was charged with voluntary manslaughter Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2022, for shooting and killing an unarmed man who led her on a high-speed chase and then tried to run from his wrecked car, investigators said. Dollard is charged with voluntary manslaughter in the shooting early Sunday after she chased the driver 8 miles (13 kilometers) outside the limits of the town of 530 people. (Georgetown County Sheriff's Office via AP)
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A police officer in South Carolina arrested this week after killing a man in an on-duty shooting was fired from a state police unit for nine separate policy violations, including the failure to notify superiors in a timely fashion after shooting her service weapon at two dogs while she was out jogging, court records show.
Head of London police resigns after string of scandals
By SYLVIA HUI
February 10, 2022
FILE - London Metropolitan Police commissioner Cressida Dick in London, April 10, 2017. The head of London's Metropolitan Police, Cressida Dick, said she is resigning Thursday Feb. 10, 2022, after a string of controversies that undermined public confidence in the force and prompted a falling out between her and the capital's mayor, Sadiq Khan. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, File)
LONDON (AP) — The head of London's Metropolitan Police, Cressida Dick, said she is resigning Thursday after a string of controversies that undermined public confidence in the force and prompted a falling out between her and the capital's mayor.
Suspect in church killing dead after Colorado cops shoot him
February 10, 2022
In this undated photo provided by the Aurora Police Department shows Jose De Jesus Montoya Villa. Montoya Villa wanted for shooting and killing a woman and wounding two other people at a suburban Denver church last week is dead after being shot by police Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2022, police said. Officers fired at Jose De Jesus Montoya Villa, 31, while trying to stop him following a series of other crimes, including a shooting that injured one person and two carjackings, he was suspected of committing, police spokesperson Agent Matthew Longshore said. (Aurora Police Department via AP)
AURORA, Colo. (AP) — A man wanted for shooting and killing a woman in a suburban Denver church and wounding two other churchgoers last week has died after he was shot by police officers investigating other crimes, authorities said.
Blockades by virus protest convoys banned in Paris, Brussels
February 10, 2022
A man puts a poster reads "Liberty Convoy" on a van before leaving for Paris , in Bayonne, southwestern France, Wednesday, Feb.9, 2022. Paris police on Thursday Feb.10, 2022 banned road blockades threatened by groups organizing online against COVID-19 restrictions, in part inspired by protesters in Canada. (AP Photo/Bob Edme)
PARIS (AP) — Authorities in France and Belgium on Thursday banned road blockades threatened by groups organizing online against COVID-19 restrictions, in part inspired by protesters in Canada.
Virginia Democrats worry Republicans will roll back reforms
By DENISE LAVOIE
February 10, 2022
Virginia Del. Ronnie Campbell, R-Rockbridge, listens to proceedings during the session at the Capitol Tuesday Feb 8, 2022, in Richmond, Va. Campbell sponsored a bill that would repeal a 2020 law that prohibits police from stopping motor vehicles for minor offenses such as operating without brake lights or driving with defective equipment. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — What a difference two years makes. Advocates who fought for criminal justice and police reforms in Virginia after the 2020 police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis are worried that their progress could be rolled back by the new Republican majority in the state’s House of Delegates.
2 people, police dog killed in stolen K-9 vehicle crash ID’d
February 10, 2022
YORK, Neb. (AP) — A bystander who was killed along with a suspect and a police dog in the fiery crash of a stolen sheriff’s vehicle was a popular teacher and coach from Hampton, officials said.
Investigators said Kyle Ediger, 31, was simply waiting for a train to pass Tuesday night when his vehicle was rammed from behind by a sheriff's vehicle that had been stolen by Joseph Stoltenberg, 43, of York, York County Sheriff's officials said.
Man found dead after firing ‘hundreds’ of rounds at police
February 10, 2022
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — One man is dead after an hours-long standoff in Providence early Thursday morning during which he fired “hundreds" of rounds at police, prompting officers to return fire, authorities said.
Police: 2 killed in crash, truck slid on black ice
February 10, 2022
HOOKSETT, N.H. (AP) — Two people were killed in a crash in Hooksett after their pickup truck slid on black ice, spun out and struck a telephone pole, police said.
The crash happened on West River Road on Wednesday night, WMUR-TV reported.
Half of town’s police force quits as new police chief hired
February 10, 2022
CALHOUN FALLS, S.C. (AP) — Half of the police force in a small South Carolina town walked away from their jobs during a special meeting to vote on a new police chief.
The city council in Calhoun Falls voted Saturday to hire Tim Richey as the town’s newest chief of police, WYFF-TV reported.
16-year-old boy charged in Kentucky police officer shooting
February 10, 2022
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — A teenage boy has been charged with attempted murder of a police officer in connection with a shooting in Kentucky this month.
Lexington police said the 16-year-old was with a group of people on Saturday when officers approached to investigate an earlier shooting.
Police: 1 shot, 1 stabbed in Buffalo high school parking lot
February 9, 2022
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — A teen boy was stabbed multiple times and a security guard shot in the leg outside a Buffalo high school Wednesday during a dispute that broke out after classes ended for the day, police said.
Capitol Police denies baseless claim its officers spy on GOP
By MICHAEL BALSAMO and NOMAAN MERCHANT
February 9, 2022
FILE - U.S. Capitol Police Chief Tom Manger arrives to testify at a Senate Rules and Administration Committee oversight hearing on the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, Jan. 5, 2022, in Washington. U.S. Capitol Police officers are facing increasingly heated rhetoric from House Republicans as it tries to win back public confidence, including baseless allegations that the department’s officers are operating as politically driven spies. (Tom Williams/Pool via AP, File)
WASHINGTON (AP) — A year after the Jan. 6 insurrection, U.S. Capitol Police officers are facing increasingly heated and baseless allegations from House Republicans that the department’s officers are operating as politically driven spies.
Family of man who died after traffic stop sues city, police
February 9, 2022
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The family of a Mandan man who died after a traffic stop two years ago has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the city and several police officers.
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