What’s driving ominous declines in insects? While a growing body of research shows decreases in many insect populations, it has been hard for scientists to disentangle the possible causes. Are insects suffering from habitat loss as natural areas are plowed and paved? Is climate change doing them in? What about pesticides? The latest insight comes […]
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Mother of fallen Connecticut detective admonishes town council after refusal to fly ‘antagonistic’ flag
A mother of a fallen Connecticut detective admonished a Democrat-led town council after it voted against flying the “thin blue line” flag in honor of a recently slain trooper. Debbie Garten, the mother of Hartford police Det. Robert “Bobby” Garten, who was killed in the line of duty in September 2023, shared a heartfelt testimony […]
Scottsdale detective killed in on-duty gun accident, investigators report
Scottsdale Detective Ryan So died after a firearms accident while he was unloading a police vehicle, according to a preliminary report from investigators. So, a member of the Scottsdale department’s Special Assignment Unit, had finished a search warrant and arrest operation with other detectives and was unloading equipment. While he was moving a bag from […]
Scottsdale detective killed in on-duty gun accident, investigators report
Scottsdale Detective Ryan So died after a firearms accident while he was unloading a police vehicle, according to a preliminary report from investigators. So, a member of the Scottsdale department’s Special Assignment Unit, had finished a search warrant and arrest operation with other detectives and was unloading equipment. While he was moving a bag from […]
Detective who reported Proctor texts in Karen Read case ‘up chain of command’ expected back on stand
Detective who reported Proctor texts in Karen Read case ‘up chain of command’ expected back on stand A state police detective assigned to the Norfolk District Attorney’s Office who reported Trooper Michael Proctor’s vulgar texts about Karen Read “up his chain of command” will return to the stand Thursday as the Mansfield woman’s murder trial […]
Detective back on stand with sallyport video a focus as testimony resumes
Karen Read murder trial: Detective back on stand with sallyport video a focus as testimony resumes The seventh week of witness testimony in the Karen Read murder trial begins Monday with Massachusetts State Police Detective Sergeant Yuri Bukhenik expected to take the stand for the third day. Bukhenik and Trooper Michael Proctor ran the investigation […]
Key Mass. State Police detective returning to stand in Karen Read murder trial
One of the Massachusetts State Police detectives who supervised the investigation into the death of John O’Keefe will take the stand in the Karen Read murder trial on Thursday. Read is accused of striking O’Keefe with her SUV and leaving him to die in the snow in Canton in 2022 but the defense says she […]
California’s rich and famous murdered, burglarized and kidnapped as fmr. detective offers chilling prediction
Not even the rich and famous are spared from California’s raging crime crisis. From Hollywood elites to tech moguls and politicians – the Golden State’s top tier residents have fallen victim to robberies, theft and even murder. But the state’s leadership continues to insist the crime crisis isn’t all that bad. The latest high-profile California […]
Key Biscayne detective gets one-day suspension for calling victim’s mom a ‘scumbag’
After an internal investigation, the Key Biscayne Police Department issued a one-day unpaid suspension to a detective who was caught on his own cellphone recording calling the mother of an alleged sexual abuse victim a “scumbag,” disparaging another alleged victim and talking to his brother about an open case, according to a statement released Thursday […]
Asheville man pleads guilty to soliciting jail inmates to murder detective, victim family
ASHEVILLE — An Asheville man pleaded guilty May 28 to soliciting Buncombe County Detention Facility inmates to murder a detective investigating him for a child sex crime and a family member of the 14-year-old victim. Austin Dakota Haynie, 23, of Asheville, pleaded guilty in Buncombe County Superior Court to two counts of felony solicit to […]
Michigan detective charged with murder after colliding with suspect in unmarked squad car
A Michigan State Police trooper has been charged with murder and faces a possible life sentence for allegedly running down a suspect in an unmarked squad car during a police chase and inflicting fatal injuries. Michigan’s attorney general, Dana Nessel, announced Tuesday that she was bringing charges against Det. Sgt. Brian Keely, 50, in connection […]
Military labs do the detective work to identify soldiers decades after they died in World War II
OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Neb. (AP) — Generations of American families have grown up not knowing exactly what happened to their loved ones who died while serving their country in World War II and other conflicts. But a federal lab tucked away above the bowling alley at Offutt Air Force Base near Omaha and a […]