ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Albuquerque Police tried pulling over a man riding a bike they thought was wanted, but it was the wrong man. That man did however get in trouble for how he reacted. An officer saw Xavier Benitez near Central and Atrisco in January and asked him to stop. Even though Benitez was not […]
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Family wants justice after Spring Bay man beaten in ‘terrifying’ mistaken identity case
Late on the evening of April 24, Kristina Bencher was at work in Spring Bay when she received a panicked phone call. Catherine Judah, girlfriend of Bencher’s son, Aaron, began to hurriedly relay what had just happened. “She frantically called me and said, ‘These three guys busted in the house, were calling him Dylan and […]
Alito’s former neighbor says justice is ‘at best mistaken’ in flap over upside-down US flag
A former neighbor of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito on Wednesday disputed his account of a neighborhood spat that led to the hoisting of an upside-down US flag on his property in Virginia, saying that his timeline of what happened is wrong. “At best, he’s mistaken, but at worst, he’s just outright lying,” Emily Baden […]
Enemy drone that killed US troops ‘mistaken for US drone’, report suggests
An enemy drone that killed three American troops and wounded dozens of others in Jordan may have been confused with an American drone returning to the US installation, two US officials said on Monday. As the enemy drone was flying in at a low altitude, a US drone was returning to the small desert installation […]
Enemy drone that killed US troops in Jordan was mistaken for a US drone, preliminary report suggests
WASHINGTON (AP) — An enemy drone that killed three American troops and wounded dozens of others in Jordan may have been confused with an American drone returning to the U.S. installation, two U.S. officials said Monday. As the enemy drone was flying in at a low altitude, a U.S. drone was returning to the small […]
Ohio mom claims mistaken police raid injured her 17-month-old son
An Ohio mother is demanding an investigation because, she says, a mistaken police raid caught on a doorbell camera injured her little boy. Dozens of police officers targeted her aunt’s home in a Cleveland suburb last Wednesday. The woman said a “flash-bang explosion” blew out a window right next to her son, who was on […]
Bronx killing of autistic man linked to mistaken backpack grab
Police believe the brutal stabbing death of an autistic 61-year-old man who spent some of his last minutes in his elderly mother’s arm picked the wrong person’s backpack off the street — thinking it was garbage — and was killed as a result. Tyrone Padilla left his home on Creston Ave. near E. Fordham Road […]
Police announce rearrest of Oklahoma County jail detainee after mistaken release
Oklahoma City police revealed the recent rearrest of a detainee who had been mistakenly released from the Oklahoma County jail in mid-December. On Dec. 13, a man called police alleging he had been assaulted by his employer, Pedro Rodriguez Hernandez, 28, in the 2100 block of SW 65 Street. The man said Hernandez struck him […]