A woman and child are safe after officials say they were held hostage for several hours. Atlanta police told Channel 2 Action News officers responded to requests for a welfare check at an apartment on Piedmont Avene NW at 9:52 p.m. Saturday. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks] According to the […]
(Bloomberg) — Poland’s parliament will investigate the alleged use of Pegasus spyware by former ruling nationalists, opening a new front in a clash between the country’s main political factions. Most Read from Bloomberg Lawmakers on Friday approved the selection of members of the commission, the latest probe into the activities of the Law & Justice-led […]
Republican governors are rallying behind Texas Gov. Greg Abbott amid court battles with the federal government over the state’s border policy. A coalition of 24 Republican governors released a joint statement Thursday in support of Abbott’s efforts to exercise what he claims is Texas’ “constitutional right to self-defense.” “We stand in solidarity with our fellow […]
The man who barricaded himself in a Budget Inn & Suites just north of the Des Moines city limits in September has accepted a plea agreement and was sentenced to time served. A Polk County Sheriff’s deputy tried to pull Scott Eugene Smith over for failing to stop at a stop sign around 10:15 a.m. Sept. 26 […]
Jan. 23—A Springboro man who entered pleas in connection with a lengthy January 2023 standoff with police and two other cases has been given a maximum county sentence in each case. Jason M. Csorba, 45, was sentenced Monday by Crawford County Court Judge Mark Stevens to a maximum of 11 1/2 months to two years […]
The Kershaw County Sheriff’s Office arrested a man after a three-hour standoff that ended in a residence catching fire, the office announced. The sheriff’s office arrested Walter Deonte Halley, 31. Halley was already “wanted” by law enforcement for allegedly shooting someone in the leg on Jan. 3, officials said. Deputies responded to a report of […]
ASBURY PARK – A local man armed with a knife, who barricaded himself in a room at the Delmonte Hotel, has been charged with a number of criminal offenses after triggering a standoff with police, according to authorities. Gregory Letizia, 35, of Asbury Park, is charged with aggravated assault, terroristic threats, unlawful possession of a […]
Jan. 17—A man accused of firing shots at a woman last January after she dropped off his dog, leading to a more than three-hour standoff, will spend the next year in prison. Shawn Michael McLean, 32, was sentenced Jan. 10 by Montgomery County Common Pleas Judge Dennis Adkins to two years in prison after he […]
Authorities released the results of an autopsy on a suspect who was shot and killed by Manchester Police after a standoff where a K9 was stabbed. Deputy Chief Medical Examiner Mitchell Weinberg says that 35-year-old Jake Chiaradonna’s cause of death was multiple gunshot wounds, and the manner of death was homicide (defined as the killing […]
The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department uploaded more than 300 video clips on Monday in connection with a lengthy standoff that happened almost a year ago in the southwest part of town. The original incident happened on March 11 at a house on Griers Fork Drive. CMPD said officers were responding to 911 calls saying that a […]
Jan. 12—The man at the center of a Kalispell standoff involving the regional SWAT team in September received a suspended sentence in Flathead County District Court on Jan. 3. Judge Amy Eddy handed down a five-year suspended sentence with the state Department of Corrections to Trevor Allen Berggren on one count of felony criminal endangerment. […]
Authorities responded to a Cambridge home for a report of a barricaded subject Thursday afternoon. Police say a report of a domestic dispute in the area of Fenno and Sherman Street prompted officers to surround the home around 1:30 p.m. After hours of negotiating, officials were finally able to make contact with the suspect around […]