With much fanfare, Thai police had offered an $84,000 reward for tips leading to arrests in the Bangkok bombing. On Monday, they handed out the cash – to themselves. They arrested a suspect Saturday, though the man has not been charged, let alone convicted. He may not even be the prime suspect in the Aug. …
Leominster, MA Chief of Police Bob Healey says he noticed a few comments posted on their Facebook page asking why young lemonade entrepreneurs aren’t “shut down and ordered to cease and desist all operations of sales” if they failed to secure a permit. So he answered with this definitive policy: “Fine folks here of LemonTown, I, Chief Healey, tell you now that …
The Italian police have seized 2 billion euros worth of mafia assets in a series of raids. The seizures included hundreds of betting shops owned by the ‘Ndrangheta, who are believed to be behind most of Europe’s cocaine trading. From the BBC: Italy’s Interior Minister, Angelino Alfano, said the raids in the southern Calabria region were …
Ferguson, Missouri has named Andre Anderson as their interim police chief. Anderson was most recently working in Glendale, Arizona. According to the BBC: The 50-year-old Mr Anderson said at a news conference on Wednesday that he would need the community’s help in increasing trust between the police force and the people it serves. He said …
$5.9 million. That’s the amount settled on by the city of New York to resolve the wrongful death claim of Eric Garner,43, by Staten Island police. It’s just a few days until the anniversary of Garner’s death. This agreement headed off one legal battle. There’s more to go. A federal inquiry into Garner’s killing, as …