By Colleen Long Associated Press NEW YORK — Darius McCollum's addiction isn't to booze and pills — it's to buses and trains. The New York transit impostor who first commandeered a train at 15 has been arrested 30 times over the years for transit-related crimes. Most recently, he was nabbed in November behind the wheel […]
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Feds joining lawsuit over Fla. police use of trooper's driver license record
By Steve Patterson The Florida Times-Union JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The U.S. Justice Department is jumping into a quirky court fight about whether Jacksonville police can be sued for looking up driver license information without valid investigatory reasons. A Florida Highway Patrol trooper, Donna Jane Watts, sued the city and two officers last year, saying police […]
Police: 5-hour motel standoff ends with Ga. suspect stabbing himself
By Kathleen Foody Associated Press DECATUR, Ga. — A standoff at a motel outside Atlanta that involved a number of children ended Tuesday morning with the suspect stabbing himself but no one else injured, police said. Authorities had surrounded the motel as the man refused to leave a room, prompting concerns about the safety of […]