By Amanda Lee Myers Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Three Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies were convicted Wednesday in federal court in the beating of a bloody, handcuffed jail visitor and an attempt to cover it up. Sgt. Eric Gonzalez and deputies Sussie Ayala and Fernando Luviano were found guilty of deprivation of civil rights […]

By Frank O'Laughlin Dedham Patch DEDHAM, Mass. — The Dedham Police Department received a grant to fund an informative substance abuse program at the town’s middle school next year, announced Chief Michael D’Entremont and Superintendent Michael Welch Monday. “We believe that early prevention efforts are more successful than intervention endeavors down the road, especially … […]

By Jonathan Drew Associated Press CHARLESTON, S.C. — Police officers stood guard and checked bags as hundreds of people filed into a church Thursday for the first funeral for victims of the massacre at a historic black church. The increased security comes amid a heated debate over the Confederate flag and other symbols of the […]