By PoliceOne Staff OCALA, Fla. — A tip from an informant led to two arrests that may have thwarted a series of planned attacks. The Orlando Sentinel reports the arrests and a raid that uncovered a cache of weapons began after an informant told police that the suspects intended to carry out a series of attacks on a church, youth camp, and the Eustis Police Department. 32-year-old Christopher Conger …
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Arrests made in alleged plot to attack PD with rocket launcher
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Va. trooper's good deed for stranded student goes viral
By PoliceOne Staff ROCKY MOUNT, Va. — A mother’s thank you to a trooper who came to the aid of her son has gone viral. According to WTVR, 20-year-old Virginia Tech student Joseph Owusu was driving home from school at night when his back tire blew. Trooper Matt Okes reportedly attempted to change the tire. When further complications with the car arose, Okes then spent hours with Joseph as …
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Va. trooper's good deed for stranded student goes viral
Video: Dash cam of NC shooting leaked as police face lawsuit
By Paul Woolverton The Fayetteville Observer FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. — A former police chief who teaches at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York thinks a Fayetteville police officer acted appropriately when he shot and killed Nijza Lamar Hagans in January 2013. Separately, lawyers for the city of Fayetteville on Monday ended their effort in federal court to keep secret from the public …
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Video: Dash cam of NC shooting leaked as police face lawsuit