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Roughly one minute into the interaction, Chambers approached Allen from behind, ordering him to step away from the truck, grabbing his right wrist and eventually forcing him to the ground, where he ...

Police arrested Christopher Ramsdill on Sunday, Feb. 9, on three counts of second-degree battery and resisting arrest.

An Odessa man out on bond after his December arrest in which he was accused of harming an Ector County Sheriff’s Office K-9 ...

According to the Vancouver police department, a black BMW fled from Gresham over the I-205 bridge eventually being spiked by ...

She took down the U.S. flag at Hart Park and tossed it in mud, hoisted the Mexican flag in its place then resisted and threatened park rangers, sheriff’s officials say.

The following arrests were made recently by local police departments. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty. Massachusetts’ privacy law prevents police from releasing ...

A Sikeston driver, Terry Lee Kent, was arrested after a brief chase ensued from a traffic stop. The 51-year-old allegedly ...

The first minutes of Sunday's San Francisco police chase that ended with suspects crashing into a restaurant parklet were caught on camera.

A man from Youngstown’s South Side is in the Mahoning County Jail after a foot chase with police that left a couple of ...