NEWS
February 11, 2013 | By Gillian Flaccus and Tami Abdollah, Associated Press
IRVINE, Calif. - A heavy police presence sectioned off a block of homes in a quiet Southern California suburb Sunday, as residents adjusted to life at the center of a sprawling manhunt for a fugitive whose police and military background and vitriolic online manifesto has put the region on high-alert. Joe Palacio lives down the street from a home surrounded by authorities protecting a police captain mentioned as a target in Christopher Dorner's Facebook rant against those he held responsible for his dismissal from the LAPD five years ago. Dorner, 33, is suspected of killing three people, including one police officer, and as the manhunt entered its fourth day with no success, authorities posted a $1 million reward for information leading to his capture.
NEWS
February 11, 2013 | By Greg Risling and Tami Abdollah, Associated Press
BIG BEAR LAKE, Calif. - All that was left were footprints leading away from Christopher Dorner's burned-out pickup truck, and an enormous, snow-covered mountain where he could be hiding among the skiers, hundreds of cabins and dense woods. More than 100 officers, including SWAT teams, were driven in glass-enclosed snow machines and armored personnel carriers to hunt for the former Los Angeles police officer suspected of going on a deadly rampage to get back at those he blamed for ending his police career.
NEWS
February 9, 2013 | By Greg Risling and Tami Abdollah, Associated Press
BIG BEAR LAKE, Calif. - All that was left were footprints leading away from Christopher Dorner's burned-out pickup truck, and an enormous, snow-covered mountain where he could be hiding among the skiers, hundreds of cabins and dense woods. More than 100 officers, including SWAT teams, were driven in glass-enclosed snow machines and armored personnel carriers to hunt for the former Los Angeles police officer suspected of going on a deadly rampage to get back at those he blamed for ending his police career.
SPORTS
November 21, 2012 | Daily News Wire Reports
POLICE IN Puerto Rico said former boxing champion Hector "Macho" Camacho Sr. had been shot and critically wounded Tuesday night in Bayamon, near San Juan. The Associated Press reported that doctors and Camacho's spokesman said the former boxer was expected to survive. Police said Camacho was shot in neck and face while in a car outside a bar. A second man in the car also was shot and killed but authorities said it is not clear what relationship, if any, Camacho had with the victim.
NEWS
October 10, 2012 | By Louis Lombardi
As many have seen on You Tube and elsewhere, Philadelphia police Lt. Jonathan Josey was recently captured on video hitting a woman in the face and knocking her to the ground during the city's Puerto Rican Day Parade . The video is not pleasant. But did it justify Commissioner Charles H. Ramsey's quick decision to fire Josey? From my years in law enforcement, I know that when a police officer resorts to the use of force - whether justified or not - it is never pretty. Police work is often ugly, and when it's exposed to the public, there is a natural aversion to much of it. However, whether this public disgust is justified can be determined only through a dispassionate evaluation of the facts.
NEWS
September 16, 2012 | By Robert Moran, Inquirer Staff Writer
The mysterious 1999 disappearance of Maria Procopio, a 35-year-old South Philadelphia woman, had faded from public consciousness until Friday, when the identity of a suburban police officer's accused killer was released. Andrew C. Thomas, who authorities say fatally shot Officer Bradley Fox in Plymouth Township late Thursday afternoon before killing himself, was the prime suspect in Procopio's suspected murder. "He absolutely was," said Radnor Township Police Superintendent William Colarulo, who was the Philadelphia police captain overseeing detectives in the case.
NEWS
September 15, 2012 | By Robert Moran, INQUIRER STAFF WRITER
The mysterious 1999 disappearance of Maria Procopio, a 35-year-old South Philadelphia woman, had faded from public consciousness until Friday, when the identity of a suburban police officer's accused killer was released. Andrew C. Thomas, who authorities say fatally shot Officer Bradley Fox in Plymouth Township late Thursday afternoon before killing himself, was the prime suspect in Procopio's suspected murder. "He absolutely was," said Radnor Township Police Superintendent William Colarulo, who was the Philadelphia police captain overseeing detectives in the case.
NEWS
September 7, 2012 | BY DANA DiFILIPPO, Daily News Staff Writer
A JUDGE found Dwayne "Chico" Young - arrested Sunday for allegedly holding a deaf-mute man hostage for months to steal his disability checks - so despicable that he set bail at $1 million. And it might not have been the first time Young preyed on a vulnerable elderly person for financial gain, police said Thursday. Young, 56, of West Philadelphia, for years lived with a woman who used a wheelchair after losing her legs to diabetes, said Capt. Larry Nodiff, commander of South Detectives.
NEWS
September 7, 2012 | BY DAVID GAMBACORTA & MORGAN ZALOT, Daily News Staff Writers
ABOUT 75 RESIDENTS of the diverse 35th Police District - which includes Logan, Olney, Ogontz and East Oak Lane - gathered Wednesday night in a show of support for the district's recently removed police captain. Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey on Friday suspended the district's longtime commander, Capt. John McCloskey, as well as Inspector Aaron Horne for 30 days because they allegedly helped cover up the arrest of a retired cop's grandson. Ramsey transferred McCloskey to night command and moved Horne from the Northwest Police Division to the Forensic Science Bureau.