Police Search Former Prince Andrew’s Home A Day After His Arrest

Police Search Former Prince Andrew’s Home A Day After His Arrest

Police searched the former home of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor again on Friday, a day after he was arrested and held in custody for nearly 11 hours on suspicion of misconduct in having shared confidential trade information with the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. In another blow for the former Prince Andrew, the British government is considering formally removing him from the line of succession to the crown. Despite losing his status as prince and facing a police investigation, Andrew remains eighth in line to the throne. That can only be changed with new legislation. When the king stripped his brother...

Officer Found Not Guilty In Shooting Death Of Unarmed South Carolina Man After High Speed Chase

Officer Found Not Guilty In Shooting Death Of Unarmed South Carolina Man After High Speed Chase

A jury found a former small town South Carolina police officer not guilty of voluntary manslaughter Friday in the shooting death of an unarmed man after a five-minute high speed chase. Cassandra Dollard faced two to 30 years in prison if she had been found guilty of killing Robert Junior Langley with a gunshot to the chest as Langley tried to get out of his car after wrecking it into a ditch in February 2022. Dollard was an officer in Hemingway when she tried to pull over Langley early one morning for running a stop sign. Langley didn’t stop and...

Las Vegas Police Investigate Terrorism Event After Vehicle Rammed Into Power Substation

Las Vegas Police Investigate Terrorism Event After Vehicle Rammed Into Power Substation

Las Vegas police say they’re investigating a car that rammed into a power substation Thursday as a ” terrorism-related event.” There’s no ongoing threat to the public, Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Sheriff Kevin McMahill said during a news conference Friday. Police received a 911 call at 10 a.m. Thursday reporting a vehicle crash through a secured gate at the substation in Boulder City, located approximately 25 miles (40 kilometers) southeast of Las Vegas, McMahill said. The driver of the vehicle was 23-year-old Dawson Maloney from Albany, New York, who was reported missing and died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound,...

Justice Department Swiftly Fires Lawyer Chosen As Top Federal Prosecutor For Virginia Office

Justice Department Swiftly Fires Lawyer Chosen As Top Federal Prosecutor For Virginia Office

A lawyer picked by judges to serve as the top federal prosecutor for a Virginia office that pursued cases against foes of President Donald Trump was swiftly fired Friday by the Justice Department in the latest clash over the appointments of powerful U.S. attorneys. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche announced the firing of James Hundley on social media shortly after he was unanimously chosen by judges to replace former Trump lawyer Lindsey Halligan as U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia. While the law says that the district court may choose U.S. attorneys when an initial appointment expires, the...

Former Connecticut Police Chief Arrested Over Alleged $85,000 Theft From Department Funds

Former Connecticut Police Chief Arrested Over Alleged $85,000 Theft From Department Funds

The former police chief in New Haven, Connecticut, was arrested Friday on larceny charges following allegations he stole $85,000 from two department accounts. Karl Jacobson, 56, who abruptly retired from the department in January, turned himself in on an arrest warrant. He was later released on a court-set bond of $150,000, a state prosecutor said in a news release. Jacobson faces two counts of larceny related to defrauding a public community. “An allegation of embezzlement by a police official is a serious matter and potentially undermines public confidence in the criminal justice system,” Chief State’s Attorney Patrick J. Griffin said...

Appeals Court Says Trump Administration Can Halt Work On Slavery Exhibit In Philadelphia Amid Appeal

Appeals Court Says Trump Administration Can Halt Work On Slavery Exhibit In Philadelphia Amid Appeal

A U.S. appeals court late Friday said the Trump administration can halt work on a National Park Service slavery exhibit in Philadelphia while it appeals an order to reinstall it. About half of the large panels at the outdoor exhibit have been restored this week at the site of the former President’s House on Independence Mall. U.S. Circuit Judge Thomas Hardiman, in his order, said the exhibit as it stood Friday must remain in place and the remaining materials must be preserved. The appeals court will now weigh the dispute between the city and the federal government, which began when...

Federal Judge In Michigan Charged With Drunken Driving After Car Strikes Signs

Federal Judge In Michigan Charged With Drunken Driving After Car Strikes Signs

A federal judge in Michigan suspected of drunken driving uttered a vulgarity at a state trooper and couldn’t explain damage to his car or why his airbags had deployed, according to video of the arrest. U.S. District Judge Thomas Ludington was arrested Oct. 3 after a trooper said he had repeatedly failed to properly blow into a blood-alcohol device, body-camera video obtained by The Detroit News shows. “What in the hell are we doing?” Ludington, in handcuffs, said as he was placed in a patrol car. “You’re under arrest,” the trooper replied. A blood test subsequently showed Ludington had a...