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Officer Hospitalized After Crash in Pembroke Pines
Chopper footage showed the scene after the police car struck a pole near Pines Boulevard and Palm Avenue around 9 a.m. as a van was damaged in the middle of the road.
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Slowing Winds Aid Saddleridge Firefight, Evacuations Lifted
Evacuations orders for the Saddleridge Fire were lifted Saturday evening, after the fire forced tens of thousands of people to be evacuated.
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NBC 6 Investigation Prompts Action by Miami Police
Miami’s police chief says at least one off-duty officer will be investigated and the internal affairs unit has been reminded to thoroughly examine all evidence it reviews, after the NBC 6 Investigators revealed deficiencies in how the department oversees off-duty police activities.
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'Clueless' Star Stacey Dash's Domestic Battery Case Dropped Days After Arrest
Stacey Dash’s domestic battery case was dropped days after the “Clueless” actress was arrested in Florida for allegedly pushing and slapping a man across the face following a verbal argument. According to court records, prosecutors in Pasco County dropped the case on Thursday, a day after she pleaded not guilty to a domestic battery charge.
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Exotic Dancer Mounting Miami Police Car Highlights Questionable Off-Duty Conduct
More than a million dollars a month is paid to Miami police officers, often in cash, working what they call “extra duty assignments.” NBC 6 Investigator Tony Pipitone found rules being broken and two independent investigations questioning whether officers and clubs are reporting all the money changing hands
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Florida Man Accused of Crashing Into Patrol Car, Attacking K-9
Authorities say an 18-year-old man rammed a police car with a stolen vehicle and attacked a police dog as he attempted to flee.
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North Miami Beach Police Officer Hospitalized After Early Morning Crash
The crash involving the police car and another vehicle took place near the intersection of Northeast 19th Avenue and 175th Street, with both cars involved suffering damage to the front of their vehicles.
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Ortiz Shooting: 6 Suspects Arrested, Including Alleged Gunman
An alleged gunman and five accomplices have been detained in the shooting of former Red Sox superstar David Ortiz, Dominican officials said Wednesday, while providing no information about why a group of young men would try to kill their country’s most beloved sports hero. Four other suspects were also being pursued in the shooting, which witnesses said was carried out...
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States Consider Driver's Licenses for Undocumented Immigrants Amid Ramped Up Immigration Enforcement
Jorge was driving a friend’s car in December 2017 when a police officer in Long Island stopped him. Because the car’s registration had expired, and because Jorge was driving without a license, the officer slapped him with a $300 fine. “Thank god he only gave me a ticket,” Jorge, 49, told NBC in Spanish. It could have been much worse....
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Vallejo Residents Demand Change After Fatal Police Shootings
A plea for an outside agency or civil rights group to review the Vallejo Police Department has been renewed by residents and activists after the fatal shooting in February of a young black rapper, Willie McCoy, by six officers — the 16th death involving Vallejo officers since 2011, police records show. In San Francisco, with a population more than seven...
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Police Body Cam Shows Arrest of Man in Brickell Altercation
New police body camera footage shows the arrest of an armed white man who got into a traffic confrontation with a group of black teenagers protesting housing inequality on Martin Luther King Jr. Day in Brickell.
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‘Highly Aggressive' Bull Mounts Car, Attacks Woman in New Jersey: Police
A ‘highly aggressive’ bull in New Jersey went berserk, attacking its owner and charging at police officers after it got out of its enclosure.
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Suspect Sought After Doral Police Car Rammed During Traffic Stop
Three suspects were taken into custody and authorities were searching for a fourth after officials said they rammed a police car while trying to flee in Sweetwater Thursday morning.
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Florida Police Hold Rattlesnake in the Back of a Patrol Car
A rattlesnake in Florida ended up in the back of a police car.
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Former Addicts Partner With Virginia Police to Fight Addiction Epidemic
After a few years of being clean from heroin, Courtney Nunnally decided she wanted to use her own experience to help others. Under an innovative program in Virginia, she rides along with police to tell addicts: If I could recover, so can you.
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Black Man Trying to Cash Paycheck is Handcuffed After Bank Teller Calls 911
An Ohio man trying to cash his paycheck from a new job was handcuffed and put in the back of a police car after a bank teller called 911 on the false belief the check was fraudulent, NBC News reports. Now the bank is apologizing as reports of the incident have sparked a new hashtag, #BankingWhileBlack.
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Jenni ‘JWoww' Farley of ‘Jersey Shore' Files Restraining Order Against Ex
Apparently the Jersey Shore isn’t big enough for reality star Jenni “JWoww” Farley and her estranged husband. Farley filed a restraining order against Roger Mathews Thursday night after the two got into an argument that ended with Matthews in the back of a police car.
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Fake Cops Pulled Over and Robbed Men in SW Miami-Dade: Police
Authorities are searching for three armed thieves who reportedly posed as police to pull over and rob two men in a Corvette in southwest Miami-Dade early Tuesday.
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No Discipline for Coral Springs Cop Caught on Camera Punching Teen During Arrest: Police
Agency officials told the South Florida Sun Sentinel that no policy was violated when Officer Paul James was seen striking the 14-year-old female several times while attempting to subdue her.
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Florida Baby Born After Hurricane Michael Starts Life in Walmart Parking Lot
With the hurricane bearing down on their native home of Panama City, Wilmer Capps and Lorrainda Smith sent their three other children to stay with relatives as doctors had planned to induce labor the day after Michael made landfall.