Articles tagged with police
Wed, May 23, 2012
Chicago police arrest 15 at futures exchange protest
By Ann Saphir
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Police arrested 15 people blocking the main artery through Chicago's financial district on Wednesday during a demonstration against ...
Tue, May 22, 2012
Tomahawk closer to new top cop
TOMAHAWK, Wis. (WSAU) – Tomahawk's police and fire commission has made a conditional offer to a new police chief.
“At every stage, Al just ...
Tue, May 22, 2012
Chicago police erase 1968 stain at last with NATO summit
By Andrew Stern
CHICAGO (Reuters) - The NATO summit ended without major violence between police and protesters, winning praise for Chicago Police Chief Garry McCarthy ...
Tue, May 22, 2012
Las Vegas police seek suspects in foiled casino heist
By Timothy Pratt
LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Las Vegas police were seeking two men on Tuesday over a foiled weekend heist in which robbers tried ...
Tue, May 22, 2012
Man arrested for kidnap, death of missing California teen-police
By Lily Kuo
(Reuters) - A northern California man was arrested and accused of the kidnapping and murder of a 15-year-old girl who disappeared more ...
Tue, May 22, 2012
July trial set for cop charged in drunken gun incident
RHINELANDER, Wis. (WSAU) – A Minocqua police officer will go on trial in late July on charges he waved a loaded gun at a woman ...
Tue, May 22, 2012
Police arrest man in shooting outside Oklahoma NBA game
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) - Police on Tuesday arrested a 19-year-old man suspected of opening fire the night before outside an Oklahoma City arena in a ...
Tue, May 22, 2012
Rebels say Syria police kill two, U.N. monitors dispute
AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian rebels said police had opened fire and killed two people on Tuesday when a crowd turned out to greet a team ...
Mon, May 21, 2012
Azeri police hold critics days before Eurovision contest
By Margarita Antidze
BAKU (Reuters) - Days before Azerbaijan comes under global scrutiny as it hosts the Eurovision song contest, police detained at least 10 ...
Mon, May 21, 2012
Buckle up, say police as Click It or Ticket gets underway
WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAU) – Police departments across the state and the country will be out in force this summer reminding you to Click It Or ...
Sun, May 20, 2012
Police seek suspect in Madison shooting
MADISON, Wis (WSAU) - Madison police look for man who opened fire on a crowd of about 100 people early yesterday morning.
Three people were ...
Sat, May 19, 2012
Madison police investigate shooting that injured three people
MADISON, WI (WTAQ) - Three people are hospitalized Saturday following a shooting near the UW-Madison campus.
Madison police say the shooting happened outside of a ...
Fri, May 18, 2012
California police arrest two in killing of Chinese students
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Los Angeles police said Friday they have arrested two suspects in the killings of two Chinese graduate students slain near the ...
Fri, May 18, 2012
Police nab airline pilot with loaded gun in luggage
By Neale Gulley
BUFFALO, New York (Reuters) - An airline pilot was arrested Friday morning at Buffalo Niagara International Airport after security screeners discovered a ...
Fri, May 18, 2012
Police detain 400 "Blockupy" activists in Frankfurt
By Sakari Suoninen and Joern Poltz
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - German police said they detained 400 anti-capitalist protesters in Frankfurt on Friday for defying a ban ...
Fri, May 18, 2012
Police arrest suspect in Mississippi highway shootings
TUPELO, Mississippi (Reuters) - Mississippi police have arrested a man they believe is responsible for two highway killings this month, the Department of Public Safety ...
Thu, May 17, 2012
Langlade County sheriff's investigate police chase that led to fatal crash
LANGLADE COUNTY, WI (WTAQ) - Authorities in north central Wisconsin are investigating a police chase which ended in a crash that killed the offending driver ...
Thu, May 17, 2012
Langlade County man dies in chase with police
ANTIGO, Wis. (WSAU) - Authorities in north central Wisconsin are investigating a police chase which ended in a crash that killed the offending driver.
Langlade ...
Thu, May 17, 2012
New York police plan changes to "stop and frisk"
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The New York Police Department announced changes on Thursday to its controversial crime-fighting tactic known as "stop and frisk," saying it ...
Thu, May 17, 2012
Police investigate Birnamwood man found dead near Milwaukee parking ramp
MILWUAKEE (WTAQ) - Police are still trying to figure out what happened to a north central Wisconsin man who was found dead last weekend near ...
Wed, May 16, 2012
Police receive hundreds of tips on Mississippi killings
By Emily Le Coz
OLIVE BRANCH, Mississippi (Reuters) - Mississippi authorities are sifting through hundreds of tips concerning two recent highway slayings that may be ...
Wed, May 16, 2012
Police crack theft ring that sold luxury cars in Africa
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Authorities on Wednesday broke up an international car theft ring that used the streets of New York "as one giant showroom ...
Wed, May 16, 2012
Mother of homeless man killed by police settles with city
By Dan Whitcomb
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The mother of a schizophrenic homeless man who died after he was beaten and repeatedly shocked with a ...
Tue, May 15, 2012
Police officer impersonator could be behind Mississippi Killings
By Emily Le Coz
TUPELO, Miss (Reuters) - A person posing as a police officer may be responsible for a pair of Mississippi highway murders ...
Tue, May 15, 2012
Ceremonies honor fallen cops
MARSHFIELD, Wis. (WSAU) – They may give a speeding ticket. But they also protect from you danger.
And that's what communities around the country ...
Tue, May 15, 2012
Police arrest 9 "Occupy the Farm" protesters at Berkeley
By Emmett Berg
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Three weeks after anti-poverty activists took over 2 acres of land belonging to the University of California at ...
Tue, May 15, 2012
Police release 911 calls reporting missing Arizona girl
By Tim Gaynor
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Tucson police on Monday released recordings of 911 calls reporting the disappearance of Arizona 6-year-old Isabel Celis, who authorities ...
Mon, May 14, 2012
Minnesota police accused of giving out pot to watch behavior
By David Bailey
MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) - A Minnesota training program that teaches police how to identify drug-impaired drivers is under fire following allegations that a ...
Mon, May 14, 2012
Deputy State Capitol police chief takes over as acting chief
MADISON, WI (WTAQ) - The State Capitol’s deputy police chief will become the acting chief until a new leader can be named.
The administration ...
Sun, May 13, 2012
Sean Bean questioned by police over harassment claims
From WENN.com
The Game of Thrones star attended Holborn police station for a pre-arranged interview over claims he sent abusive texts and calls ...
Sat, May 12, 2012
New York police frisk more people despite criticism
By Edith Honan
NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York police conducted more than 200,000 frisk searches in the first three months of this year ...
Fri, May 11, 2012
NBA's "Birdman" Andersen's home raided by Denver-area police
By Keith Coffman
DENVER (Reuters) - Sheriff's deputies raided the Colorado home of Denver Nuggets center Chris "Birdman" Andersen on Thursday as part of ...
Thu, May 10, 2012
Sean Bean questioned by police over harassment claims
From WENN.com
The Game of Thrones star attended Holborn police station for a pre-arranged interview over claims he sent abusive texts and calls ...
Thu, May 10, 2012
NBA's "Birdman" Andersen's home raided by Denver-area police
By Keith Coffman
DENVER (Reuters) - Sheriff's deputies raided the Colorado home of Denver Nuggets center Chris "Birdman" Andersen on Thursday as part of ...
Thu, May 10, 2012
Adam Levine Leads Police on Wild Chase in Maroon 5's "Payphone" Video
The video for the Maroon 5 hit "Payphone" premiered on E! News Wednesday night. In the clip, frontman Adam Levine plays a bespectacled bank ...
Wed, May 09, 2012
Minnesota girl forced to run in diaper for bad grades: police
MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) - A Minnesota couple accused of shaving their 12-year-old daughter's head and forcing her to run around their neighborhood in an adult ...
Wed, May 09, 2012
Five men arrested following police chase through 3 counties
MILWAUKEE (WTAQ) - Five men were arrested Wednesday morning after their mini-van was chased by authorities in Milwaukee, Racine, and Kenosha counties.
Kenosha County Sheriff ...
Wed, May 09, 2012
Man sends nude pictures to undercover police officer
WISCONSIN RAPIDS, Wis (WSAU) A 59-year-old Wood County man is accused of having sexual contact with a 16-year-old girl. The girl went to police ...
Tue, May 08, 2012
Plover police seek person of interest in Moto Mart robbery
PLOVER, Wis. (WSAU) - Plover police say they have a suspect in the Moto Mart robbery from last week
Police say in a statement that ...
Tue, May 08, 2012
Japan's Gree vows to boost gaming controls
By Tim Kelly
TOKYO (Reuters) - Gree Inc, Japan's leading social gaming site, said on Tuesday that it will strengthen policing of its content ...
Mon, May 07, 2012
Video of California homeless man's fatal beating by police shown in court
By Tori Richards
SANTA ANA, California (Reuters) - Spectators in a California courtroom gasped on Monday at a video tape showing a schizophrenic homeless man ...
Mon, May 07, 2012
Police asking you to drive safely around pedestrians
WESTON, Wis. (WSAU) – Local police are asking you to be careful as more people start walking with the nicer weather.
Motor vehicles on average ...
Thu, May 03, 2012
Police seek second charge against ex-football star Deion Sanders
By Marice Richter
MCKINNEY, Texas (Reuters) - Police sought a second charge against former football star Deion Sanders on Thursday stemming from an altercation with ...
Thu, May 03, 2012
Milwaukee police: Still no trace of Alexis Patterson 10 years later
MILWAUKEE (WTAQ) - Milwaukee Police say they’ve done 5,000 interviews, and reviewed 10,000 pages of records – and still, there’s no known ...
Thu, May 03, 2012
Retired Appleton police chief to be interim leader of Sanford PD
APPLETON, Wis (WSAU) A former police chief from Appleton will be the interim leader of the Sanford, Florida police department. That's the city ...
Wed, May 02, 2012
San Francisco police seize building from protesters, 26 arrested
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Police in riot gear raided a vacant San Francisco building before dawn on Wednesday, arresting 26 people and taking the structure ...
Wed, May 02, 2012
San Francisco police seize building from protesters, 26 arrested
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Police in riot gear raided a vacant San Francisco building before dawn on Wednesday, arresting 26 people and taking the structure ...
Wed, May 02, 2012
Madison police arrest man after 9 hour standoff
MADISON, WI (WTAQ) - A 34-year-old man was arrested after holding police at bay for nine hours in Madison.
It all started about 5 p ...
Wed, May 02, 2012
Horicon police investigate $250K heist of prescription drugs
HORICON, WI (WTAQ) - Authorities in Horicon are looking for suspects, after a quarter-million-dollars worth of prescription medicines were stolen in a burglary last weekend ...
Tue, May 01, 2012
Oakland police may face sanctions over handling of Occupy protests
By Mary Slosson
(Reuters) - A federal judge on Tuesday ordered the city of Oakland and its police department to submit a plan within a ...
Tue, May 01, 2012
Suicide bombers kill 7 after Obama leaves Afghan capital
By Michael Georgy and Mirwais Harooni
KABUL (Reuters) - Suicide bombers attacked a compound housing Westerners in Kabul on Wednesday hours after U.S. President ...
Tue, May 01, 2012
New York police report more suspicious powder incidents
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Three new envelopes containing suspicious white powder were sent to New York City banks and news organizations on Tuesday, along with ...
Tue, May 01, 2012
Check forger wanted by Wausau police
WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAU) - Wausau police are looking for a check forger who eluded capture this weekend.
32-year-old Matt Moreland is wanted for passing fraudulent ...
Tue, May 01, 2012
Dozens arrested during May Day protests across U.S.
By Atossa Araxia Abrahamian and Malathi Nayak
NEW YORK/OAKLAND, California (Reuters) - Occupy Wall Street protesters smashed windows in Seattle, were chased through New ...
Mon, April 30, 2012
Report criticizes Oakland police handling of Occupy protests
By Mary Slosson
(Reuters) - Oakland police used "an overwhelming military-type response" to disperse Occupy Oakland demonstrators and fired at a former Marine and Iraq ...
Mon, April 30, 2012
Dougherty gang sentenced in Colorado for police shootout
By Keith Coffman
DENVER (Reuters) - Three Florida siblings who pleaded guilty to shooting at police while trying to elude them following a multistate crime ...
Mon, April 30, 2012
Man charged in rifle incident
WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAU) – A Wausau man who sent threatening text messages to his girlfriend and threatened to kill himself yesterday has made his first ...
Mon, April 30, 2012
Kris Allen Busted by the Police During Improptu Street Concert
Can't an American Idol winner get a little respect? Kris Allen tried to give fans a treat by doing an impromptu street concert ...
Mon, April 30, 2012
Court: Waukesha police used excessive force in drunk driving case
WAUKESHA, WI (WTAQ) - A federal appeals court said Waukesha Police used excessive force when they shot rubber bullets at the legs of a suspected ...
Mon, April 30, 2012
Wausau police investigate armed home robbery
WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAU) – Wausau police are looking for two men who robbed four people at gunpoint in a home last night.
Victims described the ...
Mon, April 30, 2012
Blast hits police convoy in eastern Nigeria, kills seven-witness
By Ibrahim Mshelizza
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) - A bomb blast struck a police commissioner's convoy in the eastern Nigerian town of Jalingo on Monday ...
Mon, April 30, 2012
Marshfield police investigate car burglaries
MARSHFIELD, Wis (WSAU) Marshfield police are warning residents about a series of car break-ins. Police say thieves have been going through cars looking for ...
Fri, April 27, 2012
Body found in Washington state bunker after police siege
(Reuters) - A body police believe to be that of a man suspected of killing his wife and daughter was found in a mountainside bunker ...
Thu, April 26, 2012
Illinois man's ire over Martin case prompts hate crime -police
CHICAGO (Reuters) - An 18-year-old black man has been charged with a hate crime after he told police he punched and kicked a white man ...
Wed, April 25, 2012
Navy airman ambushed victims in California slayings, police say
By Marty Graham
SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - A Navy airman behind a January murder-suicide in California came home from a New Year's celebration and ...
Wed, April 25, 2012
Police arrest 6-year-old who threatens, kicks principal
By Susan Guyett
INDIANAPOLIS (Reuters) - Police in a small Indiana town hauled a six-year-old from his elementary school and charged him with battery and ...
Tue, April 24, 2012
Ex-football star Deion Sanders charged in altercation with wife
By Marice Richter
DALLAS (Reuters) - Former football star Deion Sanders has been charged with simple assault in his altercation with his estranged wife that ...
Tue, April 24, 2012
Wisconsin police union endorses Walker rival
By Brendan O'Brien
MILWAUKEE (Reuters) - Wisconsin's largest police union on Tuesday endorsed Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett for governor, delivering a rebuke to ...
Tue, April 24, 2012
Norway bomb blast diverted police, court hears
By Walter Gibbs
OSLO (Reuters) - When a large car bomb exploded at Oslo's central government building last summer, killing eight and injuring more ...
Mon, April 23, 2012
Oakland police change crowd control policies after Occupy
By Mary Slosson
(Reuters) - Oakland's Police Department will significantly change how it trains officers to control large crowds following criticism over its practices ...
Mon, April 23, 2012
Police investigate alleged threats made by FDL middle school student
FOND DU LAC, WI (WTAQ) - Police in Fond du Lac are investigating alleged threats made by a middle school student last week.
Cops say ...
Mon, April 23, 2012
Wisconsin police departments required to hold more evidence by law
FOND DU LAC, WI (WTAQ) - Wisconsin police agencies are required to hang onto a lot more evidence than they used to.
A 2005 state ...
Sun, April 22, 2012
Tucson police probe possible abduction of 6-year-old girl
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Scores of police and federal agents fanned out across 6-mile swath of Tucson, Arizona, for a second day on Sunday in a ...
Sat, April 21, 2012
Italy police seize $5 billion of U.S. securities
MILAN (Reuters) - Italy financial police have seized U.S. securities with face values of about $1.5 billion and gold certificates worth above 3 ...
Fri, April 20, 2012
Accused thief not tied to Chinese student murders: police
By Dan Whitcomb
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A convicted felon charged with robbing four University of Southern California (USC) students at gunpoint earlier this week ...
Fri, April 20, 2012
California university aims to get past the pepper-spray with new police chief
By Suzanne Hurt
SACRAMENTO, California (Reuters) - The University of California has replaced a campus police chief who resigned over her role in the pepper-spraying ...
Fri, April 20, 2012
Vettel wins Bahrain Grand Prix, protesters kept away
By Alan Baldwin
MANAMA (Reuters) - Formula One world champion Sebastian Vettel won the Grand Prix in Bahrain on Sunday while rage boiled beyond the ...
Thu, April 19, 2012
Retired cop runs for state Assembly
WESTON, Wis. (WSAU) – A retired policeman is running for the state Assembly.
“We can be silent no more,” said Dennis Halkoski, as he launched ...
Thu, April 19, 2012
Handyman queried in prominent New York missing child case
By Edith Honan
NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York investigators have interviewed a former handyman about the 1979 disappearance of 6-year-old Etan Patz, and spent ...
Thu, April 19, 2012
City updates police, fire complaint process
WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAU) – Wausau has updated its mechanism for citizens who have formal complaints against police officers, firefighters or the chiefs of the two ...
Thu, April 19, 2012
At least 36 killed in wave of Iraq blasts
By Kareem Raheem
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - More than 20 bombs hit cities and towns across Iraq on Thursday, killing at least 36 and wounding more ...
Wed, April 18, 2012
Police department disbanded
BROCKWAY, Wis (WSAU) A town in Jackson County is doing away with its police department. The Town of Brockway's board voted to disband ...
Tue, April 17, 2012
State Capitol police chief Tubbs named Dane County emergency management coordinator
MADISON, WI (WTAQ) - The State Capitol police chief who kept control during last year’s massive pro-union demonstrations is moving on – but not very ...
Tue, April 17, 2012
Milwaukee police investigating if medical issue led to fatal crash
MILWAUKEE (WTAQ) - Milwaukee Police are checking to see if a 57-year-old woman suffered a medical problem right before her van slammed into a parked ...
Sun, April 15, 2012
Karzai says NATO failed as 18-hour Kabul attack ends
By Rob Taylor and Hamid Shalizi
KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai said on Monday that a coordinated Taliban attack on Kabul showed a ...
Fri, April 13, 2012
Wausau police get extra patrol funding through DOJ pilot program
WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAU) - Wausau police officers will be out in greater numbers in the city's mid-section thanks to some federal funding and grants ...
Fri, April 13, 2012
Suspected killer of New Hampshire police chief found dead
By Jason McLure
LITTLETON, New Hampshire (Reuters) - The man suspected in the fatal shooting of a New Hampshire police chief days away from retirement ...
Thu, April 12, 2012
Milwaukee police chief: More complaints filed about illegal strip searches
MILWAUKEE (WTAQ) - Milwaukee’s police chief said his department has received many more complaints about officers illegally searching suspects’ body cavities, in an apparent ...
Thu, April 12, 2012
Novelty grenade prompts bomb scare near New York's 'Ground Zero'
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A novelty hand grenade briefly prompted the evacuation of one of the buildings near "Ground Zero," the site where New York ...
Wed, April 11, 2012
California university, police faulted in pepper-spraying
By Laird Harrison
DAVIS, California (Reuters) - University of California officials and campus police showed poor judgment and used excessive force in the pepper-spraying of ...
Wed, April 11, 2012
Bail hearing set for shooter of Florida teen Trayvon Martin
By Barbara Liston
SANFORD, Florida (Reuters) - George Zimmerman, charged with killing unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin, will remain in police custody for at least ...
Wed, April 11, 2012
Trayvon Martin shooter George Zimmerman in police custody in Florida: reports
(Reuters) - George Zimmerman, the Florida neighborhood watch volunteer who shot and killed unarmed teenager Trayvon Martin in February, is in police custody, NBC News ...
Wed, April 11, 2012
Police say Houston death not criminal, case closed
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Beverly Hills police said on Wednesday they had closed their investigation into the death of singer Whitney Houston in a hotel ...
Sat, April 07, 2012
Police say Tulsa shooting suspects confessed: report
By Steve Olafson
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) - Two white men accused of shooting five black people in Tulsa, Oklahoma, killing three of them, have confessed ...
Fri, April 06, 2012
Milwaukee to vote on releasing report on body cavity police officer investigation
MILWAUKEE, WI (WTAQ) - Members of the Milwaukee Common Council say they think more transparency will give the public more faith in an investigation of ...
Fri, April 06, 2012
Milwaukee police continue search for missing disabled man
MILWAUKEE (WTAQ) - Milwaukee Police were still looking Friday afternoon for a missing 58-year-old man who has a severe cognitive disability.
Isaac Bester was last ...
Fri, April 06, 2012
Police union head takes shot at AFSCME for Barrett video
MILWAUKEE (WTAQ) - The head of Wisconsin’s police union is criticizing another large public union, for making it look like Democrat Tom Barrett supported ...
Fri, April 06, 2012
California city police ask FBI to review black student's shooting
By Ian Simpson
(Reuters) - Police in Pasadena, California, have asked the FBI to review the shooting death of an unarmed black college student by ...
Fri, April 06, 2012
Ex-Superior police captain won't be criminally charged in perjury case
SUPERIOR, WI (WTAQ) - No criminal charges will be filed against a former police captain in Superior who was suspected of committing perjury.
Douglas County ...
Thu, April 05, 2012
Struggling waitress to keep $12,000 tip seized by police: attorney
(Reuters) - Police in Moorhead, Minnesota, will return a $12,000 tip they seized from a struggling local waitress, her attorney said on Thursday.
Stacy ...
Wed, April 04, 2012
Police convicted in post-Katrina shootings to hear sentences
By Kathy Finn
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - Five former police officers convicted for their roles in a post-Hurricane Katrina shootings that killed two unarmed civilians ...
Wed, April 04, 2012
French police swoop on more suspected Islamists
By John Irish and Marine Pennetier
PARIS (Reuters) - Police arrested 10 suspected Islamist militants in dawn raids across France on Wednesday after a shooting ...
Tue, April 03, 2012
NY police probe death of top French academic
By Mark Hosenball and Chris Francescani
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - A prominent French academic, Richard Descoings, was found dead naked in a New York ...
Mon, April 02, 2012
Kronenwetter wants to continue police K9
KRONENWETTER, Wis. (WSAU) – Kronenwetter wants to continue its police K9 program after the previous dog died last month from blastomycosis.
The village's community ...
Mon, April 02, 2012
Police: Accused Oakland gunman targeted administrator, classmates
By Laird Harrison and Malathi Nayak
OAKLAND, California (Reuters) - A former student accused of killing seven people and wounding three others in a shooting ...
Mon, April 02, 2012
Madison police investigate body found in Lake Mendota
MADISON, WI (WTAQ) - An investigation continues into the death of a 56-year-old man found in Madison’s Lake Mendota.
Police were called early Sunday ...
Fri, March 30, 2012
New York police accused of "uncivilized" arrest of diplomat
By Louis Charbonneau
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - A senior Caribbean diplomat has accused the New York City Police Department of "flagrant violation" of the rules ...
Thu, March 29, 2012
Charges possible over 911 call that led to California police shooting
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Prosecutors were considering charges on Thursday against a man accused of falsely claiming in a 911 call he was robbed at ...
Thu, March 29, 2012
New York police sued over patrols inside apartment buildings
By Jonathan Allen
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A civil liberties group said on Wednesday it was suing the New York City Police Department for patrolling ...
Wed, March 28, 2012
Hazing reported at Florida professor's home, police say no charges
By Barbara Liston
ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - A Florida college roiled by the hazing death of a marching band drum major last fall now faces ...
Wed, March 28, 2012
Wife shot dead by husband after dog poops in house: police
By Marice Richter
DALLAS (Reuters) - A 76-year-old Texas man was charged with murder for shooting his wife and two dogs after one of the ...
Wed, March 28, 2012
FDL police officer Williams helps honor "Paramedics of the Year"
FOND DU LAC, WI (WTAQ) - The Fond du Lac Fire Department has honored two paramedic-firefighters thanks to their heroic efforts during a fatal standoff ...
Wed, March 28, 2012
U.S. police detective says racism 'alive and well'
By Tom Brown
MIAMI (Reuters) - A black veteran U.S. police officer said "racism is alive and well" in the United States and is ...
Tue, March 27, 2012
Wausau, police union reach new contract
WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAU) – Wausau police officers will move to a 12-hour shift under a new three-year labor agreement the City Council approved Tuesday night ...
Tue, March 27, 2012
Police investigating Shivers 'restraining order breach'
The NCIS star has a restraining order in place against her former partner, actor/musician Shivers, and she reportedly called cops last Tuesday night ...
Tue, March 27, 2012
Police investigating Shivers 'restraining order breach'
The NCIS star has a restraining order in place against her former partner, actor/musician Shivers, and she reportedly called cops last Tuesday night ...
Tue, March 27, 2012
Miami Police detective says racism "alive and well"
By Tom Brown
MIAMI (Reuters) - A black veteran Miami police officer said on Tuesday that "racism is alive and well" in the United States ...
Tue, March 27, 2012
Democratic lawmakers blast police in teen killing
By Donna Smith
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic lawmakers on Tuesday blasted police handling of a racially charged case in which a neighborhood watch volunteer shot ...
Tue, March 27, 2012
Prosecutors investigate Milwaukee police strip-searches
MILWAUKEE (WSAU) Milwaukee prosecutors have started a John Doe investigation to see if criminal charges are warranted against police officers who did strip searches ...
Mon, March 26, 2012
Police investigating Shivers 'restraining order breach'
The NCIS star has a restraining order in place against her former partner, actor/musician Shivers, and she reportedly called cops last Tuesday night ...
Sun, March 25, 2012
Police investigation stalls in Lohan hit-and-run case
The Mean Girls star has denied claims she bumped her Porsche into a man identified as Thaer Kamal as she left The Sayers Club ...
Sun, March 25, 2012
Killer of Florida teen told police he was attacked first
By Barbara Liston
SANFORD, Florida (Reuters) - The man who shot and killed an unarmed Florida teenager in a case that has sparked widespread public ...
Sat, March 24, 2012
Police arrest 14 in two New York Occupy protests
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Fourteen protesters were arrested on Saturday in separate Occupy Wall Street protests in New York, one that involved an hours-long march ...
Sat, March 24, 2012
Police investigation stalls in Lohan hit-and-run case
The Mean Girls star has denied claims she bumped her Porsche into a man identified as Thaer Kamal as she left The Sayers Club ...
Sat, March 24, 2012
Penn State police had warnings about Sandusky in 1998: NBC
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A psychologist warned Penn State University police in 1998 that football coach Jerry Sandusky's behavior was that of a pedophile after ...
Sat, March 24, 2012
French police launch assault on besieged gunman
By John Irish and Daniel Flynn
TOULOUSE, France (Reuters) - French police launched an assault late on Wednesday on an apartment where a gunman suspected ...
Fri, March 23, 2012
Police investigation stalls in Lohan hit-and-run case
The Mean Girls star has denied claims she bumped her Porsche into a man identified as Thaer Kamal as she left The Sayers Club ...
Fri, March 23, 2012
Milwaukee police officers suspended for "body cavity" searches
MILWAUKEE (WSAU) Milwaukee Police Chief Ed Flynn is asking people who were strip-searched by his officers to come forward. Seven officers and the sergeant ...
Thu, March 22, 2012
Police chief in "Stand Your Ground" killing steps down
By Daniel Trotta and Barbara Liston
SANFORD, Florida (Reuters) - A local police chief and a Florida state prosecutor overseeing the case of an unarmed ...
Thu, March 22, 2012
Florida police chief under fire in case of slain teen
By Barbara Liston
ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - Florida politicians and civil rights leaders joined calls for the firing of a police chief in the case ...
Thu, March 22, 2012
Police: Beloit woman's death ruled accidental
BELOIT, WI (WTAQ) - The death of a Beloit woman whose body was found in a storm-water holding pond has been ruled accidental.
Police said ...
Wed, March 21, 2012
New York police eject Occupy protesters, arrest six
By Barbara Goldberg
NEW YORK (Reuters) - More than 100 protesters from the reawakened Occupy Wall Street movement were ejected from Union Square Park early ...
Wed, March 21, 2012
Police eject Occupy protestors from N.Y. park, arrest six
By Barbara Goldberg
NEW YORK (Reuters) - More than 100 protestors from the reawakened Occupy Wall Street movement were ejected from Union Square Park early ...
Mon, March 19, 2012
Police launch investigation following death outside boxer's home
The victim, in his 20s, was reportedly stabbed to death at a St. Patrick's Day (17Mar12) party at the property in Norwich. Hide ...
Mon, March 19, 2012
New York police tighten security at Jewish sites
NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York police ramped up security at synagogues and other Jewish institutions on Monday following the deadly attack on a Jewish ...
Mon, March 19, 2012
Minocqua cop charged in gun waving incident
RHINELANDER, Wis. (WSAU) – A Minocqua police officer has made his first court appearance on charges he used a firearm while intoxicated.
Mark Ferencevich stood ...
Mon, March 19, 2012
France to resume election race after gunman's death
By John Irish and Nicholas Vinocur
TOULOUSE, France (Reuters) - France's presidential election race resumes on Friday, irrevocably altered by the killing of an ...
Sun, March 18, 2012
FBI monitoring fatal Florida shooting case, as police criticized
(Reuters) - Federal authorities said on Sunday they were in contact with local police investigating the killing of a black teenager last month by a ...
Sun, March 18, 2012
Indonesia police shoot dead 5 suspected militants in Bali
By Zul Eduardo
DENPASAR, Indonesia (Reuters) - Indonesian police shot dead five suspected militants planning attacks on the resort island of Bali, including one on ...
Sun, March 18, 2012
Brand leaves police custody
The Forgetting Sarah Marshall star walked free from a jail in New Orleans, Louisiana on $5,000 (£3,125) bail.
He flashed a smile ...
Sat, March 17, 2012
Venezuela police suspected in killing of consul's daughter
By Daniel Wallis
CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan authorities said on Saturday that 11 members of an investigative police unit were suspected in the fatal late-night ...
Sat, March 17, 2012
Brand leaves police custody
The Forgetting Sarah Marshall star walked free from a jail in New Orleans, Louisiana on $5,000 (£3,125) bail.
He flashed a smile ...
Sat, March 17, 2012
Former Nazi guard Demjanjuk dies in Germany aged 91
By Gareth Jones
BERLIN (Reuters) - John Demjanjuk, a retired U.S. engine mechanic convicted for his role in killing 28,000 Jews as a ...
Fri, March 16, 2012
Brand leaves police custody
The Forgetting Sarah Marshall star walked free from a jail in New Orleans, Louisiana on $5,000 (£3,125) bail.
He flashed a smile ...
Fri, March 16, 2012
Jermaine Jones "Doesn't Remember" Giving False Name to Police
Jermaine Jones, who was booted from American Idol on Wednesday night for not disclosing his criminal past, claims he doesn't remember committing one ...
Fri, March 16, 2012
NATO helicopter crash kills 16 people in Afghanistan
By Hamid Shalizi and Jack Kimball
KABUL (Reuters) - A NATO helicopter crashed into a house on the outskirts of the Afghan capital, Kabul, on ...
Thu, March 15, 2012
Suspected tornado hits Michigan as warm spell goes on
By James B. Kelleher
CHICAGO (Reuters) - A suspected tornado touched down in Michigan on Thursday, causing severe damage to some structures but no deaths ...
Thu, March 15, 2012
Accused Texas courthouse gunman targeted daughter: police
By Dan Whitcomb
(Reuters) - A man accused of opening fire outside a Texas courthouse, killing a 79-year-old bystander, was gunning for his daughter and ...
Thu, March 15, 2012
FDL police investigate suspicious incident
FOND DU LAC, WI (WTAQ) - Police in Fond du Lac are investigating a suspicious incident that involved a 13-year-old girl Wednesday.
The girl told ...
Wed, March 14, 2012
China police detain StanChart banker: WSJ
HONG KONG (Reuters) - The Chinese authorities have detained a Standard Chartered Plc
Wed, March 14, 2012
Brand 'named in phone smashing police report'
Snapper Timothy Jackson claims the actor grabbed the iPhone from his hand and hurled it through the window of an abandoned building in New ...
Wed, March 14, 2012
Video of abused Madison girl telling police of her life allowed to be made public
MADISON, WI (WTAQ) - A 15-year-old Madison girl told police she “just had it” after being starved by her father and stepmother for several years ...
Wed, March 14, 2012
Ex-Murdoch scribe claims editor "told me to bribe police"
LONDON (Reuters) - A former reporter on the News of the World newspaper, the defunct News Corp British paper at the heart of phone-hacking and ...
Tue, March 13, 2012
Brand 'named in phone smashing police report'
Snapper Timothy Jackson claims the actor grabbed the iPhone from his hand and hurled it through the window of an abandoned building in New ...
Tue, March 13, 2012
Kronenwetter targets 9-1-1 abusers
KRONENWETTER, Wis. (WSAU) – If you call 9-1-1 in Kronenwetter, you better have an emergency to report.
The village board passed an ordinance Monday night ...
Tue, March 13, 2012
Police chief charged with sexual assault, now charged with intimidating victim
READSTOWN, WI (WTAQ) - Two new felony charges have been filed against a Wisconsin police chief who was already facing eight counts alleging a variety ...
Tue, March 13, 2012
Kronenwetter police K9 put down
KRONENWETTER, Wis. (WSAU) – Kronenwetter’s police canine has died.
Chip had difficulty breathing and developed a fever Sunday. Animal doctors later discovered that he ...
Tue, March 13, 2012
NYPD surveillance of Muslims popular, but is it legal?
By Joseph Ax
NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York City voters support the New York Police Department's anti-terrorism campaign even as provisions of it ...
Mon, March 12, 2012
Police ID body in burning vehicle
LAC DU FLAMBEAU, Wis (WSAU) Police have identified the body that was found in a burning car in Lac du Flambeau as 64-year-old George ...
Mon, March 12, 2012
Milwaukee police want concealed carry restrictions
MILWAUKEE (WSAU) If Milwaukee Police had their way, anyone with three criminal misdemeanor convictions in a five-year period could not legally carry concealed weapons ...
Fri, March 09, 2012
Police investigate texting hoax
CHILTON, Wis (WSAU) Police in Chilton say a hoax text message has been going around, using the words 'I hid the body.' The police ...
Fri, March 09, 2012
Syrian army must pull back first under Annan plan
By Erika Solomon and Douglas Hamilton
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian artillery hit parts of Homs city and at least 37 people were killed in clashes ...
Thu, March 08, 2012
Advocacy group wants Milwaukee police to return Good Samaritan's gun
MILWAUKEE (WTAQ) - An advocacy group wants Milwaukee Police to give Nazir Al-Mujaahid his gun back.
He’s the grocery shopper who pulled out his ...
Thu, March 08, 2012
Tribal police find dead body in burning car in Lac du Flambeau
LAC DU FLAMBEAU, Wis. (WSAU) - Authorities are investigating the death of an adult in a car that caught fire in Lac du Flambeau in ...
Wed, March 07, 2012
Police chief arrested in Nebraska waives extradition back to Wisconsin
VERNON COUNTY, WI (WTAQ) - A Wisconsin police chief arrested in Nebraska last week is due back home within eight days.
29-year-old Shay Larson has ...
Fri, March 02, 2012
Readstown police chief arrested for sexual assault, disorderly conduct charges
A small-town police chief in southwest Wisconsin was arrested at a truck stop in Nebraska overnight on eight criminal charges back home. Readstown Police ...
Thu, March 01, 2012
U.S. police bust Arizona-Mexico drug tunnel, seize marijuana
PHOENIX (Reuters) - U.S. police in Nogales, Arizona, uncovered a drug-smuggling tunnel from Mexico, the latest of more than 20 illicit passageways found under ...
Thu, March 01, 2012
One person wounded in Arizona school shooting
PHOENIX (Reuters) - One person was wounded in a shooting at an Arizona high school baseball field on Thursday, and a suspect was in custody ...
Thu, March 01, 2012
Wisconsin Dells police investigating body found at hydroelectric dam
WISCONSIN DELLS, WI (WTAQ) - Police in Wisconsin Dells are trying to identify a body found at a hydroelectric dam on the Wisconsin River.
Alliant ...
Wed, February 29, 2012
New York official moves to limit police stops
By Edith Honan
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A black New York City councilman who said he has been stopped by police on numerous occasions introduced ...
Wed, February 29, 2012
Wisconsin Rapids police looking for people acting suspiciously near elementary students
WISCONSIN RAPIDS, Wis. (WSAU) – Wisconsin Rapids police are on the lookout for two people who were acting suspiciously near elementary students yesterday.
The first ...
Wed, February 29, 2012
Suspect told police he killed randomly in Ohio school
By Kim Palmer
CHARDON, Ohio (Reuters) - A 17-year-old student suspected of a shooting rampage at an Ohio high school that killed three teenagers and ...
Tue, February 28, 2012
Police demote Arizona cop over Obama image on t-shirt
By David Schwartz
PHOENIX (Reuters) - An Arizona police sergeant who posted a photo on his Facebook account showing youths with guns posing with an ...
Mon, February 27, 2012
Police: "illegal payments" rife at Murdoch's Sun
By Michael Holden
LONDON (Reuters) - Journalists at Britain's Sun newspaper paid large sums of cash to corrupt public officials, aware the practice was ...
Sat, February 25, 2012
Pakistan begins demolishing bin Laden house: police
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistani security forces on Saturday began demolishing the house where al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was killed by U.S ...
Fri, February 24, 2012
Militia leader told informant he would kill police
By Bernie Woodall
DETROIT (Reuters) - The leader of a Midwestern militia group bragged to an FBI informant in secretly recorded conversations played this week ...
Thu, February 23, 2012
Milwaukee closer to $2 M settlement with man beaten by off-duty police officers
MILWAUKEE, WI (WTAQ) - A second committee in Milwaukee has agreed to pay a $2 million settlement in the case of Frank Jude, who was ...
Thu, February 23, 2012
Racine police have "person of interest" in alleged sexual assault
RACINE, WI (WTAQ) - A 26-year-old man is in custody, as police investigate an apparent sexual assault at Gateway Technical College in Racine.
A 36-year-old ...
Wed, February 22, 2012
Suspect in squad car crash reaches plea
WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAU) – A 25-year-old Wausau man has been bound over for trial on charges he fled from police and crashed into a squad ...
Tue, February 21, 2012
Atlanta spa shooting stemmed from domestic dispute: police
By David Beasley
ATLANTA (Reuters) - Police investigating a shooting rampage at a suburban Atlanta health club have identified the four victims as relatives of ...
Tue, February 21, 2012
Strauss-Kahn questioned after night in French cell
By Pierre Savary
LILLE, France (Reuters) - Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn spent the night in a seven-square-meter cell before French police questioned him for ...
Mon, February 20, 2012
Superior authorities await autopsy results in police involved shooting
SUPERIOR, WI (WTAQ) - An autopsy was scheduled Sunday on a man who died in a shooting incident with police in Superior.
Officials said 34-year-old ...
Sat, February 18, 2012
Police say more human remains found on New York's Long Island
(Reuters) - Police said on Saturday that another skeleton has been found on Long Island near New York City, where investigators have found other human ...
Fri, February 17, 2012
Former police chief accidentally shoots himself
FOND du LAC, Wis (WSAU) Former Fond du Lac Police Chief Tony Barthuly is in good condition at Appleton Medical Center after accidentally shooting ...
Fri, February 17, 2012
Authorities investigate accidental shooting of ex-FDL police chief
FOND DU LAC, WI (WTAQ) - Authorities are investigating after a state justice official shot himself in the hand.
Fond du Lac Police said 54-year-old ...
Fri, February 17, 2012
Italian police seize $6 trillion of fake U.S. bonds
By Elisa Forte and Gavin Jones
POTENZA, Italy (Reuters) - Italian police said on Friday they had seized about $6 trillion worth of fake U ...
Wed, February 15, 2012
Man charged in squad crash
WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAU) – A Wausau man who crashed into a police squad car early Tuesday has been charged with fleeing police, resisting and hit-and-run ...
Wed, February 15, 2012
Thais find possible bomb link in Thai, India attacks
By Pracha Hariraksapitak
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thai investigators believe they have found a link between this week's bomb blasts in Bangkok and New Delhi ...
Wed, February 15, 2012
Merrill approves Ken Neff as new police chief
MERRILL, Wis. (WSAU) – Merrill city leaders have hired Captain Ken Neff as their next chief of police.
The city council unanimously approved the hire ...
Tue, February 14, 2012
Madison police investigate alleged severe child abuse
MADISON, WI (WTAQ) - Madison Police continue to investigate an apparent severe case of child abuse.
Officials said a passer-by called 911 last week, after ...
Tue, February 14, 2012
Man crashes into squad car
WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAU) – A Wausau man is facing charges after he crashed into a squad car early Tuesday.
Police had tried to pull Patrick ...
Mon, February 13, 2012
Chrysler recalls police Chargers due to overheating
DETROIT (Reuters) - Chrysler Group LLC, the smallest U.S. automaker, recalled nearly 10,000 Dodge Charger police vehicles built last year due to overheating ...
Sat, February 11, 2012
Whitney Houston's body arrives home in New Jersey
By Dan Whitcomb and Jonathan Allen
LOS ANGELES/NEWARK (Reuters) - Whitney Houston's body arrived in her home state of New Jersey on Monday ...
Sat, February 11, 2012
British police arrest five at Murdoch's Sun newspaper
By Mohammed Abbas and Kate Holton
LONDON (Reuters) - British police threw Rupert Murdoch's scandal-hit News Corporation into fresh turmoil on Saturday by arresting ...
Fri, February 10, 2012
Phoenix police say Iraqi mom beat daughter, padlocked her to bed
By David Schwartz
PHOENIX (Reuters) - An Iraqi woman has been arrested in Arizona accused of beating her daughter and padlocking her to a bed ...
Fri, February 10, 2012
Occupy arrest reveals new tactic for Oakland police
By Emmett Berg
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Police in Oakland, California, have made their first arrest of an anti-Wall Street protester accused of defying one ...
Fri, February 10, 2012
Transcript release 911 call to DePere police involving triple murder-suicide
DE PERE, WI (WTAQ) -DePere police are releasing the transcripts of last Friday's fateful 911 call from a father and husband who just ...
Fri, February 10, 2012
Occupy arrest reveals new tactic for Oakland police
By Emmett Berg
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Police in Oakland, California, have made their first arrest of an anti-Wall Street protester accused of defying one ...
Thu, February 09, 2012
Convicted Madonna stalker who escaped hospital caught
By Dan Whitcomb
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A man who was convicted in 1996 of stalking and threatening pop star Madonna was caught on Friday ...
Thu, February 09, 2012
Facebook "defriending" led to double murder, police say
By Tim Ghianni
NASHVILLE, Tenn (Reuters) - A Tennessee couple who "defriended" a woman on Facebook were murdered in their home by the jilted woman ...
Wed, February 08, 2012
Charges pending in Portage County burglary, theft ring
STEVENS POINT, Wis. (WSAU) – Seven people in Portage County could face criminal charges for a string of burglaries and wire thefts that cost victims ...
Wed, February 08, 2012
Police arrest Racine father who took off with daughter that spurred Amber Alert
CHICAGO (WTAQ) - Chicago Police have arrested a 25-year-old man who left Racine overnight with his two-and-a-half-year-old daughter, soon after the girl’s mother was ...
Tue, February 07, 2012
Police investigate Waupaca garage fire, burglaries
WAUPACA, Wis. (WSAU) – Waupaca County authorities are looking for an arsonist who set a garage on fire two weeks ago.
The state fire marshal ...
Tue, February 07, 2012
Police: Racine man forged recall signatures
RACINE, Wis. (WSAU) – A Racine man could face felony charges after his brother’s signature was found four times on a petition to recall ...
Tue, February 07, 2012
Mastermind charged in two bar robberies
WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAU) – A Wausau man has been charged with planning and executing armed robberies at two bars last fall.
Prosecutors charged Branden Richter ...
Tue, February 07, 2012
German police use Facebook pictures to nab crooks
By Alice Baghdjian
BERLIN (Reuters) - Police in the German state of Lower-Saxony will soon use their networks of Facebook "friends" to find missing persons ...
Mon, February 06, 2012
De Pere police wrapping up probe into family murder-suicide investigation
DE PERE, WI (WTAQ) - Police say an investigation is almost finished into the killings of people members of a De Pere family. And the ...
Sun, February 05, 2012
Police clear DC Occupy site, protesters look to a new day
By Lily Kuo
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. police officers cleared tents from an "Occupy" protest site in downtown Washington on Sunday, but demonstrators said ...
Sun, February 05, 2012
Madison police conducting manhunt for murder suspect
MADISON, WI (WTAQ) - Madison police say they are looking for 24 year old Edgar Ivan Salinas-Leal in connection with the city’s first homicide ...
Sun, February 05, 2012
Oshkosh police looking for people caught in Facebook stock scam
OSHKOSH, Wis. (WSAU) - Authorities in Wisconsin are calling on people to come forward who may have fallen victim to a fake Facebook stock scam ...
Sun, February 05, 2012
Concession fails to quell violent Egypt clashes
By Edmund Blair and Yasmine Saleh
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's army-backed government said it was preparing to move ousted President Hosni Mubarak to a ...
Sat, February 04, 2012
Police, some on horseback, clear Occupy DC protesters
By Lily Kuo and Ian Simpson
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Police removed protesters as they confiscated bedding and most tents on Saturday from an "Occupy" protest ...
Fri, February 03, 2012
Alabama police shoot dead fugitive cop killer
By Kelli Dugan
MOBILE, Alabama (Reuters) - Authorities shot and killed an escaped inmate Friday who stabbed one Mobile police officer to death and wounded ...
Fri, February 03, 2012
Police bust Arizona-Mexico drug ring, arrest 12
BISBEE, Arizona (Reuters) - Police in southern Arizona have broken up a drug trafficking network that smuggled more than 15 tons of marijuana and cocaine ...
Fri, February 03, 2012
Leslie Carter Overdosed on Drugs, According to Police Report
Leslie Carter , the 25-year-old sister of Backstreet Boys member Nick Carter , overdosed on drugs before she died Tuesday in upstate New York, according to ...
Fri, February 03, 2012
Anonymous publishes FBI call on hacking
LONDON/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Internet activist group Anonymous published a recording on Friday of a confidential call between FBI agents and London detectives in which ...
Fri, February 03, 2012
Greece launches long-awaited debt offer
By George Georgiopoulos
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece formally launched a bond swap offer to private holders of its bonds on Friday, setting in motion the ...
Thu, February 02, 2012
Vermont inmates hide pig in official police car decal
By Zach Howard
(Reuters) - Inmates working at a Vermont correctional unit's print shop managed to sneak a prank image of a pig into ...
Thu, February 02, 2012
Connecticut police in harassment scandal face trial in 2013
By Mary Ellen Godin
HARTFORD, Conn (Reuters) - Four East Haven, Connecticut police officers facing federal charges that they harassed and used excessive force against ...
Wed, February 01, 2012
Police investigate Rhinelander stabbing
RHINELANDER, Wis. (WSAU) – Rhinelander police have arrested a man for beating and stabbing his wife this morning.
The 30-year-old woman survived the attack. Paramedics ...
Wed, February 01, 2012
NY police shutter five-story city marijuana farm
NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York City police have shut down a five-story marijuana farm that produced at least $3 million worth of the drug ...
Wed, February 01, 2012
"Soul Train" creator Don Cornelius commits suicide
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Don Cornelius, creator of the iconic TV music and dance show "Soul Train" that helped introduce Americans to black pop culture ...
Tue, January 31, 2012
NYPD T-shirts banned from wear by actual police
By Jonathan Allen
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Here's something New York City police officers can cross off their birthday lists - an NYPD T-shirt.
That ...
Tue, January 31, 2012
Police nab Mexican drug boat north of Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Police seized a motorboat packed with more than a ton of marijuana north of Los Angeles and arrested three Mexican men ...
Tue, January 31, 2012
NYPD T-shirts banned from wear by actual police officers
By Jonathan Allen
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Here's something New York City police officers can cross off their birthday lists - an NYPD T-shirt.
That ...
Mon, January 30, 2012
Connecticut police chief resigns amid civil rights
By Mary Ellen Godin
EAST HAVEN, Connecticut (Reuters) - The police chief in this working class community abruptly resigned on Monday amid a police harassment ...
Mon, January 30, 2012
Ex-Palmyra police chief suing police committee over firing
PALMYRA, WI (WTAQ) - The lawyer for a former small-town police chief in southeast Wisconsin says he'll sue a panel that fired the chief ...
Mon, January 30, 2012
Police reports say marijuana sales, use took place at golf course near Antigo
UNDATED (WSAU) Court records and witness testimony suggest that several teachers and school officials met regularly at a country club north of Antigo to ...
Sun, January 29, 2012
Economic protester tased at park near White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Park police used a Taser to subdue an anti-Wall Street protester during an arrest at a park near the White House on ...
Sun, January 29, 2012
Madison police will charge 14-year-old girl in connection with mob attack
MADISON, WI (WTAQ) - Madison police will file charges against a 14 year old girl accused of taking part in an attack on three 12 ...
Sat, January 28, 2012
Arrests in Oakland protests rise to more than 400
By Emmett Berg
OAKLAND, Calif (Reuters) - Crews cleaned up Oakland's historic City Hall on Sunday from damage inflicted overnight during violent anti-Wall Street ...
Sat, January 28, 2012
2nd day of fights at Milwaukee high school brings police, 8 arrested
MILWAUKEE, WI (WTAQ) - For a second day in a row, a fight at a Milwaukee high school brings police to campus and results in ...
Sat, January 28, 2012
UK police arrest Murdoch tabloid staff, raid offices
By Tim Castle and Georgina Prodhan
LONDON (Reuters) - British police arrested four current and former staff of Rupert Murdoch's best-selling Sun tabloid plus ...
Fri, January 27, 2012
Mistrial declared in Katrina police shootings case
By Kathy Finn
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - A federal judge declared a mistrial on Friday in the case of a retired police detective accused of ...
Fri, January 27, 2012
Police thwarted Utah students school bomb plot
By James Nelson
ROY, Utah (Reuters) - Police in Utah have arrested two high school students accused of making detailed plans to bomb a school ...
Thu, January 26, 2012
Police arrest Utah students accused of school bomb plot
By James Nelson
ROY, Utah (Reuters) - Police in Utah have arrested two high school students accused of making detailed plans to bomb a school ...
Thu, January 26, 2012
Mexico police catch U.S. pastor accused of sex abuse
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican police have arrested a Las Vegas pastor who they said was hiding out in Tijuana after being accused of sexually ...
Thu, January 26, 2012
NYC police commissioner son investigated after rape report
By Jonathan Allen
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Greg Kelly, son of New York City Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly, is under investigation, his lawyer said on ...
Thu, January 26, 2012
French implant boss released, faces bodily harm charge
By Jean-François Rosnoblet
MARSEILLE, France (Reuters) - Jean-Claude Mas, the Frenchman who sparked a global health scare by selling substandard breast implants, was released from ...
Wed, January 25, 2012
Muslims urge resignation of NY police chief over video
By Edith Honan
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. Muslim civil rights groups demanded the resignation of New York Police Commissioner Ray Kelly on Wednesday ...
Wed, January 25, 2012
Former cop gets prison for assaulting woman
RHINELANDER, Wis. (WSAU) – A former Rhinelander police officer will spend two-and-a-half years in prison for sexually assaulting a woman at his home in October ...
Tue, January 24, 2012
Police detective's trial opens old Katrina wounds
By Kathy Finn
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - A New Orleans homicide detective conspired with other police officers to cover up the fatal shootings of two ...
Tue, January 24, 2012
Irish "Troubles" case in Boston pits researchers vs. police
By Ross Kerber and Carmel Crimmins
BOSTON/DUBLIN (Reuters) - - A legal dispute in Boston pits researchers' academic freedom against a police quest to solve ...
Tue, January 24, 2012
New York police officer pleads guilty in civil rights case
By Jonathan Allen
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New York City police officer pleaded guilty on Tuesday to federal charges that he violated an African-American ...
Tue, January 24, 2012
Italy tax police at Fitch Milan offices: prosecutor
MILAN (Reuters) - The Italian tax police was in the offices of ratings agency Fitch in Milan on Tuesday to carry out checks ordered by ...
Mon, January 23, 2012
Supreme Court rules police need warrant for GPS tracking
By James Vicini
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Supreme Court ruled on Monday that police cannot put a GPS device on a suspect's car to ...
Sun, January 22, 2012
Tomah police investigate after driver hits teen in front of her school
TOMAH, WI (WTAQ) - Tomah police are investigating the accident in front of the local high school which left a 14 year old student with ...
Sun, January 22, 2012
Swiss police press charges against anti-Davos protesters
ZURICH (Reuters) - Swiss police will charge more than 100 demonstrators with breaching the peace after they rallied in Bern Saturday to protest against the ...
Sat, January 21, 2012
Abducted Colorado girl, 9, escapes captor by calling police
By Keith Coffman
DENVER (Reuters) - A 9-year-old Colorado girl abducted while walking home from school on Thursday managed to escape her kidnapper after a ...
Fri, January 20, 2012
Victim identified in Hollywood severed head case
By Dan Whitcomb
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A man whose severed head, hands and feet were found in the hills below the famed Hollywood sign ...
Thu, January 19, 2012
Police identify victim in Hollywood severed head case
By Dan Whitcomb
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Authorities have identified the man whose severed head, hands and feet were found in the hills below the ...
Thu, January 19, 2012
Police drop sex abuse investigation of AAU's Dodd
By Tim Ghianni
NASHVILLE, Tenn (Reuters) - Memphis police have ended their investigation of Robert "Bobby" Dodd, who lost his job as president of the ...
Thu, January 19, 2012
Police find body of missing Wausau man
WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAU) – Wausau police are confirming today that they've found the body of 62-year-old Paul Kulp.
Kulp went missing earlier this week ...
Thu, January 19, 2012
Memphis police drop investigation of AAU's Dodd, lawyer says
By Tim Ghianni
(Reuters) - Memphis police have ended their investigation of Robert "Bobby" Dodd, who lost his job as president of the Amateur Athletic ...
Thu, January 19, 2012
Man convicted in counterfeiting scheme
WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAU) – The leader of a Wausau area counterfeiting ring has pled no contest to charges he made fake $20 bills that were ...
Thu, January 19, 2012
Police say missing man could not have survived cold weather
WAUSAU, Wis (WSAU) Wausau police have re-classified the search for a missing man with dementia as a body-recovery effort. They say 62-year-old Paul Kulp ...
Tue, January 17, 2012
Severed hand found near decapitated head in Hollywood
By Dan Whitcomb
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Detectives investigating a decapitated human head found by hikers in the hills below the iconic Hollywood sign have ...
Tue, January 17, 2012
Police find 40 dead animals inside Maryland home
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Police investigating a report of foul odors coming from a Maryland townhouse found 40 dead animals inside the home, whose occupant may ...
Mon, January 16, 2012
Man with dementia missing in Weston
WESTON, Wis. (WSAU) – Police are looking for a 62-year-old Wausau man with dementia who was last seen on Saturday.
Paul Kulp got a cab ...
Mon, January 16, 2012
UPDATED: No sign of missing Grand Rapids man
GRAND RAPIDS, Wis. (WSAU) – Police have suspended their search for the night for a 29-year-old Grand Rapids man who was last seen early yesterday ...
Mon, January 16, 2012
Wausau police issue first social host citation
WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAU) - A 23 year old Wausau man is cited under the city's new social host ordinance.
Police say Andy Buttke was ...
Sat, January 14, 2012
Two hurt in K.C. area mall shooting: police
KANSAS CITY, Missouri (Reuters) - Two people were injured in a shooting at suburban Kansas City shopping mall late Saturday afternoon, prompting a lockdown of ...
Sat, January 14, 2012
Police: Southern California killer of homeless arrested
By Troy Anderson
ANAHEIM (Reuters) - A man who was cornered and arrested after knifing to death a street dweller is responsible in the serial ...
Fri, January 13, 2012
Cuffed Indiana man who stole police car surrenders
By Susan Guyett
INDIANAPOLIS (Reuters) - A man who stole a squad car while handcuffed after a traffic stop in northwest Indiana surrendered without incident ...
Thu, January 12, 2012
Indiana police seek man who stole squad car
By Susan Guyett
INDIANAPOLIS (Reuters) - An Indiana man who managed to steal a squad car while handcuffed remained at large on Thursday, two days ...
Wed, January 11, 2012
Fired Milwaukee police officer guilty of violating woman's civil rights
A federal court jury found a fired Milwaukee police officer guilty of one count, and innocent of another in the raping of a female ...
Tue, January 10, 2012
UPDATED: Police arrest Tower Credit Union armed robber
WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAU) – Wausau police arrested a 52-year-old man this afternoon, less than a half hour after he robbed the Tower Credit Union on ...
Tue, January 10, 2012
Son of Green Bay Packers coach found dead: police
By John Rondy
MILWAUKEE (Reuters) - Oshkosh police confirmed Tuesday that the body of the adult son of Green Bay Packers offensive coordinator Joe Philbin ...
Tue, January 10, 2012
Son of Green Bay Packers coach found dead - police
By John Rondy
(Reuters) - MILWAUKEE, Jan 10 (Reuters) - Oshkosh police confirmed Tuesday that the body of the adult son of Green Bay Packers offensive ...
Tue, January 10, 2012
Merrill to vote on new police contract
MERRILL, Wis. (WSAU) – Merrill police officers will make more money but also pay more toward their health care and retirement under a contract the ...
Mon, January 09, 2012
Calif police probe transient's death amid killing spree
By Dan Whitcomb
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Police in Orange County said on Monday they do not believe that a transient found dead on Monday ...
Mon, January 09, 2012
Death penalty to be sought in Utah police shootings
By James Nelson
SALT LAKE CITY (Reuters) - Prosecutors said on Monday they will seek the death penalty against a Utah Army veteran suspected of ...
Mon, January 09, 2012
Calif police probe transient's death amid killing spree
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Police investigating the suspected serial killings of three Orange County homeless men said on Monday they had found the body a ...
Mon, January 09, 2012
Adult son of Green Bay Packers missing: police
By John Rondy
MILWAUKEE (Reuters) - The adult son of Green Bay Packers offensive coordinator Joe Philbin has been reported missing in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, where ...
Mon, January 09, 2012
Milwaukee police officer walking for first time, since hit-and-run
MILWAUKEE, WI (WTAQ) - A Milwaukee police officer is walking for the first time in over two weeks. Officials said 37-year-old Frank Vrtochnick took his ...
Sun, January 08, 2012
Six arrested in anti-police march in Oakland, California
By Emmett Berg
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Six people were arrested, one for carrying a quarter-stick of dynamite, during a late-night protest march through downtown ...
Sun, January 08, 2012
Bus crash in Montana kills two, injures 33: police
By Lori Grannis
MISSOULA, Mont (Reuters) - Two people were killed and 33 others injured when a bus veered off an icy interstate highway in ...
Sun, January 08, 2012
Police release victim sketch in Long Island serial killer case
By Aman Ali
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Police released a sketch of a third unidentified victim in the hunt for a possible Long Island serial ...
Fri, January 06, 2012
Police union: Municipalities "blackmailing" cops over pension issue
MADISON, WI (WTAQ) - Wisconsin’s police union says local governments are blackmailing officers, by making their health insurance almost unaffordable unless they start paying ...
Fri, January 06, 2012
Milwaukee police: Public not in danger after 5 homicides in 5 days
MILWAUKEE (WTAQ) - Milwaukee Police say people should not fear for their safety, after the city had five murders in the first five days of ...
Thu, January 05, 2012
Serial killer behind three California homeless deaths: police
By Alex Dobuzinskis
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A serial killer may be responsible for the slayings of three homeless men in Southern California who were ...
Thu, January 05, 2012
Wisconsin coroner stole body part to train dog, police say
MILWAUKEE (Reuters) - The medical examiner for Oneida County in northern Wisconsin was released on a $5,000 signature bond on Thursday after she was ...
Thu, January 05, 2012
Police kill Texas student, 15, armed with pellet gun
McALLEN, Texas (Reuters) - Police fatally shot a 15-year-old student armed with a pellet gun at a middle school in Brownsville, Texas, on Wednesday after ...
Thu, January 05, 2012
Police suspect former soldier in Utah police shooting
By James Nelson
OGDEN, Utah (Reuters) - Six police officers were shot, one fatally, when a gunman identified as a former U.S. soldier opened ...
Wed, January 04, 2012
Police nab Mexican drug boat north of LA, arrest 10
(Reuters) - Police seized a Mexican motorboat loaded with more than a ton of marijuana north of Los Angeles early on Wednesday and arrested 10 ...
Wed, January 04, 2012
Police kill Texas student armed with pellet gun
McALLEN, Texas (Reuters) - Police fatally shot a 15-year-old student armed with a pellet gun at a middle school in Brownsville, Texas, on Wednesday after ...
Wed, January 04, 2012
Detroit police stations to severely cut public hours
By John D. Stoll
DETROIT (Reuters) - Detroit, which has one of the highest crime rates of large American cities, plans to close its police ...
Wed, January 04, 2012
Police kill armed student, 15, inside Texas school
EDINBURG, Texas (Reuters) - Police fatally shot an armed eighth-grade student at a middle school in Brownsville, Texas, on Wednesday morning after he pointed a ...
Tue, January 03, 2012
NY police say man confesses in firebomb on mosque
By Edith Honan
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New York City man faces arson and bias charges after confessing on Tuesday to a series of ...
Mon, January 02, 2012
Funeral set for Minn. police officer shot by Wisconsin man
Funeral for Lake City, Minnesota, police officer Shawn Schneider will be held Saturday afternoon at 1:00 at First Lutheran Church. Schneider died last ...
Sun, January 01, 2012
Mother of Los Angeles arson suspect arrested in German case
By Dan Whitcomb and Mary Slosson
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The mother of a man accused in a string of arson fires across Los Angeles ...
Sun, January 01, 2012
New York police arrest dozens of anti-Wall Street protesters
(Reuters) - New York police arrested 68 people overnight after anti-Wall Street protesters streamed back into Manhattan's Zuccotti Park and toppled security barricades on ...
Fri, December 30, 2011
Police still searching for monkey taken from SF zoo
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Police in San Francisco were searching on Friday for a squirrel monkey that disappeared from the San Francisco Zoo.
"The monkey ...
Fri, December 30, 2011
Police suspect foul play in case of missing Maine toddler
(Reuters) - Authorities searching for a Maine toddler who vanished from her home about a week before Christmas said on Friday they now suspect foul ...
Fri, December 30, 2011
Janesville police investigate multiple stabbing outside bar
JANESVILLE, WI (WTAQ) - Janesville Police are trying to figure out what happened when four people were stabbed in a fight in a parking lot ...
Thu, December 29, 2011
Busloads of ski-bound teens turn pot over to Nevada police
By Stephen Ward
LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Five busloads of students who stopped in Nevada en route to a ski trip were given a break ...
Wed, December 28, 2011
U.S. police fatalities up in 2011: report
(Reuters) - The number of U.S. police officers who lost their lives in the line of duty in 2011 rose 13 percent from 2010 ...
Wed, December 28, 2011
Assistant Milwaukee police chief suspended during investigation
MILWAUKEE (WTAQ) - An assistant Milwaukee police chief has been suspended with pay while he's under investigation.
An officer found Darryl Winston and another ...
Wed, December 28, 2011
Two arrested on OWI charges in Mosinee
WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAU) – Two men are in jail on charges of driving under the influence.
Mosinee police arrested 33-year-old Matt Grieser last week after ...
Tue, December 27, 2011
Police offer reward for lead in missing Maine toddler case
(Reuters) - Authorities in Maine believe a toddler who vanished a week before Christmas was abducted from her home by a still-unidentified person and are ...
Tue, December 27, 2011
Police say neighbor confessed in death of Indiana girl
(Reuters) - The Indiana man accused of killing a nine-year-old neighbor he was watching told investigators he beat the girl with a brick, dismembered and ...
Mon, December 26, 2011
Detroit police say 3 deaths tied to dating services site
(Reuters) - Three women discovered dead in Detroit over the past week, including two found burned beyond recognition early on Christmas, were linked to a ...
Mon, December 26, 2011
Milwaukee cop hurt in hit-and-run
MILWAUKEE, Wis. (WSAU) – A Milwaukee police officer suffered life-threatening injuries when he was hit while standing near his squad car Sunday afternoon.
A vehicle ...
Sun, December 25, 2011
Police name Texas Christmas shooting suspect
By Marice Richter
GRAPEVINE, Texas (Reuters) - Dressed in a Santa suit, Aziz Yazdanapah showed up at his estranged wife's home near Dallas during ...
Sat, December 24, 2011
Town of Beloit police officer cleared of wrongdoing for returning fire, killing man
BELOIT, WI (WTAQ) - The Rock County District Attorney’s office says Town of Beloit Police Sergeant Richard Felger acted lawfully when he shot 26 ...
Sat, December 24, 2011
Neenah reaffirms no weapon policy for city employees, excluding police
NEENAH, WI (WTAQ) - The Neenah Common Council has reaffirmed a city policy banning employees from carrying weapons while they are on the job. Only ...
Fri, December 23, 2011
Police in Berkeley end overnight Occupy camping
BERKELEY, Calif (Reuters) - A camp of anti-Wall Street protesters in Berkeley, California, has all but vanished under pressure from police, who have returned repeatedly ...
Fri, December 23, 2011
Sales of new athletic shoe bring police to control crowds
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Police in several cities around the country on Friday were called to stores to manage unruly shoppers seeking Nike's new Air ...
Wed, December 21, 2011
Rio police seek to indict Chevron, Transocean officials
By Bruno Marfinati and Reese Ewing
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Federal police in Brazil on Wednesday recommended the indictment of several Chevron and Transocean officials ...
Tue, December 20, 2011
Denver protest camp set ablaze in clash with police
By Keith Coffman
DENVER (Reuters) - A holdout group of anti-Wall Street protesters set fire to their tent camp in downtown Denver during an overnight ...
Tue, December 20, 2011
Mother killed children, boyfriend before suicide: police
CHICAGO (Reuters) - A rural Illinois mother killed her three children and live-in boyfriend before killing herself last week, police said.
Sara McMeen, 30, was ...
Mon, December 19, 2011
Wausau man,77, who led police on 10-mile chase had Alzheimer's
ROTHSCHILD, WI (WTAQ) - A 77-year-old Wausau area man who was killed at the end of a long police chase had Alzheimer’s disease. Relatives ...
Mon, December 19, 2011
Standoff in Minn. involving Hager City man who shot police officer
LAKE CITY, MN (WTAQ) - Authorities said a western Wisconsin man shot and critically wounded a police officer today in Lake City Minnesota during a ...
Mon, December 19, 2011
Fatal crash after police chase on Highway Z near Wausau
TOWN OF WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAU) – A 77-year-old Rothschild man died during a police chase early this morning.
The Rothschild police department said it got ...
Mon, December 19, 2011
UPDATED: Judge allows statements in bar beating
WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAU) – A judge has ruled that prosecutors can use the statements a Wausau man gave to police during an interview about his ...
Fri, December 16, 2011
Justice Department says Seattle police used excessive force
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Seattle police officers used excessive force over the last two years and were too quick to resort to using their batons and ...
Mon, December 12, 2011
Merrill hires Captain Ken Neff as new police chief
MERRILL, Wis. (WSAU) – Merrill's police and fire commission has hired police captain Ken Neff as their new police chief effective April 1, 2012 ...
Mon, December 12, 2011
Police believe New York body is Craigslist prostitute
By Ellen Wulfhorst and Barbara Goldberg
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Police on Tuesday said they found a body believed to be that of missing Craigslist ...
Sun, December 11, 2011
Undercover police spied on protesters at Occupy LA
By Jason Kandel
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Undercover police officers infiltrated Occupy LA's tent city last month to spy on people they suspected of ...
Sun, December 11, 2011
Milwaukee police chief defends officer in accidental discharge case
MILWAUKEE, Wis. (WSAU) - Milwaukee Police Chief Ed Flynn is defending one of his sergeants who had his gun go off in Southridge Mall.
Sergeant ...
Sat, December 10, 2011
47 arrested after police clear Boston protest camp
By Lauren Keiper
BOSTON (Reuters) - Police cleared an anti-Wall Street tent camp in Boston's financial district early on Saturday morning, arresting 47 people ...
Sat, December 10, 2011
Thousands of Russians protest against Putin
By Steve Gutterman and Amie Ferris-Rotman
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of people in Moscow and thousands more in cities across Russia demanded an ...
Sat, December 10, 2011
Russian protests start in far east, police on alert
VLADIVOSTOK, Russia (Reuters) - A day of nationwide demonstrations against Vladimir Putin and alleged election fraud began in Russia's far east on Saturday, in ...
Sat, December 10, 2011
Amateur Athletic Union probes abuse charges against ex leader
By Tim Ghianni
NASHVILLE, Tenn (Reuters) - The Amateur Athletic Union, one of the nation's largest youth sports groups, said on Saturday it was ...
Fri, December 09, 2011
Police arrest five in trailer robbery
WESTON, Wis. (WSAU) – Everest Metro police arrested five people Thursday who they believe robbed and pistol whipped a person at the Green Acres trailer ...
Fri, December 09, 2011
Police increase drunk driving enforcement for the holidays
WESTON, Wis. (WSAU) – Police departments across the area will be starting a holiday crackdown on drunken driving today.
It's called Booze and Belts ...
Thu, December 08, 2011
Police identify gunman in Virginia Tech murder-suicide
By Rick Rothacker
BLACKSBURG, Virginia (Reuters) - The man who shot dead a campus police officer at Virginia Tech on Thursday before killing himself was ...
Wed, December 07, 2011
New Orleans police trial from Hurricane Katrina nears end
By Kathy Finn
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - Jury deliberations may begin on Thursday in the federal perjury trial of two New Orleans police officers accused ...
Wed, December 07, 2011
FDL police arrest pair of armed robbery suspects
FOND DU LAC, WI (WTAQ) - Two men in Fond du Lac have been arrested in connection with a pair of armed robberies.
Police say ...
Wed, December 07, 2011
Details of L.A. police commanders posted online
By Dan Whitcomb
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Personal information about Los Angeles police commanders has been posted on the Internet, prompting an investigation into where ...
Wed, December 07, 2011
Package sent to Deutsche Bank CEO was bomb
By Maria Sheahan
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - A suspicious envelope sent to Deutsche Bank Chief Executive Josef Ackermann - the face of capitalism in Germany - was a ...
Wed, December 07, 2011
Deputy falls into septic tank
LAKE TOMAHAWK, Wis. (WSAU) – Sometimes police work can be stinky.
An Oneida County sheriff’s deputy who was doing an investigation at a home ...
Wed, December 07, 2011
Merrill police chief to retire
MERRILL, Wis (WSAU) Merrill's long-time police chief Ned Seubert is announcing his retirement. He'll leave the department in March, 2012.
Suebert had ...
Tue, December 06, 2011
Police take down Occupy San Francisco camp
By Noel Randewich
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) Police dismantled a tent city of Occupy protesters in downtown San Francisco early on Wednesday, arresting more than ...
Tue, December 06, 2011
Mayor asks Boston protesters to vacate by midnight
BOSTON (Reuters) - Boston's mayor told Occupy protesters who have camped in the city's financial district since late September to leave by midnight ...
Tue, December 06, 2011
Kenyan runner despondent when he went missing: police
By Yereth Rosen
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - A top college runner from Kenya who lost his feet to frostbite after spending two days missing in ...
Tue, December 06, 2011
Police evict Occupy New Orleans protesters
By Kathy Finn
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - Police conducted a peaceful, pre-dawn eviction of the Occupy New Orleans site on Tuesday, the latest in a ...
Tue, December 06, 2011
Police investigate slashed tires
WAUSAU, Wis (WSAU) Seven vehicles had their tires slashed in the parking lot at the Wausau VFW on River Drive on Saturday morning.
Police ...
Tue, December 06, 2011
Afghan bombs kill 78 in two days
By Mirwais Harooni
KABUL (Reuters) - A roadside mine killed 19 civilians and injured another five when it exploded in the southern Afghan province of ...
Mon, December 05, 2011
Mother whose four children shot dead is improving: police
By Deborah Quinn Hensel
HOUSTON (Reuters) - The medical condition of the mother whose four young children died last week after a shooting at the ...
Mon, December 05, 2011
Police catch "Bass Hunters", recover 7 mailboxes that look like fish
MILWAUKEE, WI (WTAQ) - Police in suburban Milwaukee say they've broken up a group of high school students who stole mailboxes that look like ...
Mon, December 05, 2011
FAA chief on leave over drunk driving arrest
By John Crawley
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top U.S. aviation safety official, Randy Babbitt, took an immediate leave of absence on Monday after he ...
Mon, December 05, 2011
Austin, Texas high school lockdown ends
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - An Austin, Texas, high school was put on lockdown for hours on Monday morning after a man being pursued by police ...
Sun, December 04, 2011
11 Occupy protesters arrested in San Diego, Orlando
By Ian Simpson
(Reuters) - Police extended moves aimed at keeping anti-Wall street protesters from camping on Monday, arresting 11 people in Orlando and San ...
Sun, December 04, 2011
Syrian secret police defect, Arab deadline looms
By Khaled Yacoub Oweis
AMMAN (Reuters) - At least a dozen Syrian secret police have defected from an intelligence compound, activists said Sunday, in what ...
Sun, December 04, 2011
Secret police defect in restive Syrian province: activists
AMMAN (Reuters) - At least a dozen Syrian secret police have defected from an intelligence compound in a restive province near Turkey, the first major ...
Sat, December 03, 2011
Russian police crack down on anti-Putin protests
By Guy Faulconbridge and Maria Tsvetkova
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Hundreds of people took to the streets of Moscow for a second successive day on Tuesday ...
Fri, December 02, 2011
Police chief in Oklahoma fired after meth arrest
By Steve Olafson
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) - An Oklahoma police chief arrested on drug charges this week has been fired from his job,marking the ...
Fri, December 02, 2011
Police investigating disturbance that injuried 2 with knives
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) - Knives come out during an argument and two people are injured. Green Bay investigating a disturbance and sent 29-year-old Chicago ...
Fri, December 02, 2011
Police make first mass arrests of Occupy Tampa protesters
TAMPA, Fla (Reuters) - Tampa police arrested 29 members of the anti-Wall Street Occupy Tampa group overnight when they refused to leave a downtown park ...
Thu, December 01, 2011
Police set up barricades at Occupy San Francisco site
By Noel Randewich
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Police erected barricades on Thursday around a San Francisco park where hundreds of anti-Wall Street protesters braced for ...
Thu, December 01, 2011
Pennsylvania woman poisoned grandmother's chili, police say
By Dave Warner
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - A Pennsylvania woman was charged with killing her grandmother by poisoning her chili more than three years ago, police ...
Wed, November 30, 2011
Police take down Occupy L.A. camp, arrest nearly 300
By Dan Whitcomb and Mary Slosson
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Police in riot gear and biohazard suits removed anti-Wall Street activists from their camp at ...
Wed, November 30, 2011
Philadelphia protesters vacate camp after police warnings
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Anti-Wall Street activists in Philadelphia vacated their camp early on Wednesday after police moved in and warned protesters they faced arrest unless ...
Mon, November 28, 2011
Charges filed in drunken squad car crash
WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAU) – A Wausau man who crashed into a squad car on Thanksgiving night injuring the police officer inside has been charged with ...
Sun, November 27, 2011
Syracuse police say they failed to follow up abuse tip
By Aman Ali
SYRACUSE, New York (Reuters) - The Syracuse police chief knew in 2002 that a former team ball boy had accused an assistant ...
Sun, November 27, 2011
Police hold off on eviction of Los Angeles Occupy camp
By Jason Kandel
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Throngs of anti-Wall Street activists hunkered down in their Los Angeles camp for another night of uncertainty early ...
Sun, November 27, 2011
FDL police investigate Payday Loan Store robbery
FOND DU LAC, WI (WTAQ) - Fond du Lac police are searching for two suspects wanted in connection with an armed robbery.
Cops say it ...
Sun, November 27, 2011
Wausau man crashes into police car, charged with 6th OWI
WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAU) – A Wausau man accused of his 6th OWI and crashing into police car will make his initial appearance tomorrow.
Thirty-seven year ...
Sat, November 26, 2011
UN calls for restraint on eve of Congo vote
By David Lewis and Jonny Hogg
KINSHASA (Reuters) - International organizations appealed for calm on the eve of Democratic Republic of Congo's presidential election ...
Fri, November 25, 2011
Walker Administration urges stores to call police if petition-gatherers won't leave
UNDATED (WSAU) Leave the shoppers alone. That’s basically what the State Republican Party is telling Democrats and others who planned to circulate Walker ...
Fri, November 25, 2011
Police car hit, driver runs off
WAUSAU, Wis (WSAU) A driver crashed into a Wausau police cruiser and fled on foot. It happened last night around 7pm on Third Avenue ...
Wed, November 23, 2011
Exclusive: Key figure in Olympus scandal found in Hong Kong
By James Pomfret
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Reuters found a Japanese banker who is a key figure in the Olympus Corp accounting scandal at a ...
Wed, November 23, 2011
Olympus ex-CEO lands in Tokyo for showdown
NARITA, Japan (Reuters) - Former Olympus Corp CEO turned whistle-blower Michael Woodford touched down back in Tokyo on Wednesday for a meeting with investigators probing ...
Mon, November 21, 2011
Police arrest 15 at Massachusetts foreclosure protest
AMHERST, Mass (Reuters) - Fifteen people were arrested at a sit-in against home foreclosures at a Bank of America branch in Massachusetts on Monday, while ...
Mon, November 21, 2011
Two Occupy Wall Street protesters sue NY police
By Joseph Ax
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Two Occupy Wall Street protesters on Monday sued the New York police for false arrest and excessive force ...
Mon, November 21, 2011
Repeat drunken driver goes to prison
WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAU) – A Green Bay man will spend four years in prison for his 11th drunken driving offense.
Everest Metro police caught 64-year-old ...
Mon, November 21, 2011
Drunk driver reports himself to police
MERRILL, Wis. (WSAU) - A drunk driver did the work for police all by himself last night.
The Lincoln County sheriff's office says the ...
Sun, November 20, 2011
India federal police raids Bharti, Vodafone offices
(Reuters) - India's federal police on Saturday conducted searches at Vodafone's Indian unit and Bharti Airtel's offices seeking details on spectrum allocation ...
Sun, November 20, 2011
U.S. kept distance from NY plotter probe: source
By Basil Katz and Joseph Ax
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Federal authorities declined to join the local investigation of a suspected New York militant, saying ...
Sat, November 19, 2011
Police clear Oakland protest camp without incident
By Laird Harrison
OAKLAND, California (Reuters) - Police on Sunday cleared anti-Wall Street protesters from a vacant lot and public park in Oakland, California, a ...
Sat, November 19, 2011
UC Davis chancellor sorry for pepper spray incident
By Noel Randewich and Greg Lucas
DAVIS, Calif (Reuters) - A University of California chancellor apologized to jeering students on Monday for police use of ...
Sat, November 19, 2011
Protests against military rule cloud Egypt election
By Alistair Lyon and Tom Perry
CAIRO (Reuters) - Protesters rallied again in Cairo on Sunday to try to evict Egypt's ruling generals, in ...
Thu, November 17, 2011
Wagner not a suspect in Natalie Wood's death: police
By Dan Whitcomb
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Homicide detectives who have reopened an investigation into the death of Natalie Wood after three decades said on ...
Thu, November 17, 2011
Hunters can help police search for missing people
WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAU) – Wausau police are asking deer hunters to keep an eye out for anything suspicious that may help offer clues into the ...
Thu, November 17, 2011
Justice Department opens probe of Miami police
MIAMI (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Justice said on Thursday it has opened an investigation into allegations of excessive use of deadly force ...
Thu, November 17, 2011
Police evict protesters at University of California, Berkeley
By Laird Harrison
OAKLAND (Reuters) Moving in before dawn on Thursday, police cleared away a protest camp from a plaza at the University of ...
Wed, November 16, 2011
Police arrest San Francisco protesters inside bank
By Jim Christie
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Police arrested scores of anti-Wall Street protesters in San Francisco on Wednesday after they occupied a Bank of ...
Wed, November 16, 2011
Police arrest suspect in shooting that hit White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Police arrested a 21-year-old man on Wednesday suspected of shooting at the White House last week, after federal agents found two bullets ...
Wed, November 16, 2011
Police find major drug tunnel under U.S.-Mexico border
By Marty Graham
SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - Police have discovered a "major cross-border drug tunnel" running to California from Mexico, and seized more than 17 ...
Wed, November 16, 2011
Police find major drug tunnel under U.S.-Mexico border
SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - Police have discovered a "major crossborder drug tunnel" running to California from Mexico, and seized 14 tons of marijuana, authorities said ...
Wed, November 16, 2011
Italian police raid ex-hedge fund manager Micalizzi
By Laurence Fletcher and Martin de Sa'Pinto
LONDON/ZURICH (Reuters) - Italian police have raided two properties and launched a fraud probe into ex-hedge ...
Wed, November 16, 2011
Police arrest suspect in shooting of White House window
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Police arrested a 21-year old man on Wednesday suspected of shooting at the White House last week, after federal agents found two ...
Tue, November 15, 2011
Bomb destroys Kenya police car in refugee camp
By Daud Yussuf and Noor Ali
GARISSA, Kenya (Reuters) - A remote-controlled bomb blew up a police vehicle escorting a U.N. convoy in Kenya ...
Tue, November 15, 2011
Authorities foil NY protest bid to shut Wall Street
By Chris Francescani and Aman Ali
NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York police prevented protesters from shutting down Wall Street on Thursday, arresting more than ...
Mon, November 14, 2011
Police dismantle Oakland camp, protesters on march
By Laird Harrison
OAKLAND, Calif (Reuters) - Police forcibly evicted anti-Wall Street protesters from their camp in downtown Oakland early on Monday, setting the stage ...
Mon, November 14, 2011
Police clear out Occupy Oakland protest camp
By Noel Randewich and Dan Levine
OAKLAND, Calif (Reuters) - Police moved in to clear anti-Wall Street protesters from a downtown Oakland plaza on Monday ...
Fri, November 11, 2011
Fifth man charged in Hardee's robbery
WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAU) – A 20-year-old man who was the apparent victim of an armed robbery at the Hardee’s in Wausau last month has ...
Tue, November 08, 2011
Tony man gets 10-years for hit & run, police chase, and firing police gun
RUSK COUNTY, WI (WTAQ) - A northwest Wisconsin man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for causing a hit-and-run traffic accident, hitting two ...
Tue, November 08, 2011
Police union leader opposed to concealed carry changes
UNDATED (WSAU) The head of Wisconsin’s police union is blasting a decision by state lawmakers to drop four hours of gun training before ...
Mon, November 07, 2011
Capital Police investigating Facebook death threat on Gov. Walker
MADISON, WI (WTAQ) - An investigation has begun concerning a online death threat against Republican Governor Scott Walker. Capital Police Chief Charles Tubbs says “Capitol ...
Mon, November 07, 2011
Investigation continues into police shooting death, suspect identified
BELOIT, WI (WATQ) - A man killed in a shooting incident that involved a police officer near Beloit was identified Monday as 26-year-old Darryl Cooper ...
Mon, November 07, 2011
Wausau police investigate stolen cars
WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAU) – Thieves stole three cars in Wausau on Friday.
Two of the cars later turned up in St. Paul, Minnesota.
The third ...
Sat, November 05, 2011
Wausau Police Look For Man in Shots Fired Incident
Wausau, Wi (WSAU) Wausau police are looking for Caleb Johnson. He's described as an absconder from the Wisconsin Department of Corrections and is ...
Fri, November 04, 2011
Two wanted for area robberies; several others face charges
WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAU) – Prosecutors charged the first round of suspects Friday in a string of area home and bar robberies while police continued searching ...
Fri, November 04, 2011
Police Academy star Smith died after taking too many diet pills
The towering former American football star, who played Moses Hightower in the film franchise, was found dead at his home in California on 3 ...
Wed, November 02, 2011
U.S. tries "hip hop" diplomacy in Pakistan
By Chris Allbritton
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Considered by many Pakistanis to be public enemy number one, the United States on Monday turned to the musical ...
Mon, October 31, 2011
OMG: Texting drunk crashes into police car
WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAU) – A Wausau man has been charged with crashing into a State Patrol squad car while texting and driving drunk.
Chad Kopchinski ...
Mon, October 31, 2011
Headshop owner to stand trial in synthetic pot bust
WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAU) – A judge has ordered the owner of the Blazin’ Gifts headshop in Wausau to stand trial on charges he had synthetic ...
Thu, October 27, 2011
Appeal denied for drunken driver
MADISON, Wis. (WSAU) – A state appeals court ruled Thursday that police were justified in arresting a Wisconsin Rapids woman for drinking and driving in ...
Wed, October 26, 2011
Marshfield police chief says cell phone ban has reduced accidents
MARSHFIELD, Wis. (WSAU) – Marshfield's police chief says he's not surprised more communities are looking at banning cell phone use while driving.
Merrill ...
Fri, October 21, 2011
Officers take 'no confidence' vote against Adams police chief
ADAMS, Wis (WSAU) Union police officers in Adams have filed a complaint against their police chief. The three officers who make up the department ...
Tue, October 18, 2011
Wausau police chase suspected drunken driver
WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAU) – A Wausau man who had only been out of jail for a few hours Monday has been charged with getting into ...
Mon, October 17, 2011
Carpenter contacts police over 'hit-and-run'
The former Buffy the Vampire Slayer star claims she was driving through Los Angeles this week (beg10Oct11) when another motorist slammed into her vehicle ...
Sun, October 16, 2011
Carpenter contacts police over 'hit-and-run'
The former Buffy the Vampire Slayer star claims she was driving through Los Angeles this week (beg10Oct11) when another motorist slammed into her vehicle ...
Sat, October 15, 2011
Carpenter contacts police over 'hit-and-run'
The former Buffy the Vampire Slayer star claims she was driving through Los Angeles this week (beg10Oct11) when another motorist slammed into her vehicle ...
Fri, October 14, 2011
Carpenter contacts police over 'hit-and-run'
The former Buffy the Vampire Slayer star claims she was driving through Los Angeles this week (beg10Oct11) when another motorist slammed into her vehicle ...
Wed, October 12, 2011
Merrill police investigate daylight burglaries
MERRILL, Wis. (WSAU) – Merrill police are looking for the person or people responsible for a number of daylight burglaries in the city.
Ten reports ...
Wed, October 12, 2011
New Mexico woman sought marijuana via Craigslist: police
By Dennis J. Carroll
SANTA FE, New Mexico (Reuters) - A New Mexico woman was arrested this week after she sought out marijuana on Craigslist ...
Wed, October 12, 2011
Greenwood man wanted for growing pot
GREENWOOD, Wis. (WSAU) – A 51-year-old Greenwood man is facing charges for growing marijuana in his home.
Taylor County sheriff's deputies found more than ...
Wed, October 12, 2011
Hungarian police seize illegal guns from Pitt's zombie film set
Almost 100 unauthorised weapons were seized by police in Budapest, where the film is currently shooting.
The haul included a collection of automatic assault ...
Wed, October 12, 2011
Suicide bombers, attacks hit Baghdad police, 28 dead
By Kareem Raheem
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Suicide bombers and roadside blasts targeted police across Baghdad Wednesday, killing at least 28 people and wounding dozens on ...
Tue, October 11, 2011
Chicago police arrest 21 protesters for trespassing
By Roy Strom
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Chicago police arrested 21 people protesting against economic inequality on Tuesday at two rallies, charging them with trespassing, a ...
Tue, October 11, 2011
Search of well for missing Missouri baby finds nothing
By Kevin Murphy
KANSAS CITY, Mo (Reuters) - The search Tuesday of a backyard well four blocks from the home of missing 11-month-old Lisa Irwin ...
Tue, October 11, 2011
Hungarian police seize illegal guns from Pitt's zombie film set
Almost 100 unauthorised weapons were seized by police in Budapest, where the film is currently shooting.
The haul included a collection of automatic assault ...
Tue, October 11, 2011
Hungarian police seize weapons from Brad Pitt film
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungarian police have seized a stockpile of weapons that was shipped to the Hungarian capital for the production of a film about ...
Mon, October 10, 2011
Man jumps to death near "Occupy San Diego," police say
SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - A man committed suicide on Monday in an eight-story leap from a parking structure near where "Occupy San Diego" demonstrators were ...
Mon, October 10, 2011
White supremacist couple suspected in four deaths: police
By Teresa Carson
PORTLAND, Ore (Reuters) - A white supremacist Oregon couple already suspected of killing three people was being investigated in the shooting death ...
Mon, October 10, 2011
Grand jury seeks TV interviews in missing baby case
By Kevin Murphy
KANSAS CITY, Mo (Reuters) - A Kansas City television station has received a grand jury subpoena for interviews it conducted in covering ...
Mon, October 10, 2011
Drunken drivers sentenced, ordered to stand trial
WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAU) – A Weston man has been sentenced to three years in prison for his seventh operating while intoxicated offense.
Dale Lease will ...
Mon, October 10, 2011
Iowa police arrest 30 at protests, pepper spray used
By Kay Henderson
DES MOINES, Iowa (Reuters) - Iowa police arrested 30 adults and took two juveniles into custody during a protest against economic inequality ...
Sun, October 09, 2011
Wausau police release name in Gilbert Park death
WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAU) – Wausau police have released the name of a woman killed by a train in Gilbert Park early Saturday morning.
Police say ...
Sun, October 09, 2011
Egypt Christians vent fury after clashes kill 25
By Tamim Elyan and Shaimaa Fayed
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's Coptic Christians turned their fury against the army on Monday after at least 25 ...
Sun, October 09, 2011
Milwaukee police make arrest in deaths of pregnant woman, baby
MILWAUKEE (WTAQ) - Published reports indicate a 33 year old woman has been arrested in the deaths of a pregnant woman and her newborn baby ...
Sat, October 08, 2011
Parents of missing baby resume talking to police
By Kevin Murphy
KANSAS CITY, Mo (Reuters) - After two days of not talking to police, the parents of a missing 10-month-old Kansas City girl ...
Sat, October 08, 2011
Police, protesters clash at National Air and Space Museum
By Xavier Briand
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Authorities shut down Washington's popular National Air and Space Museum on Saturday afternoon after antiwar protesters tried to ...
Fri, October 07, 2011
New York crime ring was sweet on Apple: police
By Aman Ali
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New York-based crime ring that used forged credit cards to mainly buy and resell Apple products overseas ...
Fri, October 07, 2011
5-years-in-jail for teen who threatened police with knife
WISCONSIN RAPIDS, Wis (WSAU) A Wisconsin Rapids man was sentenced to 5-years in prison for charging at a police officer with a knife. Last ...
Thu, October 06, 2011
Missing baby's mother says failed lie detector test
By Kevin Murphy
KANSAS CITY, Mo (Reuters) - The mother of missing 10-month-old Lisa Irwin said on Friday police told her she flunked a lie ...
Thu, October 06, 2011
Suspicious item near Capitol not a bomb: police
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A suspicious metal cylinder discovered near the U.S. Capitol was not a bomb but a sewer nozzle cleaner, police said on ...
Thu, October 06, 2011
Police investigate metal cylinder near the Capitol
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Police blocked off streets around the Capitol on Thursday after discovering a suspicious metal cylinder near the domed landmark that houses the ...
Wed, October 05, 2011
Merill police dig through garbage, come back with warrants
MERILL, WI (WTAQ) - Police in Merrill said it was super-easy to round up evidence against three people accused of possessing and selling meth-amphetamines and ...
Wed, October 05, 2011
Waukesha teens go missing, police look for information
WAUKESHA, WI (WTAQ) - Waukesha police report they are looking for two missing teenage girls. Natasha Garczynski and Kasandra Day both live near Hawthorne Elementary ...
Wed, October 05, 2011
Police kill California quarry shooting spree suspect
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Police shot dead on Thursday a man suspected of killing three people and wounding six others during a shooting spree at ...
Tue, October 04, 2011
Detroit police officer charged in shooting of girl
DETROIT (Reuters) - A Detroit police officer was charged with involuntary manslaughter and careless discharge of a firearm on Tuesday over the 2010 shooting of ...
Tue, October 04, 2011
Trash lands meth suspects in stinky mess
MERRILL, Wis. (WSAU) – What you throw away can and will be used against you in a court of law.
The evidence that police found ...
Tue, October 04, 2011
Boy locked in coffin at Pennsylvania home, police seek parents
By Daniel Lovering
PITTSBURGH (Reuters) - Police were searching on Tuesday for a couple accused of punishing their 7-year-old son by forcing him to wear ...
Tue, October 04, 2011
Analysis: Knox case shines spotlight on Italian police methods
By Barry Moody
(Reuters) - The overturning of the murder conviction and jail sentence against Amanda Knox has shone a spotlight on the methods of ...
Mon, October 03, 2011
Jackson begged for help sleeping, doctor told police
By Alex Dobuzinskis
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Michael Jackson's doctor told police he left the "Thriller" singer for about two minutes after giving him ...
Mon, October 03, 2011
Robbers hold up Schofield bar
SCHOFIELD, Wis. (WSAU) – A Schofield bar was robbed this morning.
Everest Metro police say two men, including one with a knife, held up Cliffhangers ...
Sat, October 01, 2011
Connecticut toddler dies after pit bull attack: police
CONWAY, Mass (Reuters) - A 20-month-old girl died after being attacked by as many as three pit bulls Friday evening inside an apartment house in ...
Fri, September 30, 2011
More than 700 arrested in Wall Street protest
By Ray Sanchez
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Police reopened the Brooklyn Bridge Saturday evening after more than 700 anti-Wall Street protesters were arrested for blocking ...
Fri, September 30, 2011
Wall Street protesters set to march on police
By Ray Sanchez
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Protesters who have camped out near Wall Street for two weeks gathered on Friday to march to police ...
Fri, September 30, 2011
Police: Woman spit in officer's face
WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAU) – A 25-year-old Wausau woman has been charged with kicking a police officer and spitting in his face.
Angela Fredrick is accused ...
Fri, September 30, 2011
Marijuana dealer charged
WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAU) – A Wausau man has been charged after police found nearly five pounds of marijuana in his apartment this week.
Police executed ...
Fri, September 30, 2011
Egypt police clear Tahrir Square of protesters
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian riot police on Saturday cleared Cairo's Tahrir Square of protesters who had wanted to stage a sit-in following a demonstration ...
Thu, September 29, 2011
Five burglars arrested
RHINELANDER, Wis. (WSAU) – Police have arrested five people for breaking into three Northwoods homes over the weekend.
One of the suspects has been identified ...
Wed, September 28, 2011
Florida executes man for 1978 police killing
(Adds new details and updates with execution carried out
By Michael Peltier
TALLAHASSEE, Fla (Reuters) - Florida on Wednesday executed a man convicted of killing ...
Wed, September 28, 2011
"Dancing with the Stars" hit by white powder scare
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - An envelope containing white powder and addressed to the "Dancing With the Stars" TV show caused a security scare on Wednesday ...
Wed, September 28, 2011
Police name person of interest in Indiana quintuple murder
By Susan Guyett
INDIANAPOLIS (Reuters) - Indiana State Police on Wednesday named a 46-year-old man they had arrested for an attempted armed robbery as a ...
Wed, September 28, 2011
Tucson police evacuate federal building over truck
TUCSON, Ariz (Reuters) - Authorities closed a three-block stretch of downtown Tucson and evacuated a nearby federal building on Wednesday after a suspicious vehicle was ...
Wed, September 28, 2011
Florida set to execute man for 1978 police killing
By Michael Peltier
TALLAHASSEE, Fla (Reuters) - A man convicted of killing a Coral Gables police officer in 1978 is scheduled to die on Wednesday ...
Tue, September 27, 2011
Police say killer not among bodies found in Indiana
By Susan Guyett
INDIANAPOLIS (Reuters) - Indiana state police said on Tuesday they believe none of the five bodies found in rural Franklin County over ...
Tue, September 27, 2011
St. Louis police make city's biggest-ever heroin bust
By Bruce Olsen
ST. LOUIS (Reuters) - More than 50 suspected heroin dealers were rounded up on Tuesday in the largest operation against heroin trafficking ...
Tue, September 27, 2011
Idaho police close investigation into mummified hand
SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) - Police in Idaho Falls said on Tuesday they have closed an investigation into the origins of a mummified hand after learning ...
Mon, September 26, 2011
Indiana police seek leads in probe of 5 deaths
By Susan Guyett
INDIANAPOLIS (Reuters) - Indiana state police said on Monday they have no suspects in the deaths of five people in rural Franklin ...
Mon, September 26, 2011
China urges police use microblogs to dispel rumors
BEIJING (Reuters) - More Chinese police should use microblogs to give the public "correct" facts and release authorized information to dispel misunderstandings, the Ministry of ...
Mon, September 26, 2011
New York police can shoot down a plane if needed
NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York police can shoot down an airplane if needed, Police Commissioner Ray Kelly told the CBS News program "60 Minutes ...
Sun, September 25, 2011
Five found dead in rural Indiana: police
INDIANAPOLIS (Reuters) - Five people were found dead on Sunday afternoon in two rural Franklin County, Indiana, homes after police were called to check on ...
Sun, September 25, 2011
British police charge six with terrorism offences
LONDON (Reuters) - Six men have been charged with terrorism offences a week after they were arrested in a police operation in Birmingham, Britain's ...
Fri, September 23, 2011
Milwaukee police officer sentences 2-years, for drug charges
MILWAUKEE, WI (WTAQ) - A former Milwaukee police officer was sentenced Friday to two years in a federal prison, for his involvement in a drug ...
Fri, September 23, 2011
U.S. border police shoot man wielding replica pistol
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - U.S. border police shot and wounded a man who brandished a replica pistol after being detained for barging through a ...
Wed, September 21, 2011
FBI, police seek to reach buyers of suicide kits
By Teresa Carson
PORTLAND, Ore (Reuters) - FBI agents investigating the sale of suicide kits by an elderly California woman alerted authorities in Oregon of ...
Tue, September 20, 2011
Philadelphia police complain about filthy stations
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Philadelphia police officers complained to city officials on Tuesday that their stations are plagued with faulty heating and cooling, leaking roofs, backed-up ...
Tue, September 20, 2011
Afghan peace council head killed in Kabul
By Mirwais Harooni
KABUL (Reuters) - The head of Afghanistan's High Peace Council, former President Burhanuddin Rabbani, who had been tasked with trying to ...
Fri, September 16, 2011
Madison police look for shooter who killed one, injuried another
MADISON, WI (WTAQ) - Madison Police now say they’re looking for a accused killer.
A man who was shot early Thursday in the parking ...
Fri, September 16, 2011
Fond du Lac police justify letting woman go who was later arrested for OWI
FOND DU LAC, WI (WTAQ) - Fond du Lac Police said one of their officers did nothing wrong when he let an impaired driver go ...
Thu, September 15, 2011
Texas police shoot fugitive who fled in police car
EL PASO, Texas (Reuters) - Police in West Texas shot and wounded an "extremely dangerous" fugitive who earlier in the day overpowered a detective and ...
Thu, September 15, 2011
Antigo police, fire departments will have one leader
ANTIGO, Wis (WSAU) Antigo's police chief will now run the city's fire department as well. The change was approved by the city ...
Wed, September 14, 2011
Cities and towns look for reimbursement for extra police during capital protests
MADISON (WSAU) Wisconsin lawmakers will be asked today to reimburse state-and-local law enforcement agencies for providing security at the Capitol during the pro-union protests ...
Tue, September 13, 2011
Gumby attempted robbery suspect surrenders to San Diego police
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Gumby's bandit days appear to be over.
A man named Jacob Kiss, 19, told police in San Diego on Tuesday ...
Tue, September 13, 2011
Man opens fire in Arkansas court, is killed by police
By Judy Wiley
(Reuters) - A gunman armed with several weapons opened fire in an Arkansas courthouse on Tuesday, wounding two people including a court ...
Tue, September 13, 2011
CIA reviewing ties with New York police department
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The CIA inspector general is reviewing the spy agency's ties with the New York Police Department after critics questioned whether the ...
Tue, September 13, 2011
New York police probe Petco where animals drowned
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Police on Tuesday were investigating whether animal cruelty laws were violated when 100 pets died inside a Petco store in upstate ...
Tue, September 13, 2011
Police find $10 million in cocaine in car
By Keith Coffman
DENVER (Reuters) - A routine police traffic stop in the state of Colorado led to the discovery of 220 pounds (100 kgs ...
Mon, September 12, 2011
Miami police chief fired after feud with mayor
MIAMI (Reuters) - Miami Police Chief Miguel Exposito was fired on Monday when city commissioners upheld the chief's suspension following his bruising public feud ...
Mon, September 12, 2011
Police question Strauss-Kahn in French assault case
PARIS (Reuters) - Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn was questioned by French police on Monday over a complaint of attempted rape, filed after his May ...
Sun, September 11, 2011
Fake bomb triggers scare on L.A. bus, police say
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A man who boarded a Los Angeles bus carrying a suitcase with exposed wires and threatened the driver, triggering a bomb ...
Sun, September 11, 2011
Boston police find "suspicious" truck, no threat
CONWAY, Mass (Reuters) - Police in Massachusetts on Sunday canceled a statewide search for a rental truck ending a hunt triggered by a tip from ...
Sat, September 10, 2011
Ferry capsizes off Tanzania, nearly 200 dead
By Fumbuka Ng'wanakilala and Ally Saleh
STONE TOWN, Zanzibar (Reuters) - Nearly 200 people drowned when an overloaded ferry capsized off east Africa as ...
Fri, September 09, 2011
Fines proposed for making false statements to police
UNDATED (WRN) Filing a false report of a crime with police could end up costing criminals money. A bill being considered at the Capitol ...
Thu, September 08, 2011
South Korea police probe Samsung Card over data breach
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean police said they had begun investigating Samsung Card over the alleged leakage of personal information on its customers.
The Seoul ...
Thu, September 08, 2011
Puerto Rico police flouted law for years, U.S. agency says
By Molly O'Toole
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Puerto Rico Police Department has used excessive force for years, violating the U.S. constitution and federal ...
Wed, September 07, 2011
Border police nab man on 25-year-old murder warrant
EL PASO, Texas (Reuters) - Border inspectors in Texas have nabbed a man wanted for a murder committed in southern California 25 years ago, authorities ...
Wed, September 07, 2011
Pa. man on death row for police killing gets added 190 years jail
PITTSBURGH (Reuters) - A Pennsylvania man sentenced to death earlier this year for killing three Pittsburgh police officers was given an additional sentence of 85 ...
Tue, September 06, 2011
Everest Metro Police make arrests in car theft cases, still pursuing leads
WESTON, Wis (WSAU) – Everest Metro Police say they've made some progress in tracking down the people who have been breaking into cars over ...
Tue, September 06, 2011
Milwaukee police use Shot Spotter to find out where gun play is happening
MILWAUKEE, WI (WTAQ) - Big brother is not only watching, he’s listening.
Milwaukee police report they’ve had a lot fewer calls for shots ...
Tue, September 06, 2011
Miami suspends controversial police chief
By Manuel Rueda
MIAMI (Reuters) - Miami's police chief was suspended on Tuesday and may be on the verge of losing his job following ...
Tue, September 06, 2011
Gunman kills 4 at Nevada pancake house, shoots self
By Steve Keegan
CARSON CITY, Nev (Reuters) - A man with an assault rifle opened fire at a pancake house in Nevada's capital on ...
Tue, September 06, 2011
Police look for new information in unsolved U-W student murder
MADISON (WSAU) Police say they’re convinced that somebody in Madison knows who killed a U-W student almost three-and-a-half years ago. Jean Zimmermann of ...
Mon, September 05, 2011
Scuffles disrupt Mubarak trial as police testify
By Shaimaa Fayed and Dina Zayed
CAIRO (Reuters) - Supporters and opponents of deposed Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak scuffled on Monday inside and outside the ...
Sun, September 04, 2011
Police say teen guns down eight at New York house party
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A male teen allegedly gunned down eight people at a house party in New York City early on Sunday morning, evaded ...
Sun, September 04, 2011
Libya NTC to offer fighters police jobs
By Mohammed Abbas
TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libya's interim government, keen to reassure its anxious fighters and restore stability, announced plans on Sunday to draft ...
Fri, September 02, 2011
Family sues police over California Taser-related death
By Alex Dobuzinskis
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The parents of a Southern California man who accuse police of killing their son with a Taser after ...
Fri, September 02, 2011
Florida police nab teen posing as hospital doctor's aide
By Barbara Liston
ORLANDO, Fla (Reuters) - Florida police have arrested a 17-year-old who impersonated a physician's assistant at a hospital for about two ...
Fri, September 02, 2011
Foot patrols give Kansas City police closer look at crime
By Kevin Murphy
KANSAS CITY, Mo (Reuters) - One of the first things rookie Kansas City police officer John King did on the job was ...
Thu, September 01, 2011
Family sues police over California Taser death
By Alex Dobuzinskis
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The parents of a Southern California man who accuse police of killing their son with a Taser after ...
Thu, September 01, 2011
Police officer who had sex on duty won't face charges
By Dennis J. Carroll
SANTA FE, New Mexico (Reuters) - A uniformed on-duty New Mexico state police officer who was caught on camera having sex ...
Thu, September 01, 2011
Proposal would allow families of fallen police officers to keep health insurance benefits
MADISON (WSAU) Families of Wisconsin police officers and others killed in the line-of-duty would keep getting health insurance under a bill in the state ...
Thu, September 01, 2011
Seagal facing lawsuit over deadly police raid
The Under Siege star and officers from the Maricopa County Sheriff's Department took part in the March (11) bust on Jesus Sanchez Llovera ...
Wed, August 31, 2011
Police nab "America's Most Wanted" fugitive in New Jersey
NEW YORK. (Reuters) - Police in New Jersey on Wednesday arrested a fugitive wanted on child sex and gun charges who had been featured on ...
Mon, August 29, 2011
Police seek info on Wendy's robbers
RIB MOUNTAIN, Wis (WSAU) Crimestoppers of Marathon County is looking for information about the robbers who held up the Wendy's in Rib Mountain ...
Sun, August 28, 2011
Palestinian injures eight in Tel Aviv: police
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - A Palestinian from the occupied West Bank commandeered a taxi in the Israeli city of Tel Aviv before dawn on Monday, stabbing ...
Fri, August 26, 2011
Everest-Metro police: 22 car break-ins this month
WESTON, Wis (WSAU) Police are reminding everyone to keep your car-doors locked.
They're received 22 complains of vehicle break-ins so far this month ...
Fri, August 26, 2011
Islamists suspected in deadly Nigeria U.N. bombing
By Felix Onuah and Camillus Eboh
ABUJA (Reuters) - At least 18 people were killed by a car bomb that ripped through the United Nations ...
Fri, August 26, 2011
Police investigating Ferguson threats
The Scottish comedian, who presents CBS' The Late Late Show, was sent a letter containing a mystery ""white powder"" on Tuesday (23Aug11), and TV ...
Thu, August 25, 2011
Police officer who faked U.S. citizenship gets 3 months in jail
By Yereth Rosen
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - An illegal immigrant from Mexico who admitted faking U.S. citizenship while serving as an Anchorage police officer ...
Thu, August 25, 2011
Colorado man shot at fundraising teen football players: police
By Keith Coffman
DENVER (Reuters) - Colorado police have arrested a man accused of shooting at three high school football players who were going door-to-door ...
Thu, August 25, 2011
Mining and police work most dangerous U.S. jobs
By Molly O'Toole
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Disasters at a U.S. coal mine and aboard an oil rig operated by British Petroleum in the ...
Thu, August 25, 2011
Border police chief pleads guilty to running guns to Mexico
By Ashley Meeks
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (Reuters) - The ousted police chief of a tiny New Mexico border town pleaded guilty on Thursday to ...
Thu, August 25, 2011
Wausau police find missing autistic girl
WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAU) – Wausau police have found a missing autistic girl.
The child went missing around 11 am near Northwestern Avenue. She was located ...
Thu, August 25, 2011
Police investigating Ferguson threats
The Scottish comedian, who presents CBS' The Late Late Show, was sent a letter containing a mystery ""white powder"" on Tuesday (23Aug11), and TV ...
Thu, August 25, 2011
Kidnapped U.S. national freed in Pakistan: police
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - An American development expert kidnapped 12 days ago in the Pakistani city of Lahore has been rescued, a police official said on ...
Wed, August 24, 2011
New Orleans struggles to overcome mistrust of police
By Kathy Finn
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - Sylvia McKenzie has seen it all in her New Orleans neighborhood where she was once held up at ...
Mon, August 22, 2011
Campaign cracks down on drunken drivers
WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAU) – Police will catch you if you drink and drive over the next two weeks.
Several law enforcement agencies in Marathon County ...
Sun, August 21, 2011
Police arrest dozens protesting oil pipeline at White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Authorities arrested dozens of people on Sunday protesting outside the White House against a proposed $7 billion oil pipeline they oppose for ...
Fri, August 19, 2011
Newark, New Jersey gets first female police chief
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Newark, New Jersey has sworn in its top-ranking police officials, including the first woman to serve as police chief in the ...
Fri, August 19, 2011
Police payment emails growing worry for Murdoch executives
By Mark Hosenball
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Executives at Rupert Murdoch's UK-based News International are concerned that emails discussing questionable payments made to police by ...
Fri, August 19, 2011
HK police say arrests alleged HKEx cyber attacker
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong police said on Friday they had arrested a businessman who allegedly hacked into the news website of the Hong ...
Thu, August 18, 2011
California Iraqi-Mexican crime ring busted, police say
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Police in southern California have arrested 60 people and broken up an Iraqi criminal ring accused of selling drugs, machine guns ...
Wed, August 17, 2011
Police find stolen tombstones at California home
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Deputies searching a suspected California meth house found some two dozen granite tombstones stolen from local cemeteries in the backyard, a ...
Wed, August 17, 2011
Wheeler police chief pleads insanity to 14 sex related felony charges
WHEELER, WI (WTAQ) - The police chief of Wheeler in far western Wisconsin has pleaded insanity to 14 sex-related felony charges.
55-year-old Gary Wayerski of ...
Wed, August 17, 2011
Florida police foil bomb plot at Tampa school
TAMPA, Florida (Reuters) - Florida police said on Wednesday they arrested a 17-year-old who had material to make pipe bombs at his home and had ...
Tue, August 16, 2011
14-year-old crashes mini-van after short chase with police
SHAWANO, WI (WTAQ) - Law enforcement officials say the 14 year old driver of a minivan reached speeds of 90 miles per hour while leading ...
Tue, August 16, 2011
Target of murder plot hatched on Facebook is killed, police say
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - A man who authorities say was the target of a murder-for-hire plot hatched on Facebook by the mother of his child was ...
Tue, August 16, 2011
Police seek to question Kobe Bryant in altercation
SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - Police said on Tuesday they were seeking to interview Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant over allegations he grabbed the wrist ...
Mon, August 15, 2011
Marshfield police arrest 7 in car theft ring
MARSHFIELD, Wis. (WSAU) - Police in at least three central Wisconsin communities are asking residents to check their vehicles for any missing items.
Seven Plover ...
Sun, August 14, 2011
UK's Cameron: will mend "broken society" after riots
By Keith Weir
LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister David Cameron said on Monday his government would mend Britain's "broken society" to prevent a repeat ...
Sat, August 13, 2011
Police Chief: Mob-like attacks at State Fair were not pre-planned
MILWAUKEE, WI (WATQ) - Milwaukee police chief Edward Flynn says the violent mob attacks on the opening night of the Wisconsin State Fair were no ...
Sat, August 13, 2011
UK's Osborne says no change in police reform plans
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Finance Minister George Osborne said Saturday the country must tackle its "deep-seated" social problems after riots spread across the country ...
Fri, August 12, 2011
Pakistan quizzes suspects over abducted American
By Mubasher Bukhari
LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistani police have detained a number of people for questioning in connection with the kidnapping of an American ...
Fri, August 12, 2011
Illinois police chase naked gunman into St. Louis
By Barton Lorimor
SPRINGFIELD, Ill (Reuters) - The phrase "naked gun" is no longer just a movie reference here in southwestern Illinois.
Officers responding to ...
Fri, August 12, 2011
Driver rescued from pond
TOWN OF BERGEN, Wis (WSAU) A woman lost control of her car on Highway O in the Town of Bergen and drove into a ...
Thu, August 11, 2011
Police: Dougherty sister admits firing at officer
By Keith Coffman
DENVER (Reuters) - A former topless dancer accused along with her two brothers in a three-state crime spree admitted she leveled a ...
Thu, August 11, 2011
Leading U.S. police officer Bratton would help Britain if asked
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bill Bratton, a former police chief of Boston, New York and Los Angeles, said on Thursday he was willing to give ...
Thu, August 11, 2011
Boy who killed principal tells police he didn't like her
By Tim Ghianni
MEMPHIS, Tennessee (Reuters) - A 17-year-old Memphis boy, charged with first-degree murder in the stabbing death of the principal of the small ...
Thu, August 11, 2011
Police change tune: some State Fair assaults were race-related
WEST ALLIS, Wis (WSAU) West Allis police say their investigation shows race was a factor in 11 violent incidents at the Wisconsin State Fair ...
Wed, August 10, 2011
FBI, Oklahoma police investigate pipeline bomb
HOUSTON (Reuters) - FBI agents were investigating what appeared to be a bomb attached to a natural gas pipeline in central Oklahoma, law enforcement officials ...
Tue, August 09, 2011
New York police question man regarding groping attacks
NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York police had a man in custody whom they were questioning in connection with a string of groping attacks on ...
Tue, August 09, 2011
UK police vow to get tough as tactics questioned
By Michael Holden
LONDON (Reuters) - London police, hampered by past criticism of heavy-handed tactics, vowed to get tough with rioters after three nights of ...
Mon, August 08, 2011
Police Academy star Smith dead at 66
The towering former American football star, who played Moses Hightower in the film franchise, was found dead at his home in Baldwin Hills, Los ...
Mon, August 08, 2011
Police out in force for National Stop on Red Week
MADISON, Wis. (WSAU) – The state patrol is reminding you to stop for stop signs and red lights this week.
It's “National Stop on ...
Sun, August 07, 2011
Gunman, victims identified in Ohio shooting rampage
By Kim Palmer
CLEVELAND (Reuters) - Police were still trying to determine on Monday why a 51-year-old man shot and critically wounded his longtime girlfriend ...
Sun, August 07, 2011
UK government says must tackle social problems after riots
By Avril Ormsby
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain needs to tackle deep-seated social problems following riots and looting in English cities this week, the center-right government ...
Sun, August 07, 2011
Police Academy star Smith dead at 66
The towering former American football star, who played Moses Hightower in the film franchise, was found dead at his home in Baldwin Hills, Los ...
Sat, August 06, 2011
Police Academy star Smith dead at 66
The towering former American football star, who played Moses Hightower in the film franchise, was found dead at his home in Baldwin Hills, Los ...
Fri, August 05, 2011
New Orleans officers found guilty in Katrina shootings
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - A federal jury found four New Orleans police officers guilty on Friday of charges related to the shooting deaths of civilians ...
Fri, August 05, 2011
Police Academy star Smith dead at 66
The towering former American football star, who played Moses Hightower in the film franchise, was found dead at his home in Baldwin Hills, Los ...
Thu, August 04, 2011
Three indicted for fake police kidnapping and robbery plot
By Keith Coffman
DENVER (Reuters) - Three suspected Denver-area gang members have been charged with robbing a cocaine dealer after tracking his movements with a ...
Thu, August 04, 2011
Police probe speed of bus that crashed in upstate NY
By Neale Gulley
BUFFALO, New York (Reuters) - A charter bus of Polish tourists overturned in upstate New York, injuring as many as 19 passengers ...
Thu, August 04, 2011
Police probe speed of bus that crashed in upstate New York
BUFFALO, New York (Reuters) - A charter bus of Polish tourists overturned in upstate New York, injuring as many as 19 passengers, and police said ...
Thu, August 04, 2011
Facebook page targeting Northern Ireland police shut
BELFAST (Reuters) - A Facebook page has been shut down after claims it was an attempt to set up police officers in Northern Ireland for ...
Wed, August 03, 2011
Man trying to steal copper gets major shock, police say
By Harriet McLeod
CHARLESTON, South Carolina (Reuters) - A man allegedly trying to steal copper from a South Carolina power substation was shocked by 7 ...
Wed, August 03, 2011
Snooki Tussles With The Italian Police in New 'Jersey Shore' Extended Trailer
Listen up all Jersey Shore fans -- the countdown has begun. With only a few more days to go before the start of Season 4 ...
Wed, August 03, 2011
Law's police leak fears
The Sherlock Holmes heartthrob admits his past involvement with British authorities hasn't been great, citing two previous incidents when he allegedly turned to ...
Tue, August 02, 2011
New York police launch system to detect and track radiation
By Jonathan Allen
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The New York Police Department is launching a mobile radiation detection system equipped with location-tracking GPS technology that ...
Tue, August 02, 2011
Police arrest Los Angeles man suspected of arson spree
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A Los Angeles man who may have served time in jail for setting fire to restaurants and bars in Japan while ...
Tue, August 02, 2011
Post-Katrina police shooting case goes to jury
By Kathy Finn
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - Prosecutors told a New Orleans jury on Tuesday that testimony showed police officers had gone on an "an ...
Tue, August 02, 2011
Idaho police tell man to stop wearing bunny suit
By Laura Zuckerman
SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) - Police in Idaho Falls said on Tuesday they have told a 34-year-old man to stop wearing a bunny ...
Tue, August 02, 2011
Eleventh arrest in UK tabloid hacking scandal
By Michael Holden and Georgina Prodhan
LONDON (Reuters) - Stuart Kuttner, managing editor of the News of the World for 22 years, was arrested and ...
Tue, August 02, 2011
Bombers target churches in northern Iraq: police
KIRKUK, Iraq (Reuters) - A car bomb exploded near a Catholic Church in northern Iraq on Tuesday, injuring at least 16 people in part of ...
Tue, August 02, 2011
Snooki Tussles With The Italian Police in New 'Jersey Shore' Extended Trailer
Listen up all Jersey Shore fans -- the countdown has begun. With only a few more days to go before the start of Season 4 ...
Tue, August 02, 2011
Law's police leak fears
The Sherlock Holmes heartthrob admits his past involvement with British authorities hasn't been great, citing two previous incidents when he allegedly turned to ...
Mon, August 01, 2011
SWAT, Sturgeon Bay police block of Westside neighborhood
STURGEON BAY, WI (WTAQ) - SWAT and authorities in Sturgeon Bay have sealed off a section of a Westside neighborhood as a possible stand-off ensues ...
Mon, August 01, 2011
Police overtime up from capital protests
MADISON (WSAU) Madison taxpayers spent almost $1.3-million on overtime for police officers during the first half of the year. And about a-third of ...
Mon, August 01, 2011
Gable's grandson arrested over police helicopter stunt
Clark Gable III is said to have been driving around with friends and intended to shine the laser at the famous Hollywood sign - but ...
Sat, July 30, 2011
Police kill 4 after blasts, attacks in China's west
By Terril Yue Jones
BEIJING (Reuters) - Police shot dead four "rioters" in China's far west on Sunday after at least three people, including ...
Sat, July 30, 2011
Drunk father lets 8-year-old son drive pickup: police
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - A drunk father allegedly allowed his 8 year-old son to drive his pick-up truck on a southeast Louisiana highway on Saturday ...
Sat, July 30, 2011
Driver swipes L.A. police cruisers, injures 4 officers
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Four Los Angeles police officers were injured on Saturday, one of them critically, when a 64 year-old woman who may have ...
Sat, July 30, 2011
UK police add computer probe to phone-hack inquiry
LONDON (Reuters) - London police probing phone hacking at Rupert Murdoch's defunct News of the World tabloid are broadening their investigation to allegations of ...
Sat, July 30, 2011
Gable's grandson arrested over police helicopter stunt
Clark Gable III is said to have been driving around with friends and intended to shine the laser at the famous Hollywood sign - but ...
Fri, July 29, 2011
Police chief accused of molestation
WHEELER, Wis (WSAU) The police chief in Wheeler is accused of molesting underage boys. Prosecutors filed nine charges against 54-year-old Gary Wayerski.
Prosecutors claim ...
Thu, July 28, 2011
Soldier shouts alleged Fort Hood killer name in court
By Sandra Sanchez
WACO, Texas (Reuters) - Army soldier Naser Jason Abdo shouted the name of a military psychiatrist accused of a 2009 shooting rampage ...
Wed, July 27, 2011
Arizona man killed girlfriend, lived with corpse: police
PHOENIX (Reuters) - An Arizona man who confessed to killing his girlfriend and living with her decomposing corpse in his one-bedroom apartment for two months ...
Wed, July 27, 2011
UK police say arrested teen hacking leader
LONDON (Reuters) - British police arrested a teenager believed to be a leader of computer hacking groups that boasted attacks on the networks of the ...
Wed, July 27, 2011
Analysis: Culture shields sluggish Norway police from critics
By Mohammed Abbas and Michael Holden
OSLO/LONDON (Reuters) - In many countries there would be a public outcry if police had allowed a gunman ...
Wed, July 27, 2011
Norway PM says security, police response to be evaluated
OSLO (Reuters) - Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg said on Wednesday and that Norway would review police response and security measures after a mourning period for ...
Wed, July 27, 2011
Norway police say "suspicious" bag harmless
OSLO (Reuters) - Norwegian police said an abandoned suitcase they removed from a bus using a robot at Oslo's central station posed no danger ...
Wed, July 27, 2011
Utah police identify mystery jail inmate
By James Nelson
SALT LAKE CITY (Reuters) - Police in Utah identified a mystery man on Tuesday who was arrested on minor charges and sat ...
Mon, July 25, 2011
Norway gunman prepared for life in jail: police
OSLO (Reuters) - Norwegian police said gunman Anders Behring Breivik had said during interrogation that he was prepared to spend the rest of his life ...
Mon, July 25, 2011
Teen tries to swim from police after stolen-truck crash
WAUSAU, Wis (WSAU) An 18-year-old accused of stealing a pick-up truck tired to outrun police on a stolen bicycle on Friday.
The incident started ...
Sun, July 24, 2011
Norway police haven't sought attack probes abroad
OSLO (Reuters) - Norwegian police have not requested any separate investigations in foreign countries after attacks in Norway that killed at least 93 people, a ...
Sun, July 24, 2011
Norway police free detainees, no link to attacks
OSLO (Reuters) - Norwegian police freed several people who were briefly detained Sunday after a raid prompted by attacks that have killed 93 people, a ...
Sat, July 23, 2011
Search for bodies on Norwegian island ends
By Walter Gibbs and Wojciech Moskwa
OSLO (Reuters) - Norwegian police on Thursday ended a six-day search for bodies on the island where Anders Behring ...
Sat, July 23, 2011
Norway police say gunman kills at least 80 youths
OSLO (Reuters) - A gunman shot dead at least 80 youths at a summer camp of the ruling Labour Party on Friday, police said.
"The ...
Fri, July 22, 2011
Plover police seek pictures, video of stabbing
PLOVER, Wis. (WSAU) – Plover police are looking for pictures and video that was taken Saturday night at Memories Ballroom as they investigate who stabbed ...
Thu, July 21, 2011
Driver charged in drunken rollover
WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAU) – Prosecutors have charged a Weston man with a drunken driving rollover that injured his girlfriend early yesterday.
A judge ordered Joel ...
Thu, July 21, 2011
Colby police make major drug bust
COLBY, Wis. (WSAU) – What started as a routine traffic stop Tuesday for a stop sign violation and an obstructed license plate led Colby-Abbotsford police ...
Wed, July 20, 2011
Police bust prostitution ring catering to Wall Street
By Bernd Debusmann Jr.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A high-end prostitution ring catering to Wall Street clients who often would spend over $10,000 for ...
Wed, July 20, 2011
Police arrest woman over saline hospital deaths
LONDON (Reuters) - A 26-year-old woman was arrested Wednesday morning on suspicion of the murder of three patients at a hospital in Stockport, Greater Manchester ...
Tue, July 19, 2011
FBI agent tells of Katrina shootings police cover-up
By Kathy Finn
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - A federal agent who investigated a post-Hurricane Katrina shooting in which police killed two people in New Orleans ...
Mon, July 18, 2011
Man in stolen car leads police on chase
AMHERST, Wis. (WSAU) – A 22-year-old Marshfield man led police on a high-speed chase through two counties Monday morning before officers used spike sticks and ...
Sun, July 17, 2011
Police investigating stabbing attack in Plover
PLOVER, Wis. (WSAU) – Plover police are still investigating what lead to the stabbing of 6 men over the weekend at a local bar.
Police ...
Sun, July 17, 2011
Top British police chief resigns over hacking scandal
By Mohammed Abbas
LONDON (Reuters) - ,Britain's senior police chief, Metropolitan Police Commissioner Paul Stephenson, resigned on Sunday over allegations that the police mishandled ...
Sun, July 17, 2011
MP, top Karzai aide feared killed: police official
By Hamid Shalizi
KABUL (Reuters) - Gunmen killed a top advisor to Afghan President Hamid Karzai and a member of the country's parliament in ...
Sun, July 17, 2011
British police arrest former Murdoch aide Rebekah Brooks: report
LONDON (Reuters) - Police have arrested Rebekah Brooks, the former chief executive of News Corp's British newspaper arm News International, Sky News reported on ...
Sun, July 17, 2011
Swiss police arrest 21 at Montreux festival
ZURICH (Reuters) - Swiss police arrested 21 people during two nights of clashes between drunken revelers and security at Montreux, one of Europe's most ...
Sat, July 16, 2011
Police warn border senator known as "Z" off beloved initial
By Karen Brooks
AUSTIN, Texas, July 16 - A Texas state senator's beloved signature symbol will be reluctantly stripped from her campaign vehicle and ...
Sat, July 16, 2011
Rapids police get new crimefighting tool
WISCONSIN RAPIDS, Wis. (WSAU) – Wisconsin Rapids residents can now track the latest crime activity right on their computer.
The city's police department has ...
Fri, July 15, 2011
Specter of Katrina looms in New Orleans police shooting defense
By Kathy Finn
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - It's been six years since a massive storm and flood devastated New Orleans, but when the trial ...
Thu, July 14, 2011
A New Development in a Fond du Lac Police Shooting
FOND DU LAC, Wis. (WHBL) - A shooting spree in March that killed one Fond du Lac police officer and injured another has taken a ...
Thu, July 14, 2011
Turban suicide bomber kills Afghan cleric, 3 others
By Ismail Sameem
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) - A suicide attacker who appears to have concealed his explosives inside a turban killed a senior cleric and ...
Thu, July 14, 2011
Trial: Bullets at Katrina shooting match police weapons
By Kathy Finn
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - Bullets taken from victims of a fatal police shooting during the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and from the ...
Wed, July 13, 2011
Louisiana police await tests in mother-daughter shootings
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - Police in a small Louisiana community outside New Orleans were awaiting the results of an autopsy on Wednesday to help them ...
Wed, July 13, 2011
Arizona girl dies in hide-and-seek accident, police say
PHOENIX (Reuters) - A 10-year-old girl was found dead on Tuesday after she likely suffocated in a storage container she may have climbed into during ...
Tue, July 12, 2011
New Mexico town in gun-running scandal shuts police dept
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (Reuters) - A tiny New Mexico border town where three top officials were charged with running guns to warring Mexican drug ...
Mon, July 11, 2011
Police: Colorado man dies playing Russian roulette
DENVER (Reuters) - A 21-year-old Colorado man died over the weekend after shooting himself in the head playing Russian roulette, police said on Monday.
Anthony ...
Mon, July 11, 2011
French police interview Strauss-Kahn accuser Banon
PARIS (Reuters) - French police on Monday interviewed a French writer who accuses former IMF head Dominique Strauss-Kahn of attempted rape in 2003, her lawyer ...
Fri, July 08, 2011
Miami-Dade police learn survival skills as more officers killed
By Dale K. DuPont
MIAMI (Reuters) - With Florida leading the country in police fatalities this year, officers in the state's most populous county ...
Fri, July 08, 2011
Miami-Dade police learn survival skills as more officers killed
Dale K. DuPont
MIAMI (Reuters) - With Florida leading the country in police fatalities this year, officers in the state's most populous county soon ...
Fri, July 08, 2011
Police investigate break-in at tribal office
LAC DU FLAMBEAU, Wis. (WSAU) - Tribal police and federal authorities are investigating a break-in early July 3rd at the offices of the Great Lakes ...
Fri, July 08, 2011
New Jersey cracks down on police steroid abuse
By Aman Ali
NEW YORK (Reuters) - New Jersey on Thursday unveiled reforms to crack down on steroid abuse by police, including random drug testing ...
Fri, July 08, 2011
Suspect in 7 murders killed ex-girlfriends, his own daughter
By Rick Wilson
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich (Reuters) - A man who killed seven people in a bloody rampage was targeted ex-girlfriends and their families, including ...
Thu, July 07, 2011
Suspect arrested in California Picasso theft
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Police have recovered a Picasso drawing stolen from a San Francisco art gallery and arrested the man suspected of taking the ...
Wed, July 06, 2011
Maryland highway reopens, armed man still on run: police
By Molly O'Toole
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Maryland reopened a major north-south highway on Wednesday as police continued the search for an armed suspect spotted ...
Wed, July 06, 2011
Suspect Dies in Police Custody
MILWAUKEE, Wis.(WHBL) - Milwaukee Police said a robbery suspect collapsed and died while being driven to jail in a squad car. The man’s ...
Mon, July 04, 2011
Police search for kidnapper
WISCONSIN RAPIDS, Wis. (WSAU) – Police are looking for a Wisconsin Rapids man who kidnapped an 18-year-old Milwaukee woman.
Investigators say John Brown Junior may ...
Sat, July 02, 2011
Puerto Rico's police chief resigns as crime soars
SAN JUAN (Reuters) - Puerto Rico's top police official resigned Saturday as the U.S. Caribbean territory battles a crime wave with killings on ...
Fri, July 01, 2011
Police say 8-foot python on the loose in western Pennsylvania
PITTSBURGH (Reuters) -- A roving 8-foot python discovered slithering up the banister inside a western Pennsylvania home has since made another escape and residents were ...
Fri, July 01, 2011
Wausau man involved in BB-gun threat
WAUSAU, Wis (WSAU) A 49-year-old Wausau man is under arrest for threatening two teenagers with a long BB-gun. Police and the teens thought the ...
Fri, July 01, 2011
Chinese police arrest 36 in Alibaba.com fraud sting
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Chinese police have arrested 36 people in connection with operating fraud on Alibaba.com that prompted the resignations of the firm's ...
Wed, June 29, 2011
Army vet jailed for Kronenwetter standoff
WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAU) – An Army veteran from Kronenwetter has admitted threatening a Veterans Affairs employee over the phone and obstructing an officer during a ...
Tue, June 28, 2011
Accuser may speak at sentencing of New York police officers
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Manhattan prosecutors asked a judge on Tuesday to allow the woman who accused two former New York police officers of raping ...
Tue, June 28, 2011
Drunk man found in neighbors garage
WAUSAU, Wis (WSAU) Wausau police are reporting an unusual arrest.
A woman on Cherry Street said she heard someone go into her garage around ...
Mon, June 27, 2011
Police examine video in Dodger Stadium beating
By Alex Dobuzinskis
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Detectives probing the brutal beating of a San Francisco Giants fan outside Dodger Stadium are examining a video ...
Mon, June 27, 2011
Ohio woman sprays police with breast milk during dispute
CHICAGO (Reuters) - A lactating Ohio woman was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct after she sprayed sheriff's deputies with breast milk as they ...
Mon, June 27, 2011
Supreme Court to decide police GPS tracking case
By James Vicini
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Supreme Court is to rule on whether a 220-year-old amendment to the Constitution prevents police from using 21st ...
Sun, June 26, 2011
Twelve wounded after suicide bomber hits Iraq police station
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - At least 12 people were wounded when a suicide bomber in a wheelchair blew himself up at a police station in the ...
Fri, June 24, 2011
Superior police sergeant convicted of hitting girlfriend demoted to officer
SUPERIOR, WI (WTAQ) - A police officer in Superior has lost his sergeant’s rank, after he was convicted of punching his girlfriend during an ...
Fri, June 24, 2011
Hackers break into Arizona police computers
WASHINGTON/BOSTON (Reuters) - Computer hackers who previously broke into a U.S. Senate server and brought down the CIA website struck an Arizona police ...
Thu, June 23, 2011
Appleton police investigating traffic deaths involving elderly woman, bicyclist
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ) - Authorities are investigating a pair of traffic deaths in the Appleton area.
An 87-year-old woman from Hortonville was killed, when a ...
Thu, June 23, 2011
Police arrest woman in News of the World probe
By Michael Holden
LONDON (Reuters) - London police said on Thursday they had arrested a fourth person as part of their new investigation into a ...
Thu, June 23, 2011
Missing man's body found after 27 years
UNDATED (WSAU) A body found in a submerged car in Kansas this month has been identified as a Milwaukee man missing for 27 years ...
Thu, June 23, 2011
New Orleans police go on trial in Katrina shooting deaths
By Kathy Finn
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - Jury selection began on Wednesday in the trial of five police officers accused of shooting and killing of ...
Wed, June 22, 2011
Kronenwetter police find suspicious truck
KRONENWETTER, Wis. (WSAU) – Kronenwetter police have found a truck they thought was carrying a young child near an elementary school on Monday night.
The ...
Wed, June 22, 2011
Colorado police seek man who hid inside portable toilet
DENVER (Reuters) - Police in Boulder, Colorado were searching on Tuesday for a man who hid inside the tank of a portable toilet at a ...
Tue, June 21, 2011
Physics professor ran online sex ring as "hobby": police
By Zelie Pollon
SANTA FE, New Mexico (Reuters) - A New Jersey physics professor faces charges for running a massive online prostitution ring from his ...
Mon, June 20, 2011
Hackers bring down British police website
WASHINGTON/LONDON (Reuters) - Hackers knocked offline a website run by the British police Serious Organized Crime Agency (SOCA), which targets organized crime in Britain ...
Mon, June 20, 2011
Suspended police officer returns to work
WAUSAU, Wis (WSAU) A Wausau police officer who’d been suspended during an internal investigation was allowed to return to work last Friday. Officer ...
Sat, June 18, 2011
Suicide attack on Kabul police station kills nine
By Hamid Shalizi and Emma Graham-Harrison
KABUL (Reuters) - Suicide bombers in army uniform attacked a Kabul police compound on Saturday, killing nine people in ...
Sat, June 18, 2011
Police say Colorado mom on Facebook when toddler died
By Keith Coffman
DENVER (Reuters) - A Colorado mother who told police she was surfing Facebook when her 22-month-old daughter was struck and killed by ...
Fri, June 17, 2011
Bloomington Police Contioune To Get Leads on Lauren Spierer Case
BLOOMINGTON, IN (WIBQ) -- Bloomington Police say they’ve received several leads on that truck that they want to find in connection with the disappearance ...
Thu, June 16, 2011
Strauss-Kahn told police in New York he had immunity
By Michelle Nichols
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn told police he had diplomatic immunity shortly after he was detained at a ...
Thu, June 16, 2011
U.S. court: child's age a factor when police question
By James Vicini
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The age of young suspects must be considered in deciding if they have to be told by police of ...
Thu, June 16, 2011
Police Are Looking For Truck In Connection With Lauren Spierer's Disappearance
BLOOMINGTON, IN (WIBQ) -- There’s a vehicle that may be connected with Lauren Spierer’s disappearance. Its a white pick up truck, there are ...
Wed, June 15, 2011
NYC police run up more legal claims than hospitals
By Joan Gralla
NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York City paid nearly $521 million in personal injury and property damage claims in 2010 -- marking the ...
Wed, June 15, 2011
Indicted John Edwards smiles in police mug shot
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former senator and vice presidential nominee John Edwards could face prison time if convicted of violating campaign finance laws, but he is ...
Wed, June 15, 2011
Two men charged in plot targeting singer Joss Stone
LONDON (Reuters) - Two men have been charged over an alleged plot to target soul singer Joss Stone, police in southwest England said on Wednesday ...
Tue, June 14, 2011
Police run simulated shooting at SPASH this morning
STEVENS POINT, Wis. (WSAU) – Portage County emergency services are running a
major drill and exercise this morning at SPASH in Stevens Point.
Crews from ...
Mon, June 13, 2011
Turkish police detain Anonymous members: Anatolian
ISTANBUL/MADRID (Reuters) - Turkish police detained 32 members of the Anonymous cyberactivism collective on suspicion of planning attacks on a number of websites, Turkish ...
Sun, June 12, 2011
Spanish police website hit by cyber attack: report
By Judy MacInnes
MADRID (Reuters) - Access to the website of Spain's national police force was blocked for over an hour late on Saturday ...
Sun, June 12, 2011
Spanish police website hit by cyber attack: report
MADRID (Reuters) - Access to the website of Spain's national police force was blocked for over an hour late on Saturday in a reprisal ...
Sun, June 12, 2011
Capitol Police ready for protestors
MADISON, Wis. (WSAU) - Capitol security officials say they learned important lessons when they had to deal with protesters earlier this year.
They say they ...
Sat, June 11, 2011
Somalia vows to defeat Qaeda after killing Mohammed
By Abdi Sheikh
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somalia's president said his security forces will defeat al Qaeda and its affiliate militants in the war-ravaged country ...
Sat, June 11, 2011
House leader Boehner says Weiner should resign
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner said on Tuesday he thought Democratic Representative Anthony Weiner, who has been snared in an Internet ...
Fri, June 10, 2011
Elderly woman uses AIDS threat to rob Colorado bank: police
DENVER (Reuters) - An elderly woman robbed a Colorado bank by passing a note saying she would infect a teller with AIDS if the clerk ...
Fri, June 10, 2011
Police Say Spierer Was Not In A Fight The Night She Disappeared
BLOOMINGTON, IN (WIBQ) -- Police say that Lauren Spierer was not involved in a fight the night she disappeared. Spierer is the missing IU Coed ...
Fri, June 10, 2011
U.S. sanctions Iranian police for rights abuses
By Arshad Mohammed
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States said on Thursday it had sanctioned Iran's national police force and police chief and two ...
Thu, June 09, 2011
GOP Rep. says police & fire unions bought exclusion for collective bargaining law
MADISON, WI (WTAQ) - A freshman state lawmaker says police-and-fire unions “bought out several people” to win exemptions from the law that limits collective bargaining ...
Thu, June 09, 2011
Bomb threats force evacuations in Madison
MADISON, Wis. (WSAU) – Capitol police evacuated two state office buildings last night after cleaning crews found two written bomb threats.
Police searched the buildings ...
Thu, June 09, 2011
Police ID drowning victims
WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAU) – Marathon County authorties are reporting that they've recovered two bodies from the Wisconsin River near Stewart Avenue in Wausau.
The ...
Thu, June 09, 2011
Racial traffic data collection to end
MADISON (WRN) A bill ending collection of racial data during traffic stops is headed to the governor. It was a provision in the last ...
Wed, June 08, 2011
Police hunt for Texas tipster with story about bodies
By Deborah Quinn Hensel
HOUSTON (Reuters) - Law enforcement officials in Liberty County, Texas, were hunting on Wednesday for a tipster who claimed to have ...
Wed, June 08, 2011
Police tracking source of counterfeit $20s in Wausau area
WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAU) – Wausau, Everest Metro and Merrill police are all investigating who is passing counterfeit money in their communities.
Wausau police Lieutenant Bill ...
Wed, June 08, 2011
U.S. probes use of force by Portland, Oregon police
By Teresa Carson
PORTLAND, Oregon (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department on Wednesday opened an investigation of complaints that police in Oregon's largest ...
Wed, June 08, 2011
Former New York police officer gets 20 years for robbery
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A former New York City police officer was sentenced to 20 years in prison Tuesday for his role in a string ...
Tue, June 07, 2011
Police testify at trial of doctor accused of raping toddlers
By Dave Warner
GEORGETOWN, Del (Reuters) - The trial of a Delaware pediatrician accused of raping and sexually assaulting his young patients opened on Tuesday ...
Tue, June 07, 2011
Mosinee standoff suspect gets probation
MOSINEE, Wis. (WSAU) – A Mosinee man arrested after a four-hour standoff in April has been sentenced to two years probation.
Scott Jirgl pled no ...
Fri, June 03, 2011
Local police, firefighters may pay more for pensions, health care
MADISON -- The battle over collective bargaining was re-opened early this morning by the state Legislature’s Joint Finance Committee. Majority Republicans voted 11-to-4 just ...
Thu, June 02, 2011
Three charged in interstate drug bust
KRONENWETTER, Wis. (WSAU) – Three men are charged with felony drug dealing after the State Patrol caught them with a quarter-pound bag of marijuana on ...
Thu, June 02, 2011
Marshfield police search for domestic violence suspect
MARSHFIELD, Wis (WSAU) Marshfield police are looking for a man who may have been involved in a domestic violence incident.
There’s an arrest ...
Wed, June 01, 2011
Casey Anthony told police toddler was kidnapped
By Barbara Liston
ORLANDO (Reuters) - In a calm, confident voice, accused child killer Casey Anthony told investigators on July 16, 2008 that her 2-year-old ...
Wed, June 01, 2011
Man kills himself in San Francisco Bay as police watch
By Gabrielle Saveri
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Officials in the town of Alameda, California, are revising rescue procedures after the suicide of a man who ...
Wed, June 01, 2011
Accuser of New York police "devastated" by rape acquittals
By Bernd Debusmann Jr.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The woman who accused two New York City police officers of rape says she was "devastated" last ...
Mon, May 30, 2011
Sucicidal man gets away from police twice
CUDAHY, Wis. (WTAQ) - It was a "moving" standoff. Cudahy police report they spent six hours chasing after a man thought to be suicidal.
It ...
Mon, May 30, 2011
Milwaukee teens crash into police building
MILWAUKEE, Wis. (WTAQ) - Milwaukee police say the parents support the charges filed against their two teenage sons.
The two are accused of taking the ...
Sat, May 28, 2011
Police arrest Arizona's suspected "Rock Burglar"
By David Schwartz
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Police arrested a suspect as Arizona's notorious "Rock Burglar" on Friday after a 17-year crime spree that netted ...
Fri, May 27, 2011
Police say patient killed doctor in murder-suicide
ORLANDO, Fla (Reuters) - Police in Florida were trying to determine a motive on Friday for a patient who fatally shot a transplant doctor before ...
Mon, May 23, 2011
3 killed after police chase ID'ed
LA CROSSE COUNTY, Wis. (WTAQ) - Three men killed after their truck was chased by authorities in La Crosse County have been identified as 29-year-old ...
Sun, May 22, 2011
L.A. police arrest suspect in beating of Giants fan
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Police in Los Angeles arrested one suspect and detained several other people for questioning on Sunday in connection with the brutal ...
Fri, May 20, 2011
Man near nuclear plant was not a threat: police
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A man acting erratically near a Virginia nuclear power plant was detained by police on Friday and was found to be carrying ...
Fri, May 20, 2011
Stratford police chief suffers heart attack
UNDATED (WSAU) Long time Stratford police chief Korey Schillinger is recovering at St. Joseph's Hospital after what doctors described as a massive heart ...
Thu, May 19, 2011
Police break up Arizona-Mexico drug smuggling network
By Brad Poole
TUCSON (Reuters) - Police in Arizona have arrested 25 suspected members of a Mexican drug cartel, significantly hampering the group's ability ...
Thu, May 19, 2011
Philadelphia police hunt "extremely dangerous" gunman
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Philadelphia authorities said on Thursday that they have identified a suspect in the fatal shooting of a college student in an argument ...
Thu, May 19, 2011
Child brings bags of heroin to Pittsburgh school: police
PITTSBURGH (Reuters) - A kindergarten student in western Pennsylvania brought bags of heroin to school and handed them out to friends, said authorities, who on ...
Wed, May 18, 2011
Columbus police comb city for mullet-wearing bandit
By James B. Kelleher
CHICAGO (Reuters) - You can probably guess what he's not spending his loot on.
Police in Ohio are searching for ...
Wed, May 18, 2011
Suicide bomber kills 13 in attack on Afghan police
JALALABAD, Afghanistan (Reuters) - A suicide bomber killed 13 people and wounded at least 20 in an attack on a minibus carrying police cadets in ...
Wed, May 18, 2011
Suicide bomber kills 13 in attack on Afghan police
JALALABAD, Afghanistan (Reuters) - A suicide bomber killed 13 people and wounded at least 20 in an attack on a minibus carrying police cadets in ...
Tue, May 17, 2011
Jury to begin deliberating in New York police rape case
By Bernd Debusmann Jr.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A jury is set to begin deliberations on Wednesday in the trial of two New York City ...
Sun, May 15, 2011
Handcuffed IMF chief moved from New York police unit
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A handcuffed IMF chief, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, facing charges he sexually assaulted a hotel maid, was escorted from a New York Police ...
Sun, May 15, 2011
Moroccan police disperse opposition protest
RABAT (Reuters) - Moroccan security services used truncheons to disperse a pro-democracy protest on the southern outskirts of the capital Rabat on Sunday, injuring several ...
Sat, May 14, 2011
NY police confirm IMF head Strauss-Kahn in custody
NEW YORK (Reuters) - IMF head Dominique Strauss-Kahn was taken into custody on Saturday at JFK International Airport in New York and was being questioned ...
Fri, May 13, 2011
Five die in apparent murder-suicide in Idaho: police
By Laura Zuckerman
SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) - An Iowa man allegedly shot four people to death in Idaho early on Friday, including his two young ...
Fri, May 13, 2011
Thousands expected to honor fallen police as death rate climbs
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Law Enforcement fatalities for 2011 are on track to be one of the highest in recent years, with the count hitting 71 ...
Fri, May 13, 2011
"Police profiling" rules may be rolled back
MADISON (WSAU) Republicans took another step yesterday toward ending the requirement that police report the race-and-ethnicity of everyone they stop. The Joint Finance Committee ...
Thu, May 12, 2011
No proof of racism at site of 2010 shooting rampage: police
By Zach Howard
CONWAY, Mass (Reuters) - There is no proof of systemic racism at a Connecticut beer distributor where a gunman shot dead eight ...
Thu, May 12, 2011
New Yorkers pleased with police on terrorism: poll
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Eighty-nine percent of New Yorkers approve of how police handle the threat of terrorism, reaffirming Police Commissioner Ray Kelly as the ...
Wed, May 11, 2011
Police nab armed "Batman" in small Michigan town
DETROIT (Reuters) - A man dressed as Batman was arrested on Wednesday after police in a small Michigan town found him hanging off the side ...
Tue, May 10, 2011
Police identify dead woman in home
WESTON, Wis. (WSAU) – Everest Metro police have identified a woman found dead in a Weston apartment yesterday as 32-year-old Jessica Ward.
Authorities planned an ...
Mon, May 09, 2011
Police find tunnel under Arizona-Mexico border
TUCSON, Arizona (Reuters) - U.S. border police have found a sophisticated smugglers' tunnel fitted with lights, water pumps and a ventilation system running under ...
Mon, May 09, 2011
Justice Dept. investigates complaints against Newark police
By Ronda Kaysen
MONTCLAIR, New Jersey (Reuters) - The Department of Justice said on Monday it was investigating the Newark police department, the state's ...
Mon, May 09, 2011
Police identify victim in car fire
WISCONSIN RAPIDS, Wis. (WSAU) – Wisconsin Rapids police have identified a driver who died after crashing a car into a building last Thursday.
He’s ...
Mon, May 09, 2011
Police catch alleged stoner after chase
WESTON, Wis. (WSAU) – A Weston man already on probation for fleeing police in 2006 was arrested over the weekend for speeding away from officers ...
Fri, May 06, 2011
Detroit police hunt gang of "Mad Hatter" thieves
DETROIT (Reuters) - Police in Detroit are looking for a gang of middle-aged to elderly women, dubbed the "Mad Hatters," who are believed to be ...
Fri, May 06, 2011
Detroit police hunt gang of "Mad Hatter" thieves
DETROIT (Reuters) - Police in Detroit are looking for a gang of middle-aged to elderly women, dubbed the "Mad Hatters," who are believed to be ...
Thu, May 05, 2011
NFL star Hines Ward held at gunpoint in police mix-up
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Former Super Bowl Most Valuable Player Hines Ward was held at gunpoint by police in Los Angeles on Thursday in a ...
Wed, May 04, 2011
Iran police quell anti-Saudi protest at soccer match
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iranian police expelled a group of soccer fans who were chanting anti-Saudi slogans during an Asian Champions League match, the website of ...
Wed, May 04, 2011
Police Investigate Bullying Incident in Waupun
Waupun, Wis. (Learfield) - Police in Waupun are investigating a bullying incident that apparently drove a middle school student to try and set himself on ...
Mon, May 02, 2011
South Korea police probe Google over location data collection
By Hyunjoo Jin
SEOUL (Reuters) - Google Inc's Seoul office was raided on Tuesday on suspicion its mobile advertising unit AdMob had illegally collected ...
Sat, April 30, 2011
Ohio police kill man suspected in quadruple slaying
By Jim Leckrone
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Reuters) - A man suspected of slaying four people in southern Ohio was killed on Saturday in a shootout with ...
Fri, April 29, 2011
UK police make 55 arrests around royal wedding
By Cecilia Valente and Lorraine Turner
LONDON (Reuters) - British police arrested 55 people in London on Friday for a range of mostly minor offences ...
Thu, April 28, 2011
Bahrain sentences four to die over police killing
MANAMA (Reuters) - A Bahraini military court ordered the death penalty for four men on Thursday over the killing of two policemen in recent protests ...
Wed, April 27, 2011
Merrill purchases new police radios in response to tornado
MERRILL, Wis. (WSAU) – Merrill has approved purchasing a batch of updated radios for the police department in the wake of this month's tornado ...
Tue, April 26, 2011
Push continues to end racial data collection by police
MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - It hasn’t been talked about lately, but a push continues to repeal the mandate that Wisconsin police officers determine the ...
Tue, April 26, 2011
Indian court sends ex-games chief into police custody
By C.J. Kuncheria and Devidutta Tripathy
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - An Indian court ordered the former chief organizer of the Delhi Commonwealth Games into ...
Mon, April 25, 2011
U.S. watchdog questions Afghan police management
By Susan Cornwell
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Afghanistan's government does not know exactly how many people work for its national police force, creating a risk ...
Sun, April 24, 2011
Eau Clare police fight internet scams
EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (WSAU) - Eau Claire police say they want to make the public aware of the threat of Internet scams.
Last week, police ...
Fri, April 22, 2011
Pastor kills self as police question him over girl
PHOENIX (Reuters) - An Arizona pastor shot and killed himself at his church after being served with a search warrant investigating his Internet conversations with ...
Thu, April 21, 2011
Michigan police and ACLU in flap over cell phone downloads
DETROIT (Reuters) - The American Civil Liberties Union said on Thursday it wants to know how the Michigan State Police have been using devices capable ...
Wed, April 20, 2011
Lawsuit against police officer in killing of Pace athlete
By Aman Ali
New York (Reuters) - The family of a Pace University football player killed by police during a late night bar fight filed ...
Wed, April 20, 2011
The fix is in and don't blame us, says New York police union
By Aman Ali
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Ever since traffic tickets were invented, police officers have been asked to make them disappear for family, politicians ...
Tue, April 19, 2011
Police set roadblocks in search for Tennessee woman
By Tim Ghianni
NASHVILLE, Tenn (Reuters) - Police set five roadblocks on Tuesday to uncover more leads in the nearly week-old disappearance of 20-year-old nursing ...
Tue, April 19, 2011
Court: Marijuana smoke odor in car not enough for police action
BOSTON (Reuters) - The smell of marijuana smoke is no longer enough reason for police to order someone out of a car, now that pot ...
Tue, April 19, 2011
Court: Marijuana smoke odor in car not enough for police action
BOSTON (Reuters) - The smell of marijuana smoke is no longer enough reason for police to order someone out of a car, now that pot ...
Tue, April 19, 2011
Police scour FBI photos for suspected serial killer
By Aman Ali
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Police on Tuesday analyzed FBI evidence gathered from an extensive air search of Long Island beaches in a ...
Tue, April 19, 2011
Police say no threat near Supreme Court
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Capitol Police gave the all clear signal on Tuesday after investigating a suspicious package near the Supreme Court, a spokeswoman ...
Sat, April 16, 2011
Fond du Lac Honors Police Department with Fundraiser
FOND DU LAC, Wis. (WTAQ) - The Fond du Lac Police Department was honored with a benefit put on by the community Friday.
The event ...
Thu, April 14, 2011
Tape of police, alleged victim played in NYPD rape case
By Bernd Debusmann Jr.
NEW YORK (Reuters) -- After listening to a secret tape recording of a New York City police officer saying he used ...
Tue, April 12, 2011
Police identify remains as human in serial killer hunt
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Police searching on Long Island for victims of a suspected serial killer said on Tuesday they identified two more sets on ...
Mon, April 11, 2011
New Jerseyans back sharing police, fire and schools
NEW YORK (Reuters) - To save money, most New Jersey residents would support sharing police and fire departments and schools, a poll said on Monday ...
Sun, April 10, 2011
Mount calls police to her home
The 25 year old, who has fronted campaigns for Calvin Klein and Givenchy, is living apart from her hairstylist partner Shawn and a discussion ...
Sat, April 09, 2011
Police seek suspect in blast near Santa Monica synagogue
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A blast outside a Los Angeles-area synagogue this week was caused by an explosive device and police on Saturday were looking ...
Sat, April 09, 2011
Suicide attack hits Afghan army bus in Kabul: police
KABUL (Reuters) - A suicide bomber attacked an Afghan army bus on the outskirts of Kabul on Saturday, wounding up to 10 soldiers and civilians ...
Thu, April 07, 2011
Police boss Ramsey rebuffs Chicago, stays in Philadelphia
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey, wooed to return to his hometown by Chicago Mayor-elect Rahm Emanuel, is staying put in Philadelphia, the city ...
Thu, April 07, 2011
No bomb in minor blast near LA area synagogue: police
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Police investigating a blast near a Los Angeles-area synagogue on Thursday said it was caused by a mechanical failure, not a ...
Thu, April 07, 2011
Hospital shooting caps four days of Omaha violence, police say
OMAHA (Reuters) - The gunman who shot a man in the Creighton University Medical Center lobby was caught within minutes -- because police were already there ...
Thu, April 07, 2011
Milwaukee Police Arrest Suspect in Triple Shooting
MILWAUKEE, Wis. (WTAQ) - Milwaukee Police have arrested a person who allegedly shot and killed a 26-year-old man and wounded two others overnight.
It happened ...
Thu, April 07, 2011
Investigation underway after Asian Tour police report
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore police said on Thursday they are investigating a report lodged by the Asian golf tour alleging their former finance and human ...
Wed, April 06, 2011
Dodgers hire ex-L.A. police chief after attack on fan
By Alex Dobuzinskis
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The Los Angeles Dodgers, under fire over the brutal beating of a Giants fan on opening day, said ...
Wed, April 06, 2011
Injured FDL Police Officer Williams Talks About Standoff
FOND DU LAC, Wis. (WTAQ) - For the first time since being wounded during a fatal standoff last month in Fond du Lac, police officer ...
Tue, April 05, 2011
Police drummer, Monty Python comic turn to opera
By Mike Collett-White
LONDON (Reuters) - Police drummer Stewart Copeland and Monty Python star Terry Jones are the unlikely pair in a new operatic double ...
Mon, April 04, 2011
Trial opens in New York City police officers' rape case
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The trial of two New York City police officers accused in the rape of an intoxicated woman they were supposed to ...
Fri, April 01, 2011
Nation's most dangerous small city rehires police
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Camden, New Jersey, the nation's most crime-ridden small city, on Friday welcomed back 55 police officers and 31 firefighters laid ...
Fri, April 01, 2011
Two U.N. staff killed in Afghanistan were beheaded: police
MAZAR-I-SHARIF, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Two of the eight foreign United Nations staff who were killed in the northern Afghan city of Mazar-i-Sharif on Friday were ...
Thu, March 31, 2011
Houston police identify victim of apparent gang shooting
By Deborah Quinn Hensel
HOUSTON (Reuters) - Police on Thursday identified an 18-year-old former Worthing High School student killed in what appeared to be a ...
Thu, March 31, 2011
Birmingham probes beating of black man by white police
By Verna Gates
BIRMINGHAM, Ala (Reuters) - Police have placed two officers on paid administrative leave as part of an investigation into the apparent beating ...
Thu, March 31, 2011
New Mexico police chief denied bail on gun charges
By Ashley Meeks
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (Reuters) - The disgraced former police chief of a small New Mexico border town will remain behind bars ...
Thu, March 31, 2011
Justice Department probes Seattle police violence
SEATTLE (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department is investigating allegations that Seattle's police officers routinely use excessive force on suspects after a string ...
Tue, March 29, 2011
Burglar finds himself in storage, police say
KANSAS CITY, Missouri (Reuters) - Fleeing the scene of a crime is a little difficult if you're locked up when police arrive.
That was ...
Tue, March 29, 2011
India police to charge ex-minister in telecoms graft
By C.J. Kuncheria and Devidutta Tripathy
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Indian police will file charges against a former telecoms minister and other government and ...
Mon, March 28, 2011
New Jersey police officer killed after 10-hour standoff
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A veteran New Jersey police sergeant was killed after he fired a submachine gun at a team of police officers that ...
Mon, March 28, 2011
No state funding for police file-sharing program
MADISON (WSAU) Governor Walker's 2-year budget proposal does not include funding to continue a recently-started police file-sharing program. The Wisconsin Justice Information System ...
Mon, March 28, 2011
Human society and police break up feral cat colony in Wausau
WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAU) – A colony of feral cats on Wausau's east side may be dispersing soon thanks to work by the Wausau police ...
Sat, March 26, 2011
Police shoot driver after chase on Bronx expressway
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Police shot dead a driver on a congested Bronx expressway on Saturday, after he crashed into several vehicles and tried to ...
Sat, March 26, 2011
Rioters battle UK police after anti-cuts rally
By Stefano Ambrogi and Tim Castle
LONDON (Reuters) - Black-clad, masked youths battled riot police and attacked banks and luxury stores in central London on ...
Sat, March 26, 2011
Sheboygan Police Find Armed Robbery Suspect
SHEBOYGAN, Wis. (WTAQ) - Sheboygan police have a 19-year-old suspect in custody for an armed robbery.
Police say it happened at the Q-Mart convenience store ...
Fri, March 25, 2011
New Orleans mayor, police chief take aim at murder rate
By Kathy Finn
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - The New Orleans mayor and police chief vowed on Friday to better address violent crime in a city ...
Tue, March 22, 2011
Refused a kiss, 92-year-old woman fires gun: police
ST. PETERSBURG, Florida (Reuters) - Helen Staudinger, 92, wanted a kiss, and authorities say she wouldn't take no for an answer.
The central Florida ...
Tue, March 22, 2011
Memorial service for fallen police officer
FOND du LAC, Wis (WSAU) A memorial service will be held tomorrow night in Fond du Lac for Craig Birkholz, the police officer who ...
Mon, March 21, 2011
UPDATE: 1 FDL Police Officer Dies, 2 Injured in Sunday Stand Off
FOND DU LAC, Wis. (WTAQ) - Police in Fond du Lac say one officer is dead following a stand off Sunday on the city's ...
Fri, March 18, 2011
NYC fire, police forces may fall to decade lows
NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York City's firefighting staff would fall to the lowest number since 1980 while its police force would be cut ...
Fri, March 18, 2011
Hudgens consults police over latest leaked snaps
The High School Musical star has been left publicly embarrassed again after a third set of explicit snaps made their way on to the ...
Thu, March 17, 2011
DOJ cites New Orleans police for rights violations
By Kathy Finn
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - The New Orleans Police Department too often uses excessive force, conducts illegal stops and arrests, and has a ...
Thu, March 17, 2011
Camden, New Jersey to hire back some laid-off police
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Camden, New Jersey, forced to lay off nearly half its police force in a dramatic austerity measure at the start of the ...
Thu, March 17, 2011
Justice Dept cites New Orleans police for rights violations
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - The New Orleans Police Department too often uses excessive force, conducts illegal stops and arrests, and has a pattern of discriminating ...
Thu, March 17, 2011
New Orleans police cited for rights violations
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - The New Orleans Police Department too often uses excessive force, conducts illegal stops and arrests, and has a pattern of discriminating ...
Thu, March 17, 2011
Mel Gibson booked by police on battery plea
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actor Mel Gibson slipped into a Los Angeles police station late Wednesday night to be fingerprinted and photographed following his no ...
Tue, March 15, 2011
UK reggae star dies in police raid: reports
LONDON (Reuters) - British reggae star Smiley Culture has died during a police raid in southern England, media outlets reported on Tuesday, and the death ...
Tue, March 15, 2011
New York police investigate murder-suicide by poison
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New York City woman died on Tuesday after her husband injected her with poison and then killed himself by drinking ...
Tue, March 15, 2011
Merrill police chief refutes Holperin recall campaign claims of negligence
MERRILL, Wis. (WSAU) - Merrill’s police chief is refuting claims that his officers did not respond to an attempt to destroy petitions in the ...
Tue, March 15, 2011
New York police to buy bullet proof boat
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The New York Police Department plans to buy a bullet-proof boat to respond quickly to threats at the city's ports ...
Tue, March 15, 2011
Madsen wanted by police
The Kill Bill star failed to show up at a court hearing regarding his child and spousal support case earlier this month (Mar11), prompting ...
Sun, March 13, 2011
State Republicans get police escort from capital
MADISON, Wis. (WSAU) - With angry protesters standing outside, Republican lawmakers were bused away from the Capitol after taking the controversial vote.
A Madison city ...
Sun, March 13, 2011
Two dead as Yemen police fire on protesters
By Mohamed Sudam
SANAA (Reuters) - Two people died and scores were hurt on Sunday when Yemeni police fired live rounds and tear gas at ...
Sat, March 12, 2011
Police, NTSB probe hit-and-run claim in NY bus crash
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Police are investigating a bus driver's hit-and-run claim after a horrific bus crash that killed 14 passengers and injured 18 ...
Sat, March 12, 2011
Police break up opposition rally in Azerbaijan
By Lada Yevgrashina
BAKU (Reuters) - Azerbaijan police detained more than 30 activists of the opposition Musavat Party when its members took to the street ...
Fri, March 11, 2011
Protests bubble up in Gulf, police out in force
By Ulf Laessing and Cynthia Johnston
RIYADH (Reuters) - Small protests rattled Saudi Arabia and Kuwait on Friday, Bahrain warned that a planned rally threatened ...
Fri, March 11, 2011
Police search home of Charlie Sheen
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Police searched the home of Charlie Sheen on Thursday looking for firearms that would have violated a court order against him ...
Thu, March 10, 2011
Egypt apologizes for security police "violations": report
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's interior minister said the state security apparatus will be restricted to combating terrorism and espionage and he apologized for past ...
Thu, March 10, 2011
The Full Police Report On Miguel Cabrera’s Arrest Last Month Has Been Released
Troubling details about the night Miguel Cabrera was arrested last month in Florida on drunk driving charges has been made public with the release ...
Thu, March 10, 2011
No drugs or alcohol involved in Arquette crash, say police
The Scream actor was left bruised and bleeding after he swerved his Cadillac into oncoming traffic in West Hollywood and collided with another vehicle ...
Tue, March 08, 2011
Police investigate alleged gang rape of Texas girl
HOUSTON (Reuters) - Police in Cleveland, Texas, said on Tuesday they are continuing to investigate an alleged gang rape last November of an 11-year-old girl ...
Tue, March 08, 2011
Missing Mexico police chief in the United States
EL PASO, Texas (Reuters) - A 20-year-old woman police chief fired after abandoning her post in one of Mexico's most dangerous drug war towns ...
Mon, March 07, 2011
Police investigate shanty break-ins
TOMAHAWK, Wis. (WSAU) – Someone has been breaking into ice shanties on lakes in Lincoln County.
The sheriff’s office got a report of a ...
Fri, March 04, 2011
Sheen 'surrenders sons to police'
Sheen was forced to temporarily surrender his 23-month-old twins, Bob and Max, to police who visited his Beverly Hills mansion, reports People.com.
He ...
Thu, March 03, 2011
Police link Arizona beheading to Mexican drug cartel
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Police have tied the October beheading of a man in a Phoenix suburb to Mexican drug cartels, saying it was rare for ...
Thu, March 03, 2011
Police search Florida canal after kids' bodies found
MIAMI (Reuters) - Police dive teams searched a South Florida canal on Thursday after two dead children were found stuffed in luggage in the water ...
Wed, March 02, 2011
Husband drives 100 mph with wife on hood - police
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A man high on methamphetamine drove with his wife on the hood of their minivan for more than 40 miles, hitting ...
Wed, March 02, 2011
NY City police pension fund OKs hedge fund stake
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The board of New York City's police pension fund has approved the first investment in a hedge fund by any ...
Tue, March 01, 2011
Philadelphia area pizza owner used mice vs competition: police
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - The owner of a suburban Philadelphia pizza shop was arraigned on Tuesday on charges he schemed to plant live mice in competing ...
Tue, March 01, 2011
Rothschild police chief to retire
ROTHSCHILD, Wis (WSAU) Rothschild police chief Bill Schremp is retiring. He's been with the department for 32 years, and has been chief for ...
Mon, February 28, 2011
Police unable to clear protestors from capitol building
MADISON (WSAU) After telling everybody to get out by four yesterday afternoon, State Capitol Police gave in, and let several hundred protesters camp inside ...
Mon, February 28, 2011
Watts quizzed by police over clash with videographer
The King Kong star was out with her two young sons, Sasha and Samuel, in Santa Monica when she reportedly took issue with a ...
Sun, February 27, 2011
Oman police kill two protesters
By Saleh Al-Shaibany
MUSCAT (Reuters) - Omani police fired rubber bullets at stone-throwing protesters demanding political reform on Sunday, killing two people, and demonstrators set ...
Sun, February 27, 2011
China protest call smothered in police blanket
By Michael Martina and Royston Chan
BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) - An online call for anti-government protests across China on Sunday instead brought an emphatic show ...
Sat, February 26, 2011
Arizona lawmaker stopped by police after fight with girlfriend
By David Schwartz
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Scott Bundgaard, the Arizona state senate majority leader, was involved in a domestic violence dispute with his girlfriend, but ...
Sat, February 26, 2011
Navy sailor shot by police after ramming two cars
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Navy police stopped a sailor who seemed drunk when he drove to the gate of the San Diego base early Saturday ...
Fri, February 25, 2011
Madison Mayor, Police Chief Want Gov. Walker to Explain Comments During Prank Call
MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - Madison’s mayor and police chief say Governor Scott Walker has some explaining to do.
They want to know what prompted ...
Thu, February 24, 2011
Police raid "pill mills" across south Florida
MIAMI (Reuters) - State and federal agents raided pain clinics throughout south Florida on Thursday in a crackdown on "pill mills" that they said dispensed ...
Thu, February 24, 2011
Wisconsin police search for Democratic senators
By James Kelleher
MADISON, Wisconsin (Reuters) - Wisconsin Senate Republicans sent police on Thursday to find at least one of the 14 runaway Democrats who ...
Thu, February 24, 2011
Wisconsin police sent to search for Democratic senators
By James Kelleher
MADISON, Wisconsin (Reuters) - Wisconsin Republicans dispatched police to the homes of absent Democratic senators on Thursday to try to round them ...
Wed, February 23, 2011
Man survives jump off 100-foot cliff to elude police
By Alex Dobuzinskis
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A man who police suspect in the disappearance of his wife jumped off a cliff on Wednesday as ...
Wed, February 23, 2011
Police raid "pill mills" across south Florida
MIAMI (Reuters) - State and federal agents raided pain clinics throughout south Florida on Thursday in a crackdown on "pill mills" that they said dispensed ...
Wed, February 23, 2011
Police interview fair game in assault suspect's trial
WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAU) – A judge has refused to throw out statements a Wausau man made to police after his arrest in September 2009 on ...
Tue, February 22, 2011
Marshfield police search for burglary suspect
MARSHFIELD, Wis (WSAU) Marshfield police are hoping someone can identify a burglary suspect who was seen on a security camera.
The suspect broke into ...
Sun, February 20, 2011
Police arrest 33 people at Long Island cockfight
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New York man and woman were being arraigned on Sunday on felony animal fighting charges following a weekend raid of ...
Sat, February 19, 2011
Bahrain protesters swarm square, police flee
By Frederik Richter and Michael Georgy
MANAMA (Reuters) - Anti-government protesters in Bahrain swarmed back into a symbolic square on Saturday, putting riot police to ...
Fri, February 18, 2011
Police search for missing Wausau teenager
WAUSAU, Wis (WSAU) Wausau police are looking for a missing 14-year-old girl.
Alyssa Ann Slocum was last seen on February 6. Police have classified ...
Thu, February 17, 2011
Houston police chief defends department after video release
By Deborah Quinn Hensel
HOUSTON, February17 (Reuters) - In the wake of community outcries over a video showing police beating a 15-year-old African American burglary ...
Thu, February 17, 2011
Police arrest nine in alleged U.S.-Mexico arms ring
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Police arrested nine people and seized 300 firearms, including assault rifles, in a raid targeting an arms ring that allegedly sold weapons ...
Wed, February 16, 2011
Police seek roommate of slain mother, son found in dumpster
BOSTON (Reuters) - Boston area police were seeking a roommate of a young mother and her toddler whose bodies were found in a dumpster, authorities ...
Wed, February 16, 2011
Police search home of murdered former Pentagon official
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Police in Delaware remained tight lipped on Wednesday about why they returned to the home of John P. Wheeler III, the former ...
Tue, February 15, 2011
Houston residents outraged over videos of police brutality
By Deborah Quinn Hensel
HOUSTON (Reuters) - More than 1,000 outraged Houston residents came to a town hall meeting on Tuesday to demand an ...
Tue, February 15, 2011
Two dead as Bahrain police break up protest camp
By Frederik Richter and Cynthia Johnston
MANAMA (Reuters) - Bahraini police stormed a protest camp in a central Manama square early on Thursday, killing at ...
Tue, February 15, 2011
U.S. to probe fatal police shooting of football player
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Department of Justice will investigate possible civil rights violations by police who fatally shot a Pace University football player during ...
Mon, February 14, 2011
Gov. Walker Denies Exempting Police, Fire Unions was Political Favor
MILWAUKEE, Wis. (WTAQ) - Governor Scott Walker says it’s not true that he’s giving political favors to local police and fire unions by ...
Mon, February 14, 2011
Walker says no special favors for police, fire unions
MADISON (WSAU) Governor Scott Walker says it’s not true that he’s giving political favors to local police-and-fire unions by exempting them from ...
Sun, February 13, 2011
Yemeni police block protesters' march on palace
By Mohammed Ghobari and Mohamed Sudam
SANAA (Reuters) - Hundreds of anti-government protesters, inspired by the mass uprising in Egypt, clashed with police blocking them ...
Sat, February 12, 2011
San Diego police probe taxi crash that injured 25
By Marty Graham
SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - Police said on Sunday they were looking into whether a taxi driver may have lost consciousness before his ...
Sat, February 12, 2011
New York police arrest suspected serial stabber
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Police on Saturday arrested near Times Square a man suspected of stabbing three people to death, then striking a pedestrian with ...
Sat, February 12, 2011
Police suspect silicone clogged lungs in injection death
By Barbara Goldberg
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Philadelphia police suspect a London woman who died after a botched buttocks enhancement may have been killed when ...
Wed, February 09, 2011
Minneapolis nurse stole painkillers from patient: police
MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) - A nurse anesthetist was charged on Wednesday with theft of a controlled substance for allegedly stealing painkillers from a patient at a ...
Wed, February 09, 2011
Man accused of stalking Ivanka Trump wanted by police
Justin Massler was arrested and charged with six crimes, including stalking in the third degree, last year (10) after allegedly bombarding the businesswoman with ...
Sat, February 05, 2011
Two dead as Tunisian police fires on protesters
By Tarek Amara
TUNIS (Reuters) - At least two people were killed and 17 others wounded in northern Tunisia on Saturday when police opened fire ...
Fri, February 04, 2011
Police identify man suspected of hijacking Greyhound bus
By Ned Barnett
Raleigh, North Carolina (Reuters) - Authorities said on Friday that they identified a 32-year-old Virginia man suspected of hijacking a Greyhound bus ...
Thu, February 03, 2011
U.S. border police nab migrants with dive scooters
SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - U.S. border police nabbed two wet-suit clad illegal immigrants from Mexico who used self-propelled underwater "dive scooters" to enter California ...
Thu, February 03, 2011
Green Bay Police Unveil Packers Motorcade Route for Monday
GREEN BAY, Wis. (WTAQ) - Green Bay police have unveiled details for greeting the Packers motorcade upon their return from Super Bowl XLV Monday.
The ...
Thu, February 03, 2011
Man shot by police after attacking judge in court
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama (Reuters) - A police officer at a court in a small Alabama town shot a defendant on trial after the man attacked the ...
Wed, February 02, 2011
Stevens Point police bust heroin ring
STEVENS POINT, Wis. (WSAU) – Two men and two women from Stevens Point have been arrested for trafficking heroin.
The police department wrapped up a ...
Wed, February 02, 2011
Homeless NY man dies after flame ignites cleanser, police say
MELVILLE, New York (Reuters) - A homeless man apparently burned to death on Wednesday trying to keep warm on the side of a suburban New ...
Mon, January 31, 2011
One dead, 3 hurt in Arizona police helicopter crash
TUCSON, Arizona (Reuters) - One person was killed and three injured, one of them critically, when a sheriff's department helicopter slammed into a remote ...
Mon, January 31, 2011
Some local police using new program for immigrant crackdown
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Around half of local police forces partnering in a federal immigration enforcement program are using it to arrest illegal immigrants for traffic ...
Sun, January 30, 2011
North Dakota killer of four at large: police
CHICAGO (Reuters) - A man whose killing spree left a mother, her two teenage children, and her boyfriend shot to death in Minot, North Dakota ...
Sun, January 30, 2011
Man held over threat to Dearborn mosque: police
CHICAGO - A man found with explosives outside one of the nation's largest mosques in suburban Detroit is in jail facing felony charges, police ...
Sat, January 29, 2011
North Dakota police say killer still at large
CHICAGO (Reuters) - North Dakota police said on Saturday they are still searching for a killer who shot four people dead in two separate locations ...
Sat, January 29, 2011
Egypt police open fire on protesters at ministry: Al Jazeera TV
CAIRO, (Jan 29) Reuters - Police opened fire on 1,000 Egyptian protesters trying to storm the Interior Ministry in Cairo Saturday, Al Jazeera reported ...
Fri, January 28, 2011
Police hunt robber who fled in 30-year-old motor home
SAN DIEGO, California (Reuters) - Police in San Diego are searching for a suspected robber who made his getaway in a 30-year-old motor home after ...
Fri, January 28, 2011
UK police arrest WikiLeaks backers for Web attacks
LONDON (Reuters) - British police arrested five young men on Thursday as they and U.S. authorities conducted searches as part of a probe into ...
Wed, January 26, 2011
Police say NY rapist used Facebook to meet underage victims
NEW YORK (Reuters) - An upstate New York man described by police as a sexual predator who used Facebook to meet his victims pleaded guilty ...
Mon, January 24, 2011
Gunman barricaded in Florida home kills two police
ST. PETERSBURG, Florida (Reuters) - A suspect barricaded inside a house shot and killed two police officers and wounded a U.S. Marshal on Monday ...
Sun, January 23, 2011
Gunman wounds 4 officers in Detroit police station
DETROIT (Reuters) - A gunman opened fire inside a Detroit police station on Sunday, wounding four police officers, including a commander, before the attacker was ...
Sun, January 23, 2011
Person of interest arrested in Indiana police shooting
INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana (Reuters) - Indianapolis police say they have arrested a person of interest in the shooting of officer David Moore during a routine traffic ...
Sun, January 23, 2011
Missouri robbers slip up in snow: police
KANSAS CITY, Missouri (Reuters) - Three teenagers who had been robbing drivers stranded in the snow in the southern area of Kansas City were apprehended ...
Fri, January 21, 2011
Police probe graffiti threats against California governor
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Police in California are investigating a pair of graffiti death threats against Governor Jerry Brown found scrawled on Thursday in two ...
Thu, January 20, 2011
Police officer killed in Miami, another wounded
MIAMI (Reuters) - A Miami police officer was killed and another was wounded by gunfire during an arrest attempt on Thursday, police said.
There were ...
Wed, January 19, 2011
Former N.M. sheriff charged with selling police gear
By Dennis J. Carroll
SANTA FE, New Mexico (Reuters) - The former sheriff of Santa Fe County was arrested and taken to the jail he ...
Wed, January 19, 2011
Town of Beloit Police Chief Resigns Amid Discrimination Suits
BELOIT, Wis. (WTAQ) - A town police chief near Beloit has resigned, after he was sued for inappropriate behavior.
John Wilson was not present when ...
Wed, January 19, 2011
Hannah helps Oregon police fight sex trafficking
America's Federal Bureau of Investigation estimates more than 100,000 underage girls are exploited for commercial sex in the U.S. every year ...
Tue, January 18, 2011
New Jersey's Camden lays off police and firefighters
By Jon Hurdle
CAMDEN, New Jersey (Reuters) - The New Jersey city of Camden began to lay off around a quarter of its work force ...
Tue, January 18, 2011
New Jersey's Camden set to lay off police, firefighters
By Jon Hurdle
CAMDEN, New Jersey (Reuters) - The New Jersey city of Camden was to due lay off around a quarter of its workforce ...
Tue, January 18, 2011
Man Wanted in CA Murder Surrenders to Green Bay Police
GREEN BAY, Wis. (WTAQ) - A man wanted for a 1998 murder in California turned himself in Monday to police in Green Bay.
Officials said ...
Mon, January 17, 2011
Philadelphia police arrest serial killer suspect
By Jon Hurdle
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) -- Philadelphia police on Monday arrested a suspect they believe is the "Kensington strangler" serial killer linked by DNA evidence ...
Mon, January 17, 2011
Lawmaker Proposes Ending Police Collecting Racial Data During Stops
MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - A state senator says she’ll try to end the requirement that Wisconsin police agencies collect and report racial data on ...
Sat, January 15, 2011
Convicted Amish killer commits suicide, police say
By Marissa Rosenbaum
ERIE, Pa (Reuters) - Nearly two decades after Amish man Edward Gingerich outraged his normally peaceful religious community by killing his wife ...
Sat, January 15, 2011
New Jersey police hunt suspect in officer's fatal shooting
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A manhunt was underway on Saturday in New Jersey for a suspect who fatally shot a police officer during what authorities ...
Sat, January 15, 2011
Police applicant collapses, dies during 1.5-mile fitness run
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Baltimore police force applicant collapsed and died while completing a 1.5-mile fitness run, officials said on Saturday.
The unidentified man ...
Fri, January 14, 2011
Police describe accused Arizona gunman's night
By Tim Gaynor and Brad Poole
TUCSON, Arizona (Reuters) - Jared Lee Loughner, charged with killing six people and trying to assassinate a U.S ...
Fri, January 14, 2011
Ex-police chief found not guilty in Mass. shooting case
SPRINGFIELD, Massachusetts (Reuters) - Jurors reached an acquittal verdict on Friday in the trial of a former police chief in the accidental fatal shooting of ...
Fri, January 14, 2011
Tunisia police teargas new protest
By Tarek Amara and Christian Lowe
TUNIS (Reuters) - Tunisian police used teargas on Tuesday to break up a protest against a new coalition government ...
Thu, January 13, 2011
Colorado police seek fugitive in 1983 murder
By Keith Coffman
BOULDER, Colo. (Reuters) - A district judge has issued an arrest warrant for a fugitive long suspected of killing the boyfriend of ...
Thu, January 13, 2011
UPDATE: 8 Charged in Attack on Green Bay Police Officers
GREEN BAY, Wis. (WTAQ) - Eight people are charged after two Green Bay police officers were hurt after being attacked by a crowd.
Police say ...
Thu, January 13, 2011
Police find bag holding ammo in Arizona shooting
TUCSON, Arizona (Reuters) - Police on Thursday were examining a bag containing ammunition that was found near the home of Jared Lee Loughner, the man ...
Thu, January 13, 2011
Canadian Trucker Not Guilty by Insanity in May Police Chase
MONROE COUNTY, Wis. (WTAQ) - A Canadian truck driver has been found not guilty by insanity, after he was thought to have explosives during a ...
Wed, January 12, 2011
Arizona shooting suspect had scrapes with police
By Tim Gaynor
TUCSON, Arizona (Reuters) - The man accused of shooting six people dead in Arizona on Saturday had previous police encounters as far ...
Tue, January 11, 2011
Homeless man with "golden voice" questioned by police
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A homeless former radio announcer who became a YouTube sensation for his "golden voice" has been questioned by police after a ...
Tue, January 11, 2011
New Jersey city disbands 120-year-old mounted police unit
By Barbara Goldberg
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Newark, N.J., police department is disbanding its 120-year-old mounted unit this month, sending its 18 crime-fighting ...
Tue, January 11, 2011
Police Standoff Ends With Fire, Fatal Shooting
MONROE COUNTY, Wis. (WTAQ) - Monroe County authorities say a police standoff at a private home Sunday ended with a fire and a fatal shooting ...
Tue, January 11, 2011
Milwaukee Teens Caught After Police Track Suspect Wearing GPS Device
MILWAUKEE, Wis. (WTAQ) - Milwaukee police probably wish tracking down an accused robber was always this easy.
Christopher Terrell Gipson and another man are charged ...
Mon, January 10, 2011
New Jersey moves to curb steroid use by police
By Aman Ali
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Lawmakers in New Jersey are considering measures that would crack down on steroid use by police and firefighters ...
Mon, January 10, 2011
Foxx rants against 'racist' police
The African American Oscar winner admits he's regularly pulled over by cops while driving through the city, most recently near his home in ...
Sun, January 09, 2011
Police clear "person of interest" in Tucson rampage
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Authorities cleared a man they had sought in connection with Saturday's shooting rampage in Tucson in which a U.S. congresswoman ...
Fri, January 07, 2011
Delaware police show new video of dead former Bush official
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Delaware police released new video on Friday showing John Wheeler, a former senior official in the administration of President George W. Bush ...
Fri, January 07, 2011
Police investigating early morning home invasion in Weston
WESTON, Wis. (WSAU) - Everest Metro Police are asking for your help today after an armed home invasion early this morning on the 1400 block ...
Thu, January 06, 2011
Pennsylvania town rallies to save Fritz the police dog
By Daniel Lovering
PITTSBURGH, Jan 6 (Reuters) - Southwestern Pennsylvania residents are rallying in support of a hometown victim of budget cuts -- the local police ...
Thu, January 06, 2011
Man involved in police stand-off again
MOSINEE, Wis (WSAU) Law enforcement officers from several departments were involved in a 6-hour armed stand-off in Mosinee. The suspect is now in custody ...
Wed, January 05, 2011
WATCH: WI Police Chief Admits Using Racial Slurs On The Job
BELOIT, Wis. (WTAQ) - A Wisconsin police chief whose municipality is the subject of complaints in federal court can be seen admitting to the use ...
Wed, January 05, 2011
Police arrest mall shooter, hostages freed
By David Schwartz
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Police arrested a gunman who barricaded himself inside a Phoenix valley fast-food restaurant with hostages, after exchanging shots with ...
Wed, January 05, 2011
Pennsylvania police to halt profanity citations
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Pennsylvania State Police have agreed to stop issuing disorderly conduct citations to people who use profane language, the American Civil Liberties Union ...
Tue, January 04, 2011
Ex-Fox Lake Police Chief Back in Court Feb. 1st on Stalking, Molestation Charges
FOX LAKE, Wis. (WTAQ) - Former Fox Lake Police Chief Patrick Lynch returns to court February 1st on charges that he molested a seven-year-old girl ...
Sun, January 02, 2011
Coptics protesting bombing clash with Egypt police
By Sarah Mikhail and Sherine El Madany
CAIRO (Reuters) - Angry Coptic Christians clashed with police on Sunday as they demanded more protection for Egypt ...
Thu, December 30, 2010
Fog Causing Delays, Police Caution Drivers
GREEN BAY, Wis. (WTAQ) - With fog rolling into the area the Wisconsin State Patrol is advising drivers to slow down, allow more following distance ...
Tue, December 28, 2010
Police probe "small explosion" at Miami airport
MIAMI (Reuters) - Law enforcement officials were interviewing a passenger at Miami's international airport on Tuesday after a small explosion in a bag on ...
Mon, December 27, 2010
Oshkosh Police Search for Armed Robbery Suspect
OSHKOSH, Wis. (WTAQ) - Police in Oshkosh say a man showed a gun and got away with some cash from a convenience store Sunday night ...
Sat, December 25, 2010
Dutch police arrest Somalis over terrorism plot
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Dutch police arrested 12 Somalis on Christmas Eve on suspicion of plotting an imminent terrorist attack in the Netherlands.
The alleged plot ...
Thu, December 23, 2010
Former police chief charged with sexual assault
FOX LAKE, Wis (WSAU) A former Fox Lake police chief is accused of sexually assaulting a 7-year-old girl. The alleged crime dates back more ...
Thu, December 23, 2010
Ex-Fox Lake Police Chief Charged With Repeated Sex Assault
DODGE COUNTY, Wis. (WTAQ) - A former police chief in Dodge County is due in court Thursday on charges that he sexually assaulted a seven-year-old ...
Wed, December 22, 2010
Grant pays for tribal police liaison
RHINELANDER, Wis. (WSAU) – A state grant will help the Oneida County sheriff's department continue to pay for a community police officer who acts ...
Tue, December 21, 2010
FDL Police Search For Bank Robber
FOND DU LAC, Wis. (WTAQ) - Police in Fond du Lac say they are looking for a bank robber.
The man walked into the American ...
Tue, December 21, 2010
Suspected Rome bomb contained no explosive: police
ROME (Reuters) - A suspected bomb was found on an empty underground train in Rome on Tuesday but police said it lacked a detonator and ...
Sun, December 19, 2010
Police search for missing Antigo teen
ANTIGO, Wis (WSAU) Antigo police are looking for a missing 16-year-old girl who hasn’t been seen since December 13th. Christina Whaley was last ...
Fri, December 17, 2010
Inmates flee prison in Mexico; bomb targets police
By Robin Emmott and Gabriela Lopez
MONTERREY, Mexico (Reuters) - More than 140 inmates escaped via the main entrance of a prison near the U ...
Fri, December 17, 2010
Woman tries to run over police officer
MENOMINEE, Wis (WSAU) A 32-year-old woman faces federal charges after she allegedly stole a Menominee tribal police officer’s vehicle, and tried to run ...
Thu, December 16, 2010
Washington subway police to begin random bag checks
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Officers will start random bag inspections on the sprawling Washington subway system, the Washington Metro Transit Police said on Thursday, a week ...
Mon, December 13, 2010
Police believe Chasen murder was botched burglary
At a press conference in Los Angeles on Wednesday (08Dec10), Sergeant Michael Publicker of the Beverly Hills Police Department told reporters officials investigating the ...
Fri, December 10, 2010
Sturgeon Bay Police Arrest Man For Alleged Abduction
STURGEON BAY, Wis. (WTAQ) - Police in Sturgeon Bay arrested a man Friday morning for allegedly abducting a 16-year-old girl in Texas.
The girl was ...
Thu, December 09, 2010
"Vampire" burns "V" into Alabama teen's face: police
Birmingham, Alabama (Reuters) - Vampire want-to-be Evan Francis Brown celebrated the Halloween season by using a fork or spoon to burn the letter "V" into ...
Thu, December 09, 2010
Spanish police detain 14 in anti-doping raids
MADRID (Reuters) - The Spanish civil guard have taken 14 people in for questioning around the country as part of an anti-doping operation known as ...
Wed, December 08, 2010
Police link ex-convict to death of Hollywood publicist
By Alex Dobuzinskis
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Police investigating the slaying of a leading Hollywood publicist said on Wednesday that lab tests show a match ...
Wed, December 08, 2010
Police release 9-1-1 call in tongue biting case
SHEBOYGAN, Wis. (WSAU) – A Sheboygan man whose wife bit his tongue off during a goodnight kiss can be heard moaning for help during a ...
Wed, December 08, 2010
FIFA monitoring Ghana after police raid on FA offices
By Brian Homewood
BERNE (Reuters) - FIFA is watching developments in Ghana after police raided the local FA's headquarters and seized computers and files ...
Wed, December 08, 2010
Police officer faces charges for weapons "horseplay"
RACINE, Wis (WSAU) A Racine County police officer is free on a signature bond, on a charge that he pointed a gun at a ...
Mon, December 06, 2010
WikiLeaks founder to talk to UK police: lawyer
LONDON (Reuters) - A lawyer for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said on Monday he and his client were in the process of arranging to meet ...
Mon, December 06, 2010
Police ID Latest Kalamazoo Homicide Victim
KALAMAZOO, Mich (WQTX) Police have released the name of Kalamazoo’s latest homicide victim. Officers responded to reports of shots fired near Conant and ...
Mon, December 06, 2010
Man Jailed After Alleged Drunken Police Standoff
ONALASKA, Wis. (WTAQ) - A 24-year-old La Crosse area man is in jail, after he allegedly fired shots and then held police at bay for ...
Sun, December 05, 2010
West Allis Police: Driver in Fatal Crash Had Expired License
WEST ALLIS, Wis. (WTAQ) - Though no charges or citations have been filed, police in the West Allis area say the 19-year-old driver who hit ...
Sun, December 05, 2010
Pakistan orders arrests of police in Bhutto case
By Kamran Haider
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A Pakistani anti-terrorism court has ordered the arrest of two senior police officers on allegations they failed to provide ...
Sat, December 04, 2010
Greek police find suspected guerrilla arms cache
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek police located a cache of guns and explosives believed to belong to leftist urban guerrillas in a central Athens apartment Saturday ...
Thu, December 02, 2010
Fallen WI Soldier Killed by Afghan Border Police Gunman
BEAVER DAM, Wis. (WTAQ) - A U.S. commander said Thursday that a lone gunman from Afghanistan’s Border Police killed five Army soldiers, and ...
Thu, December 02, 2010
Wood County gets new police dog
WISCONSIN RAPIDS, Wis (WSAU) Wood County again has a K-9 unit in its sheriffs department. Deputy Joe Zurfluh and his dog Toro just returned ...
Tue, November 30, 2010
Police: Student hostage-taker in "grave condition"
MARINETTE, Wis. (WSAU) - Authorities have given the all clear after an armed 10th grade student released 23 classmates and one female teacher, who were ...
Mon, November 29, 2010
Missing brothers were taken in parents' van: police
DETROIT (Reuters) - Three young Michigan brothers missing since Thanksgiving may have been transported to Ohio in their parents' van, police said on Monday, casting ...
Sun, November 28, 2010
Police take control of Rio slum
By Pedro Fonseca and Sergio Moraes
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Police arrested gang members and seized large quantities of drugs and weapons in a ...
Fri, November 26, 2010
Rio police give ultimatum to slum drug traffickers
By Pedro Fonseca
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Police in Rio de Janeiro gave drug traffickers holed up in a hillside slum an ultimatum on ...
Fri, November 26, 2010
Cleese gets police escort as he's mobbed by fans
The Monty Python star was leaving the Old Vic, where he hosted the 24 Hour Plays Celebrity Gala, with his daughter Camille when the ...
Thu, November 25, 2010
Haiti heads for elections, police keep marches apart
By Pascal Fletcher
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Armed Haitian police kept apart boisterous supporters of rival presidential candidates in Port-au-Prince on Thursday as the earthquake-hit Caribbean ...
Wed, November 24, 2010
Anderson filing police complaint against Sheen
The Two and a Half Men actor hit headlines last month (Oct10) over reports he ransacked his suite during a night of passion with ...
Tue, November 23, 2010
Massachusetts police probe whether body fell from plane
BOSTON (Reuters) - Massachusetts authorities are investigating the possibility a 16-year-old North Carolina boy whose mangled body was found outside Boston last week fell from ...
Sun, November 21, 2010
Police Investigate Double Stabbing at Sheboygan Bar
SHEBOYGAN, Wis. (WTAQ) - Two people are hurt after being stabbed at a Sheboygan bar early Sunday.
It happened just before 3 a.m. at ...
Thu, November 18, 2010
Australian twin sisters in U.S. suicide pact: police
By Keith Coffman
DENVER (Reuters) - An Australian woman who survived a double shooting that killed her twin sister at a Colorado gun range told ...
Thu, November 18, 2010
Police search for truck in hit-and-run
KRONENWETTER, Wis. (WSAU) – Kronenwetter police are looking for a pick-up truck that sideswiped a car on Interstate 39 Wednesday night and caused it to ...
Wed, November 17, 2010
Laurie's police dreams as a teenager
The House star, 51, considered jetting off to the Far East when he was 16 and working for the police force, but gave up ...
Wed, November 17, 2010
Lohan gets a police escort back to Hollywood
The troubled actress was allowed to attend a business meeting as part of a day release from the Betty Ford Clinic in Palm Springs ...
Wed, November 17, 2010
Gun-range shooting of twin sisters baffles police
By Keith Coffman
DENVER (Reuters) - Authorities are trying to unravel the mysterious double shooting of twin sisters from Australia at a Colorado gun range ...
Mon, November 15, 2010
Man killed in Columbia County police shootout
UNDATED (WSAU) A man wanted on several outstanding warrants got into a shootout with Columbia County sheriffs deputies yesterday. The suspect was killed in ...
Fri, November 12, 2010
Fired police officer suspected of bilking child-care program
MILWAUKEE (WSAU) A fired Milwaukee police officer reportedly took in $300,000 in state tax money in the last three years in her side ...
Mon, November 08, 2010
Police search for escaped inmates
LAKE TOMAHAWK, Wis. (WSAU) – The Oneida County sheriff's department is looking for two inmates who walked away from a minimum security prison last ...
Sun, November 07, 2010
Swedish police hold man in possible race shootings
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - A 38-year-old man has been taken into custody on suspicion of being behind a series of possibly racially motivated shootings in southern ...
Sun, November 07, 2010
Kenyan police officer shoots 10 dead
By James Macharia
NAIROBI (Reuters) - A Kenyan provincial police officer shot 10 people dead at several bars in a small town northeast of Nairobi ...
Sat, November 06, 2010
152 arrested in protests over police shooting case
By Dan Whitcomb
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Police arrested 152 people in Oakland late on Friday when protests over the sentencing of a former police ...
Thu, November 04, 2010
Greek police detonate bomb sent to French embassy
By Renee Maltezou and Angeliki Koutantou
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek police detonated a parcel bomb on Thursday addressed to the French embassy in Athens and ...
Wed, November 03, 2010
German police arrest 22 in neo-Nazi internet raid
BERLIN (Reuters) - German police said on Wednesday they had arrested 22 people suspected of spreading neo-Nazi ideology in a major swoop against far-right internet ...
Mon, November 01, 2010
Police: Toro Pot Bust Biggest in County History
PLYMOUTH, Wis. (WTAQ) - Over one-and-a-half tons of marijuana was seized at the Toro distribution plant in Plymouth last week.
Police say the pot, worth ...
Sat, October 30, 2010
Police rule Longoria Parker not responsible for car crash
Roman Gasparyan filed a negligence suit against the Desperate Housewives star on Tuesday (26Oct10), accusing her of causing him injury by swerving her car ...
Thu, October 28, 2010
Former police detective charged with driving drunk
WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAU) – A former Wausau police detective has been charged with showing up to work drunk and armed this summer.
Lincoln County district ...
Mon, October 25, 2010
Police investigate children in sex-party video
FOND DU LAC, Wis (WSAU) Police are investigating a videotape of a violent sex party where two children may have been present. A woman ...
Wed, October 20, 2010
Walker, Barrett Battle Over Milwaukee's Police Radio System
MILWAUKEE, Wis. (WTAQ) - Wisconsin TV viewers keep hearing about Milwaukee’s warts, as the community’s top two officials keep battling each other in ...
Wed, October 20, 2010
Abresch Has Bond Set in Police Chase, Theft
OSHKOSH, Wis. (WTAQ) - Prosecutors said an Appleton man who drove into Lake Winnebago to escape the police broke into a nearby house the next ...
Wed, October 13, 2010
Drunk driver rams police cruiser
EAU CLAIRE, Wis (WSAU) Sheriffs deputies in Eau Claire say a drunk driver hit a squad car at high speed on Monday morning. 51-year-old ...
Sun, October 10, 2010
Wausau police investigating overnight stabbing
WAUSAU, Wis (WSAU) – Wausau police are investigating the overnight stabbing of a 15 year old.
WSAW-TV in Wausau is reporting that a call came ...
Fri, October 08, 2010
Milwaukee Police Radio System Dragged Into Gov's Race
MILWAUKEE, Wis. (WTAQ) - A half-hour breakdown of a new radio dispatch system for Milwaukee police officers got dragged into the campaign for Wisconsin governor ...
Mon, October 04, 2010
Teen arrested for drunken driving, fleeing police
SHAWANO, Wis. (WSAU) – A 17-year-old Keshena teen will have to put up $500 in cash to get out of jail after he was arrested ...
Sun, October 03, 2010
Israeli police kill Palestinian in East Jerusalem
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli paramilitary border police killed a Palestinian on Sunday after he entered East Jerusalem from the occupied West Bank without a permit ...
Thu, September 30, 2010
Madison Police Sued in Open Carry Incident
MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - Madison Police are being sued for making five members of a gun rights group show identification after they openly carried guns ...
Thu, September 30, 2010
Madison police sued in "open carry" gun case
MADISON (WSAU) Madison Police are being sued for making five members of a gun rights group show identification after they openly carried guns into ...
Tue, September 28, 2010
Police nab repeat drunken driver...twice
MERRILL, Wis. (WSAU) – A Hayward man was arrested twice in just over 24 hours – once for his seventh drunken driving charge and then for ...
Tue, September 28, 2010
Police release description of Schofield home robbers
SCHOFIELD, Wis. (WSAU) – Everest Metro police have released a description of three black men suspected of trying to rob three people in a Schofield ...
Mon, September 27, 2010
Everest Metro police search for three home robbers
SCHOFIELD, Wis. (WSAU) – Everest Metro police are looking for three men who robbed three people in a Schofield home at gunpoint early Saturday.
Police ...
Fri, September 24, 2010
Ho-Chunk Tribe Swears In 1st Police Chief
BLACK RIVER FALLS, Wis. (WTAQ) - The Ho-Chunk Indian tribe has its first police chief.
Daniel Libke was sworn in Thursday at a ceremony in ...
Fri, September 24, 2010
Suspect with possible bomb in Florida bank: police
MIAMI (Reuters) - Police in Florida are negotiating with a suspect inside a bank in suburban Miami who may have a possible bomb, a police ...
Sat, September 18, 2010
Six people kidnapped in restive Iran province: police
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Six people, five of them soldiers, have been kidnapped in Iran's restive province of Sistan-Baluchestan, in an area where a Sunni ...
Mon, September 13, 2010
At least 11 people killed in Kashmir protests: police
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - At least 11 people were killed on Monday in anti-government and Koran demonstrations across Indian Kashmir, police said, in the biggest ...
Wed, September 08, 2010
Police investigate possible bar shooting
WAUSAU, Wis (WSAU) Wausau police are not sure if shots were fired outside a west-side bar on Labor Day. The received a 9-1-1 call ...
Tue, September 07, 2010
Kids Caused Fond du Lac Fire, Police Say
FOND DU LAC, Wis. (WTAQ) - Police in Fond du Lac say two young boys playing with matches started the fire which spread from an ...
Tue, September 07, 2010
Blast near police HQ in northwestern Pakistan
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A huge blast shook police headquarters in the northwestern Pakistani town of Kohat on Tuesday, causing many casualties, police said.
Kohat is ...
Sun, September 05, 2010
Philippine police chief takes blame for bus hijack
MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines' national police chief took the blame for the botched bus hijacking rescue attempt last week that killed eight Hong Kong ...
Fri, September 03, 2010
Miami police sue city over emergency pay cuts
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Miami police union sued the city this week for abandoning their collective bargaining agreement and pushing through emergency pay and ...
Fri, September 03, 2010
U.S. and Israel spying behind BlackBerry woe: Dubai police
DUBAI (Reuters) - Concerns over Israeli access to BlackBerry data, and the use of the device by the United States to spy on the United ...
Thu, September 02, 2010
Police reopen New York's Park Avenue
NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York police reopened Park Avenue in midtown Manhattan on Thursday afternoon after investigating a suspicious vehicle and declaring it safe ...
Thu, September 02, 2010
Police slow to use file-sharing system
UNDATED (WSAU) Only a quarter of Wisconsin’s police and sheriff’s departments are using a statewide data-sharing system. The Justice Gateway system went ...
Wed, September 01, 2010
Police: Discovery Channel Shooter Dead
SILVER SPRING, Md. (WTAQ) - The man who took people hostage Wednesday at the Discovery Channel headquarters is dead.
Police confirmed the three male hostages ...
Wed, September 01, 2010
UPDATE: Police Investigate Murder in Sheboygan Co.
SHEBOYGAN FALLS, Wis. (WTAQ) - One man is dead after authorities in Sheboygan County say he was murdered in the Town of Sheboygan Falls.
Officials ...
Wed, September 01, 2010
Police end hostage drama at Discovery Channel
By Maggie Fox
SILVER SPRING, Maryland (Reuters) - Police shot and killed a man who took three people hostage, waving a gun and apparently fitted ...
Wed, September 01, 2010
Lohan stopped by police
The Mean Girls star renewed her licence last Wednesday (25Aug10) shortly after she completed a jail sentence and a stint in rehab for breaching ...
Wed, September 01, 2010
Police report: 'Hilton thought cocaine was gum'
The Simple Life star was taken into custody in Las Vegas on Friday (27Aug10) after a car she was travelling in was pulled over ...
Tue, August 31, 2010
Police called over Woodbine incident
Bosses at the Greenhouse hotspot called cops after the Devil star began behaving strangely outside the venue and security guards stepped in to help ...
Fri, August 27, 2010
Police Look For Suspect in Aurora Pharmacy Holdup
GREEN BAY, Wis. (WTAQ) - Green Bay police are on the trail of a least one suspect after a Thursday afternoon robbery. It happened at ...
Thu, August 26, 2010
African police seize 10 metric tons of fake meds
PARIS (Reuters) - Police seized about 10 metric tons of counterfeit medicines and arrested 80 people in a sweep across eastern Africa, international police agency ...
Thu, August 26, 2010
Hilton's 'knife-wielding burglar' in police custody
Petrified Hilton took to her blog on Twitter.com to write of her terror after she awakened to a strange noise and discovered a ...
Wed, August 25, 2010
Swedish police to question WikiLeaks founder
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Swedish police are to question WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange over alleged molestation, Sweden's chief prosecutor said on Wednesday, but a second ...
Wed, August 25, 2010
Insurgents attack Iraqi police as U.S. pulls back
By Ahmed Rasheed and Waleed Ibrahim
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Suicide bombers and other attackers killed at least 62 people in coordinated attacks on Iraqi security ...
Tue, August 24, 2010
Superior Police: Woman Killed by Husband Stayed With Relative
SUPERIOR, Wis. (WTAQ) - Police in Superior confirm that a woman killed by her husband had been staying with another relative for a week or ...
Sun, August 22, 2010
Philippine police admit to botching hostage crisis
By Manny Mogato and James Pomfret
MANILA/HONG KONG (Reuters) - The Philippines admitted on Tuesday it had bungled a hostage siege in which eight ...
Thu, August 19, 2010
Superior Police to Reveal More About Apparent Murder-Suicide
SUPERIOR, Wis. (WTAQ) - Police in Superior plan to say more Thursday about an apparent murder-suicide that killed three people.
Officers were called to the ...
Thu, August 19, 2010
Police continue search for stabbing suspect
WAUSAU, Wis (WSAU) Wausau police say they've followed several leads, but still haven't found a stabbing suspect from Monday night. 22-year-old James ...
Wed, August 18, 2010
German robber nabbed after mocking police in email
BERLIN (Reuters) - A German bank robber led his pursuers straight to him after taunting police in an email over their efforts to catch him ...
Wed, August 18, 2010
Police search for stabbing suspect
WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAU) – Wausau police are searching for a 22-year-old man suspected of stabbing a person late last night on the city’s east ...
Tue, August 17, 2010
Mom faked river crash after killing sons: police
CHARLESTON, South Carolina (Reuters) - A South Carolina mother was charged with murder on Tuesday after admitting she suffocated her two toddler sons before strapping ...
Tue, August 17, 2010
Update: 16-year-old with knife shot by police
WISCONSIN RAPIDS, Wis (WSAU) The Wood County Sheriffs Department continues its investigation into Sunday morning's shooting of a man with a knife by ...
Tue, August 17, 2010
Wausau hosts statewide police chiefs conference
WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAU) – More than 100 Wisconsin police chiefs are in Wausau this week to check out new equipment and learn the latest crime ...
Mon, August 16, 2010
U.S. gives states cash to police insurance rate hikes
By Jon Lentz
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A $46 million round of grants will help U.S. states boost oversight of health insurance premium hikes and ...
Mon, August 16, 2010
Wis. Rapids Police Officer Shot and Wounded Knife-Welding Man
WISCONSIN RAPIDS, Wis. (WTAQ) - A Wisconsin Rapids police officer shot and wounded a man during a disturbance early yesterday. It happened around three in ...
Mon, August 16, 2010
Police shoot knife-wielding man in Wisconsin Rapids
WISCONSIN RAPIDS, Wis (WSAU) A police officer in Wisconsin Rapids shot and wounded a man with a knife early Sunday morning.
Police received a ...
Sun, August 15, 2010
Milwaukee Police Don't Create Belief Excessive Force is OK, Jury Rules
MILWAUKEE, Wis. (WTAQ) - A federal jury rules that rules and regulations for the Milwaukee Police Department do not create an atmosphere where officers think ...
Wed, August 11, 2010
Goldthwait wants new Police Academy cast
Movie bosses are bringing back lead actor Steve Guttenberg to reprise his role for another instalment and his co-stars Kim Cattrall and Sharon Stone ...
Mon, August 09, 2010
Police Mum On Body Found in Waukesha Sunday
WAUKESHA, Wis. (WTAQ) - Waukesha police aren't saying much about a body which was found in a wooded area early Sunday.
An old train ...
Mon, August 09, 2010
West Allis' Police Chief: Cops Shot Acted "Heroic"
WEST ALLIS, Wis. (WTAQ) - West Allis Police Chief Michael Jungbluth says the actions of two police officers shot in the line of duty, quoting ...
Mon, August 09, 2010
Campbell's 'blood diamonds' handed to police
The British supermodel took the stand at The Hague, Netherlands on Thursday (05Aug10) as part of Taylor's ongoing war crimes trial to face ...
Mon, August 09, 2010
Wausau police looking to stop 'drugged driving'
WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAU) – It’s not only alcohol that can impair your driving; some of your prescriptions could make you unsafe behind the wheel ...
Fri, August 06, 2010
Waukesha Police Arrest Suspect in Fatal Shooting
WAUKESHA, Wis. (WTAQ) - A suspect is under arrest for the apparent murder of a man in Waukesha overnight.
Police said they were called to ...
Fri, August 06, 2010
Merrill police present strategic plan
MERRILL, Wis. (WSAU) – Merrill Residents got to hear about the city's plan for the police department at a public information session this week ...
Thu, August 05, 2010
FDL Police Investigate Armed Robbery
FOND DU LAC, Wis. (WTAQ) - Police in Fond du Lac are investigating an armed robbery.
It happened in the area of Military Road and ...
Wed, August 04, 2010
Kardashian's lawyer alerts police to stalker's Twitter rants
Kardashian took legal action against Dennis Shaun Bowman in January (10) after he claimed he was romantically involved with the beauty.
In court documents ...
Tue, August 03, 2010
Ten days jail for Russian rapper who mocked police
MOSCOW (Reuters) - One of Russia's most prominent rappers has been given a 10-day jail sentence for disturbing public order by mocking the police ...
Mon, August 02, 2010
Everest Metro police catch burglar in act
SCHOFIELD, Wis. (WSAU) – Everest Metro police caught a 24-year-old Wausau man breaking into a Schofield business early this morning.
Police responded to a burglary ...
Mon, August 02, 2010
Police Investigate Fatal Grant Co. Crash
GRANT COUNTY, Wis. (WTAQ) - Authorities in southwest Wisconsin are investigating a weekend highway crash that killed a couple in Grant County.
53-year-old Mark Moore ...
Mon, August 02, 2010
Police say man in custody suspect in Stettin burglaries
WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAU) – Wausau police say a man in custody for burglary and theft from a home and County Market may be responsible for ...
Sun, August 01, 2010
Russia police arrest Kremlin critic during protest
By Ben Judah and Denis Pinchuk
MOSCOW/ST.PETERSBURG (Reuters) - Police arrested anti-Kremlin opposition leader Boris Nemtsov in Moscow and at least 95 others ...
Fri, July 30, 2010
Stoughton Man Killed By Police "Intended To Die"
STOUGHTON, Wis. (WTAQ) - Dane County Sheriff Dave Mahoney said a man killed by deputies had told a friend that he quote, “intended to die ...
Fri, July 30, 2010
Afghan police fire shots to quell protest after accident
KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan police fired shots on Friday to disperse hundreds of people protesting the deaths of civilians in an accident involving a U ...
Thu, July 29, 2010
Merrill police looking for dog that bit teen
MERRILL, Wis. (WSAU) – Merrill police are looking for the owner of a dog that bit a 19-year-old yesterday morning so the victim doesn't ...
Thu, July 29, 2010
Stoughton Man Killed After Police Shootout
STOUGHTON, Wis. (WTAQ) - A Stoughton man was killed last night in the second shootout this month involving Dane County sheriff’s deputies. A woman ...
Wed, July 28, 2010
Police Concerned About Silverdome Marijuana Convention
(Pontiac, MI) -- Pontiac Police say they have been caught off guard by a planned marijuana convention at the Silverdome this October. Medical Marijuana Incorporated ...
Tue, July 27, 2010
New York to pay family of black man killed by police
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The family of an unarmed black man killed in a hail of 50 bullets fired by New York City police officers ...
Sat, July 24, 2010
Mexico police find 51 in mass grave near Monterrey
By Gabriela Lopez
MONTERREY, Mexico (Reuters) - Police have unearthed at least 51 bodies in a mass grave outside Mexico's business capital Monterrey since ...
Thu, July 22, 2010
Police nab bandit who used underwear as mask
MIDWEST CITY, Oklahoma (Reuters) - An unemployed woman who said she was desperate for money has been arrested on charges she robbed an Oklahoma McDonald ...
Thu, July 22, 2010
Police: Deadly Kenosha Co. Fire Suspicious
KENOSHA COUNTY, Wis. (WTAQ) - Authorities say a fire that killed 2 people in Kenosha County is considered suspicious.
Pleasant Prairie Police Chief Brian Wagner ...
Thu, July 22, 2010
Police: Stolen Trailer Exploded in Municipal Forest
SUPERIOR, Wis. (WTAQ) - Police in Superior say a trailer that exploded in a municipal forest on Monday was stolen from a work site in ...
Tue, July 20, 2010
State Supreme Court ok's police use of GPS
MADISON, Wis. (WSAU) - The State Supreme Court said it was okay for police to secretly put a GPS tracking device on the car of ...
Tue, July 20, 2010
State Supreme Court Ok's Police Use of GPS Device
MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - The State Supreme Court said it was okay for police to secretly put a GPS tracking device on the car of ...
Mon, July 19, 2010
New State Law Protecting Police, Fire Budgets Irks Officials
MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - As local officials start working on next year’s budgets, many are not happy with a new state law that protects ...
Sun, July 18, 2010
Taliban hit Afghan police posts; free 23 prisoners
HERAT, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Taliban guerrillas staged a series of raids in western Afghanistan Sunday, blowing up the gate of a jail and freeing 23 ...
Fri, July 16, 2010
Man Killed By Police in Walworth Co. ID'ed
WALWORTH COUNTY, Wis. (WTAQ) - A Lake Geneva area man who was killed by police in Walworth County has been identified as 47-year-old Roman Petriw ...
Thu, July 15, 2010
Court upholds police searches of car
MADISON, Wis. (WSAU) – The Wisconsin Supreme Court said it was okay for law enforcement to seize illegal drugs from two vehicles, even though the ...
Thu, July 15, 2010
Karzai approves plan for new Afghan police force
By Sayed Salahuddin
KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai has approved a controversial U.S. plan for a new local defense force to help ...
Tue, July 13, 2010
Police chief scolds drunk offenders
LA CROSSE, Wis. (WSAU) – The police chief in La Crosse says his department does not have the resources to rescue the number of drunks ...
Tue, July 13, 2010
La Crosse Police Chief Lashes Out at Drunks
LA CROSSE, Wis. (WTAQ) - The police chief in La Crosse says his department does not have the resources to rescue the number of drunks ...
Tue, July 13, 2010
Investigation Continues in Fatal End to Police Chase
MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - An investigation continues into the death of a man who shot himself at the end of a police chase. It happened ...
Mon, July 12, 2010
Police Asking For Negligent Homicide Charge in 8-Year-Old Rifle Death
MILWAUKEE, Wis. (WTAQ) - Milwaukee Police are recommending a negligent homicide charge against a man whose rifle killed his young son as it was being ...
Sun, July 11, 2010
Taliban attacks kill 14 Afghan police: officials
KABUL (Reuters) - At least fourteen Afghan police and a provincial official have been killed in three separate insurgent attacks across northern Afghanistan, government and ...
Fri, July 09, 2010
Madison Police Keep Looking for Kelly Nolan's Killer
MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - It’s been 3 years since a UW-Whitewater student was found dead in a wooded area, a few weeks after she ...
Fri, July 09, 2010
Milwaukee Police: Man Rescued From Top of Building Not Bank Robber
MILWAUKEE, Wis. (WTAQ) - Milwaukee Police now say a man who was rescued from the top of a downtown building on Wednesday was despondent – and ...
Thu, July 08, 2010
Tribal police chiefs ask for more help to fight drugs
UNDATED (WSAU) Wisconsin’s tribal police chiefs have told federal prosecutors they need lots of help to fight gangs and drug dealers who’ve ...
Thu, July 08, 2010
Milwaukee Police Investigate Below Victim Allegations
MILWAUKEE, Wis. (WTAQ) - Milwaukee Police are investigating allegations that officers failed to help 3 women, when they tried to say they were molested by ...
Thu, July 08, 2010
State's Tribal Police Chiefs Ask For Help With Gangs, Drugs
MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - Wisconsin’s tribal police chiefs have told federal prosecutors they need lots of help to fight gangs and drug dealers who ...
Thu, July 08, 2010
Police Looking For Fugitive
PORTAGE (WKZO) -- Portage Police and the Kalamazoo County Sheriff’s Department are both looking for Brandon Double, but for different reasons. The county wants ...
Thu, July 08, 2010
Retired police officer involved in gas station altercation
WAUSAU, Wis (WSAU) A retired 82-year-old former Wausau police officer may face criminal charges for showing a badge and a holstered handgun after cutting ...
Wed, July 07, 2010
Police hunt Brazil soccer star over missing woman
By Rodrigo Viga Gaier and Stuart Grudgings
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Police hunted for the goalkeeper of Brazil's most popular soccer team on ...
Mon, July 05, 2010
Beloit Police Investigate Shooting Deaths
BELOIT, Wis. (WTAQ) - Beloit police are investigating the deaths of 2 people found in a car.
Just after midnight Sunday, officers were called to ...
Sat, July 03, 2010
Protests, police at Japan opening of "The Cove"
By Chris Meyers
TOKYO (Reuters) - Shouts, a scuffle and flag-waving protesters greeted the Japanese opening of "The Cove," a controversial Oscar-winning documentary about a ...
Fri, July 02, 2010
Paris Hilton questioned by police after Cup match
By Agnieszka Flak
PORT ELIZABETH, South Africa (Reuters) - Hollywood socialite Paris Hilton was arrested after a World Cup match in South Africa Friday on ...
Thu, July 01, 2010
Madison Judge: Zimmerman Claim Should Wait For Police Probe
MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - A judge in Madison says a negligence claim filed by the family of a murdered UW student should wait until police ...
Tue, June 29, 2010
Police Say Lions' President Lewand Had BAC Twice Legal Limit
(Prudenville, MI) -- Detroit Lions President Tom Lewand allegedly had a blood alcohol level more than twice the legal limit when he was arrested last ...
Tue, June 29, 2010
Oshkosh Police Arrest 2 People For OWI in Same Car
OSHKOSH, Wis. (WTAQ) - 2 people in Oshkosh have been arrested for driving drunk in the same car in connection with a hit and run ...
Tue, June 29, 2010
Two in custody after Wausau police chase
WAUSAU, Wis (WSAU) Wausau police have two people in custody after getting a 9-1-1 report that shots were fired at a truck. It happened ...
Sun, June 27, 2010
Police clash with G20 protesters, end in standoff
By Cameron French and Pav Jordan
TORONTO (Reuters) - Toronto police clashed with protesters for a second straight day on Sunday, with a final standoff ...
Sun, June 27, 2010
Marion Police Chief Getting Criminal View
MARION, Wis. (WTAQ) - The police chief in the Town of Marion is finding out how the other side lives.
Police Chief Tracy Schwersenska pleaded ...
Sun, June 27, 2010
Pope calls Belgian police Church raids "deplorable"
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Benedict denounced on Sunday as "surprising and deplorable" raids by Belgian police on Church offices and the home of a ...
Sun, June 27, 2010
Marion police chief gets probation for SUV death
MARION, Wis. (WSAU) - The police chief in the Town of Marion is finding out how the other side lives.
Police Chief Tracy Schwersenska pleaded ...
Sat, June 26, 2010
Milwaukee Police Officer Shot During Traffic Stop
MILWAUKEE, Wis. (WTAQ) - Milwaukee police say an officer was wounded during a traffic stop late Friday. Spokeswoman Anne E. Schwartz says the officer's ...
Fri, June 25, 2010
Biker dies after police chase crash
GRAND RAPIDS, Wis (WSAU) A motorcyclist had died after crashing during a high speed chase.
33-year-old Jessie Schmidt died after being transported to St ...
Thu, June 24, 2010
Canada police halt suspicious car near G20 summit site
TORONTO (Reuters) - Canadian police said on Thursday they had pulled over a car containing "dangerous materials" near the site where an international summit will ...
Thu, June 24, 2010
Canada police make 2nd explosives arrest before G20
TORONTO (Reuters) - Toronto police, on high alert before the G8 and G20 summits, said on Thursday they had arrested a woman on explosive and ...
Tue, June 22, 2010
Mexico drug gang threatens Arizona police
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Police in an Arizona border city are on heightened alert after receiving a warning from a Mexican drug cartel that officers may ...
Mon, June 21, 2010
Police: Recent Seat Belt Crackdown Could Top 10K
MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - The number of people cited for not wearing seat belts in our state in a recent crackdown could be more than ...
Sun, June 20, 2010
Police arrest England fan after security breach
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South African police on Sunday arrested an England fan for trespassing after he walked into the players' dressing room following a goalless ...
Thu, June 17, 2010
South African police disperse axed World Cup guards
CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - South African police fired a stun grenade and rubber bullets to disperse a crowd of some 200 security guards who protested ...
Wed, June 16, 2010
Police use tear gas and detain 81 in Chile
SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Police used tear gas and water cannons to subdue rowdy Chile fans and arrested 81 people in the capital Santiago on Wednesday ...
Tue, June 15, 2010
Guards paid off, police handle security
By David Clarke
DURBAN (Reuters) - About two thousand disgruntled security guards, watched closely by riot police, handed in their uniforms and received their pay ...
Mon, June 14, 2010
Police dispell reports of body in river
WISCONSIN RAPIDS, Wis (WSAU) There were reports that a body was in the Wisconsin River near Wisconsin Rapids yesterday afternoon. Police and the dive ...
Sun, June 13, 2010
Police fire teargas at World Cup workers
By David Clarke
DURBAN, South Africa (Reuters) - South African police fired teargas and rubber bullets late Sunday to chase hundreds of protesting World Cup ...
Sun, June 13, 2010
Kenosha Police Investigate Toddler Drowning
KENOSHA, Wis. (WTAQ) - Police in Kenosha are investigating the death of a 2-year-old child. Sgt. Christine Flahive says she couldn't release any details ...
Sun, June 13, 2010
Police use teargas on disgruntled World Cup workers
By David Clarke and Nick Mulvenney
DURBAN (Reuters) - South African police fired tear gas and rubber bullets at hundreds of workers protesting over pay ...
Sat, June 12, 2010
Madison Police Chief: 10% of Offenders Commit 50% of Crimes
MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - Madison's police chief says 10 percent of offenders commit half the crimes.
Chief Noble Wray wants to create a new ...
Fri, June 11, 2010
Town's only police officer faces drug charge
UNDATED (WSAU) The only police officer in the Waushara County town of Marion has pleaded no contest to using a false name to obtain ...
Thu, June 10, 2010
Police: Money exchanged in Underwood sex assault case
LAKE DELTON, Wis. (WSAU) - Police in Lake Delton confirm money was exchanged between Packers cornerback Brandon Underwood and 2 women who accuse him of ...
Thu, June 10, 2010
Police: Money Exchanged in Underwood Case
LAKE DELTON, Wis. (WTAQ) - Police in Lake Delton confirm money was exchanged between Packers cornerback Brandon Underwood and 2 women who accuse him of ...
Wed, June 09, 2010
Police officer guilty of molesting teenage girl
RACINE (WSAU) A former Racine police officer was convicted yesterday of molesting and beating a teenage girl for several years. A jury found 35-year-old ...
Tue, June 08, 2010
Police Still Mulling Possible Charges In Toddler Gun Death
MILWAUKEE, Wis. (WTAQ) - Milwaukee Police are still trying to decide whether to pursue criminal charges in the death of a toddler who took a ...
Tue, June 08, 2010
Police Chief: No Recommendation on Alleged Rape Charges
LAKE DELTON, Wis. (WTAQ) - The "he said-she said" sexual assault case involving a Packers player takes another turn. Lake Delton police say cornerback Brandon ...
Mon, June 07, 2010
Milwaukee Police Investigate Possible Gang-Related Murder
MILWAUKEE, Wis. (WTAQ) - Milwaukee Police are trying to determine whether an apparent gang member was shot and killed by a rival group.
The victim ...
Mon, June 07, 2010
Police investigate possible Packer involvement in sexual assault
LAKE DELTON, Wis. (WSAU) - Police are looking into whether a member of the Green Bay Packers was involved in an alleged sexual assault at ...
Sun, June 06, 2010
Australian police to probe Google over privacy issues
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Australian police have been asked to investigate internet giant Google over possible breaches of telecommunications privacy laws, the attorney general said on ...
Sat, June 05, 2010
Arizona police officer challenges migrant law
By Tim Gaynor
TUCSON, Arizona (Reuters) - Tucson police officer Martin Escobar has worked to build relationships of trust in the working class Mexican-American neighborhood ...
Sat, June 05, 2010
Green Bay Police Search For Stabbing Suspect
Green Bay, WI(WSAU) Police in Green bay are searching for a suspect in a stabbing death early Thursday morning. Authorities have one man ...
Fri, June 04, 2010
Police shooter found competent
WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAU) – A judge has ruled that a Marshfield man is competent to stand trial on charges he shot at police during a ...
Fri, June 04, 2010
Police: Man Found Dead in River Murder Victim
MILWAUKEE, Wis. (WTAQ) - Milwaukee Police say a man found dead in the Kinnickinnic River was murdered.
The body of 48-year-old Todd Kyrola was found ...
Fri, June 04, 2010
Hearing to decide police shooting suspect's fate
WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAU) – A judge will decide this afternoon whether a Marshfield man is once again competent to stand trial on charges he shot ...
Thu, June 03, 2010
4 Robbery Suspects Led Police on Chase, Then Crashed
MILWAUKEE, Wis. (WTAQ) - 4 people robbed a couple at a suburban Milwaukee motel, and then led police on a chase that ended in a ...
Wed, June 02, 2010
Texas police seize 147 Mexico-bound AK-47 rifles
NUEVO LAREDO, Mexico (Reuters) - Police in a Texas city just north of the Mexican border said on Wednesday they had seized 147 assault rifles ...
Wed, June 02, 2010
Mackinac Police Conference Begins Today
(Mackinac Island, MI) -- Political and business leaders will meet as the Detroit Regional Chamber Mackinac Policy Conference begins today. Keynote speakers at the event ...
Sat, May 29, 2010
Police: Tips to Keep Your Home Safe This Holiday Weekend
MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - If you and your family are leaving town this holiday weekend, there are some things to keep in mind to keep ...
Sat, May 29, 2010
Indian police hunt Maoists after deadly train crash
By Parth Sanyal
SARDIHA, India (Reuters) - Indian police were searching on Saturday for Maoist rebels believed to be responsible for a crash involving a ...
Fri, May 28, 2010
Police called in to quell ticket sales chaos
By Zaheer Cassim
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Police were called in to control angry crowds trying to buy seats for the World Cup on Friday after ...
Thu, May 27, 2010
India police say Maoists sabotage train
By Bappa Majumdar and Krittivas Mukherjee
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Maoist rebels sabotaged a high-speed train in eastern India on Friday that killed at least ...
Wed, May 26, 2010
Police vent to Holder on Arizona immigration law
By Jeremy Pelofsky
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Arizona's controversial new immigration law will strain police ties to the community, sap limited law enforcement resources and ...
Tue, May 25, 2010
Gunmen kill 14 in Baghdad gold heist: police
By Haider Kadhim
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Gunmen swooped on a row of Baghdad goldsmiths on Tuesday, killing 14 people and making off with gold and ...
Thu, May 20, 2010
Paris police ban mass "Facebook aperitif" party
PARIS (Reuters) - A mass cocktail party organized over the internet and planned to take place in Paris this Sunday cannot go ahead due to ...
Wed, May 19, 2010
Police identify Colby bank robber
COLBY, Wis. (WSAU) – Colby police have identified the Green Bay area man who robbed a bank yesterday afternoon.
Fifty-four-year-old Lawrence La Count is being ...
Tue, May 18, 2010
Marshfield police arrest Colby bank robber
COLBY, Wis. (WSAU) – A Green Bay-area man is under arrest for robbing a Colby bank Tuesday afternoon.
The man walked into the bank alone ...
Thu, May 13, 2010
Police detain wife of top Mexican drug lord: report
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican police have detained a woman said to be the wife of drug trafficker Joaquin "Shorty" Guzman, in the government's ...
Tue, May 11, 2010
Police Chief Association favors cellphone ban while driving
UNDATED (WRN) Could cell phones someday be banned from cars altogether?
Oregon Police Chief Doug Pettit is also chair of the legislative committee for ...
Mon, May 10, 2010
Hospital lockdown false alarm, say Stevens Point police
STEVENS POINT, Wis. (WSAU) - St. Michael's hospital in Stevens Point was locked down for about an hour today after police received a 911 ...
Sun, May 09, 2010
Appleton man arrested for stabbing self, calling police
APPLETON, Wis. (WSAU) - An Appleton man is charged with filing a false police report - a crime that may have included him stabbing himself.
The ...
Fri, May 07, 2010
Police close off part of New York's Times Square
NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York police closed off part of Times Square in Midtown Manhattan for a short time on Friday to investigate a ...
Fri, May 07, 2010
Everest Metro police solve burglary, theft ring
WESTON, Wis. (WSAU) – Watchful neighbors helped Everest Metro police catch four men who are charged with breaking into seven garages and eight cars last ...
Wed, May 05, 2010
No bomb found in truck on New York bridge: police
NEW YORK (Reuters) - No bomb was found in a truck abandoned on New York City's Triborough Bridge on Wednesday night and the busy ...
Wed, May 05, 2010
NYC mayor spares police jobs after failed bomb attack
By Joan Gralla
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The New York City Police Department will be spared the planned loss of 892 officers through attrition, an ...
Wed, May 05, 2010
NYC mayor spares police jobs after failed bomb attack
By Joan Gralla
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The New York City Police Department will be spared the planned loss of 892 officers through attrition, an ...
Tue, May 04, 2010
La Crosse Man Accused of Fleeing Police with Cop Aboard
LA CROSSE, Wis. (WTAQ) - A La Crosse man is accused of driving away from a traffic stop with a police officer on top of ...
Fri, April 30, 2010
Police ID Madison Gang Member Killed Wednesday
MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - Madison Police have identified a gang member killed on Wednesday night as 19-year-old Antonio Perez. And officials are reaching out to ...
Tue, April 27, 2010
Police Investigate Appleton Dumpster Fires
APPLETON, Wis. (WTAQ) - A series of dumpster fires in Appleton is leading to a police investigation. Cops say at least eight such blazes have ...
Tue, April 27, 2010
Franzen man surrenders after standoff with police
TOWN OF FRANZEN, Wis. (WSAU) – A 50-year-old town of Franzen man who threatened to kill himself surrendered peacefully after a nearly 90-minute standoff this ...
Mon, April 26, 2010
Police seize Gizmodo's computers over iPhone prototype
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Police broke into a blogger's home in search of photographs of a prototype Apple iPhone and other material, launching a ...
Mon, April 26, 2010
Milwaukee Man Loses Fingers in Police Shooting, Gets Bill from City
MILWAUKEE, Wis. (WTAQ) - A Milwaukee man lost 2 of his fingers when he was shot by a police officer while in his car last ...
Mon, April 26, 2010
Wausau police conduct second alcohol-saturation patrol
WAUSAU, Wis (WSAU) For the second time this year Wausau police set up an alcohol enforcement zone within the city.
Grand Avenue between downtown ...
Sat, April 24, 2010
Man Arrested After Marinette Police Standoff
MARINETTE, Wis. (WTAQ) - A scary scene in a Marinette neighborhood during an overnight police standoff. Officers were called to a house on the 2300 ...
Fri, April 23, 2010
U.S. border police train Mexicans for drug fight
By Tim Gaynor
NOGALES, Arizona (Reuters) - In a warehouse in this Arizona border city, a U.S. Border Patrol trainer teaches a Mexican federal ...
Tue, April 20, 2010
Possible armed standoff with police in Rothschild
ROTHSCHILD, Wis. (WSAU) - Marathon County, Rothschild and Everest Metro response teams are on scene tonight at a possible armed standoff at the Budge Inn ...
Mon, April 19, 2010
Milwaukee Police Look for Fatal Hit and Run Driver
MILWAUKEE, Wis. (WTAQ) - Milwaukee Police are looking for a hit and run SUV driver who struck and killed one man and injured another outside ...
Sun, April 18, 2010
India police defuse three bombs near stadium
By Habib Beary
BANGALORE, India (Reuters) - Indian police defused three bombs on Sunday in the southern city of Bangalore near a cricket stadium, officials ...
Fri, April 16, 2010
Former LA police chief Daryl Gates dies at 83
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Daryl Gates, the blunt former Los Angeles police chief best known for his handling of the Rodney King beating and 1992 ...
Fri, April 16, 2010
Lawmaker: Police Taking DNA From Those Arrested for Felonies Wrong
MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - A state lawmaker says a bill to have police take DNA samples from those arrested for felonies comes close to violating ...
Wed, April 14, 2010
Plover police release details in Tuesday shooting
WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAU) – A 57-year-old Plover man could appear in court tomorrow to face charges for shooting a 47-year-old man in the stomach at ...
Wed, April 14, 2010
City, school district compromise over police officers
WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAU) – The Wausau school district will not have to pay more for three school resource officers next year under a deal with ...
Tue, April 13, 2010
Bomb in Pakistani city of Peshawar; 23 dead: police
By Faris Ali
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - A suicide bomber attacked Pakistani police guarding a protest rally against power cuts in the city of Peshawar ...
Mon, April 12, 2010
Police Talk Man Out of Jumping Off Blatnik Bridge
SUPERIOR, Wis. (WTAQ) - One of the 2 main bridges between Superior and Duluth was closed for an hour and 40 minutes early Monday, while ...
Wed, April 07, 2010
Police search for meth suspect, 5 arrested so far
WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAU) – Marathon County drug investigators are searching for one more suspect in a Wausau meth ring who may also be connected to ...
Mon, April 05, 2010
Milwaukee Police Looking For Suspects in 2 Shootings
MILWAUKEE, Wis. (WTAQ) - Milwaukee police are searching for suspects in 2 shootings over the holiday weekend, one of them fatal. A 22-year old man ...
Mon, April 05, 2010
Madison Police Searching For 3 Home Invasion Suspects
MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - Madison authorities are searching for 3 men suspected in a home invasion that injured one person. Cops say the victim tried ...
Mon, April 05, 2010
Janesville Police Warn About Walking Trails
JANESVILLE, Wis. (WTAQ) - If you walk the trails in Janesville, be careful. That's what police are telling residents after a recent attack that ...
Mon, April 05, 2010
Marshfield's new police chief is on the job
MARSHFIELD, Wis. (WSAU) – Marshfield has a new police chief.
Gary Jepsen, a 28-year veteran of the department, started as its top cop Friday after ...
Mon, April 05, 2010
Suicide bomber kills 2 police in Russia's Ingushetia
By Kazbek Basayev
KARABULAK, Russia (Reuters) - A suicide bomber killed two policemen in Russia's Ingushetia region on Monday, the latest in a series ...
Sat, April 03, 2010
Report: WI Police Get Passing Grade for Confiscations
MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - Wisconsin gets a passing grade in a new national report on how law enforcement agencies use the money and property they ...
Sat, April 03, 2010
Grand Chute Police Have Advice for Residents
GRAND CHUTE, Wis. (WTAQ) - Grand Chute police are giving residents some advice: lock up your homes, cars, and anything else that has a key ...
Fri, April 02, 2010
Police: No citations in hood-riding accident
MERRILL, Wis. (WSAU) – Merrill police have decided not to cite a high school student for injuries two of her classmates suffered when they fell ...
Thu, April 01, 2010
Elkhart Lake Police Look For Bank Robber
ELKHART LAKE, Wis. (WHBL) - Elkhart Lake Police are still on the hunt for a man who robbed a bank in the Village early Thursday ...
Fri, March 26, 2010
Bombs kill 42, wound 65 in Iraq town: police
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Two bombs killed 42 people and wounded 65 at a market in Iraq's northern Diyala province on Friday, shortly before the ...
Fri, March 26, 2010
Michigan State Police Increase Patrols Around Congressman Stupak's Home
(Washington, DC) -- The home of northern Michigan Congressman Bart Stupak will have extra attention over the next few weeks as Congress takes a break ...
Wed, March 24, 2010
Former police union president sentenced for forged memo
MILWAUKEE (WSAU) Former Milwaukee police union president Brad DeBraska has been sentenced to six months in jail for forgery and identity theft. A jury ...
Wed, March 24, 2010
Ex-Milwaukee Police Union Prez Gets 6 Mos. Jail
MILWAUKEE, Wis. (WTAQ) - Former Milwaukee police union president Brad DeBraska has been sentenced to 6 months in jail for forgery and identity theft. A ...
Wed, March 24, 2010
Marshfield honors retiring police chief
MARSHFIELD, Wis (WSAU) He started as a patrol officer on September 2, 1980. Now, as outgoing Marshfield police chief Joe Stroik nears his official ...
Tue, March 23, 2010
Police officer charged with OWI
WHITING, Wis (WSAU) A police sergeant from the Town of Grand Rapids is facing a drunk driving charge from early Sunday morning.
29-year-old Rob ...
Mon, March 22, 2010
Milwuakee Police: 5 Shootings Were People Leaving Illegal Party
MILWAUKEE, Wis. (WTAQ) - Milwaukee Police now say the shootings of 5 people happened as folks were leaving an illegal party after hours. A baby ...
Mon, March 22, 2010
NY police cite driver error in Toyota Prius case
DETROIT (Reuters) - Police in New York on Monday said it appears a March 9 crash of a Toyota Motor Corp Prius was a case ...
Fri, March 19, 2010
Police: Sames Involved in Sex Crimes Before
SHAKOPEE, Minn. (WTAQ) - The man accused of posing as an Appleton cop and sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl has a long history of sexual ...
Fri, March 19, 2010
Appleton Police Investigate Beating, Man with Ax
A man was found severly beaten early this morning in Appleton. Police found the man with severe head injuries in the 100 block of ...
Thu, March 18, 2010
Man Chased By Police Who Ended Up Dead ID'ed
MILWAUKEE, Wis. (WTAQ) - A suburban Milwaukee man was being chased by police when he crashed into another car, and immediately shot and killed himself ...
Wed, March 17, 2010
California police report supports Prius driver
By Dan Whitcomb and Steve Gorman
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A California Highway Patrol report released on Wednesday in a sensational "runaway" Toyota Prius incident ...
Wed, March 17, 2010
Cuban police haul protesting "Ladies in White" away
By Esteban Israel
HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuban police grabbed members of the opposition group "Ladies in White" by their hair, dragged them into a bus ...
Wed, March 17, 2010
Pewaukee has left-over ammunition from disbanded police department
PEWAUKEE, Wis (WSAU) After disbanding its police department, Pewaukee officials are trying to find out why 58-thousand rounds of ammunition were left – and what ...
Sun, March 14, 2010
Irish police release cartoonist murder plot suspect
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Irish police have released a woman arrested along with six other people last week over an alleged plot to murder a Swedish ...
Sun, March 14, 2010
Blast kills Pakistani national in Afghanistan: police
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) - A roadside bomb killed a Pakistani construction worker and wounded six of his compatriots on Sunday in Afghanistan's southern city ...
Sun, March 14, 2010
India police arrest 2 in Mumbai for planning strikes
MUMBAI (Reuters) - Police in Mumbai said on Sunday they have arrested two men they say were preparing to attack several targets in the Indian ...
Sat, March 13, 2010
Alleged Police Attacker in Waukesha Co. Pleads 'Not Guilty'
WAUKESHA, Wis. (WTAQ) - The trial for Waukesha County jail inmate Steven Lettenberger starts next July. He's charged with assault, accused of attacking a ...
Fri, March 12, 2010
Police Search for Mall Sex Assault Suspect
GRAND CHUTE, Wis. (WTAQ) - Grand Chute Police are searching for a man that allegedly posed as an officer and sexually assaulted a teenage girl ...
Thu, March 11, 2010
Teacher killed by wolves in Alaska, police say
By Yereth Rosen
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - A schoolteacher found dead this week near a remote Alaska village was probably killed by wolves, Alaska State ...
Thu, March 11, 2010
Fox Point Police Officers Cleared In Shooting Death
FOX POINT, Wis. (WTAQ) - Police officers in Fox Point are cleared by the investigation of the shooting death of Curtis Gerard. The chief says ...
Thu, March 11, 2010
NY AG to make police-gov probe announcement
NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo on Thursday said he would make an announcement at 3:45 p.m. EST on ...
Thu, March 11, 2010
Stevens Point police seek tips in 20 unsolved fires
STEVENS POINT, Wis. (WSAU) – Stevens Point police need your help finding an arsonist who has set 20 fires since May 2008.
“We take this ...
Thu, March 11, 2010
Police clash with protesters as Greeks fight cuts
By Renee Maltezou and Ingrid Melander
ATHENS (Reuters) - Police clashed with stone-throwing youths in Athens on Thursday as tens of thousands of strikers protested ...
Thu, March 11, 2010
Point police to share details in arson probe today
STEVENS POINT, Wis. (WSAU) – Stevens Point authorities will release more details Thursday morning about a series of suspicious fires in the city over the ...
Wed, March 10, 2010
Man Arrested For Allegedly Kidnapping Woman, Police Chase
DANE COUNTY, Wis. (WTAQ) - A man was arrested Wednesday after he allegedly kidnapped a woman in McFarland, south of Madison, and drove her down ...
Mon, March 08, 2010
Police seek energy executive missing in New Orleans
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A senior executive with a major Atlanta-based energy services company has been reported missing during a business trip to New Orleans ...
Mon, March 08, 2010
Police to quiz Roethlisberger on assault allegation
ATLANTA (Reuters) - Police expect to interview Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger in the next few days over a sexual assault allegation made by a ...
Fri, March 05, 2010
No terrorism link to Pentagon shooting: police
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A California man who was fatally shot after opening fire on security officers outside the Pentagon appears to have been acting alone ...
Thu, March 04, 2010
Stevens Point police to improve communication with University students
STEVENS POINT, Wis. (WSAU) – The Stevens Point police and fire commission is aiming to make some changes in the way it interacts with the ...
Thu, March 04, 2010
Attacks kill 12 as Iraqi troops and police vote
By Khalid al-Ansary
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Twelve people were killed in Baghdad on Thursday, including seven soldiers and police blown up by suicide bombers, days ...
Tue, March 02, 2010
NY police seek Naomi Campbell for assault questions
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Naomi Campbell was wanted for questioned by New York police on Tuesday after her driver accused the British supermodel of assaulting ...
Tue, March 02, 2010
Spanish "botnet" potent enough to attack country: police
By Teresa Larraz
MADRID (Reuters) - Spanish criminals who stole bank details from computers around the world did not realize the power of the illegal ...
Tue, March 02, 2010
Driver leads cops on chase right into police station
WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAU) – A man who fled from a traffic stop led Wausau police early this morning right into their police station.
Police tried ...
Tue, March 02, 2010
Police Chases in Milwaukee Led To 4 Recent Deaths
MILWAUKEE, Wis. (WTAQ) - 4 people have been killed in Milwaukee in the last 2 months by speeding vehicles being chased by police. The latest ...
Tue, March 02, 2010
Pakistani police submit charges against Americans
By Faisal Mehmood
SARGODHA, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistani police submitted on Tuesday charges of plotting terrorism against five young Americans detained last year, a lawyer ...
Mon, March 01, 2010
Milwaukee Police: 5 Arrested In Quadruple Homicide
MILWAUKEE, Wis. (WTAQ) - Milwaukee Police say they've arrested 5 people over the past two days in connection to the murder of four people ...
Mon, March 01, 2010
Milwaukee Police Investigating 4 Homicides
MILWAUKEE, Wis. (WTAQ) - Milwaukee Police Chief Edward Flynn says his department is investigating four homicides that are connected. At a press conference Sunday, Flynn ...
Sun, February 28, 2010
Hamas man was drugged before murder: Dubai police
DUBAI (Reuters) - The killers of a Hamas commander drugged him before suffocating him, Dubai police said Sunday.
Hamas military commander Mahmoud al-Mabhouh was killed ...
Fri, February 26, 2010
Furture police officers will have to take psych exams
MADISON (WSAU) If you want to be a police officer, you’d have to pass a psychological test under a bill passed by the ...
Fri, February 26, 2010
Marshfield police use saturation patrols
MARSHFIELD, Wis (WSAU) Marshfield police used a multi-department saturation patrol on Wednesday to target drug use and other crimes in the city.
More than ...
Thu, February 25, 2010
Kronenwetter adds police K9
KRONENWETTER, Wis. (WSAU) – Kronenwetter police have added a four-legged animal to help fight crime.
The department’s new canine, Chip, started this week and ...
Wed, February 24, 2010
Supreme Court: Police can question suspect after release
By James Vicini
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday the police can resume questioning a suspect if the person has been released ...
Tue, February 23, 2010
Court upholds police warning of suspect rights
By James Vicini
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that police officers adequately warned a criminal suspect of his legal rights when ...
Tue, February 23, 2010
Wausau police cars heavy on gas use
WAUSAU, Wis (WSAU) Wausau police are reviewing a major expense within their department -- the gasoline needed to run their fleet of police cars.
W-S-A-W ...
Mon, February 22, 2010
Red Cliff Indian Tribe Suspends Police Chief
BAYFIELD, Wis. (WTAQ) - The Red Cliff Indian tribe near Bayfield has suspended its police chief. Charles Bresette is on leave, while the state Justice ...
Mon, February 22, 2010
Three NYC police acquitted in sodomy trial
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Three New York City police officers were acquitted on Monday on charges one of them sodomized a man with a police ...
Sat, February 20, 2010
Police Search for Suspect in Appleton Bank Robbery
APPLETON, Wis. (WTAQ) - Appleton Police are searching for the suspect in a bank robbery around 5:30 p.m. Friday. Authorities say a man ...
Fri, February 19, 2010
Marshfield names lieutenant as new police chief
MARSHFIELD, Wis. (WSAU) – Marshfield has picked a new police chief.
Lieutenant Gary Jepsen will replace Joe Stroik when he retires April 2nd.
Jepsen beat ...
Thu, February 18, 2010
Former NY police commissioner sentenced to prison
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former New York Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik, once selected to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, was sentenced on Thursday ...
Thu, February 18, 2010
Wausau police to create domestic violence officer position
WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAU) – The Wausau police department will convert one of its patrol officers into a full-time domestic violence officer.
The move will help ...
Wed, February 17, 2010
Police stopped man approaching Biden at Games
By Allan Dowd
VANCOUVER (Reuters) - A man wearing a fake pass to the Vancouver Olympics Opening Ceremony was apprehended when he attempted to get ...
Wed, February 17, 2010
Luck Man Charged For Allegedly Chasing Police While Drunk
POLK COUNTY, Wis. (WTAQ) - A northwest Wisconsin man is charged with 7 felonies and 2 traffic counts for allegedly chasing a police car and ...
Wed, February 17, 2010
Police: mugging report was made up
SCHOFIELD, Wis (WSAU) A Schofield man is under mental health evaluation after lying to police about being mugged on Grand Avenue.
Last night Everest ...
Tue, February 16, 2010
Wausau police officer shoots dog after attack
WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAU) – A Wausau police officer shot and injured a dog early Monday morning after it attacked him at a home on Prospect ...
Tue, February 16, 2010
No rights charge against NY police in 50-shot death
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Several New York City police officers who killed an unarmed black man in a hail of 50 bullets on his wedding ...
Tue, February 16, 2010
Milwaukee Police Nab Double Murder Suspect
MILWAUKEE, Wis. (WTAQ) - A man and a woman were shot to death overnight in Milwaukee – and police arrested a suspect a short distance away ...
Tue, February 16, 2010
Woman Stabs Self Then Tells Police Man Did It
SHEBOYGAN, Wis. (WTAQ) - Authorities say a 25-year-old Sheboygan County woman stabbed one of her hands with a knife, and then told police that a ...
Mon, February 15, 2010
Police Ask For 2 More Charges Against Ex-Marshfield Doc
WOOD COUNTY, Wis. (WTAQ) - Police have asked Wood County prosecutors to file 2 more sexual assault charges against former Marshfield Clinic doctor Kevin Lang ...
Sat, February 13, 2010
Police Search for Suspect in Triangle BP Robbery
GREEN BAY, Wis. (WTAQ) - Green Bay Police are on the lookout for the suspect in a gas station robbery last night. They say he ...
Fri, February 12, 2010
Milwaukee Police Look For Driver Who Hit Firefighter
MILWAUKEE, Wis. (WTAQ) - Authorities in Milwaukee have been looking for a driver who struck a firefighter who was responding to a traffic accident. It ...
Fri, February 12, 2010
Deal would keep Everest Metro police department together
WESTON, Wis. (WSAU) – Leaders from the three communities that make up the Everest Metro police department have agreed in principle to keep the department ...
Thu, February 11, 2010
Everest Metro police chief earns positive review, pay raise
WESTON, Wis. (WSAU) – The Everest Metro police chief is getting a pay raise.
The department’s joint finance committee gave Chief Wally Sparks a ...
Thu, February 11, 2010
Police shooting suspect deemed incompetent to stand trial
WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAU) – A judge has re-committed a Marshfield man to treatment after a doctor found him incompetent to stand trial.
It's the ...
Wed, February 10, 2010
Germantown Police In Crashes Thanks To Snow Fall
MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - It was still snowing overnight in southern Wisconsin, where over a foot fell close to Lake Michigan. It caused dozens of ...
Wed, February 10, 2010
Wausau police, neighbors to meet tomorrow night
WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAU) – Eastside Wausau residents can meet the police officers that patrol their streets everyday during a community sector meeting tomorrow night.
The ...
Tue, February 09, 2010
Neighbors, police pleased with Wausau bar's clean act
WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAU) – A Wausau bar owner has cleaned up his act, making 16 changes to security, noise levels and overall operations that neighbors ...
Tue, February 09, 2010
Police support "e-signature" bill
MADISON (WRN) Tweaking the law would allow cops to make use of new technology, save time and help their bottom line.
New legislation being ...
Sat, February 06, 2010
Iran's police vow no tolerance towards protesters
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iranian police will show no more tolerance toward anti-government protesters, the force's chief was quoted as saying on Saturday, in a ...
Fri, February 05, 2010
Report: Eau Claire Police Chief Says New Milwaukee Archbishop Lied
MILWAUKEE, Wis. (Midwest Communications) - Eau Claire’s police chief said the new Catholic archbishop in Milwaukee was wrong in what he told state legislators ...
Fri, February 05, 2010
Dubai police may pursue Israel PM for Hamas killing: report
DUBAI (Reuters) - Dubai would seek the arrest of Israel's prime minister if it found evidence intelligence service Mossad was behind the killing of ...
Fri, February 05, 2010
Outsiders to help Marshfield pick insider police chief
MARSHFIELD, Wis. (WSAU) – Wausau's police chief will be involved in the search for the next police chief in Marshfield.
Jeff Hardel will be ...
Wed, February 03, 2010
Police arrest guru over Arizona "sweat dome" deaths
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Police arrested self-help guru James Arthur Ray on Wednesday for the manslaughter of three people who fell ill during a ceremony in ...
Wed, February 03, 2010
High Court Says Police OK To Use Cell Pics Against Man
MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - The Wisconsin Supreme Court said it was okay for police to use a man’s cell phone pictures against him, after ...
Wed, February 03, 2010
Point police launch Facebook page
STEVENS POINT, Wis. (WSAU) – The Stevens Point police department has a Facebook page.
Chief Kevin Ruder said the department has received positive feedback since ...
Thu, January 28, 2010
Police, hotel management say Stevens Point sex weekend cancelled
STEVENS POINT, Wis (WSAU) The police chief in Stevens Point and a hotel owner say a sex weekend has been cancelled at the Royale ...
Thu, January 28, 2010
Man enters wrong home, tasered by police
WISCONSIN RAPIDS, Wis (WSAU) Wisconsin Rapids police used a taser on a man who entered a home that wasn't his, and refused to ...
Tue, January 26, 2010
Police shooter's competency hearing postponed
WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAU) - A competency hearing for a Marshfield man accused of shooting at police in 2007 has been postponed for two weeks.
Court ...
Tue, January 26, 2010
Iraq suicide attack kills at least 17, many police
By Saad Shalash
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A suicide blast killed at least 17 people at an Interior Ministry office in Baghdad on Tuesday, officials said ...
Mon, January 25, 2010
U.S. oversight of Iraq police training firm faulted
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The State Department has consistently failed to properly monitor defense contractor DynCorp International's $2.5 billion, five-year-old effort to train Iraqi ...
Fri, January 22, 2010
Police Supports Bill To Create Prescription Drug Database
MENASHA, Wis. (WTAQ) - Police officials are supporting a state bill to create a database that monitors the dispensing of prescription drugs. They say the ...
Mon, January 18, 2010
Kenya police arrest Muslim activist after riots
By Frank Nyakairu
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenyan police arrested a prominent Muslim activist in chaotic scenes on Monday as seven suspects appeared at Nairobi's ...
Mon, January 18, 2010
Police step up seat belt enforcement through Super Bowl Sunday
STEVENS POINT, Wis. (WSAU) – A new initiative to reenforce seat belt laws is hitting the state this week ahead of the Superbowl.
Portage County ...
Fri, January 15, 2010
Mexico army hands control to police in drug war city
By Julian Cardona
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (Reuters) - Mexico's army, facing accusations of rights abuses, will give federal police control of security in the ...
Fri, January 15, 2010
Mequon Police Probe Elderly Man's Death
MEQUON, Wis. (WTAQ) - Police in Mequon are trying to find out why an elderly man was killed by a vehicle while crossing a street ...
Fri, January 15, 2010
Kenyan police, people clash with Muslim protesters
By Robert Waweru and Thomas Mukoya
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenyan security forces fired assault rifles and tear gas at hundreds of Muslims protesting in the ...
Thu, January 14, 2010
Eagle River police warn of possible travel scam
EAGLE RIVER, Wis. (WSAU) - Eagle River police are reporting a possible travel scam.
At least five victims have come forward alleging that a vendor ...
Thu, January 14, 2010
Marshfield police chief will retire in April
MARSHFIELD, Wis. (WSAU) - Marshfield's police chief is retiring.
Chief Joe Stroik made his pending retirement during a Thursday morning meeting of the city ...
Tue, January 12, 2010
Police shooting suspect's competency questioned
WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAU) – A Marshfield man who was scheduled to stand trial next month for shooting at police during a traffic stop in 2007 ...
Tue, January 12, 2010
Chicago police dust off murder linked to Al Capone
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Police will reopen the unsolved 1939 murder of the Chicago lawyer who put the finger on gangster Al Capone for tax evasion ...
Fri, January 08, 2010
Police charge two after Heathrow bomb threat
LONDON (Reuters) - British police charged a man on Saturday over a bomb hoax that prevented a Dubai-bound Emirates airliner from taking off from London ...
Fri, January 08, 2010
Waupaca Police Search For Bank Robber
WAUPACA, Wis. (Midwest Communications) - Police in Waupaca are looking for a man who robbed a Baylake Bank Friday.
It happened around 1:20 p ...
Thu, January 07, 2010
Bayfield's Police Chief Pleads Guilty To OWI
BAYFIELD, Wis. (WTAQ) - Bayfield’s police chief cannot drive for 6 months – and he was fined almost $700 after he pleaded guilty to driving ...
Wed, January 06, 2010
Drunk police chief pleads guilty
MERRILL, Wis. (WSAU) – A Northwoods police chief caught drinking and driving in Merrill in September has quietly reached a plea deal.
Bayfield police Chief ...
Wed, January 06, 2010
Police Break Up Major Pot Grow In Janesville
JANESVILLE, Wis. (Midwest Communications) - Janesville police say they stopped a marijuana growing operation Tuesday night. It was a big bust, one that could significantly ...
Tue, January 05, 2010
"Police Woman" TV producer David Gerber dies, age 86
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Award-winning television producer David Gerber, who worked on a range of programs from series like 1970s hit "Police Woman" to 2006 ...
Mon, January 04, 2010
Police Say 2 Women Involved With Drug Abuse Near Deaths
MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - Madison Police said 2 women who died in an apartment complex were recently involved with drug abuse. The 2 died in ...
Sun, January 03, 2010
Britain, U.S. agree to fund Yemen police unit
By Adrian Croft
LONDON (Reuters) - The United States and Britain have agreed to fund a counter-terrorism police unit in Yemen as part of stepped-up ...
Fri, January 01, 2010
Suspect In Strangulation Sought By Neenah Police
NEENAH, Wis. (WTAQ) - Police in Neenah are searching for 25-year-old Andre Lamont Carroll related to an attack on his 20-year-old girlfriend Wednesday. Authorities say ...
Tue, December 29, 2009
Oshkosh Police Investigate Nazi Graffiti At Temple, Church
OSHKOSH, Wis. (WTAQ) - Oshkosh Police are investigating black swastikas spray-painted on a Jewish temple and Methodist church. The damage was discovered on Christmas Eve ...
Tue, December 29, 2009
West Allis Police Still Probing Fatal Crash
WEST ALLIS (WRN) - Police in West Allis are still investigating a weekend traffic crash that killed a Milwaukee man. The victim was identified Monday ...
Tue, December 29, 2009
Head Of Police Union "Ashamed" About OWI Arrest
SUN PRAIRIE (WRN) - The head of the state police union says he’s “ashamed” he was picked up for drunk driving this month in ...
Mon, December 28, 2009
New York City crime rates at record low: police
NEW YORK (Reuters) - This year has been the safest in New York City in more than four decades, with the murder rate down to ...
Mon, December 28, 2009
Milwaukee Police Say Man Fatally Stabbed, ID Another Victim
MILWAUKEE (WRN) - Milwaukee Police said a 59-year-old man was stabbed to death in his apartment Monday by somebody he knew. It happened about 9 ...
Mon, December 28, 2009
Truck crashes into police cruiser
MOSINEE, Wis (WSAU) A Mosinee police cruiser was destroyed when it was crashed into by a tractor-trailer during icy conditions on I-39 on Saturday ...
Sun, December 27, 2009
Police Arrest 2nd Nigerian In Emergency At Detroit Airport
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Northwest Airlines flight 253 from Amsterdam was involved in an emergency incident on its approach to Detroit on Sunday, CNN reported.
CNN ...
Sat, December 26, 2009
Milw. Police: Drunk Driver Causes Man to Be Paralyzed
MILWAUKEE (WTAQ) - A 43-year-old man spent the holidays in a hospital and is paralyzed, with a broken neck. This after a drunk driver slammed ...
Mon, December 21, 2009
Elm Grove Cop Honored By National Police Group
MILWAUKEE (WRN) - A national police group is honoring a suburban Milwaukee officer who helped save 2 people just as a passing train hit their ...
Fri, December 18, 2009
High Court Justices Too Close To Milwaukee Police Union Case
MILWAUKEE (WRN) - The State Supreme Court will not decide if a former head of the Milwaukee police union can win a defamation suit, because ...
Wed, December 16, 2009
Woman who drove at police to stand trial
WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAU) – Two of the suspects arrested last week in a sweeping meth investigation, including a woman who intentionally drove at police, have ...
Wed, December 16, 2009
Danish police hold 240 climate protesters
By Anna Ringstrom
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Danish police detained 240 people on Wednesday when protesters stormed barricades around a global climate summit and briefly broke ...
Mon, December 14, 2009
Tribes, Counties To Share $700K In Police Grants
MADISON (WRN) - Wisconsin Indian tribes and the counties where they’re located will share $700,000 in state law enforcement grants. The money comes ...
Thu, December 10, 2009
Drug suspect "Penguin" caught by police
WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAU) – A woman accused of driving into police as they tried to stop her during a drug raid in Schofield on Monday ...
Tue, December 08, 2009
Police search for woman who drove into officer
SCHOFIELD, Wis. (WSAU) – Authorities are looking for two people who intentionally drove into police officers yesterday as they searched a Schofield motel during a ...
Mon, December 07, 2009
Iran police clash with protesters in Tehran: witness
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iranian police clashed on Monday with opposition supporters in a central Tehran square, a witness said.
"Police are using batons to disperse ...
Fri, December 04, 2009
Tasers protect police and save suspects: study
By Ford Vox, MD
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Police departments that use "stun" devices like the Taser and other "less lethal weapons" such as ...
Thu, December 03, 2009
Suicide bomber kills five in attack on Iraq police
TIKRIT, Iraq (Reuters) - A suicide bomber wearing a vest packed with explosives killed a police commander and four of his bodyguards in Tikrit, the ...
Tue, December 01, 2009
Teen charged with stealing car, fleeing police
WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAU) – A Wausau teen has been charged with stealing a car on Thanksgiving, filling it up with gas twice without paying and ...
Tue, December 01, 2009
Washington Cop Killer Suspect Shot To Death By Police
SEATTLE, Wash. (WTAQ) - The man accused of shooting to death four police officers in Washington State has been killed after two days on the ...
Tue, December 01, 2009
Suspect in U.S. cop killings is shot dead by police
SEATTLE (Reuters) - A man accused of gunning down four police officers was shot and killed by authorities on Tuesday in a case that could ...
Mon, November 30, 2009
Madison Police To Arrest Father In Domestic Shooting
MADISON (WRN) - Madison Police say they’ll arrest the man who allegedly wounded his girlfriend, their 2 children, and himself.
Police spokesman Joel DeSpain ...
Sun, November 29, 2009
Four police killed in Washington state coffee shop
OAKLAND, California (Reuters) - A gunman walked into a Tacoma, Washington-area, coffee shop on Sunday morning and fatally shot four police officers, law enforcement officials ...
Sat, November 28, 2009
Beloit Police Investigating Three Unrealated Shootings in One Week
BELOIT, Wis. (WRN) - Beloit police say this isn't normal for their town. Cops are investigating three unrelated shootings that happened during a three-day ...
Wed, November 25, 2009
Pewaukee Police Union Loses Fight To Keep Jobs
PEWAUKEE (WRN) - The police union in Pewaukee lost a court battle today to keep their jobs. Waukesha County Circuit Judge Ralph Ramirez threw out ...
Tue, November 24, 2009
Wausau police union agrees to wage concessions
WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAU) – Wausau police officers will give up their pay raises until the end of 2010.
The police union agreed to the concessions ...
Mon, November 23, 2009
Milwaukee Police Looking For 2nd Car Chase Suspect
MILWAUKEE (WRN) - Milwaukee police are still looking for a second man who was in a car that led them on a long chase Sunday ...
Mon, November 23, 2009
Police shooter fit to stand trial
WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAU) – A Marshfield man has been found competent to stand trial for shooting at Rothschild and Kronenwetter police in 2007.
Two doctors ...
Sat, November 21, 2009
NATO takes command of Afghan army, police training
By Jonathon Burch
KABUL (Reuters) - NATO took command of the training of the Afghan army and police on Saturday to consolidate efforts on building ...
Sat, November 21, 2009
Milwaukee Police Chief Flynn Denies Rumors of Continuing Affair
MILWAUKEE, Wis. (WRN) - Milwaukee Police Chief Edward Flynn admits he has been in contact with reporter Jessica McBride, but he denies he's continued ...
Fri, November 20, 2009
Milwaukee's Mayor Stands By Police Chief Amid Affair Reports
MILWAUKEE (WRN) - Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett is standing by his police chief, amid reports that Ed Flynn has continued an extra-marital affair he promised ...
Tue, November 17, 2009
Alderman to stand trial for fleeing police
WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAU) – A Wausau alderman will stand trial on charges he fled police while driving drunk last month.
Tom Miller waived his right ...
Mon, November 16, 2009
Police: Foul Play Not Suspected In Death Of Madison Woman
MADISON (WRN) - Madison Police say foul play is not suspected in the death of a missing woman whose body was found near a wooded ...
Mon, November 16, 2009
Police catch suspected drunk after chase
WISCONSIN RAPIDS, Wis. (WSAU) – A Pittsville man is under arrest after fleeing police while driving drunk.
The Wood County sheriff’s department tried to ...
Mon, November 16, 2009
Bayside Police To Hold Raffle To Buy New Camera
MILWAUKEE (WRN) - Officials in suburban Milwaukee say they cannot afford a new police surveillance camera. So the department is holding a raffle. Bayside Police ...
Mon, November 16, 2009
Police officer shoots dog
WAUSAU, Wis (WSAU) A Wausau police officer shot and killed a dog that started biting him yesterday afternoon.
A neighbor called police, saying that ...
Sat, November 14, 2009
UWM Police Tackling Crime Problem
MILWAUKEE, Wis. (WRN) - UW-Milwaukee Police have stepped up off-campus patrols in a response to a recent string of robberies and assaults nearby. The partnership ...
Thu, November 12, 2009
Darien's Suspended Police Chief Drops Return Effort
DARIEN (WRN) - The suspended police chief in Darien has given up an effort to get his job back. His attorney said Steven DeVoy agreed ...
Thu, November 12, 2009
Police Chief, Chancellor Meet To Talk UWM Area Crime
MILWAUKEE (WRN) - Milwaukee Police Chief Ed Flynn and UWM chancellor Carlos Santiago will meet soon to talk about crime fighting efforts near the campus ...
Wed, November 11, 2009
Police Think Group Of Armed Men Behind UWM Attacks
MILWAUKEE (WRN) - Milwaukee police think an armed group of men may be responsible for several attacks near the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. A rabbi says ...
Tue, November 10, 2009
Madison Police Clear Officer In Robbery Suspects' Death
MADISON (WRN) - Madison Police say an officer was justified in killing a robbery suspect who pulled a gun on him. Internal Affairs lieutenant Linda ...
Tue, November 10, 2009
Ten killed, 15 hurt in Pakistan bomb: police
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Ten people were killed and 15 wounded in a car bomb blast in the northwestern Pakistani town of Charsadda on Tuesday, police ...
Mon, November 09, 2009
White powder sent to three U.N. missions in NY: police
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Letters containing white powder were sent to the U.S. missions of France, Austria and Uzbekistan in New York City on ...
Mon, November 09, 2009
Russia fires police YouTube whistleblower
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A junior Russian policeman was fired on Sunday after making a YouTube appeal to Prime Minister Vladimir Putin accusing senior officers of ...
Fri, November 06, 2009
Police officer "hero" stopped Fort Hood gunman
UNDATED (WSAU) Fort Hood Police Officer Kimberly Munley is being credited with stopping alleged gunman Major Nidal Malik Hasan's bloody gun rampage yesterday ...
Thu, November 05, 2009
Milwaukee Police Say Bleach Used Before Death Probe
MILWAUKEE (WRN) - Milwaukee Police said people in a duplex used bleach to get rid of blood, before officers could arrive to investigate an accidental ...
Thu, November 05, 2009
Ex-head of NY police pleads guilty to corruption
By Christine Kearney
WHITE PLAINS, New York (Reuters) - Former New York City Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik pleaded guilty on Thursday to lying to White ...
Wed, November 04, 2009
Mousavi supporters clash with police in Tehran
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Police clashed with supporters of Iran's opposition leader Mirhossein Mousavi in Tehran on Wednesday when a rally marking the 30th anniversary ...
Wed, November 04, 2009
Mousavi supporters clash with police in Tehran
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Police clashed with supporters of Iran's opposition leader Mirhossein Mousavi in Tehran on Wednesday when a rally marking the 30th anniversary ...
Tue, November 03, 2009
Pewaukee City Leaders Vote To Eliminate Police Force
The City Council in Pewaukee took another step Monday night toward eliminating its 26 police officers to save money. The aldermen voted 4 to ...
Tue, November 03, 2009
Pewaukee moves to eliminate police department to save money
PEWAUKEE, Wis (WSAU) The City Council in Pewaukee took another step last night toward eliminating its 26 police officers to save money. The aldermen ...
Tue, November 03, 2009
Iranian police warn opposition over November 4 rallies
By Parisa Hafezi
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iranian police warned the opposition on Tuesday to avoid using the 30th anniversary of the U.S. embassy takeover ...
Mon, November 02, 2009
Drunk police chief pleads not guilty
MERRILL, Wis. (WSAU) – Bayfield’s police chief did not appear in court in Merrill as scheduled this morning to face drunken driving charges.
Instead ...
Mon, November 02, 2009
Police involved in high speed chase with drunk driver
WAUSAU, Wis (WSAU) A Wausau man is under arrest for trying to outrun police during an attempted traffic stop.
20-year-old Alexander Drake refused to ...
Mon, November 02, 2009
Milwaukee Police Probe Weekend Shootout
Milwaukee Police are investigating a weekend gun battle that left one man dead and another hospitalized in stable condition. Police said people in two ...
Mon, November 02, 2009
Police would have access to drivers license photos
MADISON (WSAU) The Wisconsin Assembly will act tomorrow on a bill which could make it harder for suspects to lie about their names when ...
Sun, November 01, 2009
Iran police to confront "illegal" November 4 rallies
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iranian police will confront any "illegal" gatherings on November 4, when the Islamic Republic marks the 30th anniversary of the seizure of ...
Sat, October 31, 2009
Canadian police arrest two men sought by FBI
TORONTO (Reuters) - Two men sought by the FBI and linked to a Detroit Muslim leader killed by U.S. authorities were arrested in Windsor ...
Fri, October 30, 2009
Everest, Wausau police offer some safety tips for halloween
WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAU) – Tomorrow is Halloween and thanks to it being on a Saturday, all of the local municipalities will be holding their trick ...
Thu, October 29, 2009
Police unable to trace gun found near school
WAUSAU, Wis (WSAU) Wausau police may never learn who's the owner of a loaded handgun found in the bushes near Lincoln Elementary School ...
Wed, October 28, 2009
Marshfield police investigate obscene phone calls
MARSHFIELD, Wis (WSAU) Marshfield police are investigating a series of obscene phone calls about child sex acts. Police believe the calls are a hoax ...
Tue, October 27, 2009
Police release motive, names in Shawano murder-suicide
SHAWANO, Wis. (WSAU) – Financial stress led to the apparent murder-suicide of an elderly couple in Shawano Monday, police said today.
Officials said 87-year-old Bill ...
Tue, October 27, 2009
Police K9 okayed in Kronenwetter
KRONENWETTER, Wis. (WSAU) – Kronenwetter village board members have agreed to find $1,000 to pay for a new police canine.
The board voted 5-2 ...
Mon, October 26, 2009
Kronenwetter could get police canine
KRONENWETTER, Wis. (WSAU) – Kronenwetter may add a police canine to its force.
The request is pending village board approval of spending $1,000 in ...
Sun, October 25, 2009
Israeli police, Arabs clash near Jerusalem mosque
By Allyn Fisher-Ilan
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli police stormed Jerusalem's al-Aqsa mosque compound on Sunday, hurling stun grenades at Palestinians who threw rocks at ...
Thu, October 22, 2009
New details from police report in fatal Mosinee OWI case
MOSINEE, Wis (WSAU) More details have been released in a fatal drunk driving roll-over crash in Mosinee. The driver, 39-year-old Travis Ploman, was unable ...
Tue, October 20, 2009
Former NYC police chief Kerik jailed before trial
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former New York City Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik was jailed on Tuesday when a federal judge revoked his bail a week ...
Mon, October 19, 2009
IRS chief tells boards to police tax policies
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top U.S. tax official told U.S. board directors on Monday they must better police tax policy at their companies ...
Fri, October 16, 2009
Police search for Weston retail theft suspect
WESTON, Wis. (WSAU) – Everest Metro police are looking for a woman who allegedly stole up to $2,000 worth of merchandise from the Weston ...
Thu, October 15, 2009
Police: Man intentionally set Grant house on fire
TOWN OF GRANT, Wis. (WSAU) – A Loyal man is free on bond after prosecutors charged him with setting a house in the town of ...
Thu, October 15, 2009
Milwaukee police chief, DA, propose compromise on concealed carry gun laws
MILWAUKEE (WSAU) There’s a new effort to let Wisconsinites carry concealed weapons. But this time, Milwaukee’s police chief and district attorney are ...
Wed, October 14, 2009
Police try to trace gun found near school
WAUSAU, Wis (WSAU) Wausau police are trying to locate the owner of a gun that was found in an alley near Lincoln Elementary School ...
Tue, October 13, 2009
Police investigators target Astana team
By Thierry Leveque
PARIS (Reuters) - The Astana team of Tour de France winner Alberto Contador and Lance Armstrong is the target of a probe ...
Mon, October 12, 2009
Kenyan police arrest American heading for Somalia
NAIROBI (Reuters) - An American man has been arrested in northern Kenya while trying to enter an area of Somalia controlled by Islamist insurgents, police ...
Fri, October 09, 2009
After The Police, Stewart Copeland feels lovely
By Bob Tourtellotte
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Stewart Copeland, drummer for The Police, has always had a few choice, four-letter words for his bandmate Sting ...
Thu, October 08, 2009
Factor dropped from Everest Metro police funding formula
WESTON, Wis. (WSAU) – The funding formula for the Everest Metro police department is changing in a move that will keep the department intact.
A ...
Wed, September 30, 2009
German police break up Internet child porn ring
BERLIN (Reuters) - German police said Wednesday they had broken up an international child pornography network that exchanged pedophile images on the Internet and sexually ...
Wed, September 30, 2009
Stevens Point Police and Fire commission hires UWSP for survey
STEVENS POINT, Wis. (WSAU) – The Stevens Point Fire and Police commission is looking for your input on how the department has been doing and ...
Mon, September 28, 2009
Deputies search for fake police officer
STETTIN, Wis (WSAU) The Marathon County sheriffs deputies are investigating a report of someone impersonating a police officer.
A16-year-old driver says he was pulled ...
Fri, September 25, 2009
FIFA, police target fake World Cup tickets
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - FIFA is working with police forces globally to crack down on internet sales of fake tickets for next year's World Cup ...
Thu, September 24, 2009
Protesters, police clash after G20 in Pittsburgh
By Michelle Nichols
PITTSBURGH (Reuters) - Police and anti-capitalist protesters clashed at the University of Pittsburgh campus on Friday evening, hours after the Group of ...
Thu, September 24, 2009
OPINION: Schofield's other police option
NEWS BLOG (WSAU) Schofield Mayor Allen Bremmer wants a better deal for taxpayers in his city. That’s what you’d expect an elected ...
Wed, September 23, 2009
Village, city at impasse over police funding formula
WESTON, Wis. (WSAU) – The village of Weston and city of Schofield appear unable to reach an agreement on how to pay for Everest Metro ...
Wed, September 23, 2009
Police investigate drug overdose
MARSHFIELD, Wis (WSAU) A drug overdose case from a month ago is now being treated as a criminal investigation. Marshfield police say 31-year-old Chris ...
Fri, September 18, 2009
Financier Pang may have killed himself: police
By Dan Whitcomb and Steve Gorman
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Financier Danny Pang, who died last weekend while facing U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ...
Thu, September 17, 2009
Police arrest lab technician in Yale student murder
BOSTON (Reuters) - A Yale University lab technician was charged on Thursday with the murder of a graduate student whose body was found inside a ...
Thu, September 17, 2009
Indonesia's most wanted man killed in police raid
By Muklis Ali and Olivia Rondonuwu
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia's most wanted Islamist militant was killed in a police shoot-out in Central Java, police ...
Tue, September 15, 2009
U.S. police alerted about bomb makers after NY raids
By Edith Honan
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Federal anti-terrorism officials alerted local police departments around the United States about how to track evidence of bomb-making ...
Mon, September 14, 2009
Police: body found in lab is missing Yale student
BOSTON (Reuters) - Police on Monday were hunting for a killer who hid a body investigators found inside a laboratory wall and believe to be ...
Mon, September 14, 2009
Passenger runs from police after OWI traffic stop
WAUSAU, Wis (WSAU) A 20-year-old Wausau man ran from the passengers-seat of a car that was pulled over by police on Saturday. Nikolas Simonson ...
Thu, September 10, 2009
Schofield wants changes to police funding formula
WESTON, Wis. (WSAU) – Schofield wants to replace the eight-part formula that funds the Everest Metro police department with a six-part model that does not ...
Wed, September 09, 2009
Police detail more information on serial killer's arrest
MILWAUKEE (WSAU) A Milwaukee man suspected of killing eight women since 1986 might have been arrested sooner. But a D-N-A sample taken in 2001 ...
Wed, September 09, 2009
Police think missing teen is hiding; family insist she was abducted
ANTIGO, Wis (WSAU) Antigo police say they believe missing teenager Kayla Mae Berg is a runaway, even though her family insists she isn't ...
Sat, September 05, 2009
Police in Georgia arrest man in trailer killings
ATLANTA (Reuters) - A man who made a distraught call to authorities last week to report he found his father and several other relatives killed ...
Thu, September 03, 2009
SEC, CFTC urged to align rules to police markets
By Christopher Doering and Rachelle Younglai
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The two main U.S. regulators policing the securities and futures markets were urged on Thursday ...
Thu, September 03, 2009
SEC, CFTC told to align rules to police markets
By Christopher Doering and Rachelle Younglai
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The two main U.S. regulators policing the securities and futures markets were urged on Thursday ...
Wed, September 02, 2009
Pakistani minister shot and wounded: police
By Zeeshan Haider
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Unidentified gunmen shot and wounded Pakistan's religious affairs minister, Hamid Saeed Kazmi, in a brazen attack in the ...
Mon, August 31, 2009
Georgia police probe trailer killings of eight
MIAMI (Reuters) - Police in southeastern Georgia have launched a murder investigation after a 22-year-old man reported returning to his mobile home to find seven ...
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