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Yuma County, Arizona – Single Vehicle Fatality Collision

By admin • Nov 20th, 2009 • Category: News

LOCATION OF INCIDENT: Avenue F and East County 18½ Street
YUMA, ARIZONA, NOVEMBER 20, 2009: On 11-19-09, at 1815 hrs, the Yuma County Sheriff’s Office received a report of a single vehicle collision at Avenue F and East County 18 ½ Street.
The vehicle involved is; a gold 1990 Honda 4-door passenger car. The Honda was northbound [...]



Washington – Teen Calls 9-1-1 to Report Herself as a Drunk Driver

By admin • Nov 20th, 2009 • Category: News

A 19 year-old Auburn female was arrested for physical control of a motor vehicle while intoxicated after calling 9-1-1 to report herself as “very drunk” while stopped on the shoulder of SR-167 in King County.
Monday morning, November 16th, just after 5:00 a.m., Washington State Patrol Communications received a cellular 9-1-1 call from Alysha McInnis claiming [...]



Tennessee – Pedestrian Killed In Brunswick

By admin • Nov 20th, 2009 • Category: News

A Brunswick man died from injuries late last night after being struck by a vehicle as he walked near his home.
Sheriff’s Office Traffic Investigators say Robert Jones, 56, who lived at 4582 Independent, was walking south on Brunswick Road near Independent Road about 6 p.m. when, without any indication, Jones stepped into the path of [...]



Memphis, Tennessee – Northaven Murder Victim Identified

By admin • Nov 20th, 2009 • Category: News

Sheriff’s detectives say a Memphis man was the person murdered last night in a Northaven neighborhood.
Sheriff’s detectives say Kerry Collins, 48, who lived on Chelsea Street in north Memphis, was shot just after 7:30 as he sat in his car.
Residents called 9-1-1 after hearing several gunshots. Deputies soon arrived and found Collins in the driver’s [...]



Loudoun County, Virginia – Rt. 50 Crash Takes Life of Centreville Man

By admin • Nov 20th, 2009 • Category: News

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Long Beach, California – Murder on Santa Fe Avenue

By admin • Nov 20th, 2009 • Category: News

On Thursday, November 19, 2009, at approximately 11:30 p.m., Long Beach Police responded to a shooting call in the 3600 block of Santa Fe Avenue, which resulted in the death of one male adult and the injuring of two others.
The preliminary investigation revealed that three subjects were walking in the 3600 block of Santa Fe [...]



Houston, Texas – Grace Period For Houston Red Light Camera Scofflaws Ends January 30, 2010

By admin • Nov 20th, 2009 • Category: News

Grace Period For Houston Red Light Camera Scofflaws Ends January 30, 2010. Vehicle Registration Holds Become Effective Thereafter.
Vehicle registration holds to affect approximately 77,800 Texas vehicle owners
November 20, 2009 – HOUSTON (November 20, 2009) – Today the City of Houston Police Department announced that a 60-day public education and grace period begins for approximately 77,800 [...]



Houston, Texas – Fatal Traffic Accident at 2600 East Freeway

By admin • Nov 20th, 2009 • Category: News

November 20, 2009 – Houston police are investigating a fatal traffic accident in the 2600 block of the East Freeway (Interstate Highway 10 East) about 3:30 a.m. today (Nov. 20).
The female victim, 44, was pronounced dead at the scene. Her identity is pending verification by the Harris County Medical Examiner’s Office.
HPD Vehicular Crimes Division Sergeant [...]



Houston, Texas – Investigation into Fatal Shooting at 4700 Wenda

By admin • Nov 20th, 2009 • Category: News

November 20, 2009 – Houston police are investigating the fatal shooting of a man at 4700 Wenda about 11:30 p.m. on Thursday (Nov. 19).
The victim, Deandre Elliott, 17, of Houston, suffered gunshot wounds to the head and chest and was pronounced dead at the scene.
HPD Homicide Division Sergeant W. L. Meeler and Senior Police Officers [...]



Fairfax County, Virginia – Fatality in Annandale-area

By admin • Nov 20th, 2009 • Category: News

West Springfield Police District – Police are investigating a fatal crash that occurred around 5:30 a.m.
Friday, November 20. Emma A. Cabrera, 71, of 8815 Charles Hawkins Way, was killed after backing out of her driveway in her 2005 Honda Pilot. She apparently exited the vehicle and it subsequently rolled over her. She died on scene.
Crash [...]



Collier County, Florida – CCSO Arrests New Jersey Homicide Suspect

By admin • Nov 20th, 2009 • Category: News

Posted Date: 11/20/2009 3:00 PM
A man wanted for a double homicide in New Jersey was arrested in East Naples on Friday morning.
Carmine Salerno, 59, homeless, was arrested on a warrant out of Warren County, N.J., charging him with two counts of felony murder, arson and aggravated assault. Investigators there say Salerno set his parents’ home [...]



Boise, Idaho – Drug Trafficking Charges; Overnight felony arrests

By admin • Nov 20th, 2009 • Category: News

Drug Trafficking Charges; Overnight felony arrests
Boise Police Drug Trafficking Charges; Overnight felony arrests
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Arrested: Deon E. Gray, 29, Boise
Charges: 2 counts of Delivery of a Controlled Substance (Marijuana)(F), 2 counts of Trafficking (Marijuana)(F), Probation violation Charges
Arrested: Leo C. Green, 26, Eureka California
Charges: Delivery of a Controlled Substance (Marijuana)(F), 2 counts of Trafficking (Marijuana)(F)
Yesterday (November 19th) at [...]



Boise, Idaho – Additional Overnight Grand Theft Arrest; Reminder to drivers!

By admin • Nov 20th, 2009 • Category: News

Incidents of this nature can serve as reminder to all of us, as the days turn colder, the temptation to leave a vehicle running and unattended can have negative consequences. Locking a vehicle is no guarantee that a theft will not occur, but it may help deter a criminal from taking your property!
Arrested: Kaitlyn B. [...]



Norman, Oklahoma – Tobacco Operation Leads to Arrests

By admin • Nov 20th, 2009 • Category: News

Since January 01, 2009, the Norman Police Department has made 63 arrests for possession of tobacco by a juvenile. We have also received several citizen complaints about convenience stores selling tobacco to minors. Because of this information, the Norman Police Department conducted an operation to see how many clerks would sell to a minor.
Out of [...]



Killeen, Texas – Body of Missing Teenager Found – Arrests Made

By admin • Nov 20th, 2009 • Category: News

November 19, 2009
The Killeen Police Department has located the body of a teenage male in Bell County north of Temple off FM 1237, on Thursday, November 19, 2009 at approximately 2:15am.
Detectives with the Killeen Police Department have been actively investigating the disappearance of 16 year old James Johnson III.
On Monday, November 16, 2009 the department [...]



DC – Arrest Made in the Rufina Hernandez Murder Case – Releases – Metropolitan Police Department

By admin • Nov 20th, 2009 • Category: News

Detectives assigned to the Metropolitan Police Department’s Homicide Branch have announced that an arrest has been made in the homicide of Rufina Hernandez, who was shot to death during the commission of a robbery of her store on Saturday, November 7, 2009. On Thursday, November 19, 2009, at about 2 pm, members of the [...]



Broward County, Florida – Man On A Beer Run Left Bruised, Beaten And Without A Car

By admin • Nov 20th, 2009 • Category: News

Description of Incident:
A man was left hurt and walking home after being the target of a beating and carjacking outside a Pompano Beach gas station.
Jose Rodriguez, 52, drove his white, 1998 Pontiac Sunfire to a nearby BP Gas Station on November 7 to buy beer with a friend. Rodriguez waited in the car while his [...]



Lincoln, Nebraska – Three Vehicle Crash Claims Life of Canadian Truck Driver

By admin • Nov 20th, 2009 • Category: News

(Lincoln, NE)- A 38 year-old semi trailer truck driver from Manitoba, Canada was killed and a 41 year-old woman from St. Edward, Nebraska was injured, Thursday, November 19, 2009, in a three vehicle crash a quarter mile south of Bruning, Nebraska.
The crash occurred at approximately 7:30 a.m., at the junction of State Highway 4 [...]



Joppatown, Maryland – Joint Investigative Task Force Nabs Serial Robber In The Act

By admin • Nov 20th, 2009 • Category: News

Joppatown, MD _ Detectives working a serial robbery case nabbed the assailant seconds after he struck a pharmacy on the Pulaski Highway corridor in Harford County Thursday night.
Anthony Pierre Willis, 45, of the 4000 block of Hawksbury Road, Pikesville, Maryland, was taken into custody as he left the Rite Aid Pharmacy in the 300 block [...]



Lane County, Oregon – Overdue Subjects

By admin • Nov 20th, 2009 • Category: News

On November 18, 2009, at approximately 2215/hrs, the Lane County Sheriff’s Office was notified of two overdue subjects. It was reported the two male adults from Yachats, had not returned from a fishing trip.
Both adults, one age 62 and one age 24, are reported to have been fishing from the shoreline in the area. [...]