All Blog Posts Tagged 'officer' (3)

COP TESTIFIES IN LIL WAYNE GUN CASE: Hearing to determine if officer had probable cause to search tour bus.

*Lil Wayne attended a Manhattan court hearing yesterday on whether a police officer violated his rights by searching his tour bus in November, which turned up a loaded 9mm gun and led to a felony weapons charge.

Officer Diane Hornung testified Monday that she searched the vehicle only after seeing and smelling marijuana coming from the bus as it was parked outside of New York's Beacon Theater, where Lil Wayne had just finished a sold-out concert… Continue

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on September 10, 2008 at 11:02am — 3 Comments

Twinsburg man charged with killing police officer

As the widow of slain Twinsburg police officer Joshua Miktarian watched, Ashford Thompson, the man charged with his murder, was arraigned this morning in Summit County Common Pleas Court.

Magistrate John Shoemaker revoked bond. Thompson, 23, has been in the Summit County Jail under a $5 million bond set last week in Cuyahoga Falls Municipal Court.

Thompson, who was arraigned by video, appeared bored with the proceeding yawning at… Continue

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on July 25, 2008 at 2:27pm — 10 Comments

Off-duty campus officer is fatally shot

Growing up in north St. Louis, Demond Taylor knew he didn't want to be like the neighborhood drug dealers.

He worked as a security officer at St. Louis University for several years before becoming a certified police officer. He worked brief stints in the Berkeley and Jennings departments before going back to campus policing, this time at St. Louis Community College at Florissant Valley in Ferguson.

He didn't like the danger of… Continue

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on June 22, 2008 at 11:41am — 1 Comment