All posts tagged "Policeblotter"

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A Michigan woman has come forward with allegations that International House of Prayer founder Mike Bickle sexually abused her starting when she was 14 and before he formed the Kansas City ministry. Her allegations, which some say are the most damning to surface yet about Bickle and come after four decades of silence, are the first claims that involve sexual abuse of a minor. She alleges the abuse began when she was a babysitter for Bickle’s two young children. Tammy Woods, who told her story exclusively to The Star this week, said the abuse occurred in the early 1980s in St.......

A significant increase in crime in The Bahamas and Jamaica has led the the U.S. State Department to issue travel advisory warnings for the two Caribbean destinations. In the past week, the State Department has warned U.S. citizens to exercise “increased caution” when visiting The Bahamas, where two killings over the weekend added to an already alarming homicide rate, and to “reconsider travel” to Jamaica. The warning on Jamaica was updated on Jan. 23, and is now at Level 3, just one level below the strictest “Do Not Travel” advisory. “Violent crimes, such as home invasions, armed robberies, se......

Seattle Police Department commanders have recommended possible termination for a union official who downplayed the death of a young woman struck and killed by a fellow officer last January, agreeing with the department's civilian watchdog that the union leader acted unprofessionally. The commanders issued a blistering disciplinary recommendation to police Chief Adrian Diaz on Friday, sweeping aside excuses that Officer Daniel Auderer's comments about the death of 23-year-old graduate student Jaahnavi Kandula were private or police union business. "Even crediting your explanation as true, that ......

A North Dakota lawmaker told authorities they’d “regret picking on him” during a “verbally abusive, homophobic, racially abusive and discriminatory”tirade aimed at officers who were arresting him for drunken driving, according to a police report and bodycam footage. Republican state Rep. Nico Rios‘ confrontation with police occurred on Dec. 15 as he was driving home from a holiday party. He was pulled over in Williston after authorities said he failed to stay in his own lane. Bodycam footage shows Rios, a first-term official who won his seat in 2022, initially trying to hand officers his busin......

A Florida man’s social media posts threatening a mass shooting on the New York City subway landed him in jail, authorities said Friday. Pinellas Park resident Robert Trout III, 19, posted a video of himself brandishing guns, and wrote: “If you’re from New York City do not take the train on Thursday evening,” said a report on WFLA, a Tampa TV station. According to a police report, the video depicted Trout “handling firearms in a reckless manner,” WFLA said. The firearms allegedly included two Glock .40 caliber pistols. Trout also claimed on the video to have 60 rounds of ammunition, the TV repo......

A video on social media that claims that UC San Diego evacuated a building where Jewish students met to discuss antisemitic threats is untrue, the campus said in statements made over the weekend. "Police report no such action took place," said thefirst statement, issued on Saturday. UC San Diego later added a message noting that it was referring to video involving an Associated Students meeting on Nov. 1. The footage briefly shows people inside the meeting and pro-Palestinian protesters outside. During the meeting, Jewish students and members of Students for Justice in Palestine said they were......