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SWAT Raid Targets Area Near Missing Mom Nancy Guthrie's Home SWAT Raid Targets Area Near Missing Mom Nancy Guthrie's Home
SWAT Raid Targets Area Near Missing Mom Nancy Guthrie's Home A massive law enforcement operation overnight resulted in three people being detained near the Arizona home where Nancy Guthrie, the mother of NBC "Today" show co-host Savannah Guthrie disappeared two weeks ago. The Pima County Sheriff's Department executed a search warrant at a residence on East Orange Grove Road and North First Avenue in Tucson, approximately two miles from Guthrie's home  More than a dozen vehicles — including SWAT, forensics, and FBI units — surrounded the area during the operation. Sheriff Chris Nanos confirmed the law enforcement activity on Friday, Feb. 13 was …

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by Joe Lombardi
Police & Fire
SWAT Called After CT Family Knife Fight; Standoff Ends Without Injuries SWAT Called After CT Family Knife Fight; Standoff Ends Without Injuries
SWAT Called After CT Family Knife Fight; Standoff Ends Without Injuries A family dispute spiraled into an hours-long armed standoff with police, authorities said.  East Haven police were called to a home on Dora Drive Monday, June 30, around 4:30 p.m. after someone there reported that two adult family members had gotten into a fight involving a knife, and one had made a threat about having a gun.  One of them barricaded themselves in the basement of the home before officers arrived.  Police locked down the street for hours after SWAT teams attempted to negotiate a peaceful surrender. The person eventually came out peacefully.  No one was i…

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by Josh Lanier
Police & Fire
SWAT Team Busts Man Accused Of Fatal Bar Stabbing SWAT Team Busts Man Accused Of Fatal Bar Stabbing
SWAT Team Busts Man Accused Of Fatal Bar Stabbing A 49-year-old Connecticut man accused of fatally stabbing a man at a New Haven County sports bar this weekend is being held on a $2 million bond, authorities said.  Omoyeni Frank, of West Haven, was arrested on Saturday, Nov. 9, and charged with murder, police said.  Investigators said Frank and another man argued at the Muzeum Bar on Campbell Ave. when Frank grabbed a knife and drove it into the unnamed man's chest just after 2 a.m. on Saturday.  Paramedics rushed the man to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.  Police tracked Frank to his home and a SWAT te…

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by Josh Lanier
Police & Fire
ID Released For Woman Shot, Killed Near CT Amtrak Station As 2 Suspects Remain At Large ID Released For Woman Shot, Killed Near CT Amtrak Station As 2 Suspects Remain At Large
ID Released For Woman Shot, Killed Near CT Amtrak Station As 2 Suspects Remain At Large As a search continues for two suspects in the shooting death of a Connecticut woman, police have released her identity. Related: Woman Fatally Shot Near Meriden Amtrak Station The incident occurred in New Haven County on Monday, July 22, near the Amtrak station in Meriden. Lt. Darrin McKay of the Meriden Police said the victim has been identified as 28-year-old Beth Ndwiga of Meriden. "First off, we here at the Meriden Police Department wish to express our sincerest condolences to the victim’s family," McKay said. "This type of senseless violence happens way too often in commu…

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by Kathy Reakes