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Suspect With Guns, Knives Arrested Near Charlie Kirk Funeral Site After Claiming He’s Police Suspect With Guns, Knives Arrested Near Charlie Kirk Funeral Site After Claiming He’s Police
Suspect With Guns, Knives Arrested Near Charlie Kirk Funeral Site After Claiming He’s Police An armed man who claimed to be a police officer was detained outside the NFL stadium where Charlie Kirk’s memorial will be held, authorities said.  The encounter happened Saturday, Sept. 20, at State Farm Stadium, in Glendale, Arizona.  Secret Service agents approached the man after observing suspicious behavior, ABC 15 in Phoenix reports. He told agents he was law enforcement and armed.  Officials later confirmed he was not part of the authorized agencies working the event. Multiple knives and firearms were found on him, according to azfamily.com. The Arizona Department of…

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by Joe Lombardi
Politics
Booker Staffer Arrested For Carrying Gun Without License Before Marathon Speech: Report Booker Staffer Arrested For Carrying Gun Without License Before Marathon Speech: Report
Booker Staffer Arrested For Carrying Gun Without License Before Marathon Speech: Report Kevin Batts, a staffer for Sen. Cory Booker, was arrested for carrying a pistol without a license just before the New Jersey Democrat's marathon speech on the Senate floor Monday, March 31, according to various news reports citing the Capitol Police. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Cory Booker (@corybooker) Batts apparently told officers outside of the Senate galleries that he was armed after being led by Booker himself around the security screening, Politico says citing Capitol Police. The department bans all weapons from Capitol…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Drunk Driver Who Crashed In Central Mass Had Loaded 'Machine Gun' In Car: Police Drunk Driver Who Crashed In Central Mass Had Loaded 'Machine Gun' In Car: Police
Drunk Driver Who Crashed In Central Mass Had Loaded 'Machine Gun' In Car: Police A man accused of crashing his car while driving drunk kept an illegally modified loaded pistol in his car, despite not having his license, police said.  Miguel Cruz-Ramos, 23, of Worcester, is facing 10 charges following his arrest in the early morning of July 24, Massachusetts State Police said.  A trooper happened upon Cruz-Ramos' car on West Main Street in Spencer around 1:30 a.m. It was damaged, and Cruz-Ramos seemed intoxicated, police said.  He failed a series of sobriety tests. As police searched his car, they found a 10mm pistol modified to fire fully automatic, auth…

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by Josh Lanier
Police & Fire
CT Man Shot In Incident Involving Child Nabbed In Connection Of Same-Day Shooting Of Woman CT Man Shot In Incident Involving Child Nabbed In Connection Of Same-Day Shooting Of Woman
CT Man Shot In Incident Involving Child Nabbed In Connection Of Same-Day Shooting Of Woman A Connecticut man who was shot last week with a 10-year-old boy has been arrested for shooting a woman earlier the same day. Derek St. Hilaire, age 21, of Waterbury, was apprehended on Sunday, Sept. 26 for the shooting of an 18-year-old woman on Thursday, Sept. 23. St. Hilaire was charged for the shooting after he was released from the hospital after being treated for gunshots wounds, according to Lt. Robert Davis, of the Waterbury Police. See Related Story: Suspect At Large After 10-Year-Old, Man Shot On CT Roadway The shooting of the woman took place on John Street earlier in the d…

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by Kathy Reakes