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Officers Shot, Killed In Connecticut Were Reportedly Lured By Fake 911 Call
Two Connecticut police officers who were gunned down and killed when responding to an apparent domestic dispute may have been lured to the home by a fake 911 call.
Bristol Police Sgt. Dustin DeMonte, age 35, and Officer Alex Hamzy, age 34, both young fathers, were killed and 26-year-old Alec Iurato was injured, around 10:30 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 12 in a residential neighborhood in Bristol, said the Connecticut State Police.
State police said a preliminary investigation has found that Bristol Police received a 911 call reporting a possible domestic violence incident between two siblings at 3…
Family Of Gabby Petito Files Notice Of $50M Wrongful Death Lawsuit Against Police
The family of Gabby Petito has filed a notice of a $50 million lawsuit against a police department in Utah, accusing it of negligence in the 22-year-old Long Island native's death.
Petito, age 22, of Blue Point in Suffolk County, was strangled and beaten to death last year in Wyoming by her boyfriend, Brian Laundrie, also from Blue Point, but who relocated to North Port, Florida.
Laundrie, labeled a person of interest in the case by the FBI, later took his own life.
When his remains were found in a remote Florida nature reserve, a notebook was also discovered in which he confessed to t…
Hudson Valley Man Kicked Pregnant Woman In Stomach, Poured Grease On Her, Police Say
A man from the region is accused of physically assaulting a pregnant woman during a domestic dispute.
Ulster County resident Enrique Plaza, age 29, of Saugerties was arrested on multiple charges stemming from the altercation at a home on Livingston Street, Saugerties Police said.
Officers were called to the residence shortly after 9 a.m. Sunday, May 29, with reports of a physical domestic dispute.
Investigators determined that during the fight Plaza had pushed and slapped the victim several times, threw cooking grease on her body, and spit in her face, police said.
He then kicked the woma…
