Stockton officers talked calmly to a man who had smashed a home’s front door with an ax. He armed himself with another ax and raised it inside six feet; an officer fired, and he died.
Police Drone Disarms Armed Suspect With a Magnet
A Sacramento County Sheriff’s drone team flew a magnet-equipped drone to a barricaded suspect and pulled his knife away. No shots fired, no force used.
Vermont Woman Pleads Not Guilty to Manslaughter After Her Pit Bull Kills Her Father
Prosecutors say Janna Campbell ignored repeated warnings about her dog’s violent history, and now she faces up to 15 years in prison for his death. A Vermont woman has plead not guilty to voluntary manslaughter and reckless endangerment charges after her pit bull killed her 76-year-old father in March, an attack prosecutors say was made…
LAUSD Superintendent Alberto Carvalho Resigns With FBI Investigation Still Active
Carvalho cited protecting the district from distraction, but federal investigators looking into alleged kickbacks from his time in Miami have made no indication they are finished. Alberto Carvalho resigned Sunday night as superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School District, ending a nearly four-year tenure at the nation’s second-largest public school system while a federal…
Three Michigan Men Charged With Kidnapping After Violent Confrontation Over Fake Sports Bets at MGM Grand
Prosecutors say the victim fabricated over $100,000 in winning wagers, and the men he owed came to Las Vegas to collect by force. Three Michigan men were arrested last week on kidnapping and extortion charges after Las Vegas police say they lured a New York man to a Strip hotel room, beat him with pool…
Florida Walmart Cashier Arrested After Pocketing Elderly Customer’s $2,700 Lottery Validation Receipt
Without that single piece of paper, the winning ticket in the customer’s hand was nearly worthless under Florida Lottery rules. A Walmart cashier in DeLand, Florida, was arrested after Volusia County sheriff’s deputies said she pocketed the validation receipt from an elderly customer’s $2,700 winning lottery ticket, then left him without the paperwork he needed…
Supreme Court Reinstates Pedro Hernandez’s Murder Conviction in the 1979 Disappearance of Etan Patz
The 6-3 ruling reverses a federal appeals court decision that had threatened to send the nearly five-decade-old case to a third trial. The Supreme Court on Monday reinstated the murder conviction of Pedro Hernandez in the 1979 killing of 6-year-old Etan Patz, ending a years-long legal battle that had threatened to send the case to…
Livestream 06/22/26
The Former Lawman livestream replay from June 22, 2026: police bodycam breakdowns and law enforcement news.
The Traffic Stop That Killed Officer Ella French
On the evening of August 7, 2021, three Chicago Police officers pulled over a gray Honda CRV with expired plates in West Englewood. The stop lasted under two minutes. By the end of it, one officer was dead, one was paralyzed, and a third was alive only because his attacker’s gun jammed.The body-worn camera footage…
Buffalo Officer Shot Six Times During Domestic Call
On a Buffalo domestic call, a man who had locked his wife in a room pulled a concealed pistol while half-cuffed and shot an officer six times. Officers returned fire; both men are expected to survive, and the wife was rescued.
