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  Two correctional officers are listed in critical condition after being shot in the lobby of a central Califoia county jail Saturday moing, officials said. Fresno County Sheriff Margaret Mims told reporters that the suspect, 37-year-old Thong Vang of Fresno, shot at correctional officers Juanita Davila and Toamalama Scanlan around 8:30 a.m. local time after he entered the jail's lobby, made his way to the front of the line and stated that he wanted to see someone at the jail. Related Image Expand / Contract Fresno County Correctional Officers Juanita Davila and Toamalama Scanlan. (Courtesy Fresno County Sheriff) Mims said that Vang then pulled out a gun and started shooting at the officers. Both were shot in the head and neck area once, according to Mims.  Another correctional lieutenant then shot back at Vang, Mims said. Related Image Expand / Contract Thong Vang (Courtesy Fresno County Sheriff) "I'm very proud of the way our personnel responded, ran towards d,california prison shooting ...ادامه مطلب

  British prisons have become alarmingly fertile breeding grounds for terrorism, according to new govement research that supports the long and widely held beliefs that UK lockups too often double as jihadi training camps. Many of the terror attacks that have plagued Europe in recent years bear a common, chilling hallmark: They were carried out by attackers who went into prison as petty criminals and emerged as hardened terrorists. Officials armed with sobering new research now want to take steps to isolate known jihadists from the general prison population in a bid to stop recruitment. “We cannot have a situation where we have extremist prisoners influencing others who are vulnerable to those messages,” said Justice Minister Liz Truss. The case of radical firebrand Anjem Choudary, who was recently sentenced to 10 years in prison for supporting ISIS after years of openly espousing Islamist hate, has brought increased attention to the issue. Charismatic and committed jihadi, ...ادامه مطلب

  SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. –  Twisted metal gates and rusted mailboxes remained where houses once stood. Flames had tued a lot full of cars — including some vintage models — into a junkyard of hollowed-out shells. Countless trees were scorched or gone. Scenes of destruction were everywhere Thursday after a huge wildfire sped through mountains and high desert 60 miles east of Los Angeles so swiftly that it took seasoned firefighters off guard. But the day also brought the biggest gains yet against the blaze, with containment jumping from 22 percent, up from just 4 percent when the day began. The fire has bued 56 square miles. An aerial flyover revealed significant property loss, but crews were just beginning to comb through the rubble to document the devastation. "Most of the areas where there was structural damage, they're still smoldering," U.S. Forest Service spokesman, ...ادامه مطلب

This undated photo shows a sketch of a suspected serial killer linked to the murders of seven people in Phoenix, Ariz. (Phoenix Police Department) Phoenix police said Wednesday that they have linked a non-fatal shooting last month to a serial killer believed to have murdered seven people and wounded two others.   In all, nine incidents have been tied to the case dating back to March 17.  According to authorities, the latest confirmed attack occurred in a central Phoenix neighborhood on July 11 when someone fired on a vehicle occupied by a 21-year-old man and a 4-year-old boy. Neither was injured. No other details on the shooting were immediately available. Most of the attacks occurred in the blue-collar Maryvale neighborhood, though two shootings — including the latest — occurred in another part of the city. Police believe the suspect has used at least two vehicles to carry out the attacks.  "The two best described are a white Cadillac or Lincoln type vehicle and a black late 1990’s or early 2000’s 5 Series BMW," Phoenix police Sgt. Jonathan Howard said. The FBI is offering a reward of $50,000 for information leading to the suspect's arrest.  The Associated Press contributed to this report.  Click for more from Fox10Phoenix.com.     Let's block ads! بخوانید, ...ادامه مطلب

(AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File) President Obama on Wednesday cut short the sentences of 214 federal inmates, including 67 life sentences, in what the White House called the largest batch of commutations on a single day in more than a century. Almost all the prisoners were serving time for nonviolent crimes related to cocaine, methamphetamine or other drugs, although a few were charged with firearms violations related to their drug activities. Almost all are men, though they represent a diverse cross-section of America geographically. Obama's push to lessen the burden on nonviolent drug offenders reflects his long-stated view that the U.S. needs to remedy the consequences of decades of onerous sentencing requirements that put tens of thousands behind bars for far too long. Obama has used the aggressive pace of his commutations to increase pressure on Congress to pass a broader fix and to call more attention to the issue. All told, Obama has commuted 562 sentences during his presidency -- more than the past nine presidents combined, the White House said. Almost 200 of those who have benefited were serving life sentences. "All of the individuals receiving commutation today -- incarcerated under outdated and unduly harsh sentencing laws -- embody the president's belief that `America is a nation of second chances,"' White House counsel Neil Eggleston wrote in a blog post. Eggleston said Obama examines each clemency application on its specific merits to identify the appropriate relief, including whether the prisoner would be helped by additional drug treatment, educational programming or counseling. He called on Congress to finally pass a criminal justice overhaul to bring about "lasting change to the federal system." Presidents tend to use their powers to commute sentences or issue pardons more frequently at the end of their presidencies, and Obama administration officials said the rapid pace would continue during Obama's final months. "We are not done yet," Deputy, ...ادامه مطلب

  Concealed handgun license holders in Texas can carry their weapons into public university buildings, classrooms and dorms starting Monday, a day that also marks 50 years after the mass shooting at the University of Texas' landmark clock tower. The campus-carry law pushed by Gov. Greg Abbott and the Republican legislative majority makes Texas one of a handful of states guaranteeing the right to carry concealed handguns on campus.  Texas has allowed concealed handguns in public for 20 years. Gun rights advocates consider it an important protection, given the constitutional right to bear arms, as well as a key self-defense measure in cases of campus violence, such as the 1966 UT shootings and the 2007 shootings at Virginia Tech. Opponents of the law fear it will chill free speech on campus and lead to more campus suicide. The former dean of the University of Texas School of Architecture left for a position at the University of Pennsylvania because of his opposition to allowing guns on campus. Officials told the Austin American-Statesman it was a coincidence that the law took effect 50 years to the day after the UT shooting. Marine-trained sniper Charles Whitman climbed to the observation deck of the 27-story clock tower in the heart of UT's flagship Austin campus, armed with rifles, pistols and a sawed-off shotgun on Aug. 1, 1966, killing 13 people and wounding more than 30 others before officers gunned him down. Whitman had killed his wife and mother before he headed to the tower, investigators said. One victim died in the hospital a week later and medical examiners eventually attributed a 17th death to Whitman in 2001 -- a man who had been shot and wounded in his one functioning kidney and elected to stop dialysis treatment. Texas has more than 1 million concealed handgun license holders. People who wish to get a license must be at least 21 (18 if in the military) and pass both classroom and gun range training courses. There are also restrictions on convicted , ...ادامه مطلب

  SAN DIEGO –  San Diego police were trying to determine whether a shooting that killed a veteran officer and wounded another was a deliberate attack. Jonathan DeGuzman, a 16-year veteran of the force, died Thursday night when a gunfight erupted after he and his partner stopped someone on a street in a blue-collar area of town. Hours later, a trail of blood led to a wounded suspect who remained hospitalized in critical condition, while a second man described only as a potential suspect was captured after an hours-long SWAT standoff Friday. The death of DeGuzman, 43, came as departments around the country are on high alert following the killing of officers this month in Dallas and Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Our thoughts & prayers are with the family & colleagues of @SanDiegoPD Off Jonathan DeGuzman & the Officer wounded pic.twitter.com/Iv3GS96yI0 — IrishAmerPolice MA (@IAPOA) July 30, 2016 The chain of events started about 11 p.m. Thursday when DeGuzman and Wade Irwin, 32, stopped someone in a southeaste neighborhood, although it wasn't immediately clear whether the gang officers stopped a pedestrian or a car, police said. Almost immediately a shootout ensued and the officers called for backup. "We're talking very, very quickly. Seconds to a minute or so," Police Chief Shelley Zimmerman said. Both men were wounded despite wearing bulletproof vests. Zimmerman said it was unknown whether the San Diego attack was premeditated. She also said video was recovered from the officers' body cameras. DeGuzman died at a hospital. Irwin, a nine-year veteran who had joined the gang suppression unit in June, underwent surgery with his wife at his side, Zimmerman said. "The good news is that he is going to survive and he is going to recover," Zimmerman said. Police swarmed the neighborhood where the shootout happened. About a half-hour after the shooting, they followed a trail of blood to a ravine and found Jesse Gomez, 52, with a chest wound. He was in critical condi, ...ادامه مطلب

  SAN DIEGO –  San Diego police were trying to determine whether a shooting that killed a veteran officer and wounded another was a deliberate attack. Jonathan DeGuzman, a 16-year veteran of the force, died Thursday night when a gunfight erupted after he and his partner stopped someone on a street in a blue-collar area of town. Hours later, a trail of blood led to a wounded suspect who remained hospitalized in critical condition, while a second man described only as a potential suspect was captured after an hours-long SWAT standoff Friday. The death of DeGuzman, 43, came as departments around the country are on high alert following the killing of officers this month in Dallas and Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Our thoughts & prayers are with the family & colleagues of @SanDiegoPD Off Jonathan DeGuzman & the Officer wounded pic.twitter.com/Iv3GS96yI0 — IrishAmerPolice MA (@IAPOA) July 30, 2016 The chain of events started about 11 p.m. Thursday when DeGuzman and Wade Irwin, 32, stopped someone in a southeaste neighborhood, although it wasn't immediately clear whether the gang officers stopped a pedestrian or a car, police said. Almost immediately a shootout ensued and the officers called for backup. "We're talking very, very quickly. Seconds to a minute or so," Police Chief Shelley Zimmerman said. Both men were wounded despite wearing bulletproof vests. Zimmerman said it was unknown whether the San Diego attack was premeditated. She also said video was recovered from the officers' body cameras. DeGuzman died at a hospital. Irwin, a nine-year veteran who had joined the gang suppression unit in June, underwent surgery with his wife at his side, Zimmerman said. "The good news is that he is going to survive and he is going to recover," Zimmerman said. Police swarmed the neighborhood where the shootout happened. About a half-hour after the shooting, they followed a trail of blood to a ravine and found Jesse Gomez, 52, with a chest wound. He was in critical condi, ...ادامه مطلب

  SAN DIEGO –  San Diego police were trying to determine whether a shooting that killed a veteran officer and wounded another was a deliberate attack. Jonathan DeGuzman, a 16-year veteran of the force, died Thursday night when a gunfight erupted after he and his partner stopped someone on a street in a blue-collar area of town. Hours later, a trail of blood led to a wounded suspect who remained hospitalized in critical condition, while a second man described only as a potential suspect was captured after an hours-long SWAT standoff Friday. The death of DeGuzman, 43, came as departments around the country are on high alert following the killing of officers this month in Dallas and Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Our thoughts & prayers are with the family & colleagues of @SanDiegoPD Off Jonathan DeGuzman & the Officer wounded pic.twitter.com/Iv3GS96yI0 — IrishAmerPolice MA (@IAPOA) July 30, 2016 The chain of events started about 11 p.m. Thursday when DeGuzman and Wade Irwin, 32, stopped someone in a southeaste neighborhood, although it wasn't immediately clear whether the gang officers stopped a pedestrian or a car, police said. Almost immediately a shootout ensued and the officers called for backup. "We're talking very, very quickly. Seconds to a minute or so," Police Chief Shelley Zimmerman said. Both men were wounded despite wearing bulletproof vests. Zimmerman said it was unknown whether the San Diego attack was premeditated. She also said video was recovered from the officers' body cameras. DeGuzman died at a hospital. Irwin, a nine-year veteran who had joined the gang suppression unit in June, underwent surgery with his wife at his side, Zimmerman said. "The good news is that he is going to survive and he is going to recover," Zimmerman said. Police swarmed the neighborhood where the shootout happened. About a half-hour after the shooting, they followed a trail of blood to a ravine and found Jesse Gomez, 52, with a chest wound. He was in critical condi, ...ادامه مطلب

  Califoia state and local law enforcement agencies may have to choose between more than $100 million in federal aid and the “sanctuary city” immigration policies that supporters say are humane, but critics say fuel crime. The policies, whether in writing or just in practice, preclude local law enforcement from working with federal authorities when they catch an illegal immigrant who by law faces deportation. The laws have sparked a national controversy in the wake of dozens of murders and other violent crimes committed by illegal immigrants who local law enforcement did not report to the Department of Homeland Security.  Republicans in Congress, saying such non-cooperation is illegal, forced the Department of Justice to condition grants on compliance. For Califoia, which enacted the Califoia Trust Act, that could mean as much as $135 million in grants will be withheld. “This irresponsible legislation has already caused the release of thousands of criminals that U.S. Department of Homeland Security Immigration and Customs Enforcement was trying to deport,” said Jessica Vaughan, director of policy studies for the Washington DC-based Center for Immigration Studies. “Now it may also cost Califoia police and sheriffs critical funding from the federal govement. Last year, these grants were worth more than $130 million.”  Vaughan said that she suspects, at least in Califoia where this has been a contentious issue, many sheriffs and police departments are going to have to notify the state govement that the Trust Act puts them in an extremely difficult position. Related Image Expand / Contract Texas Rep. John Culberson has insisted that sanctuary city policies make jurisdictions ineligible for some federal aid. ‘If I were a sheriff, I’d be thinking about starting to comply with federal law and cooperating with ICE, and the heck with the Trust Act – it’s been declared illegal,” Vaughan said. Although the Obama administration and Attoey General Loretta Lynch have no, ...ادامه مطلب

July 29, 2016: This undated file photo provided by the Illinois Department of Corrections shows former Bolingbrook, Ill., police officer Drew Peterson. (Illinois Department of Corrections via AP, File) A former suburban Chicago police officer jailed for killing his wife received a 40-year prison sentence Friday for plotting to kill the prosecutor who helped convict him of murder in 2012. Drew Peterson was found guilty in May of attempting to hire a hitman to kill Will County State’s Attoey James Glasgow. Peterson was sentenced to 38 years in prison for killing his third wife, Kathleen Savio. Prosecutors say that while serving his sentence, Peterson approached a fellow inmate about the possibility of hiring someone to kill Glasgow.  The inmate, Antonio Smith, agreed to wear a wire for investigators and recorded Peterson offering $10,000 to hire Smith's uncle to kill Glasgow.  In court Friday, Peterson claimed that he knew he was being recorded and had never meant to kill Glasgow, but was pretending to order the hit so Smith could tu him in and receive a reduced sentece. He added that at the time of the recordings, in November 2014, he was suicidal and didn't believe he would live to see the scam come to fruition. "Jim Glasgow, there was never any intent to have you killed," Peterson said. Glasgow responded outside the courtroom by calling Peterson "deluded" and "a patronizing con man." In court, Glasgow said that a lengthy sentence was necessary as a deterrent, otherwise convicts will believe they can kill a prosecutor and get the minimum sentence. "It's critical that a message be sent that this will never be (allowed) in Illinois," he said. The Chicago Tribune reported that Friday's sentence, which must be served after Peterson's sentence for killing Savio, essentially guarantees the 62-year-old Peterson will die in prison. He had been scheduled for parole in 2047. Peterson first came to national attention in 2007 after his fourth wife, Stacy, vanished from thei, ...ادامه مطلب

  Califoia state and local law enforcement agencies may have to choose between more than $100 million in federal aid and the “sanctuary city” immigration policies that supporters say are humane, but critics say fuel crime. The policies, whether in writing or just in practice, preclude local law enforcement from working with federal authorities when they catch an illegal immigrant who by law faces deportation. The laws have sparked a national controversy in the wake of dozens of murders and other violent crimes committed by illegal immigrants who local law enforcement did not report to the Department of Homeland Security.  Republicans in Congress, saying such non-cooperation is illegal, forced the Department of Justice to condition grants on compliance. For Califoia, which enacted the Califoia Trust Act, that could mean as much as $135 million in grants will be withheld. “This irresponsible legislation has already caused the release of thousands of criminals that U.S. Department of Homeland Security Immigration and Customs Enforcement was trying to deport,” said Jessica Vaughan, director of policy studies for the Washington DC-based Center for Immigration Studies. “Now it may also cost Califoia police and sheriffs critical funding from the federal govement. Last year, these grants were worth more than $130 million.”  Vaughan said that she suspects, at least in Califoia where this has been a contentious issue, many sheriffs and police departments are going to have to notify the state govement that the Trust Act puts them in an extremely difficult position. Related Image Expand / Contract Texas Rep. John Culberson has insisted that sanctuary city policies make jurisdictions ineligible for some federal aid. ‘If I were a sheriff, I’d be thinking about starting to comply with federal law and cooperating with ICE, and the heck with the Trust Act – it’s been declared illegal,” Vaughan said. Although the Obama administration and Attoey General Loretta Lynch have no, ...ادامه مطلب

  Califoia state and local law enforcement agencies may have to choose between more than $100 million in federal aid and the “sanctuary city” immigration policies that supporters say are humane, but critics say fuel crime. The policies, whether in writing or just in practice, preclude local law enforcement from working with federal authorities when they catch an illegal immigrant who by law faces deportation. The laws have sparked a national controversy in the wake of dozens of murders and other violent crimes committed by illegal immigrants who local law enforcement did not report to the Department of Homeland Security.  Republicans in Congress, saying such non-cooperation is illegal, forced the Department of Justice to condition grants on compliance. For Califoia, which enacted the Califoia Trust Act, that could mean as much as $135 million in grants will be withheld. “This irresponsible legislation has already caused the release of thousands of criminals that U.S. Department of Homeland Security Immigration and Customs Enforcement was trying to deport,” said Jessica Vaughan, director of policy studies for the Washington DC-based Center for Immigration Studies. “Now it may also cost Califoia police and sheriffs critical funding from the federal govement. Last year, these grants were worth more than $130 million.”  Vaughan said that she suspects, at least in Califoia where this has been a contentious issue, many sheriffs and police departments are going to have to notify the state govement that the Trust Act puts them in an extremely difficult position. Related Image Expand / Contract Texas Rep. John Culberson has insisted that sanctuary city policies make jurisdictions ineligible for some federal aid. ‘If I were a sheriff, I’d be thinking about starting to comply with federal law and cooperating with ICE, and the heck with the Trust Act – it’s been declared illegal,” Vaughan said. Although the Obama administration and Attoey General Loretta Lynch have no, ...ادامه مطلب

  Califoia state and local law enforcement agencies may have to choose between more than $100 million in federal aid and the “sanctuary city” immigration policies that supporters say are humane, but critics say fuel crime. The policies, whether in writing or just in practice, preclude local law enforcement from working with federal authorities when they catch an illegal immigrant who by law faces deportation. The laws have sparked a national controversy in the wake of dozens of murders and other violent crimes committed by illegal immigrants who local law enforcement did not report to the Department of Homeland Security.  Republicans in Congress, saying such non-cooperation is illegal, forced the Department of Justice to condition grants on compliance. For Califoia, which enacted the Califoia Trust Act, that could mean as much as $135 million in grants will be withheld. “This irresponsible legislation has already caused the release of thousands of criminals that U.S. Department of Homeland Security Immigration and Customs Enforcement was trying to deport,” said Jessica Vaughan, director of policy studies for the Washington DC-based Center for Immigration Studies. “Now it may also cost Califoia police and sheriffs critical funding from the federal govement. Last year, these grants were worth more than $130 million.”  Vaughan said that she suspects, at least in Califoia where this has been a contentious issue, many sheriffs and police departments are going to have to notify the state govement that the Trust Act puts them in an extremely difficult position. Related Image Expand / Contract Texas Rep. John Culberson has insisted that sanctuary city policies make jurisdictions ineligible for some federal aid. ‘If I were a sheriff, I’d be thinking about starting to comply with federal law and cooperating with ICE, and the heck with the Trust Act – it’s been declared illegal,” Vaughan said. Although the Obama administration and Attoey General Loretta Lynch have no, ...ادامه مطلب

  Califoia state and local law enforcement agencies may have to choose between more than $100 million in federal aid and the “sanctuary city” immigration policies that supporters say are humane, but critics say fuel crime. The policies, whether in writing or just in practice, preclude local law enforcement from working with federal authorities when they catch an illegal immigrant who by law faces deportation. The laws have sparked a national controversy in the wake of dozens of murders and other violent crimes committed by illegal immigrants who local law enforcement did not report to the Department of Homeland Security.  Republicans in Congress, saying such non-cooperation is illegal, forced the Department of Justice to condition grants on compliance. For Califoia, which enacted the Califoia Trust Act, that could mean as much as $135 million in grants will be withheld. “This irresponsible legislation has already caused the release of thousands of criminals that U.S. Department of Homeland Security Immigration and Customs Enforcement was trying to deport,” said Jessica Vaughan, director of policy studies for the Washington DC-based Center for Immigration Studies. “Now it may also cost Califoia police and sheriffs critical funding from the federal govement. Last year, these grants were worth more than $130 million.”  Vaughan said that she suspects, at least in Califoia where this has been a contentious issue, many sheriffs and police departments are going to have to notify the state govement that the Trust Act puts them in an extremely difficult position. Related Image Expand / Contract Texas Rep. John Culberson has insisted that sanctuary city policies make jurisdictions ineligible for some federal aid. ‘If I were a sheriff, I’d be thinking about starting to comply with federal law and cooperating with ICE, and the heck with the Trust Act – it’s been declared illegal,” Vaughan said. Although the Obama administration and Attoey General Loretta Lynch have no, ...ادامه مطلب