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TAMPA, Fla. -- Deputies in Florida say a man accused of stabbing his 6-year-old son more than 20 times has been charged with attempted murder. The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office says in a press release that 23-year-old Xavier Thomas had been watching New Year's Eve fireworks with relatives late Friday. Deputies say Thomas took his son to a play area in the apartment complex once the fireworks were over.

"There is a massive presence of Fresno County Sheriff's deputies and Fresno Police swarming the area of Kings Canyon Road around Lone Oak -- near Avocado Lake -- after numerous shots were fired."

RIVERSIDE – The union representing thousands of Riverside County Sheriff's Department employees has recommended people stay away from the Soboba Indian Casino following fatal shootings last month of tribal members by deputies. The Riverside County Sheriff's Association sent an e-mail to its nearly 3,700 members late last week advising them and the public to visit other casinos until the situation at Soboba was “stabilized.” The action was based on safety concerns, union president Pat McNamara said. In early May, three tribe members were killed in shootouts with deputies on the reservation. Sheriff Stanley Sniff announced a few weeks later that...

PAHOKEE -- Dozens of law officers were combing through a fog-shrouded cane field near Lake Okeechobee Wednesday morning in search of suspects who led authorities on a wild chase that ended with two deputies being killed. A third deputy suffered serious, though not life-threatening, injuries. It happened near the town of Pahokee, on the southern rim of the lake. The chase, which began just after 1:30 a.m. ended tragically when a car -- possibly the suspects' -- mowed down the Palm Beach sheriff's deputies after they had placed tire-deflation devices on the road in hopes of stopping the suspects, who...

GEORGETOWN, Ind. - A 15-year-old boy used a World War II-era sniper rifle to fatally shoot a deputy and critically wound another outside his southern Indiana home, authorities said Tuesday. The teen, Tyler Dumstorf, had shot the deputies Monday evening and was found dead with a self-inflicted gunshot early Tuesday inside the home about 13 miles outside Louisville, Ky., authorities said. Prosecutor Keith Henderson said the boy's father bought the M1 Garand some time ago and that he and his son shot it during target practice. The gun is a showpiece, and possessing one is not illegal, the prosecutor said....

Investigators also found over 70 illegal immigrants PALMVIEW - Sheriff's deputies arrested the head of an auto theft ring near Palmview. The man is also accused of human smuggling. The arrest happened on Bentsen Palm Drive and Three Mile Line. Investigators were watching a house connected to possible stolen vehicles. When they went into the home, they found stolen vehicle and over 70 illegals inside. The people were turned over to Border Patrol. Watch NEWSCHANNEL 5 for the latest information.

Topless woman battles deputies By Kymm Mann/Appeal-Democrat May 16, 2007 - 4:53PM East Nicolaus High School was locked down Tuesday afternoon after a bare-breasted, shotgun-toting woman reportedly took a shot at a cropduster. Sutter County Sheriff Jim Denney said the woman, Jaymi Louise Sanders, 47, possibly from the Pleasant Grove area, was walking near Pacific Avenue about one-quarter south of Nicolaus Avenue in south Sutter County, near the school. “We got a call about 12:15, someone reporting there was a female carrying a shotgun and waving it around in that area,” Denney said. “We also heard that she allegedly had...

PAYNE SPRINGS, Texas — Two Henderson County sheriff's deputies were shot and killed and another was wounded Thursday afternoon while responding to a domestic disturbance near this East Texas town. The shooting occurred just hours after the deputies had participated in the county's peace officers memorial to honor those slain in the line of duty, sheriff's Lt. Pat McWilliams said. McWilliams said the gunman also was shot and taken to a hospital. He did not know the man's condition. A woman who was in the home was not injured and was being interviewed by Texas Rangers. "We've got to work...

Good story on Sheriff Arapio and Maricopa County taking on the illegals. Rules don't allow putting the story on FR but here's the link http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/0113Immigrationdeputies.html. Notice that MALDEF is up in arms over it.

Police were searching for a suspect who shot two sheriff's deputies Thursday, authorities said. The Polk County deputies were taken to Lakeland Regional Medical Center following the early afternoon shooting in north Lakeland, sheriff's spokeswoman Donna Wood said. She didn't know their conditions. The situation started when Polk deputies reportedly stopped a vehicle near Lakeland, CBS affiliate WTSP-TV in Tampa, Fla. reports. Shots were fired, and both deputies were hit.

Illegal immigrants crossing the Arizona desert in will have to worry about being apprehended by one more law enforcement agency. A posse of 100 volunteers and deputies with the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office will be assigned to patrol the desert and main roadways in the southwest area of the county and arrest illegal immigrants, Sheriff Joe Arpaio said in a news release. The effort is an attempt to slow the tide of illegal immigrants into the county, Arizona's most populous, according to the release. "There are so many illegals trying to make it into the county that it's overwhelming my...

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Ten sheriff's deputies who fired 120 rounds at an unarmed driver at the end of a chase in a quiet neighborhood appeared before news cameras Friday with a lawyer who apologized to residents on their behalf. Wearing suits and ties or dark sweaters, the deputies stood silently while lawyer Gregory Emerson explained that each had voluntarily told investigators what happened during Monday's videotaped shooting in Compton. "They're not hiding," Emerson told reporters. "They're honorable, decent individuals. They're proud professionals of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, and they're willing to stand up and tell the community...

SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) - The Orange County Sheriff's Department plans to train as many as 500 deputies to enforce immigration laws, becoming the latest law enforcement agency in Southern California to take a more active role in the issue. Sheriff Mike Carona is scheduled to formally announce the plan next month. It would be jointly developed with the U.S. Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The deputies, however, wouldn't focus primarily on immigration enforcement but use their new powers in criminal investigations that target sexual predators and gang members. "We don't want to enforce immigration laws," said sheriff's spokesman...

Article 1 of 78, Article ID: nwps212320041206 December 6, 2004, Newsweek, U.S. Edition By    Mark Hosenball Condi: Who Will Be Her No. 2? A popular parlor game in Washington is figuring out who Secretary of State-designate Condoleezza Rice's top deputies will be. The diplomatic community is speculating that Rice and her transition team, composed of three White House aides--national-security adviser-designate Steven Hadley, legal adviser John Bellinger and communications chief James Wilkinson--will do the same type of housecleaning that President George W. Bush's new Central Intelligence director, Porter Goss, has done Unfortunately, to see the whole article "Newsweek" requires that you...

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Deputies say uniforms look like Nazi garb By Julie Poppen, Rocky Mountain News May 31, 2003 Critics of an emotion-charged proposal to dress Denver sheriff's deputies in dark tan shirts and blue trousers say the deputies will resemble Nazi troopers, or "brown shirts." The dispute caused Deputy Dave Martinez to be transferred this week from his job tracking down fugitive felons after saying "Heil Hitler" to a supervisor. Nevermind that there's disagreement over whether the shirt is actually khaki or brown. Or that a final decision about the uniforms hasn't been made. Manager of Safety Tracy Howard said Friday that...