New York Post – by Gabrielle Fonrouge and Aaron Feis

The Brooklyn CBD wholesaler whose 106-pound shipment of perfectly legal hemp was wrongfully seized by the NYPD last month will have a green Christmas, as the stash was released on Monday.

“We got everything back,” said Oren Levy, the proprietor of Green Angel CBD, whose brother, Ronen, picked up the haul from the NYPD’s Queens narcotics lock-up on Monday. “They actually sealed it normally. I was surprised.”  Continue reading “Brooklyn CBD wholesaler gets wrongfully seized hemp back from NYPD”

NBC 4

It was by chance that two brothers who own a smoke shop in Queens found video footage in a smashed video recorder when they returned to their store after spending more than a month in jail.

At the brothers’ arraignment in late August, prosecutors said in court NYPD cops had recovered 40 pounds of cocaine during a raid and search warrant by the Queens north gang unit. The DA’s office provided no documentation and asked for the two suspects to be held without bail.  Continue reading “NYPD Cops Seen Disabling Security Camera After Brothers’ False Drug Charges Bust”

CNN

The Arkansas 911 dispatcher who scolded a woman crying on the phone before she drowned will not face criminal charges, an internal investigation ruled.

A Fort Smith Police investigation into Debra Stevens’ death found that while the 911 dispatcher “violated policy by being rude to Stevens at times,” she hadn’t violated the law in her response.  Continue reading “A 911 dispatcher who told a drowning woman to ‘shut up’ will not face charges”

Scary Mommy – by Julie Scagell

A police department’s therapy dog and resident Very Good Boy is feeling the holiday spirit this season — perhaps a little too much. Officers noticed the toys that’d been donated to the station were disappearing from the room they’d put them in and came to find out it was their furry friend, Benjamin Franklin, that was the culprit.  Continue reading “Police Dog Busted For Stealing Donated Toys In Adorable Video”

BBC News

More than 56,000 weapons have been handed to authorities in New Zealand during a six-month amnesty, police say.

The buy-back scheme was launched when authorities banned semi-automatic weapon in response to the killing of 51 people at two mosques in Christchurch. Continue reading “New Zealand: 56,000 guns handed over during amnesty”

KBTX

BRYAN, Tex. (KBTX) – No one was injured when a Brazos County homeowner unknowingly shot at deputies searching their home.

According to the sheriff’s office, deputies were responding to a reported residential burglary at 6:11 a.m. Tuesday in the 6000 block of Koppe Bridge. Deputies arrived and saw the property gate was open, a window was broken and the door unlocked. Deputies then entered the home to try and secure it.  Continue reading “Homeowner shoots at Brazos County deputies after mistaking them for burglars”

KBTX

CALDWELL, Texas Chester Jackson is alleging he was sexually assaulted while in custody, according to his attorney.

Houston-based attorney U.A. Lewis is representing Jackson and made the revelation Monday after a court hearing in Caldwell.  Continue reading “Chester Jackson alleges he was sexually assaulted while in custody”

New York Post – by Alex Taylor and Bruce Golding

The Jersey City shooters were adherents of a fringe religious movement that’s been labeled a hate group by experts who track extremists in the US.

David Anderson was described by law enforcement sources on Wednesday as a follower of the Black Hebrew Israelites, and he introduced girlfriend and accomplice Francine Graham to their beliefs, a former friend and neighbor in Elizabethport, New Jersey, told The Post.  Continue reading “Jersey City shooting suspects David Anderson and Francine Graham followed ‘hateful’ religious sect”

New York Post – by Lucas Tomlinson

A group of U.S. Navy instructor pilots asked top military brass for permission to arm themselves in the wake of the shooting at Naval Air Station Pensacola, Fla., where a Saudi military pilot gunned down three American sailors and wounded eight others.

One of the shooting victims was the captain of the U.S. Naval Academy rifle team, an “excellent marksman,” according to his brother.  Continue reading “Navy instructor pilots demand arms in wake of Pensacola shooting”

AOL

Dec 11 (Reuters) – Police in the New York metropolitan area were put on high alert to protect Jewish neighborhoods after an hours-long gunbattle with two men around a Jersey City kosher market that killed six people, authorities said.

The police shoot-out with two men armed with high-powered rifles erupted after midday on Tuesday in Jersey City, New Jersey’s second-largest municipality directly across the Hudson River from Manhattan. The six dead included three civilians, one police officer and both gunmen, authorities said.  Continue reading “Jersey City gunmen targeted Jewish grocery for lethal attack – mayor”

New York Post – by Nadine DeNinno

Walt Disney Studios has issued a warning that “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker” could trigger seizures in photosensitive people with epilepsy.

The company is working with the Epilepsy Foundation to promote the alert, Variety reports, as well as to give tips on how fans can still enjoy the movie, which contains “several sequences with imagery and sustained flashing lights.”  Continue reading “Disney warns ‘Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker’ could trigger seizures”

Texas Tribune

The grandson of the late President George H.W. Bush, nonprofit executive Pierce Bush, announced Monday morning that he is running for Texas’ 22nd Congressional District.

Bush enters a crowded GOP primary to replace U.S. Rep. Pete Olson, R-Sugar Land, whose seat was a national Democratic target even before Olson announced his retirement earlier this year. Bush made his bid official in a video playing up his experience as the Houston-based CEO of Big Brothers Big Sisters Lone Star. Continue reading “Pierce Bush announces bid for suburban Houston congressional seat”

KTRE

NACOGDOCHES, Texas (KTRE) – Nacogdoches police have arrested a woman after one of her children took methamphetamine to a local elementary school.

Shatoya Tyshae Doggett, 29, is charged with three counts of first-degree delivery of a controlled substance and four counts of state-jail felony endangering a child.

Continue reading “Police arrest Nacogdoches woman in connection with drugs given out at school”

101 Wins Radio

NEW YORK (1010 WINS) — An NYPD officer is recovering after finding a razor blade in a sandwich he purchased in a Queens deli on Thursday.

Officials say the officer, at approximately 4:30, bought the sandwich at a Bon Appetit in located at 418 Beach 129 Street in Rockaway Park.  Continue reading “NYPD investigates after Queens deli serves officer sandwich with razor inside”

CNN

For the second time in two days, a deadly shooting unfolded at a US Navy base Friday when a gunman killed at least three people and injured several others at Naval Air Station Pensacola in Florida.

The suspected shooter, who was also killed, was a member of the Saudi Arabian military training at the station, according to five US defense officials and another person familiar with the investigation.  Continue reading “A Saudi national is the suspected gunman in deadly shooting at Pensacola Naval Air Station, sources say”

USA Today

PENSACOLA, Fla. — Three people are dead, including the suspect, and at least 11 people were hospitalized Friday morning in a shooting at Naval Air Station Pensacola.

The shooting was reported around 7 a.m. central time Friday; the suspect died just before 8 a.m., Escambia County Sheriff’s Office spokeswoman Amber Southard said.  Continue reading “3 dead, including suspect, in shooting at Naval Air Station Pensacola in Florida; at least 11 hospitalized”

New York Post – by Lia Eustachewich

The US sailor who shot up the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard has been identified — and he used his service weapons in the suicidal attack, according to new reports.

Petty Officer Gabriel Romero, 22, used his M4 service rifle in the shooting Wednesday afternoon, killing two civilian employees and wounding a third, according to a preliminary incident report obtained by Fox News.  Continue reading “Suspect in Pearl Harbor shooting identified as Petty Officer Gabriel Romero”

Reuters

NEW YORK (Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday handed President Donald Trump another defeat in his bid to keep his financial records secret, directing Deutsche Bank AG (DBKGn.DE) and Capital One Financial Corp (COF.N) to comply with subpoenas from congressional Democrats demanding the material.

A three-judge panel of the Manhattan-based 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 2-1 against Trump’s bid to block two House of Representatives committees from enforcing subpoenas issued in April to the two banks seeking the documents. Trump is expected to appeal the case to the U.S. Supreme Court.  Continue reading “Court tells banks to hand Trump financial records to House Democrats”

Time

(WASHINGTON) —The House released a sweeping impeachment report Tuesday outlining evidence of what it calls President Donald Trump’s wrongdoing toward Ukraine, findings that will serve as the foundation for debate over whether the 45th president should be removed from office.  Continue reading “House Releases 300-Page Report Outlining Evidence for Trump’s Impeachment”

AOL

Alphabet (GOOG) announced on Tuesday that co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin would relinquish full control of both Google and its parent company to CEO Sundar Pichai, formally ending their reign atop one of Silicon Valley’s most powerful companies.

Citing the tech giant’s evolution from its beginnings during the height of the Internet bubble, Brin and Page — who had been serving as Alphabet’s chief executive — said that the time had come “to simplify our management structure.”  Continue reading “Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin step down”