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Sexy Dresses, An Air Horn and Eagle Feathers: A Graduation Story

Mike Hendren — Sun, 09 Jun 2013 21:20:15 +0000

Personal observations and a story of extortion in the deep south. What a day!

NYPD Summon Their Inner Hulk, Lift Taxi Off Man

Kacy Collins — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 13:27:36 +0000

The New York Police Department is at it again. A month or so ago we saw one officer giving boots to an apparently homeless man. That seems like a pretty noble thing to do but what these officers did blow tha

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Ex-Cop Reveals How to Avoid Getting a Traffic Ticket

Aaron Galloway — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 20:19:30 +0000

Nobody likes getting pulled over and we all dread those infamous - and expensive - traffic tickets. If you've ever wanted insider info on how to avoid a speeding ticket, here you go.

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Standoff Ends in Arrest

Mike Hendren — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 13:57:54 +0000

Wichita Falls man may face charges after 3 hour stand-off with police

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WFPD: Drug-Laced Business Card Story is a Hoax

Mike Hendren — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 16:19:11 +0000

The story surfaced yesterday on Facebook and on the street: a woman was the victim of a bizarre 'attack' with a drug-laced business card.

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Wichita Falls Police Make Early Morning Drug Bust

Mike Hendren — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 22:21:39 +0000

41 year-old Jose Antonio Ruiz is being held in the Wichita County Jail.

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Chicago Police Taser Pregnant Woman for Parking in Handicap Spot — Is It Fair? [VIDEO]

Amy Sciarretto — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 14:36:04 +0000

A Chicago police officer is being investigated for tasering an eight-month pregnant woman for parking in a handicap spot earlier this week). The cop claimed he didn’t know the woman was expecting.

But, that’s just the beginning of the story.

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New Jersey Town Raises a Ruckus for Ticketing Pedestrians Who Text or Talk on the Phone [VIDEO]

Shauna Wright — Fri, 11 May 2012 19:45:56 +0000

You’ve probably seen the countless YouTube videos of people so transfixed by their mobile phones that they walk into inanimate objects or fall into fountains.

And while it’s easy to laugh at such incidents, the truth is that distracted pedestrians can cause serious harm to themselves or other people — and now one New Jersey town is taking a stand.

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Frequent 9-1-1 Calls Tied to Cell Phone Butt Dialing Epidemic

Mike Hendren — Wed, 09 May 2012 15:19:58 +0000

"Butt dialing"-yeah, it sounds funny. But, it's anything but. No if's and's or butt's about it. But you get it, right? Sorry, but I just had to run with that a moment.

Many of us do it; we put the cell phone in our hip pocket. I don

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Massachusetts Police Chief Comes Up with Shocking Plan to Curb Cursing in Town

Amy Sciarretto — Thu, 03 May 2012 13:56:14 +0000

Talk about putting your money where your mouth is.

The police chief in Middleborough, Mass. is considering enforcing a longstanding, but little-used ,law to help curb cursing in his town that could hit hard in the pocketbook.

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Shots Fired Outside Local Businesses

Mike Hendren — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 15:02:42 +0000

Police were called to the 7-11 convenience store at City View Drive and US 287 at around 9pm Monday night. Witnesses reported hearing gunfire and shell casings were found in the parking lot.

A short time later, police were alerted to shots fired outside

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Would You Wear a Seat Belt If a Cop Dressed As the Easter Bunny Made You Buckle Up? [VIDEO]

Shauna Wright — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 14:05:05 +0000

You may have seen the story about cops posing as panhandlers to catch people using their cell phones while driving. But have you heard about the officers who are donning bunny costumes to nab motorists who aren’t buckled up?

So, what in the name of Easter is going on?

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Be Careful — That Homeless Man May Really Be a Cop Out to Catch Distracted Drivers

Shauna Wright — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 16:16:22 +0000

As in many areas of the US, driving while using a cell phone is illegal in Ontario, Canada. But since many people obey the law only when they see a police officer, undercover cops have found a novel way to catch violators: they’re going incognito as vagrants.

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Wichita Falls Police Officer Involved in Fatal Crash Arrested for Manslaughter

Aaron Galloway — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 18:06:42 +0000

Teddie Whitefield, the former Wichita Falls police officer who was involved in the fatal car accident on Jacksboro Highway in July of 2011, has turned himself in to authorities this morning.

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Grand Jury Takes No Action Against WFPD Officer Involved in Shooting Death

Mike Hendren — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 18:27:55 +0000

The Grand Jury has reviewed the incident occurring between Mr. Edward Washington and Officer John Ricketts. At that time, the

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Oops! Teen Texts Pranks About Hiding Dead Body To a Cop

Mithun Divakaran — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 15:32:28 +0000

With the convenience and anonymity that comes with texting, you would think it’s easy to pull off a prank. But for a teenager in Arkansas, a texting prank backfired when she joked about hiding a dead body, and sent the text prank to a random local number. That random number turned out to belong to a police detective, who obviously didn’t consider the message a joke.

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Police Concerned About Suicide Attempts at the 9/11 Memorial

Shauna Wright — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 17:54:01 +0000

The focal point of the National September 11 Memorial is a pair of sunken granite pools with three-story waterfalls that mark where the fallen World Trade Center towers once stood.

And while they’re certainly beautiful, the New York City Police Department is watching them for an entirely different reason: they’re worried that grief-stricken visitors might try to use the site to commit suicide.

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Arrests Made in Clay County Murder Case

Mike Hendren — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 04:00:32 +0000

Clay County Sheriff Kenny Lemons formally announced the arrest of three new suspects in the murder of a man in northern Clay County. A tip led authorities to a home on FM 2332 just south of Petrolia last week

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Wichita Falls Man Shot and Killed by Police After Fleeing in a Vehicle

Aaron Galloway — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:35:39 +0000

At 11:116 pm Friday night a routine traffic stop turned deadly when a Wichita Falls police officer shot and killed 48 year old Edward Washington III in the 500 block of Bonner while trying to evade police and fleeing in his vehicle.

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Police ID Child In Hanging Death At Apartment Complex

Mike Hendren — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 10:00:34 +0000

Wichita Falls Police were called to the 5500 block of Professional Drive just before 3 pm Thursday. According to WFPD Public Information Officer

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