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Notorious ex-fugitive appeals NY murder conviction

AP — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 17:12:25 +0000

A former fugitive convicted of killing a state trooper and wounding two others in 2006 continues to make trouble as an inmate as his lawyers move forward with an appeal, officials...

Jury watches video of suspect hit by SC trooper

AP — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 19:29:52 +0000

A federal jury that must decide whether a South Carolina state trooper deliberately rammed a fleeing suspect with his patrol car watched a video of the incident Tuesday, and heard the officer bragging about the...

Tennessee fires trooper accused of snooping

AP — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 19:24:10 +0000

A Tennessee Highway Patrol trooper accused of conducting unauthorized background checks on nearly 200 people, including two journalists and a country music figure, was fired...

Tenn. trooper accused of snooping on media, musician

AP — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:16:46 +0000

A Tennessee state trooper was suspended Tuesday after investigators said he used his position to conduct 182 background checks _ at least some of them unauthorized _ on people including two journalists and a country music...

La. trooper IDs body unclaimed since his boyhood

AP — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 10:57:40 +0000

From the time he was 9, Dennis Stewart was haunted by a boy eight years his elder.

TRON sequel inspires robot taxi concept

Jaiyant Cavale — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 19:06:59 +0000

TRON fans have waited for nearly 3 decades for the sequel to arrive and it just might. A designer has just launched a concept vehicle for the new TRON movie, which is as exciting as the movie. T.R.O.O.P.E.R or the transportation robotic officers...

Feds: Pa. trooper tipped off hooker probe suspects

AP — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 18:57:30 +0000

A state trooper who was investigating prostitution at a truck stop near Harrisburg, Pa., was accused of tipping off the suspects.A federal grand jury indicted Trooper Shawn Dillard, 39, of Harrisburg, on charges of making false statements,...

NC state trooper fatally shot during traffic stop

AP — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 16:40:24 +0000

Authorities charged a Florida man with murder Wednesday in the shooting of a North Carolina trooper during a traffic stop the night before.Edwardo Wong II, 37, of Ormond Beach, Fla., was charged with the first-degree murder of Trooper David Shawn...

SC trooper seen ramming man with car indicted

AP — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 22:16:39 +0000

A South Carolina Highway Patrol trooper who was caught on video ramming a suspect with his patrol car was indicted Tuesday on a federal civil rights charge, the U.S. Justice Department said.Steve C. Garren was indicted by a federal grand jury...

Mom of teens killed in Ill. crash sues trooper involved

AP — Fri, 09 May 2008 22:45:50 +0000

An Illinois state trooper charged with reckless homicide in a high-speed crash that killed two teenage sisters has been sued by the mother of the victims.Kimberly Dorsey’s lawsuit, filed Thursday in the Illinois Court of Claims, accuses...