Category: deputy

Shooting Wounds Milwaukee County Deputy, Suspect Sought

MILWAUKEE—A passenger in a vehicle that was pulled over for a registration violation shot and wounded a Milwaukee County sheriff’s deputy while running away from the traffic stop early Wednesday, authorities said. The deputy was shot in both arms and his torso, but the wounds were not believed to be life-threatening, Sheriff Earnell Lucas said…


Sheriff: Wisconsin Deputy Shot, Injured; Suspect Kills Self

MILWAUKEE—A passenger in a vehicle that was pulled over for a registration violation shot and wounded a Milwaukee County sheriff’s deputy while running away from the traffic stop early Wednesday, authorities said. The deputy was shot in both arms and his torso, but the wounds were not believed to be life-threatening, Sheriff Earnell Lucas said…


Man ID’d, Sought in Fatal Shooting of Houston-Area Deputy

HOUSTON—Authorities on Monday asked for the public’s help in finding a 51-year-old man who has been charged with fatally shooting a Houston-area deputy during a traffic stop this past weekend. Houston Police Chief Troy Finner said investigators have identified the accused shooter as Oscar Rosales. Harris County Precinct 5 Cpl. Charles Galloway, 47, was shot…


Tennessee Deputy Found Shot, Dead in Burning Home

SPRINGFIELD, Tenn.—A Tennessee sheriff’s deputy was found dead with a gunshot wound inside her burning home, officials said. Deputy Savanna Puckett, 22, didn’t report for work Sunday evening. A colleague went to check on her and found her home in flames, the Robertson County Sheriff’s Office said. Firefighters found Puckett’s body inside—she had been shot…


Woman Arrested After Striking Deputy With a Vehicle

SOUTH EL MONTE, Calif.—A woman is in custody Jan. 20 after striking a sheriff’s deputy and a man with a vehicle and fleeing the scene, detectives say. Deputies from the Temple Station of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department responded at 11:10 p.m. Wednesday to a parking lot of a business shopping center in the…


Woman Arrested After Striking Deputy With Vehicle

SOUTH EL MONTE, Calif.—A woman is in custody Jan. 20 after striking a sheriff’s deputy and a man with a vehicle and fleeing the scene, detectives say. Deputies from the Temple Station of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department responded at 11:10 p.m. on Jan. 19 to a parking lot of a business shopping center…


Deputy Shot to Death in Illinois; Gunman at Large

MILL SHOALS, Ill.—Authorities in two states are searching for a gunman who killed an eastern Illinois deputy early Wednesday and is suspected in a carjacking in neighboring Missouri a couple of hours later. The Wayne County Sheriff’s Office said in a Facebook post that Deputy Sean Riley responded to a motorist assist call on Interstate…


Ex-deputy Charged With Pouring Scalding Water on Man in Southern California Jail

By Gregory Yee From Los Angeles Times LOS ANGELES—Authorities have charged a former Orange County sheriff’s deputy accused of pouring scalding water on an incarcerated person with mental illness. Guadalupe Ortiz, 47, faces one count each of felony assault or battery by a public officer, and felony battery with serious bodily injury, the Orange County…


Murder Charge for Ohio Deputy in Casey Goodson Jr. Shooting

COLUMBUS, Ohio—The Ohio sheriff’s deputy who shot Casey Goodson Jr. in the back five times was charged with murder Thursday, as Goodson’s family also filed a federal civil rights lawsuit and the now-retired deputy publicly shared details of what happened from his perspective for the first time. The December 2020 shooting of Goodson, who was…


Retired Alabama Deputy Killed in Shooting Recalled Fondly

CAMDEN, ALA.—Madison “Skip” Nicholson retired from his job as a deputy with the Wilcox County Sheriff’s Department a couple years ago, but he never really left. He was still around the office many days, partly because he was serving as a constable and serving legal documents in the rural west Alabama county. Nicholson, 78, was…