Police Records Show Defense Secretary Nominee Was Involved in Alleged Sexual Assault in 2017
Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for defense secretary, was involved in an incident of alleged sexual assault in 2017 at a hotel in Monterey, California, according to local authorities. The alleged incident occurred in the early hours of Oct. 8, 2017, and involved a victim who suffered bruising on their thigh, police records released […]
Army Releases Redacted Police Report on Altercation During Trump's Arlington Cemetery Visit
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Army has released an almost entirely redacted version of the police report describing when a staffer for Donald Trump’s campaign reportedly shoved an Arlington National Cemetery employee who was trying to prevent them from photographing a ceremony to honor service members killed in the Afghanistan War withdrawal. Federal law prohibits campaign […]
Feds Arrest Soldier at Schofield Barracks for Jan. 6 Assault on Police – a Day After He Was Booted
An active-duty soldier — who was separated from the service a day before the FBI arrested him Tuesday at an Army base in Hawaii — was charged for repeatedly striking a police officer with a flag during the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol riot, according to court records released this week. Alexander Cain Poplin, 31, […]
Army and Police Missed Chances to Intervene Before Maine Mass Shootings, Final Report Says
LEWISTON, Maine — Both the Army Reserves and local police missed out on opportunities to intervene in a gunman’s psychiatric crisis and seize weapons from the spiraling reservist responsible for the deadliest shootings in Maine history, according to the final report released Tuesday by a special commission created to investigate the attacks, which killed 18 […]
Special Forces Soldier Justified in Shooting 'Suspicious' Russian in His Yard Near Fort Liberty, Police Say
A U.S. Army Special Forces soldier was justified in fatally shooting an “aggressive” Russian national photographing utility poles in his yard for a survey project, according to investigators in North Carolina. The man who died was identified as Ramzan Daraev, “a Russian native from Chechnya who entered the United States across the southern border in […]
Defense Lawyers for Former Army Soldier Facing Federal Riot Charge Allege ‘Questionable Tactics’ by FBI, Police
The prosecution of a former Army officer facing a federal riot charge for allegedly smashing Starbucks windows during a 2021 demonstration in Portland has drawn accusations from his attorneys that the government has unfairly targeted him and used “highly questionable” tactics to build a case against him because he’s a “left-wing protester.” Defense attorneys argued […]
Maine Police Defend Search for Army Reserve Gunman Who Killed 18 Last Fall
AUGUSTA, Maine — Maine state police on Thursday defended their search last fall for a gunman who had just killed 18 people, saying they didn’t rush to search woods surrounding his abandoned car because they feared a late-night ambush. The Oct. 25 shooting at a bowling alley and a bar was the deadliest in state […]
Army Veteran Identified as Man Wounded by Police After VA Clinic Shooting
WENATCHEE, Wash. — The man shot and wounded by police Sunday after authorities say he fired into an empty Veterans Affairs clinic was identified as Army veteran Troy Allen McMaster of East Wenatchee. Investigators believe McMaster rammed the Department of Veterans Affairs Elwood “Bud” Link Community-Based Outpatient Clinic in Olds Station with a pickup truck […]
Maine Police Were Alerted Weeks Ago About Shooter’s Threats
Police across Maine were alerted just last month to “veiled threats” by the U.S. Army reservist who would go on to carry out the worst mass shooting in the state’s history, one of a string of missed red flags that preceded the massacre. Two local law enforcement chiefs told The Associated Press that a statewide […]
Army Officer Pepper-Sprayed During Traffic Stop Asks for New Trial in Lawsuit Against Police
RICHMOND, Va. — A U.S. Army lieutenant who was struck, pepper-sprayed and handcuffed during a traffic stop in Virginia asked a federal appeals court on Monday to overturn rulings by a trial judge after jurors found mostly in favor of the two police officers he sued. Video of the December 2020 encounter between Lt. Caron Nazario […]