Shock and sadness are spreading following the sudden death of Eleanor Birrittella, a well-known corrections officer in Westchester. Birrittella died on Saturday, April 20, according to Hector Lopez, the president of the New York Hispanic American Law Enforcement Organization. A cause of death had not yet been released. Online records show Birrittella was 40 years old and lived in Yonkers. "Officer Birrittella had a smile that lit up the place," Lopez said in announcing her death. "She loved...
(The Center Square) – Three lawmen killed in the line of duty, and five others wounded by gunfire, caused an outpouring of responses throughout North Carolina on Monday evening. The U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force attempted to serve a warrant in Charlotte. A marshal and two state Department of Adult Correction officers lost their lives, four members of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department were injured, and an officer with an assisting agency was also injured, according...
Father of three Lieutenant Rodney Osborne, 43, was fatally shot in the chest at the Correctional Training Academy in Pickaway County on 9 April
Pursuit of ‘non-stop executions’ causing psychological distress to corrections staff as states urged to widen gap between executionsThe relentless pursuit of “non-stop executions” by a rump of US death penalty states is exposing prison staff to extreme levels of psychological and physical stress, according to traumatized corrections officers who are appealing for help.Though capital punishment is generally on the wane in America, with only five states carrying out executions last year, those...
A former Virginia Department of Corrections (VADOC) inmate has pleaded guilty to assaulting three corrections officers at State Farm Correctional Center.
ELMIRA, N.Y. (WETM) -- Three correctional officers and a sergeant were injured while breaking up an inmate fight in a stairway at Elmira Correctional Facility last week, NYSCOPBA says. According to NYSCOPBA, two inmates were fighting in the stairwell leading up to their cell block after they were let out of morning programs on Monday, []
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A corrections officer was arrested on charges of promoting prison contraband, according to the Marshall County Sheriff’s Office.
Funeral arrangement details have been announced for a beloved corrections officer from Westchester who was killed in a crash. Westchester Correction Officer Eleanor Birrittella of Yonkers died on Saturday, April 20 in a crash at the age of 40, according to the New York Correctional Officers' Benevolent Organization. Earlier Report - Westchester Corrections Officer Eleanor Birritella Dies Birrittella had been a corrections officer for three years before her death and had also served with the...
Investigator Alden Elliot and Investigator Sam Poloche of the North Carolina Department of Adult Correction, Police Officer Joshua Eyer of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department, and a Deputy United States Marshal were shot and killed while attempting to serve a warrant in the 5500 block of Galway Drive in east Charlotte.
Officer Alden Elliot and Officer Sam Poloche of the North Carolina Department of Adult Correction, Police Officer Joshua Eyer of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department, and a Deputy United States Marshal were shot and killed while attempting to serve a warrant in the 5500 block of Galway Drive in east Charlotte.
Electric vehicle startup DeLorean Motors Reimagined confirmed in a Tuesday email to customers that it's still in business even though it quietly shuttered its Port San Antonio headquarters late last year. In its message, the company — which aims to bring back the iconic '80s sports car featured in the Back to the Future film franchise with an electric motor — said its officials also are aware that non-fungible tokens, or NFTs, sold to depositors for the cars are inaccessible. Company...