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...
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A Corpus Christi police officer who was shot in the line of duty over the weekend has died, the police department announced Wednesday. Officer Kyle Hicks was shot Saturday while responding to a domestic disturbance call. Hicks is survived by his wife and children. He served the Corpus Christi Police []
MISSION, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The family of a victim involved in a Mission road rage incident is speaking out after his murder. 25-year-old Jose Cruz Jr. was shot and killed on April 8 when he was traveling on the frontage road of Expressway 83 in Mission. “He was such a good young man. Great brother. []
For the first time, the family of 20-year-old Kenneth Sharp is sharing what their loved one meant to them after he was killed in an officer involved-shooting on Easter Sunday.
A Kansas City, Missouri, police officer is recovering after he was shot during a traffic stop on Monday, April 8.
President Joe Biden opened his remarks on Thursday in Syracuse, New York, by honoring the two Syracuse police officers who were killed in the line of duty last week, stating he hopes to meet with the families soon. Biden’s remarks came during a speech planned to celebrate the more than $6 billion worth of new […]
A family in Quebec is searching for answers after discovering that their father's remains didn't make it to Canada from Cuba, where he died while on vacation, and instead received the remains of another man.
A Montreal-area woman is asking Canadian authorities to help locate her father's body in Cuba after a devastating mix-up that saw her family receive a stranger's remains instead. Funeral services for Miriam Jarjour's father, Faraj Allah Jarjour, were supposed to happen Sunday and Monday. But instead of laying her father to rest, Jarjour is desperately calling and emailing as many officials as she can, trying to find his body. "Up until now we have no answers," she said in a phone interview...
Following the sudden loss of a young Hudson Valley firefighter who was always there to help others, his community is making sure his family gets the support they need. Putnam County resident William "Billy" May of Brewster died on Friday, March 29 in Danbury, Connecticut at the age of 26, according to his obituary. Earlier Report - Brewster Firefighter Billy May Dies At 26: 'Rising Star' Born in the Westchester County village of Bronxville in 1997, May graduated from Brewster High School in...
BILLERICA, MASS. (WHDH) - A Billerica police officer died after he was struck by an excavator at a construction site Friday afternoon, officials said.Sergeant IanRead More
Clenard Parker, 42, is accused of stealing an 18-wheeler in a nearby town and driving it into the DPS office, where he had been denied a commercial driver's license the day before, according to authorities. Parker faces nine criminal charges, including murder, and remained jailed Tuesday on bonds totaling $4.05 million.
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is deeply saddened by the death of Terry Anderson, journalist and CPJ’s former vice chair and honorary chairman. Anderson, a former Associated Press journalist who was kidnapped and held hostage in Lebanon for six years, knew firsthand the threats that faced journalists seeking to report freely, and was an