Nearly three years after a Bay Area man died when police pinned him facedown, in a case that drew comparisons to the killing of George Floyd, the Alameda Police Department officers involved have been charged with involuntary manslaughter, authorities announced. The charges in the death of Mario Gonzalez, 26, came Thursday. Gonzalez died after an altercation with police on April 19, 2021. No charges were filed against the officers at the time. An initial autopsy cited "physiological stress of...
About a hundred police officers filled the gallery of a Queens courtroom where Lindy Jones was arraigned Tuesday. Lindy Jones, 41, pleaded not guilty to the charges. Prosecutors say he was in the car Officer Jonathan Diller was investigating when he was fatally shot last month. [ more › ]
Jury selection has started in the retrial of a former corrections officer charged in the death of an inmate at a county jail in northern Ohio
The building on Simpson Street in the Bronx where police say a man was killed by his pit bull. The owner was pronounced dead at a Bronx hospital early on Friday morning. [ more › ]
The Alameda County District Attorney’s Office has charged three East Bay police officers with involuntary manslaughter in the 2021 death of 26-year-old Mario Gonzalez, according to a Thursday news release. Pamela Price, Alameda County District Attorney, made the decision to revisit Gonzalez’s case days after community members gathered enough signatures to prompt a recall election. The Gonzales case was one of eight in-custody death investigations reopened under Price’s leadership. According to...
Nearly three years after 26-year-old Mario Gonzalez died in custody, Alameda police officers are facing charges. The announcement comes after District Attorney Pamela Price said she was reopening the case earlier this year.
New York City police officers filled the hallways and pews of a Queens courthouse in a sign of solidarity for their fallen NYPD brother Officer Jonathan Diller as Lindy Jones, who has been charged in connection to the shooting death of Diller, was arraigned on Tuesday. Jones and Guy Rivera were indicted earlier this month on charges connected to the shooting death of Diller in Far Rockaway in late March. About 100 NYPD officers were seen in the hallways and the back benches of the Queens...
Authorities allege Majcher, 61, a resident of Hong Kong, used his network of Canadian contacts to obtain intelligence or services that benefited the People’s Republic of China.
A retired RCMP officer charged with helping China conduct foreign interference asked a Quebec court judge on Monday to quash an indictment against him because it was filed in the wrong province. Lawyers for William Majcher argued in a courtroom in Longueuil, Que., on Montreal's South Shore, that the charges should have been filed in British Columbia or Ontario. "Those are two place in Canada where the offences are alleged to have been committed," said Louis Belleau, a Montreal-based...
Ingham County Prosecutor John Dewane has charged Dennis Whaley, 51, with two counts of open murder.
A personal support worker in Oakville has been charged with assault after the family of a youth contacted police following a series of recent incidents. The alleged assaults happened at the victim’s home while they were in the care of the accused, Halton Regional Police Service (HRPS) said in a news release. Police said that they launched an investigation into the complaint earlier this month. On April 19, a suspect was arrested and charged with two counts of assault and one count of...
Two police officers were injured in the collision involving a liveried GMP vehicle