LOS ANGELES Shawn Nee, 35, works in television but hopes to publish a book of photographs. Shane Quentin, 31, repairs bicycles but enjoys photographing industrial scenes at night. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department probably wishes that both would find other hobbies. Herewith a story of today’s inevitable friction between people exercising, and others protecting, freedom. Read full article > >

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A reserve sheriff's deputy who draws a paltry salary of $1 a year is being hailed a hero for bringing to an end what authorities are calling one of the worst arson sprees in Los Angeles history.

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Part-time deputy nabs LA fires suspect

FORT WAYNE, Ind. — A babysitter and trusted neighbor has confessed that he bludgeoned a 9-year-old Indiana girl to death with a brick then dismembered her, hiding her head, hands and feet at his home and dumping the rest of her remains nearby, police said Tuesday. Allen County sheriff’s investigators said in an affidavit that 39-year-old Michael Plumadore admits he killed Aliahna Lemmon on Thursday. Read full article > >

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Babysitter fatally beat Indiana girl with brick, dismembered her with hacksaw, police say

An investigation that lasted more than two years singles out Sheriff Joe Arpaio as helping to nurture the department’s “culture of bias.”

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Sheriff’s Arpaio’s Office Targeted Latinos, U.S. Says

The Justice Department on Thursday accused a controversial Arizona sheriff known for tough immigration enforcement of widespread discrimination against Hispanics, saying Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s department illegally detained Hispanic residents and denied them critical services in jail. Arpaio, the longtime sheriff in Maricopa County, oversaw a pattern of unconstitutional conduct that targeted Hispanics and retaliated against others who criticized the practices, the department said in an investigative report. Read full article > >

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PHOENIX — A small plane with six people aboard, including three children, crashed in flames in mile-high mountains on Phoenix’s eastern outskirts, leaving one child confirmed dead and no signs of any survivors, authorities said. Preliminary reports indicate the two-engine aircraft flew from Safford to Mesa’s Falcon Field to pick up three children for the Thanksgiving holiday and was headed back to Safford in southeastern Arizona, Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu said. Read full article > >

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Plane carrying 6 crashes in flames near Ariz. mountaintop; 1 child dead, no sign of survivors

A Spotsylvania County man inadvertently shot and killed himself Sunday in the parking lot of a Giant food store where he and his family had gone to return a movie, authorities said. The 45-year-old man apparently reached down to buckle or remove his seatbelt and inadvertently pulled the trigger on a Glock 40-caliber handgun he was carrying, said Capt. Elizabeth Scott, the public information officer for the Spotsylvania County Sheriff’s Office. Read full article > >

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Spotsylvania man inadvertently shoots self in Giant parking lot

An 8-year-old girl reported that a man tried to get her into a car this weekend, continuing the rash of reported attempted abductions in Spotsylvania County, authorities said. According to an alert issued by the Spotsylvania Sheriff’s County, the girl said that she was approached by a Hispanic man at approximately 4:20 p.m. Saturday afternoon in Satterfield Court in Fredericksburg. Read full article > >

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Girl, 8, reports attempted abduction in Spotsylvania

When Virginians go to the polls next month , candidates for state Senate and House of Delegates will have D’s and R’s by their names. But that county council candidate who got the nod from the local Democrats? The aspiring sheriff backed by the GOP? If voters can’t remember the candidates’ party affiliations, the ballot won’t clue them in. Read full article > >

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Virginia ballots skimp on party affiliation

Terry Thompson, of Zanesville, Ohio, killed himself and then was apparently bitten, officials said Thursday. The wound was “consistent with a tiger bite,” the sheriff said.

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Preserve Owner Was Bitten By Big Cat, Authorities Say

Some four dozen animals escaped on Tuesday from an exotic animal farm in Zanesville, Ohio, and were loose in the area, according to the sheriff’s office.

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SUNNYVALE, Calif. — A man matching the description of the California quarry shooting suspect is dead after being shot by law enforcement in a Silicon Valley neighborhood Thursday morning, authorities said. Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Sgt. Jose Cardoza said the man was shot and killed around 7:30 a.m. Thursday in Sunnyvale. Read full article > >

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Sheriff: Man matching description of Calif quarry shooting suspect killed by officers

A murder suspect who has been the subject of largest manhunt in Northern California in decades shot at a group of sheriff’s deputies Thursday, authorities said.

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Wanted in two killings, Aaron Bassler has nimbly eluded capture for a month in an area north of San Francisco, despite an intensive manhunt by the sheriff’s office.

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Hunting for Aaron Bassler, a Murder Suspect, on His Own Tough Turf

A rash of thefts has law enforcement officials stumped. Among other challenges, the missing hogs are difficult to single out. “They all look alike,” said a sheriff.

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Midwest Farmers on Alert as Pig Thieves Strike