Autopsy results on Mitchell Guist, a star of the reality TV show “Swamp People,” should be ready Wednesday, a local sheriff in Louisiana said.

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Mitchell Guist, an alligator hunter and cast member from the History Channel reality show “Swamp People,” died Monday in Louisiana, the Associated Press reports . He would have turned 49 Friday. Guist fell while on his boat Monday and was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead, the AP reports. According to 911 tapes obtained by WBRZ in Baton Rouge , the caller believed Guist had suffered from a seizure and cardiac arrest. Read full article > >

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Mitchell Guist from ‘Swamp People’ dies

The Orange County Sheriff’s Office said charges would be brought against members of the school band involved in the death of Robert Champion.

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Florida A&M Hazing Death Charges Planned

Gunmen opened fire at an illegal cockfighting ring in southern Texas early Thursday morning, killing three people and wounding at least eight, the Hidalgo County sheriff's office told CNN.

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3 killed in Texas cockfight shooting

A body found Tuesday in California is that of Brittany Killgore, the missing wife of a deployed Marine, the San Diego County Sheriff's Department said Wednesday.

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Body of Marine’s missing wife found

A California sheriff's deputy serving an eviction notice was shot and killed Thursday along with a civilian who was helping in the eviction, authorities said.

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Former Nickelodeon star Amanda Bynes was arrested early Friday morning on suspicion of driving under the influence, according to the L.A. County Sheriff’s Department and Gossip Cop. The actress allegedly side-swiped a cop car in West Hollywood while trying to pass it and was pulled over, according to Gossip Cop. She was arrested around 3 a.m. Read full article > >

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Amanda Bynes arrested on suspicion of DUI

The sheriff could help him win in Arizona.

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Rick Santorum Seeks Arpaio’s Support

Editor’s note: This post has been updated. Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu is stepping down as co-chairman of former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney’s (R) Arizona campaign in the wake of allegations that he threatened to deport a former lover who declined to stay silent about their years-long relationship. Read full article > >

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Romney’s Arizona co-chair resigns in wake of explosive allegations

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 snapshot of our times

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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