Tag: deputies

Deputies Save Suicidal 17-Year-Old After Talking for an Hour as She Hung From Overpass

Florida deputies came to the aid of a suicidal teen this Father’s Day as she hung from an interstate overpass, threatening to take her own life. The deputies secured her to the railing, talking to her for an hour before lifting her to safety on a fire engine ladder. Flagler County Sheriff’s Office received a…


‘Can’t Let a Human Being Walk Around With No Shoes’: Florida Deputies Help Man in Need

After responding to a call about a person loitering behind a gas station, Florida sheriff’s deputies saw there was more to the story: the man had no shoes, and he was hungry. Thus the kindhearted officers went above and beyond their call of duty to offer a solution. In the bodycam footage shot in the…


12-Year-Old Boy, 14-Year-Old Girl Open Fire at Deputies After Home Break-In: Officials

Authorities in Florida claimed a 12-year-old boy and a 14-year-old girl opened fire at deputies with several firearms, including what they said was an AK-47 or a similar rifle. The Volusia County Sheriff’s Office said the two children allegedly broke into a home on Tuesday and found the weapons and fired at deputies for about…


Missouri Deputies Kill Man Suspected of Shooting Officer

ST. PETERS, Mo.—A 21-year-old eastern Missouri man suspected of shooting a police officer was shot and killed when he fired several rounds at officers who were pursuing him, authorities said. Joe Robideau, of Troy, died after being shot Thursday evening, the Lincoln County Sheriff’s office said. Robideau was a suspect in the shooting of a…


NC Sheriff: 2 Deputies Killed, Suspect and 2 Others Dead

BOONE, N.C.—Two deputies were killed and three other people including a suspected gunman were found dead after a lengthy standoff in North Carolina, a sheriff’s office said Thursday. The Watauga County Sheriff’s office said Sgt. Chris Ward and K-9 Deputy Logan Fox were dispatched to a home in Boone at 9:44 a.m. Wednesday after the…


2 Florida Deputies Pause Their Wedding Photoshoot to Help Save a Man Hit by a Car

Two Florida police officers have been commended by their department for halting their wedding photo shoot to render aid to a victim of a road traffic accident. Detention Deputy Taylor Rafferty and her now-husband, Deputy Chris Rafferty, were taking group photos with their wedding party on Dec. 12, 2020, when a man was hit by…