The following incidents of note occurred in Easton during the week of 6/3/24- 6/9/24 3 Accident7 Animal9 Disabled Motor Vehicle1 Dumping/Littering3 Fire Call1 Found Property1 Identity Theft1 Injury on Duty1 Juvenile Offense1 Lockout Vehicle/Residence1 Motor Vehicle Found22 MV Stop2 MV Theft2 Neighbors Complaint/Dispute1 Noise2 Permit, Pistol7 Public Hazard1 Road...
The following incidents of note occurred in Easton during the week of 5/27/24- 6/1/24: 1 Accident12 Alarm6 Alarm not renu’d/unreg.5 Animal3 Disabled Motor Vehicle2 Erratic Driver1 Fire Call1 Injury on Duty1 Larceny All Other6 MV Stop1 Neighbors Complaint/Dispute2 Noise1 Permit, Pistol5 Public Hazard1 Soliciting Complaint1 Suspicious Activity6 Suspicious Motor...
Easton Police are investigating two separate car crashes on Route 59 that sent three people to the hospital and closed the roadway for hours. Both accidents took place on June 4. The first took place around 3:34 p.m. at the intersection of Route 59 and Adams Road. Upon the arrival of Easton Police, Fire and EMS found that two cars were involved in an accident and one...
The Easton Police Department began to receive multiple 911 calls on June 4 around 8:36 p.m. reporting a one-car motor vehicle accident north of the intersection of Route 59 and Hayes Street. Easton police, firefighters and EMS arrived at the scene and found a car that had rolled over, ejecting the unrestrained driver into the wooded area on the southbound shoulder...
The following incidents of note occurred in Easton during the week of 5/13/24- 5/19/24: 2 Accident7 Alarm6 Animal1 Assault Simple4 Disabled Motor Vehicle2 Erratic Driver1 Found Property1 Lost Property6 MV Stop3 Neighbors Complaint/Dispute1 Noise1 Permit, Pistol2 Suspicious Activity5 Suspicious Motor Vehicle2 Suspicious Person3 Traffic Complaint4 Vacant House Check...
America’s police departments are full of the bravest, most selfless, honest, and beloved men and women our country produces. They are patriots, a large proportion of whom join the force after serving in our military. They keep us safe. They are the reason we can sleep soundly in our beds at night. They put their lives on the line every day so that the rest of us...
Editors’ note: The militarization of police is a global enterprise. This story was originally published on May 10, 2018, three weeks after local organizers won the first city resolution against international police exchanges in the nation that prevents police officers from receiving military-style training in Israel. We’re republishing this success story...
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Last Saturday, Melanie Mitchell took her family to the “I Am Change Legacy March To the Polls” in downtown Graham, North Carolina, because she felt it was important for her children and mother to stand with their neighbors in the fight for justice and voting rights. “We got together as a community,” Mitchell said of the initial spirit of the...
A pair of speckled wood thrushes chirp and chase each other through a Charleston thicket one waning summer afternoon while, below, under clouds of cigarette smoke, about 15 cops flock at the back of a redbrick neighborhood police station. Their occasional guffaws punctuate the air, heavy with humidity. The year is 1996, and the mood resembles a middle school locker...