Oklahoma Officer Cleared of Wrongdoing in Deadly January Shooting
Authorities have cleared Nathan Ronan, the Lawton Police Department (LPD) officer who fatally shot Zonterious Johnson on Jan. 17, of any wrongdoing, the police chief said.
“The Comanche County District Attorney’s Office has thoroughly reviewed the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation report and has cleared the officer involved of any wrongdoing,” LPD Chief James Smith said in a statement (pdf) on Monday.
Johnson had been celebrating his 24th birthday in Lavish Lounge, a local restaurant and social club, before the incident, The Lawton Constitution reported.
Officers who were doing a compliance check in the restaurant heard gunshots outside and went out to check. Police found Johnson was engaged in gunfire with another individual outside the restaurant. One of the officers, Ronan, identified himself as a police officer and ordered Johnson to stop. Johnson then fled the scene.
Two with plenty of firepower surrender to police after 7-hour standoff at Secaucus hotel NJ.com 3/15/2021 Ron Zeitlinger, nj.com
A Newark fugitive and a Pennsylvania woman, holed up in a Secaucus hotel room with a small cache of loaded rifles and handguns, appeared to be ready for a battle to the death Sunday night.
But thanks to negotiators and patience, both surrendered to police after a tense, seven-hour standoff, Secaucus Police Chief Dennis Miller said.
Rahim Harris, 42, and Haneefha White, 39, of Johnstown, Pennsylvania, were arrested early Monday morning at the Extended Stay Hotel on Plaza Drive and charged with multiple weapons offenses and money laundering after police recovered nearly $37,000 in cash. White was also charged with drug offenses after ecstasy pill were recovered.
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A pair of fugitives were busted with a dead hand grenade, eight loaded weapons, more than $36,000 in cash, drugs and more during a 7-hour standoff that evacuated a North Jersey hotel Sunday night, authorities said Monday.
Rahim Harris, 42, of Newark, and Haneefha S. White, 39, of Johnstowns, PA, were arrested after a more than 7-hour standoff at the Extended Stay Hotel on Plaza Drive, Secaucus Police Chief Dennis Miller said.
Police received a tip around 7 p.m. saying that Harris who had been wanted out of Essex County on charges of aggravated assault was staying at the hotel.