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Three high-speed police chases reported overnight in Houston; 8 arrested
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Law enforcement chased a suspected armed robber for 35 minutes early Thursday in northwest Harris County, reaching 140 mph. The suspect was arrested.OnSceneTV
Authorities chased people suspected of armed robbery and car theft across Houston highways Tuesday night and early Wednesday, in one case reaching speeds of more than 140 mph, officials said. Eight suspects were taken into custody and no one was injured in the three separate high-speed police pursuits.
In the first case, two people around 10:30 p.m. robbed a convenience store at gunpoint, said Lt. R. Willkens of the Houston Police Department. The duo grabbed money from the cash register and fled in a silver Chevy Impala from the store, located at 738 Lathrop Street in northeast Houston.
Man ejected from U.S. 290 crash then hit by Harris County constable s deputy
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A man was killed Dec. 28, 2020, in a crash along U.S. 290.OnScene
A driver was killed following a series of crashes Monday along Houston s U.S. 290, with the final collision involving a Harris County constable s deputy.
The first crash happened around 2 a.m. in the westbound lanes in the 13000 block of the highway, where the driver lost control of his vehicle after colliding with another car, police said. The impact ejected the driver and sent him careening into the eastbound lanes.
A vehicle driven by a deputy with Harris County Constable s Office, Precinct 4, then hit the man as he landed on the roadway, Houston police Assistant Chief Ban Tien said. Dash-camera footage on the deputy s car showed the impact, he continued.
The City of Miami Police Department (MPD) will get a new top cop next year, and more than 30 applicants from around the U.S. have thrown their hats into the ring to replace the current chief of police, Jorge Colina.
Colina, a 30-year veteran of the MPD, has led the department for three years. Earlier this year, he announced that he would step down in January, sparking a nationwide search for a replacement.
The search comes on the heels of major unrest and increased scrutiny of American police departments following the death of George Floyd at the hands of a Minneapolis police officer. Colina himself came under fire this year when he was accused in June of using the N-word during a law-enforcement training session in 1997, and in September when he was named in a lawsuit alleging widespread corruption in the MPD by a fired detective who testified against another officer in an FBI investigation.