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Shooting Victims’ Relatives to Get $3M Settlement From Cleveland

The family attorney for one of two people killed in a hail of police gunfire in 2012 says the victims’ relatives will split a $3 million settlement from the city of Cleveland. Thirteen Cleveland, Ohio, police officers fired 137 shots …

Car Thieves Lead Illinois Police on High Speed Chase

Police are investigating after thieves stole four cars from a southern Illinois dealership and led officers on a high-speed chase. Police said Wednesday two Dodge Challengers, a Ford Mustang and a Ford Focus were taken from a Nashville dealership Tuesday. …

Texas Man Gets 8 Years for Forklift Chase

A Fort Worth, Texas, man has been sentenced to eight years in prison following a slow-speed police chase in which he drove a stolen forklift down Interstate 30 while throwing beer bottles at authorities. The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports 47-year-old …

Nebraska OKs $575K Settlement in Wrongful Death Claim

The state of Nebraska has agreed to pay $575,000 to settle a wrongful death claim filed by the family of a man killed in a 2012 car crash. Lexington radio station KRVN reports the settlement involving the estate of Ruben …

Police Chase Ends With Crash Into Indiana BMV Office

A car being chased by police officers smashed into a Bureau of Motor Vehicles office in northeastern Indiana. The chase started about 11 p.m. Monday when Whitley County sheriff’s deputies tried to stop a suspected stolen car. WANE-TV reports the …

No One Wants to Pay to Remove Truck From Missouri River

Three months after a truck splashed into the Missouri River during a police chase, no one wants to pay the cost of removing the sunken vehicle. The Sioux City Journal reports the situation is frustrating for riverfront landowner who has …

$700K Award in Mississippi Chase Case Appealed

The city of Jackson, Miss., has appealed a $700,000 damage award related to an accident during a police chase in 2001 in which two women were injured and a third killed. The state Court of Appeals will hear oral arguments …

Mississippi Court Orders New Damages Determination in Accident

The Mississippi Supreme Court has let stand a ruling that a Hinds County judge erred in determining how the much the city of Jackson was liable in a case involving a police chase. Last December, the state Court of Appeals …

$400K Settlement in Montana Wrongful Death Lawsuit Over Fatal Crash

The family of a Billings, Mont., nurse who was killed by a drunken driver while he was fleeing from authorities reached a $400,000 settlement in a wrongful death lawsuit against the city and Yellowstone County, an attorney said. The settlement …

Report: St. Paul, Minn. Police Chases Have More Injuries

A newspaper analysis of seven years of police chase data in Minnesota shows St. Paul police pursuits have led to injuries or fatalities three times more often than those in Minneapolis. The St. Paul Pioneer Press reports Sunday that police …