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Speeding Officer Not Placed on Leave After SC Fatal Wreck

GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — A Greenville Police officer who was going nearly twice the speed limit without his lights and siren on when he crashed into another car and killed a woman was not placed on leave while the crash …

Black Girls Wrongly Held at Gunpoint in Colorado File Suit

DENVER (AP) — The families of four Black girls mistakenly detained by suburban Denver police at gunpoint last year after they were suspected of being in a stolen car sued police and the city of Aurora on Monday _ claiming …

Stolen ‘Pulp Fiction’ Car Found 19 Years Later

Authorities say the classic Chevrolet convertible featured in the film “Pulp Fiction” has been found nearly two decades after it was stolen. The San Bernardino County Sun reports movie director Quentin Tarantino’s 1964 Chevelle Malibu was recovered in the San …

Police Pursuit Ends With Crash at New Jersey Auto Dealership

Authorities say a man assaulted a woman and stole a car she was sitting in before leading police on a pursuit that ended when he crashed into a central New Jersey Cadillac dealership, damaging a dozen vehicles. Middlesex County prosecutors …

1960 Racing Corvette Spawns Pennsylvania Ownership Lawsuits

An ownership dispute over a 1960 Corvette that participated in a famous sports car race in France is fueling a pair of lawsuits. Tampa, Fla., resident Dan Mathis Jr. has been battling with a company that puts on car shows …

Illinois Grand Jury Accuses Tow Truck Driver of Stealing

A southwestern Illinois tow truck driver faces federal charges that accuse him of stealing from a car that investigators set up to look like a stolen and abandoned vehicle. An indictment accuses 46-year-old Eddie Johnson Jr. of Cahokia of theft …