Cracking the windows isn’t enough when five dogs are sitting inside a parked car during the summer. A Newport Beach Animal Control Officer found that out firsthand when they arrived to find multiple dogs confined inside cages and already showing signs of distress. The Newport Beach Police Department says the animals were trapped inside the…
A young osprey in New York had a rough introduction to flying after apparently falling from its nest and winding up injured on the ground. Fortunately, the bird had some unexpected backup arrive before its situation could get any worse. The Nassau County Police Department says officers responded to North Hills last week after receiving…
I don’t think Lindsey Austen’s first experience with drone delivery went quite the way anyone drew it up. Instead of finding her package waiting somewhere safely in the backyard, she got to watch it descend from the sky and take a dive directly into her swimming pool. The delivery was caught on video and shared…
A tiny black kitten managed to turn Sunrise Highway into an emergency rescue scene after being found asleep in the middle of the roadway near Exit 46. Considering where it chose to take a nap, the fact that anyone spotted it in time is remarkable enough on its own. Animal rescuer John Debacker said Suffolk…
Police officers never really know what they’re going to get when they arrive at a call. For two officers in Hyde Park, New York, their Saturday assignment involved a trapped dog, a storm drain, and apparently a smell worth mentioning in the official police report. On August 15, Officers Wolf-Davidson and Fein with the Town…
There’s a big difference between seeing someone swimming far from shore and realizing they might not want to come back. For deputies in Martin County, Florida, figuring out which situation they were dealing with meant there wasn’t much time to waste. According to the Martin County Sheriff’s Office, deputies were called to assist a man…
Stealing a road sign might sound like the sort of dumb decision someone makes without thinking too much about the consequences. Stealing enough of them to rack up more than $4,000 in damage and replacement costs, however, is a considerably different story. The Madison County Sheriff’s Office in Nebraska says two people were arrested on…
There are probably plenty of things police officers expect to deal with during a shift. Evicting an armadillo named Marcus from the beginnings of his underground vacation home probably isn’t very high on that list. That’s exactly the situation officers with the Ellis Police Department in Kansas found themselves dealing with after a resident reported…
A situation at a Florida apartment complex escalated from household items being thrown off a balcony to a SWAT standoff after deputies say a 40-year-old man barricaded himself inside his home and threatened to kill law enforcement officers. According to the Bay County Sheriff’s Office, deputies responded to the Perla Apartments at approximately 11:30 a.m….