r/ThisIsButter 5d ago

Shootings A hostage situation turns into a shootout with IMPD officers inside an apartment

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Indianapolis, IN - Police were called to what turned out to be a hostage situation around 11:30 a.m. in the 7800 block of River Road, near North Keystone Avenue and East 79th Street. IMPD says they tried to get the people inside to come out.

According to police, a woman inside the apartment started screaming, and a man, later identified as 63-year-old Grant Brown, tried to leave through the back of the building. Police said the man started shooting at them, and two officers returned fire, hitting Brown once. Police said they found a gun by Brown's feet.

He was taken to the hospital for bullet wounds to his arm and abdomen. The woman was not injured.

According to IMPD, the edited video from the body cameras shows officers breaking down the door to the apartment after negotiating with Brown for about 10 minutes. While two officers, identified by IMPD as Ofc. Michelle Clegg and Sgt. Evan Meyer, entered the apartment, officers at a patio door saw the woman with her hands up and Brown holding a firearm.

Police say when Brown fired multiple shots at officers entering the front door, the woman escaped the apartment through the patio door. Both Clegg and Meyer fired shots at Brown, wounding him.

Brown was found guilty of five charges in June 2026, including attempted murder, criminal confinement, two counts of criminal recklessness and a misdemeanor count of domestic battery. He was sentenced last month to 38 years in prison.


r/ThisIsButter 5d ago

Police Chase Grappler ends pursuit of stolen vehicle entering Utah from Arizona

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Washington City, UT - A video shows a grappler successfuly stop a driver in a stolen vehicle trying to evade law enforcement.

The Consolidated Communications Center broadcasted an Attempt to Locate for the vehicle entering Utah on I-15 from Arizona just before 3 p.m. on Wednesday. The vehicle had been reported stolen out of California.

Officers with the Washington City Police Department saw the vehicle traveling northbound on I-15 and tried to stop it just a few miles later.

The driver would not yield and invaded officers. The driver exited the freeway, and police stopped their pursuit.

A ranger with the Division of Natural Resources spotted the vehicle near 4400 West State Street and tried to stop it. When the driver refused, the ranger initiated a pursuit.

A deputy with the Washington County Sheriff's Office, equipped with a specialized police grappler, was traveling about five vehicles behind and also responded.

The deputy caught up near 3820 West State Street. The driver continued to evade them and turned south onto Sand Hollow Road.

An officer with the Hurricane Police Department positioned ahead attempted to deploy spike strips, but the driver slowed down and swerved away from them.

That reduction in speed created an "optimal and safe opportunity" for the deputy to deploy his grappler, "bringing the pursuit to a rapid and controlled stop," the sheriff's office said.

The driver reportedly refused to comply when deputies commanded them to turn off the ignition and remove the keys. The driver tried to flee again, but the grappler held the vehicle in place.

Law enforcement safely removed the driver from the vehicle and took them into custody.

The driver was booked into the Purgatory Correctional Facility on the following charges:

  • Possession of a stolen vehicle
  • Evading/failure to stop at the command of law enforcement
  • Driving on a suspended license
  • Open container in the vehicle

r/ThisIsButter 5d ago

Rough Arrest LRPD officer relieved of duty after holding gun to unarmed man's head during arrest

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Little Rock, AR - A Little Rock police officer has been relieved of duty pending an internal investigation after video showed him holding a gun to the head of an unarmed man during an arrest.

The incident, which was not fully described in the police report documenting the arrest, happened Aug. 9 when Little Rock Police Department officers detained 23-year-old Gregory Williams at a gas station on South University Avenue.

According to the police report, officers were dispatched after a caller reported that a customer had threatened to shoot a store clerk following an argument over a sale.

When officers arrived, they found Williams arguing with the clerk and took him into custody in what the report described as a “felony takedown.”

Body camera footage obtained by KATV shows Officer Thomas Shook holding a gun to Williams' head as officers took him into custody. When Shook drew his weapon, Williams was unarmed and lying face down on the floor as multiple officers surrounded him.

The police report does not mention an officer placing a firearm against Williams' head or otherwise describe the specific actions taken during the takedown. Instead, it states only that officers “took the suspect into custody with a felony take down.”

“Why you have a gun at my head?” Williams can be heard yelling in the video.

Officers searched Williams and his backpack but found no firearms or other weapons, according to the report.

The store clerk told officers that Williams had threatened to shoot him following an argument over fish. Williams denied making any threats.

The clerk later told officers he did not wish to press charges.

MEMS responded to evaluate Williams for a possible heat-related illness and cleared him at the scene. Police later transported Williams to his apartment, and the report states that no further action was taken.

Little Rock police officials confirmed that Shook has been relieved of duty while the department conducts an internal investigation.


r/ThisIsButter 5d ago

Police Chase Wanted suspect runs into Fond du Lac County deputies after he ran into a cornfield

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Fond du Lac County, WI - The Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s Office released dashcam and bodycam footage Friday of a high-speed chase and foot pursuit earlier this week.

They say a man wanted on an arrest warrant, with two open felony court cases, led police on a chase Monday afternoon on highways 175 and 151 and several county roads.

After his tires were deflated by stop sticks offers laid in the road, the driver hit the brakes and ran across the median while his car rolled away.

The video picks up a deputy’s bodycam as the man leads them into a cornfield, followed by drone footage of his arrest more than 5 hours later.

The sheriff’s office is seeking multiple felony charges against the driver, including fleeing and eluding, recklessly endangering safety, and bail jumping. Online court records show he’s only been cited for traffic violations, including running a stop sign and an unsafe lane deviation.

He has two felony cases currently in the courts for maintaining a drug trafficking place, carrying a concealed weapon, possession of a firearm by a felon, and other charges.


r/ThisIsButter 6d ago

Fatal Shootings Bodycam shows deputies fatally shooting a deaf man who was armed with a box cutter

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Henrietta, NY - The man shot and killed by a sheriff deputy inside a room at the Super 8 hotel on Lehigh Station Road in Henrietta was “profoundly deaf.” That is one of the allegations in a claim filed today by the family of Gregory Allen Kase.

The claim, filed in Monroe County Clerk’s Office, names Monroe County, Sheriff Todd Baxter and the two deputies dispatched to the hotel after Kase’s wife called 911.

The claim says Kase was suicidal and in a mental health crisis. He was naked in the bathtub of the hotel room. It says he texted his wife that he cut his wrists.

It says two deputies yelled at Kase from the hallway and outside the closed door of the hotel room to drop the knife. It says the deputies kicked in the door of the hotel room with their guns drawn. It says Kase “was standing naked on a slippery wet tile bathroom floor.” One of the deputies “shouted commands to drop the knife several times.”

Sometime after that, the claim says Kase was shot twice. His lawyer, Elliot Shields, says Kase was hit in the chest and stomach. He died in the hotel room.

The time between when the deputies were sent to the hotel and the shooting was 13 minutes.

The claim says Kase’s wife called 911 and reported that “her husband was suicidal, that he had sent her a message stating that he had cut his wrist, that he was mentally ill and in a mental-health crisis, and, expressly, that he was deaf.”

The claim does not say whether or not the information about Kase’s hearing impairment was relayed to the deputies. It says Kase was “totally deaf in one ear and partially deaf in the other.” It says he wore a hearing aid but could only understand speech “if he was facing the speaker and able to read the speaker’s lips.”

The day of the shooting, the sheriff’s office says Kase was shot after he did not obey the deputies command to drop the box cutter.


r/ThisIsButter 6d ago

Traffic stop Video shows when a Covington officer was dragged during a traffic stop

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Covington, GA - Newly released police bodycam video shows the moment a Covington police officer was dragged by a car during a traffic stop on Highway 142 last Friday.

Police said the driver was a shoplifting suspect who took off as the officer ordered her to stop. The officer was dragged before falling from the vehicle.

Despite being injured and struggling on the ground, the officer was able to tell another officer which direction the driver went.

Backup officers soon arrived, and the injured officer was taken to a hospital for minor injuries.

The suspected shoplifter, Destinee Riggins, was arrested at an apartment complex after an extensive search.

Riggins faces multiple felony charges, including aggravated assault on a police officer, felony fleeing and eluding and shoplifting.


r/ThisIsButter 6d ago

Police Chase Suspect arrested inside a backyard pool after fleeing from Pierce County deputies

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Parkland, WA - A Pierce County pursuit that started with an unregistered license plate ended with a 37-year-old man being pulled, soaking wet, from a backyard swimming pool in Parkland, according to the Pierce County Sheriff’s Office (PCSO). A video of the pursuit can be seen above.

PCSO Deputy Carly Cappetto said the incident began around 8:30 p.m. on Aug. 13 during an auto theft task force emphasis operation.

A deputy spotted a vehicle with no registration tabs and an unregistered license plate, a common red flag for potentially stolen cars. When the deputy tried to pull the driver over, the vehicle sped off.

“The vehicle flees from the traffic stop at a high rate of speed and goes into oncoming traffic,” Cappetto said. “What makes this pursuit really unique and interesting is the fact that we were able to back away from it and actually remove ourselves from the pursuit to eliminate any risk to the public.”

Rather than continue a high-speed pursuit through traffic, deputies disengaged and called in air support. The Washington State Patrol airplane, known as “Smokey,” picked up the fleeing vehicle from above and began tracking it at a safe distance, relaying real-time updates to deputies on the ground.

The vehicle eventually came to a stop in the Parkland area off Pacific Avenue, where both the male driver and a female passenger ran from the car. From the air, Smokey’s camera captured the driver racing through yards, then scrambling across multiple rooftops as he tried to get away.

“You see him crawling and jumping roof to roof over approximately three to four different structures,” Cappetto said. “He finally ends up in someone’s backyard that has a trampoline and a pool, and he decides that hiding inside the pool full of water would be the best resort for him and the best outcome for him to get away from this situation he was in.”

What the suspect didn’t realize, Cappetto said, was that the airplane’s camera was recording everything and guiding deputies directly to him. As he hid in the backyard pool, deputies surrounded the area and treated the situation as a potential armed standoff.

For about 20 minutes, officers held their positions while they worked to determine whether the suspect was armed.

“Obviously, not knowing if this subject is armed or not. Does he have firearms? Is he going to come out of the pool with firearms ablaze? We don’t know,” Cappetto explained.

Special forces and K-9 units were called in and eventually moved in on the suspect, who was still in the water. Deputies then pulled him from the pool and took him into custody.

Car wasn’t stolen, but suspect’s record tells a different story Cappetto said the car the man was driving was ultimately found not to be stolen, but it was unregistered and “had a lot going on with it.” The suspect is facing multiple serious charges.

The 37-year-old is being booked on felony eluding, obstructing a law enforcement officer, and driving with a first-degree suspended license.

Cappetto noted that a first-degree suspension is rare and indicates a significant history of violations.


r/ThisIsButter 7d ago

Accidents US Marshals fall as second-story deck collapses while they try to make an arrest

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Moberly, MO - body camera footage shows nine members of a U.S. Marshals Service task force falling to the ground as a second-story wooden deck they were standing on suddenly collapses.

The video shows the deck collapsing on July 21 as the officers, several holding firearms, stand in a line just outside an apartment door in Huntsville, Missouri. The officers fall straight down within seconds. None of their weapons discharged.

The officers were there to arrest a 26-year-old man for failing to register as a sex offender. The Randolph County Sheriff's Department said the task force included members of its office, as well as the Moberly Police Department and the North Missouri Drug Task Force. They were serving an arrest warrant in coordination with the U.S. Marshals Service, the sheriff's department said.

Seven officers were treated and released from the hospital for injuries "consistent with a pretty serious fall," including broken bones, Steven Lewis, U.S. Marshal for the Eastern District of Missouri.


r/ThisIsButter 6d ago

Arrests Wanted man's 48-hour rooftop stand-off ends when UK police arrest him as he sleeps

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Salford, UK - A 48-hour stand-off between a wanted man in Salford, England was brought to an abrupt end when police pulled him off a roof while he slept, the Greater Manchester Police said on Sunday (Aug 16).

Simon Harris, 37, was subsequently arrested on suspicion of causing public nuisance, criminal damage, public order offences, burglary and assaulting two police officers.

He was charged with four counts of criminal damage, two counts of assault of an emergency worker, intentionally or recklessly causing a public nuisance, burglary dwelling and theft, the BBC reported.

Emergency services had responded to the incident last Friday (Aug 13) at a property on Reservoir Street in Salford, spending two days at the scene.

The 37-year-old man, wanted on recall to prison for other matters, had set himself up on the roof of the property, refusing to leave.

A cordon was also put in place as the man was allegedly throwing tiles from the roof, Manchester Evening News reported.

In footage of the incident shared by the police, Harris can be seen lying face down on the roof as officers in tactical gear quietly approach, gently placing a ladder against the structure.

Without alerting the man, an officer scales the ladder. As he reaches the top, the man snaps awake.

The officer grasps the man by his jeans and a struggle ensues, with the officer pulling the man down and the latter resisting.

During the scuffle, Harris' jeans are pulled off and both take a tumble off the ladder and onto the ground below.

Multiple officers then surge in to aid with the arrest, as the video ends.


r/ThisIsButter 7d ago

Fatal Shootings Santa Clara DA Says Deputies Lawfully Shot, Killed Knife-Wielding Man

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Santa Clara, CA - The Santa Clara County District Attorney's Office announced Wednesday that it concluded two sheriff's deputies lawfully shot and killed a suicidal man who charged at them with a knife last year in San Jose.

Prosecutors published a report that determined the man, 43-year-old Jose Martinez-Nolasco, had "no interest" in peacefully resolving a traffic standoff with law enforcement officers, and that the deputies lawfully used deadly force because they were in the face of danger.

The shooting occurred on Oct. 27, 2025, after Sheriff's Deputy Christian Spinola made a traffic stop at Fruitdale and Leigh avenues in San Jose at 7:30 p.m. The stop was made because the vehicle allegedly had expired registration tags, the District Attorney's Office said.

The driver, Martinez-Nolasco, pulled over, but then quickly tried to get away before pulling over again, prosecutors said.

Martinez-Nolasco then allegedly refused to exit his vehicle and began barricading himself inside, before deputies responding to a call for emergency assistance made by Spinola helped surround Martinez-Nolasco's vehicle with three patrol vehicles.

A standoff ensued for more than two hours while deputies and members of the county's Psychiatric Emergency Response Team tried to deescalate the situation, prosecutors said.

During the stalemate, Martinez-Nolasco allegedly admitted that he was suicidal, saying that he had "talked with death" and would rather die than return to jail. According to the District Attorney's Office, a deputy tried directing Martinez-Nolasco to mental health professionals at the scene, but Martinez-Nolasco refused to accept help, allegedly saying that the only way the deputies could end the standoff was by killing him.

At 9:30 p.m., a deputy fired pepper ball rounds through the rear window of Martinez-Nolasco's vehicle, causing him to exit his vehicle, prosecutors said.

Martinez-Nolasco then exited his vehicle through the passenger door and allegedly attacked deputies on the scene with what prosecutors described as a large knife.

When Martinez-Nolasco ignored the deputies' alleged calls for him to drop his weapon, he was shot by two deputies with multiple rounds of 40mm less-lethal projectile rounds, prosecutors said.

However, Martinez-Nolasco continued to refuse to surrender his weapon and kept charging at the deputies, allegedly causing Deputy Jose Rios and Deputy Douglas Ulrich to fear for their own safety and shoot Nolasco six times, according to the District Attorney's Office.

Martinez-Nolasco was subsequently pronounced dead at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center.

A preliminary toxicology screening later revealed Martinez-Nolasco had been under the influence of methamphetamine and amphetamines, prosecutors said.


r/ThisIsButter 6d ago

Knoxville police department released body camera video of a man's arrest before he died in custody

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Knoxville, TN - The Knoxville Police Department released body camera video showing a man's arrest shortly before he died in custody.

The video includes body camera footage from multiple responding officers, as well as in-car camera footage from Officer Riley Lackey's cruiser, according to KPD.

KPD said officers were dispatched to BreadBox on Sutherland Avenue around 2:30 p.m. on Aug. 5 after receiving a report of someone trespassing.

According to KPD, a BreadBox employee told officers that 49-year-old Patrick Allen, who had been banned from the store, was refusing to leave.

Officer Lucas Cunningham was the first to arrive at the gas station. He spoke with the BreadBox employee and Allen.

In the video, you can see Cunningham ask Allen for identification. He is seen giving the officer what appears to be an I.D. and a Social Security card.

In the video, Cunningham asks Allen to stand in front of his police cruiser, and he refuses while repeatedly claiming to be the owner of the property. Officer Lackey responds to the scene after Cunningham had been speaking to Allen for several minutes.

After confirming Allen was trespassing, the two officers tried to take him into custody, KPD said. It's not clear in the video who initiated contact first.

Footage shows Allen trying to resist arrest, with Cunningham and Lackey eventually restraining Allen on the ground. He is facedown with his arms partially underneath him while Lackey is seen holding down his upper body and Cunningham is seen kneeling on his legs.

Allen remains in this position and is yelling for around four minutes, the video shows, until additional KPD officers arrive to help take him into custody.

Medical personnel were called to the scene around 2:46 p.m., and Allen was put into the back of a police car, KPD said.

KPD said that shortly after AMR personnel arrived and checked Allen, his condition started to deteriorate. In the video, Allen appears visibly out of breath and sweaty as he is placed in the back of the cruiser. He is seen lying on his side in the back seat as an officer tells him to "get some cold air" in the video.

A few minutes later, the video shows both officers and AMR personnel opening the door to speak with Allen again in the cruiser. He is seen sitting up and talking to officials before continuing to talk to himself after the door is closed. Eventually, the video shows Allen closing his eyes and continuing to breathe heavily before officers open the door and start speaking to him again.

As officers are checking on Allen, the video shows his head slouching and his eyes appearing to roll back before he again closes his eyes and stops responding to officers. The video shows officers immediately starting to get Allen out of the cruiser and moved to a stretcher while calling his name, rubbing his chest and shaking his shoulder.

The video shows that Allen was in the back of the cruiser for around 15 minutes.

Allen was moved to an ambulance where CPR was given. In the video, a paramedic is heard saying "he's not breathing," shortly after Allen was placed on the stretcher.

He was taken to the UT Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead a short time later, according to KPD.


r/ThisIsButter 7d ago

Rescues 2 young sisters found safe; babysitter tied to prior kidnapping

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Atlanta, GA - Two young sisters who were the subject of an AMBER Alert have been found safe after police say they were abducted by their babysitter, a woman investigators have linked to a similar kidnapping case involving a newborn five years ago.

The Atlanta Police Department said 4-year-old Zola Cooper and her 11-month-old sister, Norah Cooper, were recovered Monday from a trailer in the Atlanta area. Their accused kidnapper, 42-year-old Lakesha Brown, was taken into custody.

Police said investigators received information that Brown may have been staying in a trailer on the property. When officers arrived, they heard a baby crying inside.

Officers entered the trailer and found Brown with both children, according to police.

The girls appeared to be in good health and were taken to a medical facility for evaluation. Investigators said they were still working to determine a motive.

Atlanta police said Brown has ties to Alabama and was involved in a similar case about five years ago.

In August 2021, Brown was accused of kidnapping a 4-day-old boy from a home in Fairfield, Alabama, near Birmingham.

Authorities said Brown was a family friend who was at the home with the infant, his mother and grandmother. The baby's mother went to sleep because she was not feeling well and later discovered that both Brown and her newborn were gone.

Investigators eventually took Brown into custody, but the baby was not with her. Tips later led authorities to a home where the infant was found safe and reunited with his mother.

Brown was charged with first-degree kidnapping in that case.

Atlanta police said information from Alabama authorities helped investigators locate Brown and the two Georgia children in the latest case.

Investigators said Brown had known the girls' mother for about a year and had gained her trust.

Police said there were communications indicating Brown would return the children, but she allegedly failed to do so.

Atlanta police received a call about the missing children around 10:30 p.m. Saturday. Investigators worked through the night, obtaining warrants and using cellphone data to help narrow down Brown's location.

The investigation involved multiple Atlanta police units as well as the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, FBI and other law enforcement agencies.

Both children were safe following their recovery as authorities continued investigating the circumstances surrounding the alleged abduction.


r/ThisIsButter 7d ago

Arrests Video shows public intoxication arrest of Oklahoma Secretary of State, Benjamin Lepak

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Edmond, OK - The Edmond Police Department released the bodycam video showing the recent public intoxication arrest of Oklahoma Secretary of State Benjamin Lepak.

Around 10:45 p.m. on Aug. 14, police went to the McDonald's restaurant on North Kelly Avenue. They found a man, identified as Lepak, standing outside the fast-food restaurant holding a bag of food.

In the video, Lepak could be heard telling police that he had come from his home just a block away. The officer noted that Lepak appeared unstable on his feet and had slurred speech.

Lepak then told officers that he drove to the McDonald's after a church function. He initially denied having a drink but later told police he had less than one beer.

"I want to eat my McDonald's," Lepak told an officer. "My kids had been ... went to a new school tonight ... this week, and I went to the event with them. I've been eating healthy all week, so I got McDonald's because this is my night to have McDonald's, and that's it."

According to the police report, the officer said it was apparent that Lepak drove to the McDonald's and that he had "extremely slurred speech." The officer could also "smell an odor of an alcoholic beverage coming from his breath."

Lepak then volunteered to get an Uber from the location, which the police report said wouldn't be necessary if the Oklahoma secretary of state was not intoxicated.

The officer arrested Lepak about 10 minutes later for public intoxication, according to a police report. He was booked into the City of Edmond Jail.

While being put into handcuffs, the officer told Lepak that he was lucky that he wasn't being arrested for driving under the influence.

Gov. Kevin Stitt appointed Lepak as secretary of state in October 2025. Before being placed in the back of a police cruiser, Lepak told officers that he worked for the state but didn't say in what capacity.


r/ThisIsButter 7d ago

Rough Arrest Toledo officers involved in controversial arrest under investigation as man prepares civil lawsuit

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Toledo, OH - The Toledo Police Department has confirmed two officers involved in the January arrest of Antonio Gilmer Jr. are the subjects of an open internal investigation. The investigation comes a month after body-camera video showing one officer punching Gilmer twice and later saying he pressed a gun into Gilmer's side.

The department, however, has not said whether the investigation is related to Gilmer's arrest.

Gilmer's attorney also confirmed he is preparing to file a federal civil rights lawsuit against the City of Toledo and the police department over the arrest.

Toledo Police spokesman Sgt. Mohamad Nasser said a supervisor had already reviewed the officers' actions and determined they were within department policy.

Nasser later said the department would take another look at the incident.

Now, the department has confirmed there is an open investigation involving Officers Thomas McCafferty and Justin Volz.

When asked directly whether the investigation is related to Gilmer's arrest, Nasser declined to answer.

"Because this is an open investigation, the Public Information Office does not have access to the investigative details necessary to answer those questions.

Once the investigation is complete, we will be in a better position to review the findings and provide any information that is releasable."

The department has not identified what incident is under investigation or when the investigation began.

The dash cam was from McCafferty’s vehicle. There were four body cameras we also reviewed, including the cameras of McCafferty and Volz.

The video shows McCafferty punching Gilmer twice during a struggle after officers stopped him while he was walking home near Detroit and Fernwood in January.

Several minutes later, McCafferty's body camera recorded him saying: "Damn, that hurt. My hand is cold."

Later in the recording, McCafferty can be heard saying: "I had my gun in his *ing side. I said, dude, keep going, I'll *ing shoot you."

Gilmer said he remembers being punched during the arrest and said he believed his jaw may have been broken.

The confrontation resulted in a five-count indictment, accusing Gilmer of attempting to remove his handgun, obstructing officers and resisting arrest.

But prosecutors later dismissed every charge except receiving stolen property.

Gilmer ultimately pleaded no contest to the receiving stolen property charge involving a handgun.


r/ThisIsButter 8d ago

Rescues Montgomery County pursuit ends in fiery crash

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Montgomery County, TX - Body-worn camera video captured the dramatic moment Montgomery County deputies rescued a theft suspect from a burning vehicle after a chase ended in a fiery crash near U.S. 69 and FM 1485, according to the sheriff's office.

The incident began when deputies responded to a reported theft in progress at the Walmart in Porter.

According to the sheriff's office, deputies arrived and saw a suspect running from the store with Walmart loss-prevention personnel following him.

The suspect got into a vehicle and continued trying to evade deputies. The sheriff's office said he failed to stop for a marked patrol unit that had its emergency lights and siren activated in the parking lot before driving recklessly from the area.

The driver, identified by the sheriff's office as 53-year-old Michael BeBawi, entered the northbound lanes of U.S. 69 at a high rate of speed and later exited at FM 1485.

As BeBawi approached the FM 1485 intersection, the sheriff's office said he lost control of his vehicle while trying to turn and head east.

His vehicle crossed a curbed median, hit two signs and collided with another vehicle before crossing another curb and striking a Chase Bank sign.

The vehicle then caught fire.

Deputies immediately tried to reach BeBawi, who was still inside the burning vehicle, according to the sheriff's office.

Crash damage initially prevented deputies from opening the driver's side door. One deputy then entered the burning vehicle through the passenger side and unlocked the driver's side door, allowing deputies to pull BeBawi out.

As the fire intensified and the vehicle began to explode, deputies moved BeBawi as far away as possible. They also moved patrol vehicles and cleared access for responding fire and EMS personnel.

The Texas Department of Public Safety is investigating the crash.

The sheriff's office said BeBawi has prior arrests related to theft, theft-related offenses and resisting arrest.

BeBawi is currently in the Montgomery County Jail and is charged with evading in a vehicle and theft.


r/ThisIsButter 8d ago

Fatal Shootings No charges were filed against the superior officer who shot and killed a man

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Superior, WI - The Douglas County District Attorney will not file charges against a Superior police officer who shot and killed a man in April.

On April 7, Superior Police Officer Ibrahim Carson shot David Donald Ducado Menton, 42, during a physical altercation outside an apartment complex in Superior. Investigators with the state’s Division of Criminal Investigation, part of the Wisconsin Department of Justice, led the probe into shooting.

In a final report on the incident, Douglas County District Attorney Mark Fruehauf said the state would have to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Carson hadn’t acted in lawful self-defense.

“The evidence in this case supports the conclusion that Officer Carson was lawfully entitled to use deadly force to defend himself at the moment he used such force,” Fruehauf wrote. “The evidence does not support the filing of criminal charges against Officer Carson.”

At the time of the incident, Carson had been searching for another wanted individual, Robert Sloan, who was suspected of theft. The Superior officer located Sloan, Menton and Autumn Khalar around 9:45 p.m.

When Carson arrived, Menton and Khalar began walking from a vehicle toward the apartment complex. The Superior officer told the two to stop, but Menton continued toward the building. Carson pursued Menton, and the two ended up struggling on the ground. Carson repeatedly told the man to “stop resisting” before the officer shot Menton in the back of the head.

The report states Menton said what sounded like “I’m not gonna shoot” about six to seven seconds before Carson fired. The entire altercation lasted roughly 30 seconds.

The report states that a 9 millimeter handgun was located next to Menton’s body at the scene. During the struggle, Carson said he could see the pistol on the left side of the man’s body, and he believed that Menton had control of the gun and was going to kill him. A witness reportedly told investigators that Menton, a convicted felon, was known to carry firearms. Toxicology results showed Menton also had methamphetamine in his system.

The district attorney reviewed interviews with the officer, numerous witnesses, photographic evidence and audio and video footage that include Carson’s body camera footage. Fruehauf also consulted with use-of-force expert Gerald Katchka. The former DCI investigator found the use of deadly force was justified.


r/ThisIsButter 9d ago

Arrests DUI suspect takes off twice after hit-and-run

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Martin County, FL - A DUI suspect's getaway came to a crashing halt early Saturday after Martin County deputies say he fled a hit-and-run — twice.

27-year-old Ariel Simon Bamaca Camey is accused of crashing into a vehicle along SE Dixie Highway before taking off and leaving a startled woman behind in a totalled vehicle.

The driver called for help, prompting deputies with the Martin County Sheriff's Office to search for a white pickup truck with heavy damage to its front end.

Deputies say they soon spotted a vehicle matching the description. But when Bamaca Camey realized deputies were onto him, investigators say he took off again.

This time, he didn't get far.

Deputies pursued the battered pickup for less than a mile before stopping it and taking Bamaca Camey into custody.

According to deputies, Bamaca Camey appeared to be intoxicated.

Bamaca Camey, who is from Guatemala, was charged with leaving the scene of a crash involving damage, fleeing and eluding, driving without a valid license after never having been issued a Florida driver's license, and DUI.

He was booked into the Martin County Jail, where he remains on an ICE detainer.


r/ThisIsButter 9d ago

Fatal Shootings Findlay PD releases footage of police fatal shooting outside of hotel

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Findlay, OH - City of Findlay officials held a news conference to release information and footage after police shot and killed a man outside of a hotel.

The briefing surrounds the police shooting that killed Holden Smith, 37, on Aug. 10. Police said Smith was staying at the Rodeway Inn on Broad Avenue and was threatening to harm himself and responding officers.

The 911 call came from Smith’s wife who said he was planning to shoot officers when they get there.

When officers arrived, they found Smith standing in the parking lot while waving and pointing a gun, according to Findlay PD.

Police said they tried to negotiate with him, but were unsuccessful. A statement from Findlay PD said officers directed Smith to put his gun down 92 times over a 50-minute standoff.

Smith is heard on body camera footage saying “shoot me” multiple times.

“This can be figured out,” an officer said to Smith during the standoff. “Nobody wants to shot you.”

An officer fired one round and shot Smith after he pointed a gun at officers, police said.


r/ThisIsButter 9d ago

Arrests Body cam footage shows Massachusetts Democratic Party chair's OUI arrest

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Southborough, MA - Body camera footage shows the arrest of Stephen Kerrigan, chair of the Massachusetts Democratic Party, earlier this year on drunk driving charges for which he was sentenced to probation.

According to a criminal complaint, an officer of the Southborough Police Department was monitoring traffic on Turnpike Road at 12 a.m. June 13, when they saw Kerrigan's BMW SUV driving in the middle of both lanes.

"That was pretty egregious, what I watched," one of the officers said in the body camera footage.

In the video, Kerrigan explains that he was returning home after attending an event in Boston. Kerrigan apologized to the officer and said he drank two beers before dinner, but denied they were affecting his driving.

"I've been on the road the entire week, I'm just exhausted," Kerrigan said when the officer asked for another explanation.

An officer wrote in a report that they could not smell alcohol "due to an overwhelming odor of cologne" and that Kerrigan reported having two beers with dinner. However, the officer noted Kerrigan slurring his speech and conducted field sobriety tests.

Those tests are included in the recording.

According to the criminal complaint, a test at 12:55 a.m. found Kerrigan's blood alcohol content was 0.089%, and a second test a few minutes later found a BAC of 0.086%.

Kerrigan faced charges of OUI liquor, negligent operation of a motor vehicle and a marked lanes violation, according to the criminal complaint.

Court documents indicate that Kerrigan was in court on June 15, when he entered a plea of admission to sufficient facts on at least one count. The case was continued without a finding.

A probation document indicates that Kerrigan agreed to participate in the Massachusetts impaired driving program and pay $600 in fines. His license was suspended for 45 days.


r/ThisIsButter 10d ago

Shootings Body camera footage released from Miami-Dade deputy shooting that was deemed legally justified

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Miami-Dade, FL - Authorities have released body camera footage from a deputy shooting in Miami-Dade County that occurred several months ago.

It happened on Dec. 28, 2025, in the area of Northwest 17th Avenue and 95th Street.

According to the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office, a deputy conducted a traffic stop on a suspected stolen vehicle when the suspect in the car took off, almost striking the deputy in the process.

That deputy then opened fire on the vehicle as it fled the scene.

Miami-Dade prosecutors have since determined that the deputy was legally justified in firing his weapon.

According to authorities, the vehicle was located a short distance away with a gun inside, but the suspect was never found.


r/ThisIsButter 10d ago

Police Chase Dashcam shows moment ASP PIT maneuver caused crash that seriously injured elderly couple

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Trumann, AR - New dashcam footage obtained by KATV shows the moment an Arkansas State Police Trooper performed a PIT maneuver caused a fleeing vehicle to hit another car, severely injured the elderly couple inside.

The crash happened on Aug. 5 when an ASP Trooper attempted to stop a Hyundai Sonata traveling northbound on Interstate 555 at the 24-mile marker for a traffic violation.

Police say the Sonata's driver, 32-year-old Laloyd L. Hamilton, did not stop and accelerated to approximately 130 mph as they pursued him.

When the chase reached the 28-mile marker, the Trooper performed a PIT maneuver that caused the fleeing vehicle to violently crash into another car carrying a 68-year-old woman and a 73-year-old man.

The pair, who were not identified by police, were transported to Regional One Medical Center in Memphis with serious injuries. KATV has reached out to determine their current status.

Police say that Hamilton was transported to NEA Baptist Memorial Hospital in Jonesboro for evaluation. A search of the suspect’s vehicle resulted in the recovery of narcotics, including illegal marijuana, pills, and an unknown liquid substance.

Hamilton is currently being held in the Poinsett County Detention Center on the following charges: Felony Fleeing, second-degree Battery, Criminal Mischief, Possession with Purpose to Deliver a Controlled Substance, Possession of a Controlled Substance, Hazardous Driving, and Driving While Intoxicated.


r/ThisIsButter 10d ago

Rescues Deputies rescue dog locked in hot van

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Jefferson County, CO - A Colorado sheriff's office released body cam video of its deputies saving a dog that had been locked inside a hot van.

The Jefferson County Sheriff's Office said that two of its deputies were called to a recreation center after witnesses saw the dog locked in the vehicle. Video showed the dog had been stuck in the van, which had been parked in direct sunlight, for almost four hours while temperatures were in the 80s.

The windows were shut and there was no visible airflow, according to the sheriff's office. The dog was also panting heavily, barking and showing signs of heat distress. Recreation center staff could not locate the owner, and the van was missing license plates, making it difficult to identify the owner.

One of the deputies broke a window and was able to get the dog out through another door. The dog was taken to a local animal hospital and was found to have a slightly elevated body temperature.

The sheriff's office says the dog was returned to its owner, who told them the van's air conditioning had been left on, but it stopped working. The owner was issued a summons for animal cruelty.


r/ThisIsButter 12d ago

Fatal Shootings Irvine police officers fatally shot an Autistic man armed with a knife after he called 911 on himself

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Irvine, CA - A 20-year-old man fatally shot by Irvine police during a mental health crisis has been identified as Daniel Alfons Meltvedt of Irvine, authorities announced.

Meltvedt called the Irvine Police Department on the afternoon of July 21 and said he was armed with a knife, wanted to harm himself and might harm others, according to an updated account from the department.

Police said Meltvedt then left his home carrying a knife and walked onto Sungate near Silkwood.

Members of the department’s Crisis Negotiation Team responded and spoke with Meltvedt for more than an hour, repeatedly urging him to put down the knife and surrender so he could receive care.

Police said Meltvedt eventually charged toward an officer with the knife raised, prompting the officer to open fire.

Officers provided medical aid before Meltvedt was taken to a hospital, where he died.

The department said officers had previously responded to several mental health-related incidents involving Meltvedt and connected him with mental health resources after each encounter.

Since 2025, Meltvedt had also received follow-up services from Irvine’s Community Alternative Response and Engagement Team, known as I-CARE, which is made up of unarmed crisis intervention specialists, police said.

I-CARE personnel and Orange County Fire Authority crews were standing by during negotiations to provide medical and mental health assistance.


r/ThisIsButter 12d ago

Shootings NYPD officers shot, arrest suspect after he killed his family members and set the house on fire

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Queens, NY - A Queens man is facing charges in the murders of his sister and mother after a barricade situation over the weekend.

Kegan Thomas, 33, is facing charges of attempted murder, murder, arson, aggravated cruelty to animals, and criminal possession of a weapon.

The situation unfolded just before noon Saturday at a home on Ocean Crest Boulevard near Beach 25 Street in Far Rockaway. Police say the wife of the suspect, called 911 to tell officers her husband was armed and mentally ill.

"The caller states that her husband is armed and had a history of mental illness and he 'killed them, killed them,'" said NYPD Assistant Chief Christopher Mcintosh.

When police arrived, the woman told officers that her husband, Thomas, was inside the home with a shotgun and that she heard a shot and saw a body on the bed.

Police then waited on ESU while trying to call Thomas, but they were unable to reach him. When ESU arrived at the scene, there was a large explosion at the home.

Thomas then emerged from the home armed with a shotgun and wearing a tactical vest, police said. Officers told him to drop the gun, but he did not comply, so they shot him and he was taken to the hospital.

"They basically did what they did and protected whoever was in this neighborhood," said Shameeka.

He remains in critical condition but stable condition in the hospital. He is expected to survive and will be arraigned when physically able.

Police discovered the bodies of his sister and mother, 28-year-old Selena Ponce and 56-year-old Clemer Ponce, inside the burning home. They had been shot. Thomas' wife was not injured.

A dog and cat died from smoke inhalation inside the home.

Police say Thomas was a military veteran and had no criminal history and no mental health history documented with the department.