Denver Broncos coach arrested after allegedly punching cop and absorbing taser



Denver Broncos outside linebackers coach Michael Wilhoite was accused of punching a police officer in the face at an airport drop-off line and fleeing the scene.

Wilhoite, a six-year NFL veteran and now coach, faces a felony assault charge and a $5,000 bond after allegedly punching a police officer in the face at the Denver International Airport on Sunday, court records showed.

Police claim the 38-year-old pulled up to the airport's arrival drop-off lane on Sunday afternoon and left his 2021 Ford Bronco unattended, the Denver Post wrote.

As Wilhoite returned to his vehicle, a uniformed cop reportedly approached the coach to tell him he could not leave his car unsupervised. The coach then allegedly told the officer, "Shut the f*** up," two times before he "bumped his chest" into the law enforcement agent. The court affidavit said the officer shoved Wilhoite back before Wilhoite punched the officer in the face, which dropped him to the ground.

The officer soon fired his taser, multiple reports claimed, which allegedly struck Wilhoite in the hip and side. Despite being shocked for a few seconds, the coach was still able to get into his car and drive away.

'Thousands of people get through ... the airport without assaulting a police officer.'

Wilhoite was later arrested and appeared in Denver County Court on Monday morning in front of Magistrate Arnie Beckman.

"These are routine, everyday interactions that thousands of people get through successfully at the airport without assaulting a police officer," Beckman argued. "That a routine, everyday encounter turned violent is concerning to the court."

Wilhoite's attorney declined to comment to the Denver Post, and the Associated Press also left a message with his legal team but did not receive a response.

The officer allegedly had "visible" knee injuries and jaw pain, along with possible internal ailments to his left wrist, according to TMZ.

The Topeka, Kansas, native played for the San Francisco 49ers and the Seattle Seahawks with his last season coming in 2017. Wilhoite's contract expired in March 2018; he was not asked to resign and, despite another tryout, did not play in the NFL again after a total of 79 games in the league.

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Sheriff's office arrests police officer 'without evidence,' takes her child, shares explicit photos from her phone: Lawsuit



An Ohio police officer has accused a sheriff’s office of arresting her "without evidence," taking her young child away from her, and circulating "explicit" photos obtained from her cell phone, according to a new lawsuit.

Deputies with the Portage County Sheriff’s Office pulled over Miranda Brothers — an officer with the Mantua Police Department — on Jan. 1, 2024.

'Despite knowing that the digital images were not relevant to any criminal charge, Detective John Doe shared and/or disseminated these digital images within the Portage County [Sheriff’s] Office and potentially further.'

WOIO-TV obtained police bodycam video of the traffic stop. Brothers is seen getting emotional when deputies remove her child from her vehicle.

Brothers is seen on bodycam video saying, "You’re gonna take custody of my kid? For what?”

The deputies accused Brothers of leaving her 5-year-old son alone with a registered sex offender. The deputies then took her child away from her, and Brothers was arrested.

The next day, sheriff's office Detective Kenneth Romo charged Brothers with one count of endangering the welfare of a child.

Bodycam video shows a deputy using a search warrant to seize Brothers' cell phone. Brothers allegedly gave officers her child's tablet voluntarily.

Brothers was transported to the sheriff’s office, where detectives questioned her. Her child was temporarily placed in foster care.

The Portage County Sheriff’s Office accused Brothers of allowing a registered sex offender "to spend extended periods of time alone with the then-5-year-old child.”

Mantua Mayor Tammy Meyer immediately placed Brothers on administrative leave after her arrest.

Detectives said multiple people tipped them off about the alleged crime.

According to the complaint, "at least" two detectives with the Portage County Sheriff’s Office were deployed to observe Brothers and her child on Dec. 7, 2023, at a restaurant in Mantua — a village about 40 miles southeast of Cleveland.

The Portager reported that sheriff's office Detective Mischell Weber oversaw the investigation but testified under oath that the complaints about child endangerment were “unfounded” and “not accurate.”

Sheriff's office Detective Eric Noall later testified that the child never had "any unsupervised contact with a registered sex offender," according to court documents.

The lawsuit claims that four detectives testified in December 2023, and none of them personally observed the child being supervised by a registered sex offender or that the child was in any danger.

On July 11, 2024, Portage County Municipal Court Judge Mark Fankhauser dismissed the case against Brothers.

Once the case was dropped, Brothers was reinstated at the Mantua Police Department.

Last week, Brothers filed her complaint against the Portage County Sheriff’s Office.

'As a result of the Portage County Sheriff’s Office’s conduct, Plaintiff Brothers suffered serious mental anguish of a nature no reasonable person could be expected to endure.'

The lawsuit states, "The criminal complaint directly contradicts the sworn testimony of the members of the Portage County Sheriff’s Office who personally observed Juvenile A on December 7, 2023."

The Portage County Sheriff’s Office reportedly performed a forensic investigation on Brothers' cell phone, which copied her phone's data to a computer database.

Sheriff's office Detective Michael Hanna allegedly testified that there was no incriminating evidence regarding the child endangerment allegations on Brothers' phone.

The suit also accuses an unnamed member of the sheriff's office of looking at “private digital images” from Brothers' phone and circulating them.

"Despite knowing that the digital images were not relevant to any criminal charge, Detective John Doe shared and/or disseminated these digital images within the Portage County [Sheriff’s] Office and potentially further,” the suit states. “The Portage County Sheriff’s Office’s conduct of observing, sharing and/or disseminating the private digital images of Plaintiff Brothers was so extreme and outrageous that it went beyond all possible bounds of decency and is intolerable in a civilized community.”

Brothers' attorney, Eric Fink, confirmed to WOIO that the photos were "explicit in nature."

Fink told the station, "She took her child to her babysitter who was at a restaurant in Mantua, she was scheduled to work in Mantua. Her babysitter is an off-duty police dispatcher, background checked. While she was there, the sheriff’s department set up a couple of detectives who were photographing and looking to determine apparently whether she left her child with a registered sex offender instead of the babysitter police dispatcher.”

The lawsuit names the defendants as the Portage County Board of Commissioners, the Portage County Sheriff's Department, Portage County Sheriff Bruce Zuchowsky, Detective Kenneth Romo, and the unnamed detective.

The lawsuit states, "As a result of the Portage County Sheriff’s Office’s conduct, Plaintiff Brothers suffered serious mental anguish of a nature no reasonable person could be expected to endure."

The lawsuit claims Brothers was subjected to malicious prosecution, violations of her Fourth, Fifth, Eighth, and 14th Amendment rights, intentional infliction of emotional distress, and tortious interference because she was suspended from her police officer job.

The suit is asking for at least $25,000 in compensatory damages and punitive damages of $500,000 per defendant.

The Portage County Sheriff’s Office did not immediately respond to a request for comment from the New York Post and WOIO.

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Poetic justice: Cop walks into 7-Eleven while armed robber stands in front of register with bag full of stolen cash



A security camera captured a moment of poetic justice when a uniformed police officer walked into a southern California 7-Eleven last week while a hooded armed robber stood in front of the store's register with a bag full of stolen cash.

Let's just say the crook didn't get away with what he was after.

What are the details?

Video recorded the suspect — 48-year-old Ramon Gonzalez — approaching the counter of the store in West Covina on Wednesday and asking the clerk to grab him a pack of cigarettes, KTLA-TV reported.

As the clerk began placing the cigarettes into a bag, the station said the suspect lifted his sweatshirt, revealed a gun, and demanded everything in the register.

The clerk complied and began placing cash into the bag, KTLA said.

Image source: YouTube screenshot

The crook might have gotten away with an easy heist, but as it was all going down, the security camera caught West Covina Sgt. Abel Hernandez — a frequent customer of the 7-Eleven — walking into the store to purchase some water and greet the clerk, the station said.

Image source: YouTube screenshot

“So I saw the subject in there, and at first, I really didn’t think anything” Hernandez recounted to KTLA. “I saw the gloves, I saw the ski mask, and that night it was a little chilly, so I figured, 'Okay.'"

Image source: YouTube screenshot

But in those moments Hernandez also noticed the distressed look on the clerk's face, the station said.

“He’s always with a smile, but as I entered the store, I saw the fear in his face, and I knew something was up,” Hernandez added to KTLA. “I remember just keeping my eye on the subject.”

The robber soon lifted the bag of cash off the counter — about $400 — spotted Hernandez walking in, and made a run for the door, the station said.

The clerk shouted, “He’s got a gun! He robbed me!” as Hernandez turned and chased after the suspect, KTLA said.

Image source: YouTube screenshot

“To me it seemed slow even though I look at the video, and it seemed like I took off pretty quick,” the 17-year veteran cop added to the station. “Everything sort of slows down. I was able to catch him 15 to 20 feet right outside the doors of the store.”

KTLA said Hernandez tackled the suspect, who put up a brief fight before giving up. Soon backup officers arrived at the scene, the station said, and they recovered the cash — as well as a loaded handgun.

Hernandez told KTLA that it was "fortunate" no one was hurt: “Thank God that the outcome was what it was.”

The suspect faces several charges including robbery and being a felon in possession of a firearm, the station said.

Maybe pick another convenience store chain?

Interestingly, the same thing happened at a 7-Eleven four days prior in Carson, which is about 50 minutes southwest of West Covina.

Yep, a sheriff's deputy walked in on four armed suspects trying to rob the convenience store, and the outcome was the same — all four were arrested.

KTLA said there has been a rash of robberies at 7-Eleven stores across Los Angeles and Long Beach, but authorities haven't said if the robberies are related.

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Detroit cop charged with manslaughter after bowling alley calls 911 to report unruly old man who refused to leave



A Detroit cop has been arrested and charged with manslaughter in connection with a call about an unruly old man who refused to leave an area bowling alley earlier this year.

Just before 7 p.m. on September 1, someone at the Garden Bowl — a bowling alley located on Woodward Ave. in Midtown, a popular arts and entertainment area in Detroit — called 911 to report a "disorderly" man who refused to leave. There were also concerns that the man, later identified as 71-year-old Daryl Vance, was armed.

Officer Juwan Marquise Alexander Brown, 29, was on duty that night and was dispatched to the scene. When Brown arrived, he managed to coax Vance out of the bowling alley, but the two got into an argument that escalated quickly, reports say.

Once outside, Brown allegedly punched Vance in the face, knocking the man to the ground. Vance was taken to a nearby hospital, but he died about three weeks later on September 21. The Wayne County medical examiner determined that blunt force trauma caused by the punch to the face had killed him.

Reports have not stated whether a weapon was ever found on Vance's person that night or whether he had a permit to carry concealed.

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On Tuesday morning, Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy announced that Brown had been charged with manslaughter in connection with the case.

"Police officers frequently deal with citizens who are disorderly and verbally unpleasant," Worthy said in a statement. "But the evidence in this case shows that the officer allegedly was the aggressor, and his actions went criminally beyond what was necessary in this situation. This behavior cannot be tolerated from our law enforcement."

After the charges were filed, the Detroit Police Department moved swiftly to terminate Brown. Brown then immediately appealed his termination.

"Mr. Brown has been terminated from the Detroit Police Department as a result of his actions on Sept. 1, 2023," said a DPD statement issued Tuesday night. "However, Mr. Brown is exercising his contractual right to appeal the termination decision. During the pendency of an appeal, if sought, Mr. Brown will remain off DPD payroll and will not possess any law enforcement authority.

"The Detroit Police Department thanks the Wayne County Prosecutors Office [sic] for their work on this matter. The DPD will cooperate fully with Prosecutor Worthy’s efforts toward obtaining a conviction for the charged offenses," the statement added.

Brown was expected to appear in court on Wednesday morning. Whether he has retained counsel is unclear. If convicted, he faces up to 15 years behind bars.

USA Today and the Detroit Free Press both reported that they were unable to reach Brown for comment.

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Bronx judge releases without bail thugs charged with beating NYPD cop: 'Absolutely upside-down world we're living in'



A Bronx judge released without bail a pair of suspects charged with beating a New York City police officer earlier this week, the New York Post reported.

What are the details?

Video posted on social media shows two males repeatedly punching Officer John Hernandez in the head, face, and neck after Hernandez and his partner asked the suspects to put out their cigarettes at the Freeman Street subway station Monday, the Post said.

Hernandez covers his head for protection while a man yells, “Yo, yo, beat him!” the paper noted.

Video also shows officers soon arresting two suspects at the scene, the Post said, adding that a third suspect got away.

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Kaream McClary, 23, and Izayiah Jessamy, 20, were arraigned on assault charges Tuesday, the paper said, adding that prosecutors requested $10,000 bail or $30,000 bond during the Bronx Criminal Court hearing.

However, Judge Eugene Bowen released the suspects without bail, the Post said, citing court records.

'Absolutely upside-down world we’re living in'

Patrick Hendry, president of the Police Benevolent Association union, said the suspects' no-bail release "shows the absolutely upside-down world we’re living in," the paper noted.

“We need New Yorkers to start speaking up and demanding real consequences for those who assault cops,” Hendry added in his statement, according to the Post. “Our streets and subways won’t be safe if the cops protecting them aren’t safe.”

Al Baker, communications director for the New York State Office of Court Administration, told the paper that "release determinations, made after reviewing the facts and circumstances of a case, are about assuring that the accused return to court."

The Post, citing a source, added that video of the attack wasn't mentioned at the arraignment.

Neither of the suspects have criminal records, the paper said, adding that the source also said the Criminal Justice Agency recommended both suspects for release.

The Post said lawyers for McClary and Jessamy did not return a request for comment; their next court date is scheduled for Dec. 18.

The paper added that the incident comes as physical attacks against NYPD officers have jumped more than 25% this year.

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Naked man caught on video fighting Las Vegas cop in middle of road — then things take dangerous turn



Video caught the moment when a naked man was fighting a Las Vegas police officer in the middle of an intersection late Halloween night — and things soon took a dangerous turn.

Video also showed the naked man breaking free from the officer, hopping into the officer's patrol vehicle, and speeding away.

Image source: YouTube screenshot

Image source: YouTube screenshot

What's more, the suspect soon caused a serious crash and is now facing charges, KLAS-TV reported, citing court documents.

What are the details?

Police got a call around 11 p.m. about a naked man near Blue Diamond Road and Buffalo Drive, the station said.

Motorist Kyle Even captured video of Clyde Cabulisan, 29, fighting a responding police officer, police added to KLAS.

Even told the station he saw flashing lights and thought he was pulling up on an accident when he got a closer look — at a naked man in the road “casually” walking.

“You got a cop and a naked dude," Even noted to KLAS during a phone interview Wednesday morning. "I thought he was going to be handcuffed and thrown to the ground. The cop kind of seemed he was, like, protecting [the naked man] from somebody coming through and hitting him.”

Soon, the naked man — Cabulisan — got into the Metro Ford F-150 patrol vehicle and drove off, the station said.

“I was just glad the cop didn’t get run over,” Even noted to the station. “It’s like real-life Grand Theft Auto.”

Crash

Cabulisan headed north on Rainbow with officers in pursuit for more than five miles, police told KLAS. He then crossed the center line, drove into oncoming traffic, and ran a red light at Hacienda Avenue before crashing into the passenger side of a Ford Explorer around 11:15 p.m., the station said.

A 34-year-old woman who was driving the Explorer and her 43-year-old male passenger suffered critical injuries and were taken to University Medical Center’s trauma unit, police told KLAS.

The male passenger told the station he's partially paralyzed and suffered other injuries as well. Cabulisan also was hospitalized with numerous injuries, KLAS reported.

Now what?

Cabulisan is facing four charges: robbery, driver disobeying peace officer and endangering people/property, grand larceny of a motor vehicle, and battery on a protected person, the station said, adding that he was scheduled Thursday to make an initial appearance in Las Vegas Justice Court.

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Jan 6 cop claims he had a 'near-death experience,' but the actual video footage will make your BLOOD BOIL



Investigations into the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol building are ongoing. The Department of Justice is unwavering in its commitment to investigate and prosecute those who need to be held accountable.

Will the DOJ exercise fairness and impartiality — as it has sworn to do — while it seeks truth?

It’s looking more and more like the answer to that question will be a definitive no.

Glenn Beck plays a clip of a CNN interview with U.S. Capitol police sergeant Aquilino Gonell as he gave a tearful account of his experience on January 6, 2022.

“I got hurt,” he told the interviewer, wiping tears from his eyes. “I thought I was gonna’ lose my life.”

He then went into detail about how he was “covered in pepper spray” and how “[his] hands were bleeding.”

Another clip shows him giving his testimony at a televised hearing, saying, “I, too, was being crushed by the rioters. I could feel myself losing oxygen and recall thinking to myself, ‘This is how I’m going to die.”’

Watching Gonell’s emotional accounts of that day, it’s hard not to immediately sympathize.

However, Glenn then invites journalist Julie Kelly to the show to discuss Gonell’s testimony and others like it.

What she reveals will make your blood boil.

“Officer Aquilino Gonell ... has been one of what I call ‘January 6 celebrity cops,’” she tells Glenn.

“He was one of four police officers/security guards who testified during the very first January 6 select committee televised hearing. The idea of that hearing was to make it sound like Trump supporters tried to kill police officers that day,” Kelly continues.

While Gonell told a horror story involving ghastly injuries to his head, shoulder, hands, and foot, some released footage tells a wildly different story.

“Footage that was obtained by Joe Hanneman at Epoch Times” reveals Gonell “walking around — no indication of any injury, no sign of pain” near the end of the day, after the building had already been evacuated.

In the footage, Gonell’s “hands are visible, there’s no bleeding, there’s no abrasions ... both shoulders are mobile,” and yet Gonell “has been a key figure in promoting the idea that police were almost killed on January 6,” Kelly says.

“He has been a government witness in trials of January 6 defendants,” she continues, “where he’s taken the stand under oath and talked about his injuries ... that were inflicted by Trump supporters — and he specifically says Trump supporters.”

Gonell’s testimony “has helped judges impose very long, harsh sentences against January 6 defendants,” Kelly adds.

What’s perhaps most upsetting, however, is that “the Department of Justice and Capitol police ... have designated all of this footage as highly sensitive government material; all of it has been under strict protective orders in court” and has only been released when it can be used to incriminate defendants.

“That seems like a miscarriage of justice,” says Glenn, clearly blown away at what he’s hearing.

To listen to their full conversation, watch the clip below.


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7-pound metal object apparently falls from sky, almost hits police officer in Maine. One theory says it came off airplane — but a couple of experts doubt it.



A 7-pound metal object that apparently fell from the sky Friday afternoon and landed just outside the entrance to the Maine State House in Augusta is believed to have come from a large commercial airplane traveling internationally, the Kennebec Journal reported.

What are the details?

In fact, the object nearly struck Capitol police Officer Craig Donahue, who was walking outside around 12:30 p.m. when the incident occurred, the paper said, citing a news release from state police spokesperson Shannon Moss.

Craig Donahue Image source: YouTube screenshot

According to a video report, Donahue heard the object hit the ground and roll toward him.

He added in the video report that there was grease inside the object, too.

No one was injured, the Journal added.

The Federal Aviation Administration is attempting to locate the source of the object and has sent “awareness notifications” to flights that were traveling over the area at the time, the paper reported.

But a couple of individuals with more knowledge about the subject than most aren't convinced the object came from an airplane.

Paul Cote of aircraft part supplier Twin City Aero Supply in Bangor told the Journal he’s never seen an aircraft part resembling the object in question.

“I’m having a hard time believing that it is even an aircraft part,” Cote added to the paper after he reviewed a photo of the object. “Most aircraft parts are made of aluminum and do not look that worn out.”

Greg Jolda, an aviation program coordinator at the University of Maine at Augusta, added to the Journal that if a part that size had come from an aircraft, it would have damaged the engine or the aircraft it came from.

“I can’t immediately see anything that would indicate that was from an aircraft,” Jolda also told the paper. “It would have had to put a good hole in the airplane.”

What's more, he added to the Journal, if the object had fallen from an airplane, it would have hit the ground with some force: “If it came from an airplane, it would not come straight down; it would have had some horizontal velocity to it. It would have done some damage. If a plane were traveling at 80 knots [92 miles per hour], that’s serious.”

Moss said there was no significant damage to the granite walkway where the object struck, the paper reported.

Image source: YouTube screenshot

Image source: YouTube screenshot

If nothing else, Donahue got a hardhat from his coworkers as a result of his ordeal:

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The Journal said a Monday request for more information from the Maine Capitol police was not immediately returned.

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