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Petaluma smash-and-grab, car chase, leads to thorny arrest | Petaluma Argus Courier

Two men suspected of brazenly breaking into cars early Friday evening led police on a chase through Petaluma, fleeing on foot after an officer rammed a patrol car into the suspect’s vehicle in an attempt to end the pursuit, police said. Around 5:20 p.m., police received reports that two men associated with a white Chrysler sedan were smashing a car window in the parking lot of the Petaluma Village Premium Outlets , according to a news release from the Petaluma Police Department . Within a few minutes, police located the Chrysler in the parking lot, though the driver immediately sped away from the 2200 Petaluma Blvd . North retail complex . The driver led police on a chase headed southbound on the heavily congested Petaluma Boulevard South , topping out at 60 mph, police said. Less than a mile later, the driver made a left onto Shasta Avenue, which is a dead end street . When the driver attempted to turn around and flee, an officer used the front of his patrol vehicle to push the...

The Latest: Young Australian boy missing after van attack

The Latest on the Spain attacks (all times local): 5:15 a.m. Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has asked people to pray for a young Australian boy who is missing after a vehicle attack on a popular Barcelona promenade that killed 13 people. Turnbull said Saturday that the boy's mother was badly injured and is in a hospital following Friday's attack at the Las Ramblas promenade . Turnbull says the boy's family is searching for him. He did not release the boy's name. Turnbull says: "All of us as parents know the anguish his father is going through, and his whole family is going through, as they rush to seek to find him in Barcelona." Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop says four Australians were injured in the attack. ___ 2:35 a.m. Police in Catalonia say they have searched two buses in their hunt for violent extremists believed responsible for a pair of deadly attacks in the northwestern region of Spain. Police say on their Twitter feed tha...

Coatesville man shot at Regency Park Apartments

COATESVILLE >> A city man who’s had previous run-ins with the law suffered a non-fatal shooting at the Regency Park Apartments on Monday night, and he’s now in intensive care . Police were called to the 600 block of Victoria Drive at approximately 9:47 p.m. for a shooting, and upon arrival, officers located 25-year-old Jamil Battle, who was shot once in the lower back, police said. Battle was then transported to Paoli Hospital, where he underwent surgery and is currently in the intensive care unit , police said. Coatesville Police Chief Jack Laufer said Battle was found inside an apartment when police arrived on the scene, but it’s unclear where Battle was when he was shot. Advertisement Neighbors reported witnessing a vehicle fleeing the scene immediately after the shooting, but an accurate description of the suspected vehicle was not yet available, Laufer said. Several bullets struck the apartment building, as well as the doors and window around the entrance to ...

Baton Rouge brothers shot, one killed, after posting images with fistfuls of cash, police say | Crime/Police

Police arrested one man and are searching for a second in a Thursday night fatal shooting that investigators say happened after the two victims posted a photo of themselves holding fistfuls of cash on a social media website .  Jywuan Butler, 19, was killed and his 17-year-old brother was wounded after the two were shot multiple times when two masked men dressed in black clothing entered their Sherwood Hollow Court apartment through an unlocked window about 11 p.m.,   Baton Rouge police said. While police were investigating the shooting at the Butlers' apartment in the 11600 block of Sherwood Hollow Court , they received another report of a third person who had been shot and was in a Canterbury House apartment , which is next to the Butlers' apartment complex. An East Baton Rouge Parish Emergency Medical Services crew found 20 -year-old Jamoriya Tayreon Ben , who was wearing black clothing and had been shot multiple times , at the Canterbury Hou...

Two homicides in 7 hours bumps city’s killings to 57

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Two people were killed over a seven-hour stretch in Charlotte, starting at 7 p.m. Thursday, bringing the city’s homicide total to 57 for the year. Charlotte is on pace to record more than 90 homicides this year, a dramatic jump. Last year, the city had 67. The latest killing occurred shortly before 2 a.m. Friday in the 2300 block of Ginger Lane, off East W.T. Harris Boulevard. The incident began as a carjacking, reported the Observer’s news partner WBTV . Officers said they arrived at the Meadowbrook apartments and found a man and woman who had been shot. The man died, but the woman was taken by Medic to Carolinas Medical Center with non- life threatening injuries , police said. Police identified the dead man as Joshua Anthoni Burris , 23. Authorities initially identified him as Joshua Duckworth. The woman has not yet been identified, but WBTV reported she is 19 years old. Police did not provide additional details of the case, but WBTV reported a Chevy Impala connected to the sho...