U.S. President Donald Trump is supporting efforts to tighten federal background checks on gun buyers in the aftermath of last week’s shooting massacre of 17 people at a Florida high school, the White House said Monday. White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Trump spoke last week with Texas Republican Senator John Cornyn about […]
A stolen vehicle owner’s call to police resulted in a brief foot chase with an armed suspect early Wednesday morning on Tudor near the Old Seeward Highway according to Nixle. At 12:25 am, APD received a call from a man reporting that he had followed his stolen vehicle tracking it to Tudor and the Old Seward […]
U.S. Attorney, with the Department of Justice, Bryan Schroder announced on Wednesday, that 38-year-old J Cobb Whitmore, a three-time felon, was sentenced for being a felon in possession of a firearm. U.S. District Judge Ralph R. Beistline sentenced Whitmore on Tuesday to 37 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release and 80 […]
APD is reporting continued success with their Investigative Support Unit, that is just over two months old, and already has 35 arrests under its belt. The unit has made numerous felony and misdemeanor arrests since its creation in October. The unit works with Vice, CAP, patrol and detectives. Those 35 arrests include ten from the […]