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World News
Policeman suspended after allegedly fondling dead woman’s breasts
An officer with the Los Angeles Police Department is under investigation after his body camera allegedly caught him fondling a deceased woman’s breasts. Police authorities said the officer has been placed on leave pending the outcome of the probe. A police spokesman confirmed the probe to AFP on Wednesday but…
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Police Land Cruiser stolen from Govt parking yard
Police are investigating how a Toyota Land Cruiser picks up, GKA 024V, disappeared from a government parking yard. In his report, corporal Cyrus Nyandago said that he parked the unserviceable vehicle at the SGB Police Line Shauri Moyo on October 4, 2019. The officer said he went to the parking…
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General News
PHOTOS: Police Officer Arrested For Brutalizing His Daughter
A police inspector has been arrested for brutalizing his daughter and locking her up at their home along Abak Road, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State. It was gathered that every time the officer comes back from work, he would either take out his anger and frustration on his wife or…
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Africa
Police Hunt Man for Advertising Drunk Woman’s Private Part in a Video Clip
Police in neighbouring Zambia have launched an investigation to apprehend the suspect in connection with a video that has gone viral on social media in which a man is seen fondling drunk woman’s private part while inviting others to sleep with her. In the one minute twenty seconds video, the…
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General News
Police in bloody clash with Nakpaa Naa family over Damba festival
This was after a clash ensued between the police and the Nakpaa Naa family who were being stopped from observing the annual festival in Bimbila in the Northern region. The Nakpaa Naa family were prevented by the police from celebrating the festival because it was considered inappropriate following a Supreme…
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Entertainment News
It’s not easy being police and musician – ASP Kofi Sarpong
For what many may consider being stress-free, Gospel musician ASP Kofi Sarpong says it has not been easy combining two careers – being a policeman and musician. According to him, though he has always appeared to be in control, he pays attention to serving his country more than his music…
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World News
Brutal attack of student by police angers Kenyans
Kenyans have expressed outrage after a video of police officers brutally beating a university student was shared online. The 22-second clip recorded from a high-rise building on Monday shows four officers kicking, hitting and stamping on the student as he lies on the ground. Those recording the video can be…
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Government and Politics
Police interdict Agordzo for wearing uniform to court?
The embattled police officer who is standing trial for treason in the alleged coup plot ACP Dr Benjamin Agordzo has reportedly been interdicted for wearing his uniform to court, Starrfm.com.gh has gathered. According to police regulations, an officer is not allowed to wear his or her uniform when facing charges…
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General News
‘I was in the spiritual realm’ – Rev. Obofour tells Police
Reverend Francis Antwi aka Rev. Obofour who was invited by the Greater Accra Regional Police Command on Thursday, 31st October 2019, for allowing a man to smoke Indian hemp in his church has responded to the invite. According to the man of God in a statement to the police, he…
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General News
Video: Police Brutalise Driver For Refusing To Pay GHC 50
The Inspector-General of Police(IGP) has reiterated the need for members in the service to exhibit a high sense of professionalism. Despite the caution, many police officers in the service still continue to exhibit acts that contradict what the service stands for. This portal has sighted a video on social media…
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General News
Angry youth attack Police station; free suspect in custody
Some angry youth in Yeji in the Bono East Region have attacked a police station in the area and freed a suspect who happens to be the manager of Alive FM, who had been arrested and held in custody. The police said that his arrest and detention were upon instructions…
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Police Officer Shoots Girlfriend DEAD After She Refused To Marry Him Despite Financing Her Education
A horrific drama was recorded in a small town in Tanzania called Tunduru-Ruvuma when a local cop shot his girlfriend dead after she refused to marry him despite funding his education. The 27-year-old police officer called James Paulo attached to the anti-graft agency in Tanzania (Takururu) was swiftly arrested after…
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Minority chides government using Police to harass demonstrators
The Minority Caucus in Parliament has expressed regret of police harassment and intimidation of unemployed nurses who picketed at the Ministry of Health (MOH) to demand for employment. Mr Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, the Ranking Member of the Health Committee, speaking at a joint press conference in Parliament House with the…
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World News
Moment police officer shot dead unarmed teenage boy, then got told “good shot man!” by colleagues (video)
Shocking footage has been shared online, purportedly showing the moment an unarmed teenage boy named Isiah Murietta-Golding was shot dead by a police officer after which the officer was hailed by his colleagues. In a shocking video shared by human rights activist, Shaun King, a police officer is seen giving several orders…
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General News
KTI Students On Rampage
There were chaotic scenes at the Kumasi Technical Institute (KTI), which reportedly resulted in injuries and destruction to several properties on Sunday evening. A certain housemaster of the school had insisted that the students should wear the prescribed uniform of the school during prep hours and that sparked anger among…
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Hot News
Release our leaders or we’ll take them out by force – Unemployed Nurses to Police
Unemployed Nurses and Midwives are threatening to mass up at the Ministry of Health today over the arrest of six of their leaders. The leaders were arrested for picketing at the Ministry of Health to demand their postings. Paul Selorm in an interview said the coalition has given the police…
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Police chase man over $180,000 fraud
The Tema Regional Police, CID, are on the heels of a certain Mike Nana Prempeh, native of Kumasi, for allegedly defrauding a Ghanaian US resident, of US$180,000. Armed with a Tema Circuit Court Warrant, the CID in their brief facts narrated that in 2018 the complainant, a certain Dr. Ernest…
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General News
Police grab eight notorious car snatchers in Accra
The Accra Regional Police Command has arrested eight persons believed to be part of a notorious car snatching syndicate. The syndicate which operated in Accra usually attacked their victims with guns and knives. The eight are currently in police custody waiting to be arraigned. Some of the suspects whose identities…
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Hot News
Another notorious kidnap kingpin shot dead by police
The Rivers State Police Command has announced the death of a suspected notorious criminal, Agbaiseigbe, who specialized in kidnapping and terrorizing commuters along the Port Harcourt/ Owerri road. The Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Nnamdi Omoni, told journalists that the alleged cultist and kidnap kingpin who specialized in terrorizing…
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General News
Police ‘plant weed’ on innocent civilians – IGP
The Police administration has warned its officers to be professional following reports that some officers on highway patrol duties deliberately plant weed in vehicles of civilians so they can turn around to arrest them. A memo from the police headquarters to the various commands seen by Starr News said the…
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General News
Family recounts how police officers slashed innocent relative with machete to death
The family of a 33-year-old driver, who was allegedly butchered by six men claiming to be police officers, say Kofi Ampoma was killed an innocent man. Brother of the deceased, Mark Kankan Boadu on Adom TV’s morning show, Badwam‘ insists his brother was not a criminal. “These so-called police officers…
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We’ll continue arrest of persons who don’t use Madina-Adentan footbridges – Police
The Motor Traffic and Transport Department (MTTD) at the Madina Police Station has indicated that it will continue to arrest jaywalkers who fail to use the constructed footbridges on the Madina-Adentan highway. The police said the exercise is necessary following the increasing cases of pedestrian knockdowns. Two people were reportedly…
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We’ll continue arrest of persons who don’t use Madina-Adentan footbridges – Police
The Motor Traffic and Transport Department (MTTD) at the Madina Police Station has indicated that it will continue to arrest jaywalkers who fail to use the constructed footbridges on the Madina-Adentan highway. The police said the exercise is necessary following the increasing cases of pedestrian knockdowns. Two people were reportedly…
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General News
Police officers allegedly butcher driver to death
Police in the Ashanti region has allegedly beaten and butchered a 33-year-old driver Tuesday evening, causing his death shortly after. Residents of Asante-Adomfe in the region narrated eyewitness accounts of how some police officers beat and butchered the driver. Residents told Starr News that about seven police officers with three…
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Hot News
Police asks lady for the receipt of her dog
An infuriated Nigerian woman has taken to her social media narrate her horrible encounter with the police. According to her, the policeman stopped her at a checkpoint and requested for the receipt of her dog after they didn’t find anything wrong with her car documentation. The lady expressing her rage…
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Videos
Breaking: Video of Nana Damoah in Police grips goes viral
The former head of Communications and Public Affairs at the Energy Ministry, Nana Kofi Oppong Damoah, has been sighted in a video engaged in an argument with officers at a police station. Nana Damoah, who was behind the counter wearing a white T-shirt and a pair of trousers could be…
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General News
IGP gives new directives to check extortion, unprofessional conduct by police.
The Inspector-General of Police, James Oppong-Boanuh has issued new directives to guide police traffic duties, highway patrols, barrier duties among others. A statement from the police said the new directives were in response to numerous complaints from the public about the unprofessional conduct of some officers. The statement, signed by…
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General News
Police blind 24-year-old woman with pepper spray
In 2016, a police officer from the Abuakwa Police Station left a 24-year-old lady, Sarah Hammond, blind after spraying a substance believed to be ‘pepper spray’ into her eyes. The young woman was reported to have been beaten and stripped naked by the police officer after refusing to hand over…
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General News
SHOCKER: Police find almost 100 fetal remains in abortion doctor’s vehicle
Police authorities have found close to 100 fetal remains in the vehicle belonging to specialist abortion doctor, Dr. Ulrich Klopfer. This was after police found over 2000 fetal remains in the garage of his Illinois residence. The 71 year old doctor died on September 3, and about 2,246 medically preserved…
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Hot News
Photos: Teenager, girlfriend in police grips over stabbing of Uber driver
A 19-year-old John Kyei Baffour and his 22-year-old girlfriend, Beatrice Naa Korley, have been put in police custody at Dodowa for allegedly strangling and stabbing a 45-year-old Uber driver, Michael Normanyo. The suspects are said to have hired the KIA Picanto car with registration number GS 950-19 from Madina to…
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