Police chief blasts cop for faking shooting so he could play hero Birmingham Police Chief Patrick Smith Birmingham Police Department A longtime Alabama cop staged a shooting and sent out a fake distress call last month, risking the lives of fellow officers — so that he would come off as a hero, a police chief said. Birmingham Police Chief Patrick Smith told reporters Thursday that department brass are now seeking warrants for criminal mischief, false reporting and discharging a firearm in city limits against Officer Patrick Buchanan for the July 21 distress call in an isolated area near Tarrant, AL.com reports . “This officer did a lot on that night to present a false image of heroism,” Smith said. “He endangered the lives of the community by discharging his firearm, and also other officers, as they responded from all over the city to be at his side and do everything that they can to help.” Buchanan had been patrolling near railroad tracks when h...
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — The family of a visiting Chinese scholar whose body was never recovered after a former University of Illinois doctoral student kidnapped and killed her has been told the woman’s remains may be in a landfill in Vermillion County in central Illinois.
The (Champaign) News-Gazette reports that Steve Beckett, who represents the family of Yingying Zhang, says the information about the remains comes from attorneys representing Brendt Christensen.
Christensen was convicted in federal court last month and sentenced to life in prison after prosecutors sought the death penalty.
Since he was arrested after Zhang’s 2017 disappearance, Zhang’s family has repeatedly urged him to reveal what he did with the body so they can return it to China for burial. But Christensen didn’t disclose that information through his trial and sentencing.
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