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THE STORIES CONTINUE ON YOUTUBEA collection of encounters seen through officers’ cameras. These films come from the credited police channels; our original documentaries continue below.
Official body-worn video: Seattle Police Department · Released 2021-12-16
Bike officers descend into the Pioneer Square transit tunnel during a pursuit ending in an arrest.
Read the police incident reportWatch on YouTubeOfficial body-worn video: Seattle Police Department · Released 2024-05-14
Police encounter a woman carrying a cash register outside a pharmacy, then pursue an associated man.
Read the police incident reportWatch on YouTubeA fabricated Saudi royal identity, false diplomatic credentials and promises of exclusive investments brought Anthony Gignac millions of dollars and an 18-year, eight-month prison sentence.
Trevor Jacob deliberately filmed himself abandoning an airplane for a sponsored video. He received six months in federal prison for destroying and concealing the wreckage to obstruct investigators.
A pizza delivery driver died after an Erie bank robbery involving a collar bomb. Marjorie Diehl-Armstrong was convicted of the plot and sentenced to life plus 30 years.
A Treasury investigation reconstructed Capone’s income and secured five tax convictions in 1931. An eleven-year sentence took him from Chicago to federal prison, including Alcatraz.
The Gambino boss’s 1992 trial combined intercepted conversations with an insider’s testimony. A jury found him guilty on all thirteen counts, and the federal court imposed life imprisonment.
Bulger’s Boston racketeering trial proved a role in eleven murders. His story also exposed a corrupt informant relationship and later failures surrounding his fatal transfer between federal prisons.
A bombing campaign lasting 17 years ended after a family recognized the writer’s language. The investigation led to Ted Kaczynski’s arrest, guilty plea and life sentence.
A hijacker took $200,000 and parachuted from a passenger plane in 1971. Official records document the flight and decades of investigation, but no definitive identification.
Each feature follows the events and the investigation, then explains the verdict or the unresolved case status. Supporting records stay linked. Findings, allegations and unanswered questions remain distinct.
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