Carel Aaron Van Der Merwe, a 21-year-old Wisconsin State Trooper, who came to the United States legally from South Africa as a child, is in federal immigration detention. He was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) at a Wisconsin airport while waiting to board a domestic flight on November 5, 2026. Carel Aaron Van … Read more
Hayden Phillips was identified as the Kentucky State Trooper killed in the shooting at Warren County, Kentuckyon Monday afternoon, Kentucky State Police confirmed. Kentucky State Trooper Hayden Phillips was killed in a shooting in Warren County. (Kentucky State Police) Kentucky State Police issued a Blue Alert after the shooting saying that the suspect has fled … Read more
Emonnie Branch, a 51-year-old suspect, was taken into custody for the fatal shooting of Kentucky State trooper Hayden Phillips in Warren County on Monday afternoon. Representational. (Unsplash) The Louisville Metro Police Department took Branch into custody in Louisville’s West End area. Branch had fled the scene on a Honda Civic from the shooting on I-65 … Read more