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Neighbors said a group of about nine men kicked in the door to a home with a shotgun and a handgun. According to police documents, the men then tied down the people inside the home. APD arrived on the scene moments later and were able to catch one of the suspects. Several others fled the scene, but left behind a shirt and hat that had the word "POLICE" written on. Ralph Ellison, a neighbor who saw and heard the entire thing, called police and said he is now taking action to protect himself and his neighbors.

There would be little point asking two new policemen in Southwold if they are cut out for the job. Cardboard coppers outnumber the real thing two-to-one in four Waveney market towns as part of an attempt to raise awareness of the community officers. The eight cut-outs are slightly larger-than-life copies of four PCs who work in Halesworth, Bungay and Beccles, as well as Southwold and its neighbouring village of Reydon. They will be "on duty" in shops while their walking, talking counterparts carry out patrols. Last night, Suffolk police moved to answer criticism that people wanted real officers rather than...

Men Posing as Officers Invade NW Houston Home A northwest Houston family is traumatized, after three men impersonating police officers, broke into their home. ABC13 Eyewitness News (3/12/04 - HOUSTON) — Houston police are looking for three young men who forced their way into a home and robbed a northwest Houston couple. The homeowners tell police the three suspects were dressed as police officers when they pushed their way into their home on Mayfield near Vogel around 2:00am Monday. That's when the suspects tied up the husband and wife, their 19-year-old son and his friend, then stole 10 guns from...

Police use raids to arrest 4 men in massacre 01/25/2003 EDINBURG, Texas – Dozens of police officers in pre-dawn raids arrested four suspects in the Jan. 5 massacre of six men. Police said some of the suspects may also have ties to September's slaughter of four women in Donna, which they said had pointed to retaliatory actions taken by a group calling itself the Tri City Bombers. All suspects arrested Friday were to be charged with six counts of capital murder in January's killings. Identities were being withheld, pending formal charges. The arrests bring to five the number of suspects...

Man held in killing of 6 men in Valley More arrests seen in what police call a home invasion gone bad 01/18/2003 By BRENDA RODRIGUEZ / The Dallas Morning News BROWNSVILLE - A 25-year-old Lower Rio Grande Valley man was being held Friday in lieu of $18 million bail for the shooting deaths of six men in what border officials here say was one of the worst massacres in recent years. Police say they expect more arrests. Marcial Bocanegra was charged with six counts of capital murder and is being held at the Hidalgo County jail. "Normally on capital...

Man arrested in Valley massacre 01/16/2003 Associated Press EDINBURG, Texas - A 25-year-old Brownsville man was arrested and charged with six counts of capital murder Thursday in the home invasion earlier this month in which six men were killed in a spray of gunfire. Police Chief Quirino Munoz said he would not release the name of the man because of the ongoing investigation. Munoz said the man would probably be arraigned on the charges early Friday. "As a result of our investigation, we've taken one individual into custody," he said. "Basically, we've been working round the clock since this...

Victims ID'd in Valley home invasion killings 01/05/2003 Associated Press EDINBURG, Texas - Police in this border town searched the site of two ramshackle homes for details in a home invasion that left six young men dead and the mother of two of them bound in electrical cord. Aside from a rental car that had been ransacked at the scene and a missing pickup truck that belonged to one of the victims, investigators reported little in the way of leads in the 1 a.m. Sunday killing. On Monday, Police Chief Quirino Munoz identified the victims as Jerry Hidalgo, 24,...

Fake cops kill 6 men in home invasion   By Macarena Hernandez San Antonio Express-News   Web Posted : 01/06/2003 12:00 AM   EDINBURG — Gunmen dressed as cops barged into two homes in a rural neighborhood here early Sunday, killing six men after demanding drugs, money and weapons, local authorities said. The home invasion robbery claimed the lives of two sets of brothers from different families — the only four victims that had been identified by late evening, although authorities were not releasing their names. "We are still trying to identify the other individuals (and) because of the...