Category: Badass of the Week

A Long Island man who served in the Marines and lost both legs below the knees after stepping on a bomb in Afghanistan was sworn in Friday as possibly the first fully active duty double amputee police officer in the country. (FOX)- Matias Ferreira, 28, graduated from the Suffolk County Police Academy in Brentwood, L.I. […]

An off-duty Indiana State Trooper is being recognized for his heroic actions after he helped a couple escape a fire at their home. (FOX)- Trooper Jacob Ridgway was driving his marked state police vehicle around 6 p.m. Wednesday when he noticed white smoke coming from the rear of the residence, the Indiana State Police said […]

Two Georgia police officers went above and beyond the call of duty recently to help out a local resident in need. (FOX)- Lieutenant Walters and Officer Brunson caught a 14-year-old shoplifting candy from a business in Rome. According to police, the teen gave the candy back after he was caught. The officers later learned when they took the teen home, […]

Authorities on Long Island say an 83-year-old man has been arrested after checking himself out of a hospital and stealing an ambulance. (FOX)- Police say Donald Winkler, of Merrick, was upset with the quality of care he was receiving and checked himself out of Nassau University Medical Center around 1 a.m. Tuesday. Investigators say Winkler […]

A man spit tobacco juice into the face of actress Jane Fonda (search) after waiting in line to have her sign her new book, police said. This guy is my new hero! Honestly, how many Vietnam Vet’s would have loved to done the same thing? For years, this woman has gotten away with treason in […]

On Tuesday morning, Pedro Viloria, a worker who mans the drive-thru, jumped through the ordering window at a McDonald’s in Doral, Fla., to help a woman who suddenly became unconscious while operating her vehicle. (FOX)- Viloria was stationed at his post behind the drive-thru window when a woman — who turned out to be an […]

Officer takes down suspect in West Covina, California As one person said on the YouTube comments section of this video, “the headline on CNN would be ‘white cop uses violence to harass baseball loving immigrant’…” Who knows if we will ever know the full motive behind this “Sluggers” baseball bat tantrum. What we do know […]

Young man who walked miles to work now drives after police raise cash (FOX)- A 19-year-old man in California who walked miles to and from work saw his life change in the span of just a few weeks, after police helped raise money to buy him a bicycle — and eventually, a car. Jourdan Duncan’s […]

A Maryland police officer who was the first to respond to a gas explosion and fire that killed seven people and injured dozens of others at an apartment complex last year has received his department’s highest honor. (FOX)- Montgomery County Officer Jeff Hughes received the department’s Medal of Valor Wednesday for his bravery. Hughes was […]

Louisiana woman hailed as a hero for stopping man from beating police officer (Photo: Vickie Williams-Tillman is pictured on the right.)  (Photo Credit: Baton Rouge Police Department via Fox News) If only more people would step in this way in the world! Slowly but surely we are starting to see good Samaritans, such as Ms. […]