Arrest / Criminal Charge

Category Summary

Total cases	53
Arrests in 2018	11
Arrests in 2017	34

Photojournalist arrested while covering climate demonstration, equipment seized

July 9, 2019

On June 22, 2019, independent photojournalist Michael Nigro was arrested in New York City while covering a demonstration calling for …

San Francisco police use search warrant to raid home, office of independent journalist

May 14, 2019

On May 10, 2019, San Francisco police officers raided the home and office of freelance journalist Bryan Carmody as part …

Connecticut reporter arrested and briefly detained while covering demonstration

May 13, 2019

Hearst Connecticut Media reporter Tara O’Neill was arrested while covering a demonstration in Bridgeport and briefly held in police custody …

Three journalists arrested while covering Stephon Clark protest in Sacramento

March 13, 2019

Three journalists were arrested on March 4, in Sacramento, California, as police blocked off exits and began arresting those associated …

WLTX reporters arrested in Columbia, S.C.

February 1, 2019

Jenna Kurzyna and Susan Ardis, reporters for local ABC affiliate WLTX, were arrested at a public housing complex in Columbia, …

BuzzFeed News journalist arrested in Seattle while asking for comment

November 15, 2018

On November 4, 2018, BuzzFeed News reporter Blake Montgomery was arrested in Seattle on suspicion of trespassing.The Stranger, a Seattle alt-weekly, reports that Montgomery was arrested while in the process of reporting out a story about Tank Hapertefen, a man who died after injecting silicone into his genitals. When Montgomery went to the Seattle home of Tank’s former partner, Dylan Hapertefen, to ask him for comment, the occupants of the home called the police. The police arrested Montgomery and took …

Reporter Zachary Siegel held in contempt of court and arrested after recording trial

October 2, 2018

After Siegel was arrested, other journalists in the courtroom pooled their money to pay his $100 bail.

Karen Savage arrested in Louisiana in September

Journalist Karen Savage arrested for second time while covering anti-pipeline protest in Louisiana

October 26, 2018

Savage was also arrested while covering anti-pipeline protests in August 2018.

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