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| Former Hero Officer Accused of Raping Women, Held on $60M Bail A former Philadelphia police officer, once hailed as a hero and given a seat next to the first lady at a speech by President Obama, is being held on $60 million bail charged with raping two women at gunpoint and other crimes. Police say he assaulted his live-in girl on May 9. ***
*** Moraga School District Insurers Settle Sex Abuse Suit For $2.85M The Moraga School District's insurance company has reached a $2.85 million settlement with a former student for sexual abuse claims, district officials announced this week. The suit also alleges that the former administrators' failure to act and protect students' welfare led to her being sexually abused hundreds of times over a five-year period by Correa. *** Sacramento deputy arrested in assault John G. Foster, 50, allegedly ran down a 17-year-old with his minivan after what family members describe as a long-running dispute. According to the newspaper, the minivan is an unmarked vehicle used by the Sacramento County Sheriff's Department. *** Ex-Officer Pleads Guilty To Drug-Related Crimes The Independent reports 32-year-old Melvin Charles Schoch Jr. pleaded guilty on Monday to charges of attempting to possess oxycodone with intent to distribute and possessing a firearm during the commission of a drug crime. According to the plea agreement, Schoch, while he was an officer for the Ashland Police Department, entered a home looking to take prescription pills and money under the guise of serving a search warrant. *** Sussex Co. Councilman Accused of Sexual Assault The lawsuit filed this week in Kent County Superior Court alleges that Republican Councilman Vance C. Phillips forced sex on the woman several times in 2011, beginning a few weeks after she turned 18. The 17-page complaint includes graphic details involving bondage and sex toys during the sex acts that she says happened in Kent and Sussex counties. *** Out-of-Town Police Vehicles Parking Illegally D.C. is well known for how it hands out parking tickets, but this week thousands of officers in town for the annual Police Week festivities are not getting tickets despite parking illegally. Newark New Jersey police put out their own orange cones to block off a bus zone for themselves and for their own illegally parked "traffic" van. *** Miami Beach Man Tied Wandering 12-Year-Old Son to Pole Outside Home: Police A Miami Beach father is facing an aggravated child abuse charge after he tied his 12-year-old son to a pole and left him for hours while he went shopping, police said. *** Dothan Police Illegally Issue Traffic Citations The Dothan Police Department has been illegally issuing citations for years and apparently never knew it was against the law. Chief Greg Benton said officers issue citations to people who don't have a motorcycle endorsement on their driver's license. However, the department was wrong to issue citations because there is no law requiring an endorsement, which is technically a license, to operate two and three wheel vehicles. *** |
Heroin bust in hotel room paid for by Vt. taxpayers Police say the Herrons were recently evicted from their Burlington home and got state vouchers to stay at this South Burlington motel free. Inside, police found heroin, crack cocaine and two young children sleeping on the floor next to uncapped needles. *** Sacramento Father Accused of Murdering 3-Week-Old Baby Alias James McLaughlin, 20, is accused of picking up his baby Friday night, shaking her over and over until she died. *** Sergeant found guilty of premeditated murder of 5 fellow soldiers A military judge at Joint Base Lewis-McChord ruled Monday that an Army sergeant accused of killing five fellow soldiers in Iraq is guilty of premeditated murder. *** Tulalip woman indicted in daughter's death A Tulalip mother could spend a minimum 30 years behind bars if convicted as charged in the Oct. 8 neglect death of her young daughter. Federal prosecutors allege that Carlson, 36, all but abandoned her 19-month-old daughter Chantel Craig and her other daughter, 3, in a parked car on the Tulalip Indian Reservation. *** U.S. General Faces Life In Prison A U.S. Army general accused of sexual misconduct is scheduled to return to court. A court martial for Sinclair is scheduled to begin June 25 on charges that include forcible sodomy, indecent acts, violating orders and adultery. *** Dwyer will plead guilty to operating boat under the influence State Del. Donald H. Dwyer Jr. of Pasadena, who was involved in a powerboat crash last August that injured him and several others, will plead guilty Tuesday in Annapolis District Court to operating a boat while drunk - part of plea deal that his attorney said includes prosecutors not seeking a jail sentence. *** Tucson child porn case: Former Tucson officer Martin Ward arrested in child porn case A former Tucson police officer has been arrested following a months-long investigation into the online sharing of child pornography. In December, he resigned rather than face termination following an unrelated internal investigation. *** Stafford County Doctor Faces 95 Charges Media outlets report that 54-year-old Dr. Nibedita Mohanty was arrested Friday for allegedly prescribing tens of thousands of doses of narcotics to drug-addicted patients and drug traffickers. *** |
Ex-Davie officer convicted of molesting family member gets 10 years in prison Stephen Olenchak, an ex-Davie cop convicted of molesting a family member while his wife and son slept in the same bed, has been sentenced to 10 years in state prison. ***
*** Lassen park negligent in boy's death In a ruling penalizing the government for destroying evidence, a federal judge said park officials must be considered negligent in the death of a 9-year-old boy who was crushed by a collapsing trailside wall at Lassen Volcanic National Park in 2009. ***
*** U.S. says Apple was 'ringmaster' in e-book price-fixing The U.S. Justice Department says Apple Inc. was the "ringmaster" in a scheme to force Amazon.com Inc. to raise prices on its electronic books. *** Jury hears first arguments in former-DA Villalobos' trial The former district attorney is charged with nine counts of racketeering, bribery and extortion, case-fixing, favoritism, improper influence, personal self-enrichment, self-dealing, concealment and conflict of interest. *** West Laurel man charged with killing wife, stepdaughter A West Laurel man who apparently fatally shot his wife and stepdaughter barricaded himself inside the family's residence Monday morning after calling 911 and admitting to the crime, Prince George's County Police said. *** Sanford reserve cop arrested on child-molestation charges A Sanford reserve police officer was fired after being arrested on child-molestation charges, authorities said Monday. Romano was arrested Friday on four counts of lewd or lascivious molestation on a victim younger than 12 - two for each girl. *** |
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