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| Springfield Mass Officer Face Jail Time For Stealing Officer Steven Buzzell faces a maximum five years in state prison on each count during sentencing Thursday, a day after the Hampden Superior Court jury found him guilty of three counts of larceny over $250. *** Lawsuit Against Gibbons to Proceed Chrissy Mazzeo accuses Gibbons of assaulting her outside a restaurant back in 2006. She also says the governor and several others orchestrated a cover-up of the crime when she went public with the accusation. *** Roanoke law enforcement banned from county firing range Roanoke law enforcement officers have lost their rights to the county-owned firing range and driving track over concerns about last fall's controversial sniper training ... *** Councilwoman charged with drunken driving A Central Falls city councilwoman is accused of drunken driving. The arresting officer saw a 10-year-old boy sleeping in the back seat of the car. *** LAPD: No officers fired for May Day rally beatings Officials say none of the Los Angeles police officers who pummeled protesters with batons and opened fire with rubber bullets at a 2007 pro-immigration rally will be fired. *** RI Trooper will get new assault trial Rhode Island's highest court has ordered a new trial for a former state trooper convicted three years ago of beating a man inside a police car while off duty. *** MTA officer charged with raping girl, 15 A Maryland Transit Administration police officer has been charged with raping a 15-year-old Elkridge girl who asked him for help finding her way home on the light rail, according to charging documents. *** Madoff is scheduled to appear in U.S. District Court in Manhattan before Judge Denny Chin, who could sentence him to as many 150 years in federal prison. *** Aspen officer facing exploitation charge resigns Court records show 38-year-old Joseph Holman faces charges of 2 counts of attempted sexual exploitation of a child, tampering with evidence, child abuse and attempted criminal invasion of privacy. *** Jersey City cop, Anthony Falconetti, charged with official misconduct, officials say Officials said Eugene Falconetti, 47, a 21-year-veteran of the department, was arrested while in uniform at about noon by members of the department's Internal Affairs Unit, but wouldn't disclose the specific allegations. *** Monroe's tax director taken off payroll The city revenue and taxation director who faces numerous felony theft counts, was placed on administrative leave with pay May 18. He remains on leave, but his pay stopped June 11. *** Police crash injures pedestrian One cruiser crashed into the back of the other, causing the front car to veer off the road and hit Eldredge, who struck the cruiser's windshield ... *** South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford Admits Affair, Resigns GOP Governor’s Association The mystery is over, with today’s announcement by South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford that he flew to Argentina to visit a woman with whom he’d been having an affair. *** |
Officer in punching incident had four complaints in 2007 The officer who punched a woman last Thursday while monitoring a parking lot near the Alive @ Five concert had four separate complaints against him in 2007, according to police records and a person who made a complaint. *** Amherst County official charged with inappropriate contact with a child resigns An Amherst County employee charged with inappropriate contact with a child has resigned as the director of economic development. *** Trooper Charged in Fatal Vienna Crash The Dorchester County State's Attorney on Tuesday ordered a Maryland State Police involved in a fatal crash late last year in Vienna be charged with a traffic offense. *** Former Ind. pastor charged with securities fraud A former pastor accused of bilking thousands of investors out of millions of dollars in a Ponzi scheme aimed at their Christian beliefs has been charged with securities fraud. *** DC Tax Scandal Leader Gets 17 ½ Years The ringleader of a scheme that drained nearly $50 million from the D.C. treasury has been sentenced to 17 1/2 years in prison. Walters' attorney had argued that his client considered herself a "benefactor" because she gave money to others. *** Boulder City teacher indicted on child sex charges A Clark County grand jury has indicted a longtime Boulder City soccer coach and middle school teacher on child molestation charges. *** The Tax Shelter That Keeps Old Rail Cars On Metro Tracks In the wake of last week's Metro rail tragedy that killed 9 people, a complex tax shelter deal between the transit agency and 16 banks backed by AIG is getting new scrutiny. *** RI lawmakers force dog racing at bankrupt track The state House voted Friday to force a bankrupt gambling hall to expand its schedule of greyhound races even as its owners and Gov. Don Carcieri seek to end the money-losing races and protect millions of dollars in state income from its slot machines. *** Boulder driver injures motorcyclist with car door Police said a Boulder County driver used his car door to hurt a motorcyclist in a road-rage attack. *** The two men are free awaiting sentencing for their guilty pleas to participating in a $2.6 million kickback scheme involving the construction of two juvenile detention centers and placement of youths in the facilities. *** Blagojevich corruption trial set for June 3, 2010 A federal judge today set June 3, 2010, for Blagojevich's trial on charges of scheming to sell or trade President Barack Obama's U.S. Senate seat and pressuring potential campaign contributors. *** Rangel Trips Under Investigation The House Ethics Committee is now officially digging into two Caribbean trips taken by Congressmen Charles Rangel, D-NY, Carolyn Kilpatrick D-MI, Bennie Thompson, D-MS, Donald Payne D-NJ, and Delegate Donna Christensen D-VI. *** Cop charged in murder plot wants city to pay legal bills A Chicago Police officer awaiting trial for allegedly plotting to kill a fellow cop is suing the city, seeking reimbursement for hundreds of thousands of dollars in legal bills he's racked up. *** |
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*** AG Indicts Fire Captain for Arson, Fraud North Las Vegas Fire Captain Gary Stover told police he was inside the business and someone stole his 2007 Toyota Sequoia. But when the vehicle turned up torched in a desert area near Centennial Hills, police got very suspicious. *** Ex-aide expected wealth through Jefferson A former aide to U.S. Rep. William Jefferson testified Tuesday that he was confident his old boss had the influence with Nigerian leaders and the U.S. Export-Import Bank to seal a deal that would make the aide and his new boss, Lori Mody, hundreds of millions of dollars. *** Milton Officials Detail Allegations Against Police Chief Milton officials have released information on the allegations against the Town's Police Chief. They say William Phillips has destroyed official records, altered time sheets, removed video evidence and carried an unauthorized weapon. He denies the accusations. *** Conyers quits in wake of guilty plea Convicted Detroit City Council President Pro Tem Monica Conyers has resigned effective July 6. Conyers’ resignation comes after her Friday guilty plea in U.S. District Court to a felony charge of accepting a bribe in exchange for a yes vote on the $1.2 billion Synagro Technologies sewage sludge recycling contract and other unspecified actions while a member of one of the city’s pension boards. *** D.C. Child and Family Services Back in Court Last month, a court-appointed monitor released a report raising concerns that the troubled agency was still failing to provide adequate care for abused and neglected children. *** Firefighter Arrested for Sending Explicit Material to a Minor A DeLand firefighter was arrested late Thursday night on charges of sending a young girl sexually explicit material over the internet. *** 2 MD Teachers Accused of Sex Abuse The Frederick County State's Attorney Office says two high school teachers have been charged with sexually abusing students. *** Romeo teacher pleads guilty in sex case involving student A Romeo Middle School band teacher pleaded guilty in Macomb Circuit Court Tuesday to criminal sexual conduct charges for allegedly having inappropriate relations with a female student, court records show. *** |
And the Parent of the Year Award Goes To ...
| Cops: Tot with mom on drug deal A mother charged with selling drugs to an undercover police agent is also alleged to have brought her 2-year-old child to the drug deal. *** 7-YEAR-OLD INJURED: Parents to face charges after 10-year-old boy shoots girl in face The parents of a 10-year-old boy who shot a 7-year-old girl in the mouth last month face multiple felony charges in connection with the shooting because the .38-caliber pistol used by the child was not properly secured, a police report released Monday states. *** Woman faces another incest charge Investigators have added another charge of incest against a woman accused of having a child with her father. |
Police: Dad lured son home to kill him A college student played dead to escape a family shooting by his father, who killed the other son and their mother before setting their house on fire and taking his own life, investigators said Monday. *** Ind. man pleads guilty to abducting, killing son A western Indiana man has pleaded guilty to charges that he abducted his two young sons at knifepoint and then killed one of them. *** Former commissioner charged with punching sons A former Hillsborough County Commissioner spent Father's Day in jail after authorities say he punched his two sons. *** Oregon parents face charges in child's death A couple charged with manslaughter claim they were within their constitutional rights when they decided to pray for their 15-month old daughter rather than take her to a doctor to treat her pneumonia. |
Howard Co. child left in car 8 hours dies of heatstroke A 23-month-old Howard County girl died of heatstroke after one of her parents unintentionally left the child strapped in her car seat in front of the family's Ellicott City residence last week. *** Police: Mom partied while kids stayed home alone with pit bull An Orlando woman was arrested this morning after leaving her two young children alone at their apartment for nearly 12 hours while she was out partying, police said. *** Police: Twin Infants Left in Car While Mother Shops A Barnesville woman is in a Clayton County jail this morning after leaving her infant twins in a car while she went shopping. *** Mother Charged In Daughter's Beating Death The mother of a 15-month-old girl police said was beaten to death by the woman's boyfriend in March was charged Wednesday with neglect. |
Now little Nate Turner lies brain dead after being savagely beaten on Father's Day, prosecutors say, by the very man who claimed he wanted to build a relationship. ... ***
*** Father charged with burning son with cigarette, putting him in clothes dryer An Edwardsville man went to jail on Father's Day on charges that he burned his toddler son on the cheek with a cigarette and put him in a clothes dryer. |
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