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Special
Counsel's Office Raided By FBI
Federal
agents raided the office and home of U.S. Special Counsel Scott Bloch on Tuesday
while investigating whether the nation's top protector of whistle-blowers destroyed
evidence potentially showing he retaliated against his own staff.
Dallas
officer convicted in fake drug scandal begins prison term
Mark
Delapaz was convicted in 2005 and sentenced to five years in prison after lying
to a judge to obtain a search warrant.
Governor,
Dems want Ohio AG to resign amid sex scandal
Attorney
General Marc Dann admitted Friday to having an extramarital affair with a subordinate
after findings in an unrelated sexual harassment investigation threatened to
reveal the relationship.
Dann
scandal dates back 7 months
A
sexual harassment scandal inside Attorney General Marc Dann's office began about
seven months ago when aides overlooked the concerns of a staff member who tried
to raise the issue with human resources, according to transcripts of a recently
concluded investigation.
Former
Sheriff Pleads Guilty
"Guilty,"
Long answered to counts 1 through 19 involving extortion, 20 through 25 involving
money laundering, count 26 of providing a firearm and ammunition to a known
felon and to count 27, possession of cocaine with intent to distribute.
Red-faced
judge coughs up and says sorry
A
California judge has apologised and agreed to pay $100,000 to a Silicon Valley
software entrepreneur for having pursued meritless claims against him in a lawsuit
she filed in her private law practice 12 years ago.
Retired
Trooper Accused Of Stealing Money From Fellow Troopers
Highway
Patrol has finally released information saying that John Vaught has been retired
for about a year and a half, but internal affairs believes he stole hundreds
of dollars while he was on active duty.
Chicago
police officer indicted
Cook
County prosecutors say a Chicago police officer accused of falsifying information
in drunken driving arrests ignored numerous critical steps in making a legitimate
drunken driving arrest in April 2005.
Officer
Charged In Second Child Sex Abuse Case
Officer
Troy Gee, 33, was arrested Wednesday on charges of sexual abuse of a minor,
third- and fourth-degree sex offense, providing alcohol to a minor and two other
charges.
Detective
Charged With Child Porn Out On Bond
A
Phoenix police homicide detective arrested by his own department Wednesday on
child pornography charges was released from jail overnight on $25,000 bond,
officials said.
He
is identified as Detective Mike Polk, 50, a 26-year-veteran of the police department.
Probation
officer admits to accepting bribes
Juan
Muñiz Jr., 28, of McAllen, admitted to selling information on convicts
in the Rio Grande Valley to a man he believed to be linked to Mexican organized
crime, according to the U.S. attorney's office.
Former
Taycheedah Correctional Officer Charged With Sexual Assault
Jimmie
L. Brown of Oshkosh was charged Wednesday in Fond du Lac County Circuit Court
with 13 counts of second-degree sexual assault by correctional staff while working
at the Taycheedah Correctional Institution.
Munhall
Officer Accused Of Relationship With 13-Year-Old Girl
Officer
Michael John Curtin, a veteran with Munhall Borough Police Department, is accused
of indecent behavior with a juvenile.
Former
deputy jailed on sexual-assault charges
Jerry
Lee Diyer, 42, of Grandview was arrested Thursday after authorities received
outcries from two girls.
Current,
former police chiefs indicted on criminal counts
A
grand jury indicted a current and former Rio Grande Valley police chief Tuesday
on charges stemming from separate cases.
Former
MTA officer sentenced in car-burning scheme
A
police officer for the Maryland Transit Administration was sentenced today to
five years in prison for his role in a scheme to burn vehicles owned by transit
employees for the insurance money, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for
Maryland.
Metro
East police officer accused of attacking boy
A
police officer in the Metro East community of Washington Park is accused of
sexual misconduct involving a 14-year-old Illinois boy in St. Louis.
Elite
Orlando Police Unit Accused Of Violating Rights
When
the Problem Solvers tracked arrests through court, it was discovered that Orlando
police lead the way in its share of cases dismissed because of what the state
attorney's office calls, "key witness problems -- LEO" (law enforcement
officer).
Former
local attorney admits to misconduct
A
former Jackson County deputy district attorney has been banned from practicing
law for one year after admitting to professional misconduct and criminal behavior.
Nogales
cop faces trial in sex assault case
A
Nogales police officer who goes on trial for sexual assault and kidnapping this
week has been accused of sexually inappropriate behavior by four other young
women or girls.
7
NYC Correction Officers Charged With Accepting Bribes
The
officers are accused of taking as little as $200 for smuggling heroin to inmates
and as much as $2,700 for carrying bundles of different drugs to them.
Former
Sheriff's Detective Pleads Guilty To Identity Theft
Former
Rutherford County Sgt. Mark Warf pleaded guilty Thursday.
Warf
admitted that while he worked in the sheriff's office he got the names and social
security numbers of other people. Then without their knowledge, he opened 17
credit cards in their names and charged about $23,000 worth of merchandise.
Moorestown
cop charged with cruelty to animals
New
charges of sex acts with cows have been brought against a Moorestown policeman
who last week was charged with sexually assaulting three girls.
Officer
Robert Melia Jr., 38, of Moorestown, remained in Burlington County Jail on Tuesday
with bail of $510,000.
Ex-cop
gets 31 years for sex act in Iowa with boy
Donald
Rager used to be a police officer in Lake and McHenry counties, but now he'll
spend more than 31 years in federal prison for having sex with a teenage boy
from Iowa he met on the Internet.
Case
against Chandler officer to go to trial; K9 died in car
Sergeant
Tom Lovejoy left his police dog, Bandit, in a hot car for 13 hours in August.
Bandit died in the car.
Sulphur
Springs police chief arrested for gun theft
Police
Chief Andrew Little faces felony theft charges after allegedly stealing and
pawning guns owned by his stepfather.
Stakes
Go Higher For Chief's "Free Ride"
Florida's
Commission on Ethics today formally charged Miami Police Chief John Timoney
with violating state law by accepting the free use of a luxury car and failing
to report it.
Officer
gets probation for running plate checks for friend
A
Fairfax County police sergeant who pleaded guilty to illegally using police
computers to check license plate numbers for a friend has been sentenced to
two years of supervised probation.
Alton
police employees sue former chief in sex case
Four
Alton police department employees who accused former Chief Jose Luis Vela of
sexually assaulting them last year have sued him and the city.
Trial
begins for police officer charged in cover-up
Arthur
Tesler was one of the officers on the scene as Kathryn Johnston was shot during
a surprise raid on her house based on wrong information that cocaine was stored
there. Some officers tried to cover up the crime by planting drugs in Johnston's
basement.
Prosecuters
ban two Baltimore police officers from testifying, dismiss pending cases
Baltimore prosecutors are dismissing dozens of drug cases from two police officers
banned from testifying in court amid suspicions they have been untruthful in
charging documents.
Ex-Guard
Gets 30 Years for Molesting Girl
Circuit
Judge Neil Roddenbery also declared Derrick Andrew Brown, 27, to be a sexual
predator, a designation that carries various restrictions.
Jury
deliberates for second day in molestation trial of former Desert Hot Springs
officer
The
former officer, a 37-year-old former Desert Hot Springs police officer, is charged
with molesting the now-18-year-old relative for a decade from the time she was
7 and another teen for several months in 2005-06 while she was taking part in
the department's Explorers program, which he founded and operated.
Ex-S.F.
prosecutor gets 8 1/2 years for fraud
A
former San Francisco prosecutor who inherited a role overseeing a multimillion-dollar
trust has been sentenced to an 8 1/2-year prison term and ordered to repay the
$52 million in trust funds he misappropriated and spent in just six months in
Alaska, authorities said.
StL
County cop fired after arrest
A
St. Louis County police officer was fired last week after he was arrested for
allegedly furnishing pornography to a minor.
Police
Officer Steals From Evidence Room
Police
want part-time Sweetwater officer Christopher Green for allegedly taking $23,000
from the department's evidence room.
Former
policeman charged with filing false report
Andrew
Baker was served with two misdemeanor warrants Wednesday night – for filing
a false police report and shooting a firearm within 300 feet of a business or
residential property.
Police:
Okla. Sheriff Ran Sex-Slave Operation From Jail
Michael
Burgess surrendered to Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation agents and posted
bond Wednesday night, hours after he resigned as Custer County sheriff amid
35 felony charges, including accusations of forcible oral sodomy, kidnapping,
rape and perjury.
Pittsburgh
Police Apologize For Issuing Bad Speeding Tickets
Hundreds
of people in Pittsburgh will have their speeding tickets voided.
That’s
because police admit to using a device they were not permitted to use.
Mulberry
Deputy Chief Arrested on Sexual Battery Charge
Mulberry
Police Deputy Chief Jody Beaudry turned himself in to the Polk County Jail today
after a warrant was issued for his arrest following a Florida Department of
Law Enforcement investigation.
Cop
wove a tangled web
Officer
M. Gregory Yarbrough, 40, of the 1400 block of East Main Street, East Earl,
was charged Friday with filing false reports to law enforcement after police
say he disguised his voice while making threats to himself and his wife on her
cell phone on the morning of March 21.
SBI
Inquiry Sought in Traffic Stop of Sheriff's Daughter
Vance
County District Attorney Sam Currin on Thursday asked for a state investigation
into a recent traffic stop involving the daughter of Vance County Sheriff Peter
White.
Ohio
state troopers disciplined for Ku Klux Klan photo
A
highway patrolman who was photographed in a handmade Ku Klux Klan costume while
on duty the day before the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday has been suspended
without pay, authorities said.
Another
test scandal at the Police Department?
Inside
information about the contents of an upcoming test for promotion to sergeant
in the Police Department has allegedly been leaked to a test-taker, provoking
an uproar in the department and instigating an internal investigation.
Rookie
NYPD cop busted in $113G Pennsylvania bank heist
An
NYPD rookie sworn to enforce the law broke it big-time Thursday, stealing $113,000
from a Pennsylvania bank at gunpoint, authorities said.
Deputy
Charged in Teen's Death
Deputy
Ken Tschudy faces a charge of homicide by negligent operation of a motor vehicle
in the crash that fatally injured Mindy Erickson of Linwood.
Ex-Charleston
County deputy pleads guilty to excessive force
A
former Charleston County deputy has pleaded guilty to kneeing a mentally ill
person in the face and in a separate incident kicking a driver already in handcuffs.
Ex-judge
charged with misconduct
Former
Municipal Court judge Richard Sasso has been charged with seven counts of judicial
misconduct, including being under the influence of drugs and/or alcohol while
on the bench and disorderly conduct at Torpedo's Go-Go Bar in Bound Brook.
Probe
of police steroid use hits Tenn.
Three
veteran Metro officers have been stripped of their badges while their possible
connection to steroids is investigated. And a young Murfreesboro officer lost
his job after admitting he had been using them since high school to bulk up.
Officer
shoots unarmed teens
Two
teenage boys were in fair condition April 8 after being shot the day before
by an undercover Howard County police officer conducting drug surveillance in
Jessup, police said. The officer reportedly was attempting to question the boys,
who were unarmed.
Forest
Park cop fired after rape accusation
A
Forest Park police officer has been fired after being charged with rape, sodomy
and sexual assault while forcing himself on a woman in his patrol car, authorities
said.
APD
officer suspect in fatal hit-and-run accident
A
sergeant in the traffic unit of the Albuquerque Police Department is a suspect
in a hit-and-run accident over the weekend that killed a 47-year-old woman.
Chief
Fires Cop Accused of Rape
The
Forest Park police received a phone call from Atlanta Medical Center Sunday
morning. A woman there was reporting she had been raped by a Forest Park police
officer. Ten hours later, Officer Kenneth Schmidt was in jail, charged with
sexual assault, sodomy, and rape.
Gotti
'son' rats out judges, officials
Besides
ratting out members of the Mafia, John Gotti's "adopted son" fingered
three crooked judges and corrupt officials in Nassau County, the Daily News
has learned.
O.C.
sheriff puts 6 on leave in Theo Lacy jail scandal, asks FBI to join probe
Acting
Orange County Sheriff Jack Anderson said today he has placed six department
members on administrative leave after grand jury transcripts showed that Theo
Lacy jail guards watched television, played video games and engaged in cellphone
text chats while relying on inmates to enforce order through threats and intimidation.
Connections
seem to help Polk official elude charges in sex sting
Overseeing
the pretrial intervention program of the Polk State Attorney's Office, Arley
Smith had the power to decide who violated conditions of the program and went
to prison.
OPD
opens criminal investigation into officer accused of pushing woman down stairs
The
Orlando Police Department launched a criminal investigation today into the officer
accused of pushing a woman down a flight of stairs at a night club, Orlando
police chief Val Demings said today.
Correctional
officer accused of having sex with juvenile offenders
The
Indianapolis Juvenile Correctional Facility has suspended a male security officer
after two female teenage offenders said they had sex with him Saturday.
Former
cop allegedly used power to get sex
Nathan
F. Amosa, 24, was charged on Monday with forcible sodomy, a first-degree felony
and two counts of forcible sex abuse, both second-degree felonies, in connection
with the alleged assault on a woman on Friday in Hurricane.
Gustine
police chief resigns after DUI arrest
The
police chief for the community of Gustine is stepping down following his arrest
in February on suspicion of drunken driving.
Trial
set in sex case for ex-officer
Christopher
Winters, 30, is charged with one count of importuning, a fifth-degree felony.
Report:
Officers sold Cortez weapons
Buckeye
Lake police officers sold guns to a former Buckeye Lake village councilman who
was prohibited from possessing weapons because of a previous felony conviction,
according to a Licking County Sheriff’s Office report.
Ohio
Man Pleads Guilty in Child-Sex Case
A
former children's services lawyer accused in an Internet child-sex sting pleaded
guilty Tuesday to two charges.
Former
jailer locked up
A
former jailer in Claiborne Parish has returned to the detention center, but
not to work. He was booked for stealing an inmate's identity.
N.C.
sheriff faces charges
A
grand jury in Brunswick County has indicted Sheriff Ronald Hewett on charges
of embezzlement by a public official and obstruction of justice.
SCANDAL
POLICE BREAK
Nearly
20 suspended officers - including three caught in a narcotics scandal and one
accused in a fatal road-rage attack - are back on the payroll, but not back
at work, because of a deal worked out between their unions and the NYPD.
Appeal
fails to free former deputy convicted in check scheme
There
was no break in the Michigan Court of Appeals for a fired Lenawee County sheriff’s
deputy convicted of passing fake checks with identities stolen from drunken
driving suspects he arrested.
PdC
Corrections Officer Charged with Sexual Assault of Inmates
58-year-old
James Trentin is charged with 22 felony counts of sexual assault and six counts
of delivering articles to inmates.
Financial
Scandal Unravels At Luzerne Co. Jail
The
chips are beginning to fall in a scandal surrounding the Luzerne County Correctional
Facility and the county's prison board. In the words of one county commissioner,
someone ignored policy when it came to bidding contracts at the prison.
DEA
computers, guns missing
More
than 90 weapons and 230 laptop computers belonging to the Drug Enforcement Administration
have turned up missing during the past six years and, despite efforts by the
agency to address weaknesses in tracking the items, "significant deficiencies"
remain, a report said today.
Dallas
police officers fired for writing false tickets
Senior
Cpl. Jeffrey Nelson and Senior Cpl. Al Schoelen were fired for entering "inaccurate,
false or improper information on citations" and engaging in an unacceptable
"pattern of enforcement activity," according to police. Cpl. Nelson
also was fired for using "inappropriate force" on a handcuffed woman
and having people sign blank citations.
Sheriff's
officer charged with stealing evidence
A
Passaic County sheriff’s officer and former Haledon council member was
arraigned in state court Monday on charges he stole five kilos of cocaine and
1.6 kilos of heroin from an evidence room he supervised.
Chief,
jail officers among more than 30 disciplined by police board
In
what might be the largest docket in its history, the state's police board Monday
booted or disciplined more than 30 peace officers accused of wrongdoing.
Amite
officer charged with 8 more arsons
Fire
investigators linked a previously arrested Amite police officer also serving
as a Roseland volunteer firefighter to all 14 arson fires set in the Amite area
since Nov. 29, the State Fire Marshal’s Office announced Wednesday.
New
charges for sheriff's lieutenant in gun case
With
a trial looming and his career at stake, Orange County sheriff's Lt. Lloyd Kurth
faces new charges that he stole and sold guns while overseeing the evidence
room at the sheriff's office.
Hastings
cop charged for fake tickets
A
former Hastings police officer was charged with misconduct Wednesday, after
she allegedly filed false reports and issued warning tickets to people who didn’t
exist.
Sgt.
Valerie Scharfe allegedly filed 37 false tickets between January 2006 and December
2008, so she wouldn’t be in violation of the department’s policy,
according to officials.
TV
anchor's cop husband charged with rape
A
suburban police sergeant who is married to a New York City anchorwoman was charged
Wednesday with raping a 17-year-old girl hours after he helped arrest her boyfriend
at her house.
Class
Action Dean Weiss to Plead Guilty to Kickbacks
Melvyn I. Weiss, whose law firm engineered securities fraud class actions that
forced companies to pay $45 billion, will plead guilty to conspiracy as part
of a $251 million scheme to pay clients kickbacks for filing lawsuits.
Cheney
Ex-Aide 'Scooter' Libby Disbarred
Vice
President Cheney's former chief of staff, I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby,
was disbarred today by a District of Columbia court that ruled that his convictions
last year for perjury and obstructing justice in a White House leak investigation
disqualify him from practicing law.
Cop
Accused Of Stealing Hot Dogs Gets Fired
Officer
Murphy Pierce has been accused of stealing hot dogs from a vendor starting in
late 2006 and later trying to tamper with witnesses in the case when the vendor
complained.
The
NYPD Ignores Leap Day Crimes to Keep Stats Low
The
NYPD has become so obsessed with trying to show an ever-lower crime rate that
it erased February 29, 2008.
You
have to go to the fine print-an asterisk at the bottom of the stats-to get what's
kind of an explanation: "Crime figures for February 29, 2008 . . . were
excluded to ensure accurate comparisons."
2
fired police officers accused of holding country singer Steve Holy at gunpoint
indicted
Randy
Anderson and Paul Loughridge were indicted Monday on one count of aggravated
assault with a deadly weapon. Anderson was also indicted on one count of kidnapping.
JPSO
jail officer arrested
Correctional
Officer Yamon Wilson, 25, of New Orleans, was arrested and booked with one count
of malfeasance in office.
BPD
battles to boot bad actors
Under
the glare of a highly charged federal probe into rank-and-file steroid abuse,
Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis is under more pressure than ever to sniff
out and boot the bad seeds.
Former
FBI Official Sentenced in Abduction of Girlfriend
A
former FBI supervisor who once headed the bureau's Toledo, Ohio, office has
been sentenced to six years in prison for abducting a girlfriend.
Authorities:
Case against deputy tied to stolen Tampa drugs
While
Donald Riggans was on duty in a Pasco County patrol car and deputy's uniform
last week, he caught a drug-runner carrying $25,000 in cash.
Then
he drove to a school parking lot in New Port Richey, according to court records,
and divided the proceeds with two others, taking $9,000 for himself.
Ex-police
chief, 2 aides enter not-guilty pleas
Former
Gary Police Chief Thomas Houston and two of his top aides pleaded not guilty
Friday to charges that they beat, harmed and illegally held people they suspected
of breaking into Houston's house.
Deputy
Charged in Wind Jammer Restaurant Shooting
Sgt.
Chris Jones, 39, was arrested Friday, March 14, 2008. Investigators say around
1:00 a.m., police were called to the restaurant and discovered two people had
been shot.
Police
say an argument in the parking lot, over a parking space, between Jones and
the 22 year-old victim was what led to the shooting.
`King
of Torts' cops a plea
Richard
"Dickie" Scruggs, the legendary trial lawyer who made Big Business
tremble every time he set foot in court, pleaded guilty Friday to conspiring
to bribe a judge - a crime that will almost surely send him to prison and perhaps
spell the end of his storied legal career.
TROOPERS
PROBED IN SPITZ TRYST
The
security detail assigned to protect Gov. Spitzer during out-of-town trips that
included his hotel trysts with prostitutes is now being probed by the State
Police's Internal Affairs Bureau, The Post has learned.
DEA
agent from Orlando pleads guilty to tax fraud
A
U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agent from Orlando, accused of embezzling
confiscated drug money between 2003 and 2005, pleaded guilty Wednesday to failing
to report $200,000 on his federal income taxes.
Stripper:
Groundbreaking Judge Banked My Money
The
stripper says he helped her hide assets from creditors, at a time when she had
court judgments against her totaling nearly $315,000.
St.
Paul cop and Ramsey Sheriff's official, indicted
Forty-seven-year-old
Conrad Rehak of Ramsey and 48-year-old Mark Paul Naylon of Ramsey face six counts
of defrauding the citizens of Minnesota of their honest services in a wire fraud
scheme, one count of theft of government funds, and one count of conspiracy
to violate the civil rights of inhabitants of Minnesota.
Conviction
upheld for ex-attorney
An
appeals court upheld Elsebeth Baumgartner's 2006 criminal contempt conviction
for accusing a judge of persecuting her and committing crimes.
Bexar
deputy faces drug rap
George
Autobee, an 18-year deputy, was charged in federal court Monday with possession
with intent to distribute methamphetamine.
Ex-cop
admits pocketing "donations" for youth team in exchange for not issuing
traffic tickets
A
now-retired Port Authority police officer - accused by authorities of using
his badge to demand "donations'' for a youth baseball team in return for
overlooking motor vehicle violations - has pleaded guilty to official misconduct
and other crimes.
Judge
to decide damages in case of men killed by Bulger's gang
Mobsters
shot the two men dead to exact revenge, but a federal judge is now weighing
how much the FBI should pay the families for their loss.
Officers
expected to reach plea deal in boy's killing
Robert
Shawn Richardson and Paul Bradley Rogers were charged with manslaughter in September
in connection with the Aug. 3 death of Austin Haley.
Md.
Police Officers Ignore Speed Cameras
No
matter what the cameras say, some drivers are refusing to pay dozens of $40
speeding fines. Who? Police officers.
Former
Cop Gets Jail Time for Stealing From Hispanic Drivers
Steven
Ray Hilsinger, 33, a fomer officer of the Washington, N.C., police department,
was sentenced Monday to 21 months in prison for illegal searches of Hispanic
motorists.
Police
officer charged with gun thefts resigns
A
Tulsa police officer who is accused of stealing guns from the Police Department
and selling them on the Internet resigned Thursday.
The
U.S. Attorney's Office had charged Officer Buddy Visser, a 17-year veteran of
the force, on Wednesday with stealing the weapons and ammunition from the Tulsa
Police Department's firing range, where he was an instructor.
Accused
Southampton officer faces more charges
A
suspended Southampton Town police officer described by prosecutors last year
as a "sexual predator in a police uniform" will return to Suffolk
County Court soon to face additional charges.
Commanding
Officer Testifies Officers Didn’t yell ‘Police!’
After
the first week of the trial of the three detectives accused of shooting an unarmed
man 50 times, a question has risen: did the detectives identified themselves
before shooting?
Police
officer pleads guilty
A
Cincinnati police officer accused of intentionally losing paperwork related
to an acquaintance's drunken-driving arrest pleaded guilty Monday to tampering
with records.
Police
chief announces retirement from force
Four
days after word got out that the police chief’s former wife leveled allegations
that the chief and deputy chief helped change test scores so that she could
get on the force, the chief has announced his retirement.
Police
Officer Had Pornography on His Computers
Court
records indicate pornographic images of bondage and rape were among the files
retrieved from computers police seized from the home of a former Bloomington,
Indiana police officer accused of rape.
Jeff
Pelo has pleaded not guilty to nearly three dozen charges alleging he raped
four women between 2002 and 2005.
Ex-cop
to make own pretrial arguments
A
judge granted a request yesterday for former Hamilton police officer Jeffrey
Nemes to make his own pretrial arguments.
Fired
deputy pleads not guilty to child restraint charge
Monte
Morast is accused of intentionally subjecting a student to mistreatment by allowing
Montgomery County Jail inmates to disrobe the student during a tour of the facility
in February 2007, according to court records.
Capitol
Police officer admits setting fires
A
policewoman suspected in a series of small fires in restrooms in buildings around
Capitol Hill late last year has admitted guilt and agreed to resign and pay
restitution to avoid prosecution.
Officer
indicted in hit-and-run cover-up
Bradley
Stockelberg, 43, of Flemington was indicted on eight counts in connection to
the alleged cover-up of the crash, caused by fellow officer Jason Peltack, in
Finnagel's Restaurant parking lot on Route 31 in Clinton Township in August
2006.
Former
Sarasota deputy found guilty in corruption case
Eddie
Falcone, 38, of Bradenton, was arrested in connection with a yearlong investigation
centered around the former Cleopatra Gentlemen's Club in Manatee County.
OCEAN
CITY: Virginia deputy sheriff accused of rape
Police
in the resort said they are charging 31-year-old Zachary Dennis Taylor of Ruther
Glen, Va. with second-degree rape following an incident that took place last
weekend.
Officer
Accused Of Breaking Into Home While On Duty
Richard
Berndt Jr. was fired immediately and stripped of his badge after St. Cloud police
said he broke into the home and took a small table and other furnishings.
Former
City Attorney Fired, No Severance
In
a vote of 4-0 Thursday, Miami City Commissioners rejected Jorge Fernandez's
resignation and voted to fire him instead, thus nullifying his employment contract's
severance package. The commission also voted to fight, at any cost, any legal
action Fernandez may decide to bring against the city or its administrators.
Ex-Laredo
police chief sentenced to prison for taking bribes
A
federal judge has sentenced Laredo's former police chief to three years in prison
for taking $13,000 in cash and gifts from a gambling business.
Woman
to testify in trial of former DHS police officer
An
18-year-old woman will testify today at the trial of a relative, a former Desert
Hot Springs police officer accused of molesting her over a 10-year-period.
'Quirk'
keeps former DA on the payroll
District
Attorney Chuck Rosenthal resigned 10 days ago amid an e-mail scandal in which
he was accused of sending and receiving racist, sexist and political messages
and deleting others sought in a federal civil rights lawsuit.
But
he still is on the public payroll.
Rosenthal,
who resigned Feb. 15 under threat of legal removal from office, will continue
to receive his $164,000 annual salary, according to county officials.
Former
cop charged in church theft
A
former Memphis police officer has been indicted for allegedly stealing more
than $10,000 from Barron Heights Missionary Baptist Church.
Former
Sheriff Long Formally Indicted
A
federal grand jury sitting in Chattanooga, Tennessee, returned a twenty-eight
count felony Indictment today charging former Hamilton County Sheriff Billy
Long with extortion, money laundering, providing a gun to a felon, possession
with intent to distribute cocaine, and possessing a firearm in furtherance of
drug trafficking.
Bar
hands out disciplines, none from area
The
Florida Bar recently announced that the Florida Supreme Court in recent court
orders disciplined 30 attorneys, disbarring seven, suspending 12, placing 10
on probation, reprimanding 11 and ordering one to pay restitution. Some attorneys
received more than one form of discipline.
Two
police officers fired for conduct
Allegheny
Township supervisors voted unanimously to fire two township police officers
for spending ‘‘excessive amounts of time” at their private
business or home while on duty.
Robert
Salimbene, an officer for about 17 years, and Sandra, for about five years,
were suspended Dec. 11 for neglect of duty.
Sheriff's
deputy, charged with DUI, pleads to reckless driving
Heather
Graves, 37, a training officer, was originally charged with a first offense
of driving under the influence. That charge was reduced at the recommendation
of Loudon Police Chief James Webb.
Lowell
officer pleads guilty to abuse, quits job
Brandon
Clare Robinson, 30, was on unpaid administrative leave from the Lowell Police
Department since May. He resigned Monday, police said.
He
was charged with third-degree criminal sexual conduct after the alleged 2002
molestation surfaced when the teen, now 18, told his sister.
D.C.
Police Officer Pleads Guilty to Sex Charge
Thirty-nine-year-old
Kenneth Longerbeam, of Gwynn Oak, Maryland, pleaded guilty to one count of traveling
to D.C. to have sex with a minor.
Panel
orders judge’s removal
The
state Commission on Judicial Conduct on Tuesday ordered the removal of the Fulton
County judge for violating the rights of five people he sent to jail in 2005,
labeling his actions as “serious misconduct.”
Portage
County Deputy Charged In Teen's Death
Sgt.
Ken Tschudy is accused in the death of Mindy Erickson, 18, last fall. Erickson
died when Tschudy's squad hit her car as he raced through a red light in pursuit
of a suspect on Oct. 29.
Sheriff's
Deputy Expected In Court Tuesday
A
Wicomico County Sheriff's deputy who's accused of molesting two young girls
will be in court Tuesday. Charles McMichael's motions hearing is scheduled for
Tuesday morning.
Lake
Charles police officer booked on rape, other sex charges
A
Lake Charles police officer has been arrested on rape and other sex charges,
authorities said.
Mom:
Police Told Daughter To Stop Calling Before Murder-Suicide
A
Central Florida woman whose 17-year-old daughter was killed in a murder-suicide
apparently committed by her ex-boyfriend said the teen was told by police to
stop calling for help or she'd be arrested.
E-mail
scandal sinks Texas prosecutor
A
district attorney who's considered the state's most powerful prosecutor resigned
Friday under the weight of a scandal involving the release of dozens of pornographic,
racist and political e-mails on his office computer.
Copping
out: BPD review panel meets in secrecy
Boston’s
year-old police-civilian review board - touted as the people’s watchdog
on cop abuses - is so shrouded from public view it stands out nationally as
among the most secretive panels of its kind, a Herald review shows.
Cloaked
in secrecy, the Hub review board operates in stark contrast to similar agencies
in New York, Miami, Washington, D.C., Cincinnati and 10 other cities, where
panels post times and dates of meetings, hold them in full view of the public,
describe cases under review and announce findings on a regular basis.
Ex-cop
guilty of porn is jailed
Jeremy
Boyd Grammer, 31, pleaded guilty to distributing child pornography over the
Internet.
Two
Clearfield County officers charged over knife threat claim
Officer
Brian Scott Dixon, 36, and his supervisor, Sgt. Gregory Scott Neeper, 41, were
charged with misdemeanor counts and placed on paid administrative leave.
Ex-cop
appears on sex charges
Former
Norwalk police Lt. Thomas Cummings appeared in state Superior Court for the
first time yesterday to face charges of having sex with two 15-year-old boys
and trying to lure a third over the Internet.
Van
Buren cop, 3 others accused of leaving bill unpaid at restaurant
The
four men were arrested at about 2 a.m. after they rushed out of the Buffalo
Wild Wings restaurant on West 9 Mile near Woodward, leaving a bill of about
$76 for food and drinks, and jumped into a pickup truck driven by the officer,
which then drove off without lights and ran a red light, Ferndale police said.
Shooting
details revealed in former officer's case
Former
homeland security official Keith A. Washington complained, cursed and hung up
on a Marlo Furniture delivery dispatcher six hours before he shot two deliverymen
the company sent to his home on Jan. 24, 2007.
Forsyth
Sheriff's Candidate Facing Child Porn Charges
He
was fired from the Forsyth County Sheriff's Office after he was charged with
accessing investigative child pornography files at work. But that's not stopping
Scott Pruitt from running for sheriff of that county.
Officer
Is Indicted in Deadly Pileup on Beltway
Officer
Scott Campbell, 47, faces up to 20 years in prison if convicted of causing the
deaths of two people in the crash on the Beltway's inner loop near Forestville.
The wreck, one of the most horrific on the Beltway in recent memory, killed
two friends, Kevin McCarter, 49, of Fort Washington and Sidney Clanton, 50,
of Buffalo, and injured 15 others.
Four
more Robeson deputies sentenced
Four
more former Robeson County deputies were sentenced today on charges of pirating
satellite TV signals.
Ex-police
officer sentenced in corruption probe
A
former Boston police officer was sentenced to a year and a day in federal prison
today for distributing steroids, committing perjury, and obstructing justice
in a continuing federal grand jury probe of police corruption.
Two
Caddo County police chiefs in trouble with the law
Prosecutors
have charged 35-year-old Garri Don McClure of Gracemont with making lewd and
indecent proposals to a child under 16.
In
Eakly, the town council voted 3 to 0 to indefinitely suspend Police Chief Reydon
Clay Recker after he was charged with driving a vehicle under the influence
of alcohol and drugs.
Lawyer
sentenced in kickback scheme
William
Lerach, a former partner at a well-known New York law firm, was sentenced Monday
to two years in federal prison for his role in a lucrative kickback scheme involving
class-action lawsuits against some of the nation's biggest corporations.
More
Details in Allegations Against Local Judge
A
sitting judge, expected to protect young children in family court, is accused
of molesting one. The accusations against District Court Judge Nicholas Del
Vecchio surfaced in a judicial discipline complaint.
Erie
police officer charged in cocaine sting
Forty-six-year-old
police Lt. Robert Liebel was arrested Sunday night in a sting operation by investigators
from the police department and the state Attorney General's Office.
Three
SC judges reprimanded by state Supreme Court
The
state Supreme Court says three South Carolina judges have been issued public
reprimands for a variety of reasons, including one that had an affair with a
subordinate.
Man
Wrongly Convicted Gets $5,000 Plus Legal Fees For Prison Time
A
man who served almost a year in prison for a crime he didn't commit has been
awarded the maximum the state of Wisconsin can pay him: $5,000 plus legal fees.
Lake
Co. cop resigns amid embezzlement charges
A
Lake County police officer charged with embezzling money from a Lowell children's
football and baseball teams has resigned from the department.
Robert
Porras, a seven-year veteran of the department and former head of the domestic
and family services bureau, submitted his resignation this week.
Prosecutors
say wiretaps shows ex-sheriff plotted testimony
Former
Orange County Sheriff Michael Carona was caught on a wiretap plotting with a
former top assistant to lie to a grand jury investigating him for public corruption,
according to transcripts filed Friday by federal prosecutors.
Columbia
Police Test-Taking Scandal
It
was written off as a technical glitch, a problem with a flawed training system
- anything but cheating.
But
21 Columbia Police Department officers admitted to cheating on online certification
tests last year, helping others to cheat or knowing about the cheating and not
reporting it, according to Police Department Internal Affairs documents obtained
by The State newspaper.
Arrested
Hamilton County sheriff resigns; interim sought
Long
was arrested on Saturday on extortion, money laundering and firearms charges.
Since then he has also been charged with drug trafficking.
Ex-trooper
arrested on child porn charges
Karl
Kluender, 40, of Ames, was charged with possession and receipt of child pornography
after pornographic images of children were found on computers he owned by a
probation officer during a routine probation home check on June 8, 2007.
Boyce
Police Officer Arrested
A
Boyce police officer is under arrest. A deputy with RPSO Metro Narcotics tells
us that 22 year old officer James Jimmy Gypin was arrested and is accused of
operating a meth lab out of his Alexandria home.
Ex-Conway
cop
An
ex-Conway Springs police officer accused of raping and sodomizing an 11 year-old
Wichita girl and her 38-year old mother have had their court appearances postponed.
New
Haven Police Officer Accused Of Stealing Department Funds
Willoughby
allegedly pocketed thousands of dollars from public funds that are supposed
to be doled out to people who help the department solve crimes.
Well-known
defense lawyer charged with money laundering in Miami
A
renowned criminal lawyer who consulted on behalf of Colombian drug kingpin Fabio
Ochoa Vazquez was indicted on money laundering and other charges related to
Ochoa's case, the U.S. Justice Department said Thursday.
Police
officer arrested, woman claims harassment
On
Tuesday, February 05, 2008, at 8:10 AM, investigators with the Tempe Police
Department and Arizona Attorney General’s Office arrested Tempe Police
Officer Curt Baumgarth for charges related to computer tampering.
Police
Officer Charged With Manslaughter
A
Texas City police officer accused of drunken driving in a fatal crash has been
indicted on a manslaughter charge.
Officer
accused of stealing from motorists
Tony
Pollen, a 33-year-old former police corporal, was arrested Jan. 29 and charged
with misconduct in public office and embezzling more than $5,000 in public funds,
according to warrants.
Former
Law Firm Partner Disbarred in D.C. for Insider Trading
Malcolm
Wittenberg was disbarred Thursday by the D.C. Court of Appeals over his felony
conviction for insider trading in California.
Second
Olive Branch law officer to change plea
Court
documents say Assistant Police Chief Scott Gentry will enter the plea to conspiracy
in U.S. District Court in Oxford.
Police
accused of covering for officer
The
family of a man killed in a hit-and-run accident in Harford County last week
think state police have taken extraordinary steps to protect the identity of
a suspect in the case because he is an Anne Arundel County police officer.
Police
officer fired after missing military duty
Julio
Gomez, who has been with the department for about two years, also is awaiting
a less than honorable discharge from the military, according to a disciplinary
memo. The memo said that he has 21 unexcused military absences.
Police
chief has record of untruths
The
newly elected interim police chief of this tiny suburb south of downtown Los
Angeles has a record of dishonesty and left one police force under a cloud of
suspicion.
Ex-police
chief will answer to charges
A
former borough police chief whose job was terminated in January will face his
arraignment at a Dauphin County Court of Common Pleas on March 20 for two counts
of theft and one count of unsworn falsification.
Ex-state
trooper found guilty in fraud case
A
jury found a former state trooper and mayor guilty Monday of participating in
a scheme to commit insurance fraud by reporting a 1949 Chevrolet Woodie stolen
a couple of years ago when the car did not exist.
Cops
who lie don't always lose jobs
In
the five years ending July 2007, just 13 police officers statewide had been
terminated and disqualified to serve again as police officers in Washington
state because of lying, including the case of a Seattle officer cheating on
an exam.
Yet
the P-I found more than two dozen other cases in which officers were alleged
to have misled supervisors, misstated important facts or fabricated information
in fieldwork, internal investigations and court cases without being fired.
NYPD
Detective Accused Of Being Part Of Cocaine Ring
Luis
Batista, 34, allegedly helped the cocaine ring in part by leaking them secret
law enforcement information. In addition to drug dealing, the ring also engaged
in violence, the indictment read.
Prosecutor:
Ex-Cop Used Girl, 7, As 'Sex Toy'
A
former Desert Hot Springs police officer on trial for child molestation started
making sexual advances on a female relative when she was 7, and the girl "became
his sex toy" over a decade of abuse, a prosecutor told jurors Tuesday.
Pecos
DA who ignored TYC abuse report runs for re-election
The
West Texas prosecutor who received national attention for ignoring a lengthy
and graphic Texas Rangers report detailing sexual abuse at a nearby state juvenile
jail, thinks he can win another term in office.
Detective
Accused Of Promoting Prostitution Of 13-Year-Old
Wayne
Taylor, 35, a 14 year police veteran, and his girlfriend Zelika Brown, 29, both
of Queens, are being held pending arraignment in Queens Criminal Court in Kew
Gardens on charges of second-degree kidnapping, second- and third-degree promoting
prostitution, third-degree assault and endangering the welfare of a child, the
district attorney said.
2
Ex-Police Officers Convicted In Home Robberies
Former
LAPD Officer William Ferguson, 35, and his 33-year-old brother, ex-Long Beach
Police Officer Joseph Ferguson, were both convicted of conspiracy to deprive
people of their constitutional rights under color of law and conspiracy to possess
marijuana and cocaine.
Fourth
Police Officer Fired In Madison
A
fourth Madison police officer was fired Tuesday, and a fifth may be fired at
a hearing Thursday in an extraordinary series of scandals that has ensnared
one-fifth of the department so far.
Officer
held in fatal hit-run
An
off-duty Anne Arundel County police officer was taken into custody yesterday
after a fatal hit-and-run accident on Interstate 95 near Aberdeen that killed
a 28-year-old Baltimore man and shut down traffic in both directions during
morning rush hour.
Ohio
Supreme Court suspends Akron lawyer
Akron
attorney Edward P. Markovich was suspended Monday from practicing law by the
Ohio Supreme Court, which alleged acts of ''fraud, corrupt activity . . . and
dishonesty involving multiple victims and hundreds of thousands of dollars.''
Officer
removed from Dublin Scioto High School
Officer
K.C. Jones, a Dublin officer for 18 years, had been viewing images depicting
young women posing as school girls. They included titles such as “High
School Cheerleader” and “ Kinky Catholic Schoolgirls,” according
to a police document.
CMPD
officer indicted
A
Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officer was indicted Monday on charges of first
degree sexual offense and first degree kidnapping.
Goshen
officer in alleged sexual encounter with 16-year-old resigns
A
Goshen police officer who spent three months on unpaid leave after allegedly
having sex with a 16-year-old girl has resigned from the force.
Officer
Charged With Embezzlement
Police
Officer First Class Mark E. Ours was taken to the Fairfax County Adult Detention
Center on Monday.
Prison
workers arrested in smuggling probe in Sumter County
Even
behind the walls of two high-security federal prisons in Sumter County, inmates
can find the things they enjoyed on the outside -- cigarettes, cigars, cellular
phones, drugs and even a knife.
Ex-head
of drug task force indicted in bankruptcy case
Frank
Lundien was a Joplin police officer who served as head of the Jasper County
Drug Task Force for several years until he resigned Feb. 15 of last year amid
a controversy over missing funds from the task force.
Ex-Norwich
Officer Charged With Robbery
Police
arrested Jamie Longolucco on Thursday in Groton and charged him with third-degree
burglary of a jewelry store in Mystic.
Thursday's
arrest marks the third time authorities arrested Longolucco in the past two
months.
Atlanta
Police Officer Accused Of Child Molestation
Atlanta
Police Department officials said Investigator Wilson Carstaffin has been indicted
on two counts of child molestation, two counts of sexual battery and one count
of enticing a child for indecent purposes.
Officer
sexually abused her at 13, teen says
One
of the 13 teenage girls who testified against a former Marysville police officer
on Wednesday said he started making unwanted sexual advances toward her in 2003,
when she was 13.
State
Police seek reckless homicide charges against trooper in I-64 crash
Earlier
Wednesday, a coroner's jury ruled the sisters died as a result of reckless homicide
when Mitchell's cruiser -- racing east on Interstate 64 at 126 mph to the scene
of an accident -- slammed into their Mazda sedan in Shiloh.
Fresno
County Deputy DA Indicted for ID theft
Fresno
County Deputy District Attorney David Jones has been indicted by the state attorney
general's office, accused of stealing the identity of a former girlfriend to
harass her.
BORDER
OFFICIAL: Officer charged with rape
A
Customs and Border Protection officer is accused of twice raping a coworker
and threatening to kill her and her children if she reported the crime.
Jury
Selected For PD Officer Facing Mutliple Crimes
Sergeant
Michael Ciresi faces 11 charges accusing him of receiving stolen goods and trying
to steal money from a stolen ATM.
Corruption
Probe Could Invalidate Arrests
An
ongoing investigation into allegations of police corruption in Brooklyn risks
invalidating hundreds of drug arrests made by narcotics officers who were charged
with shaking down drug dealers.
Police
Chief Fired
Last
week, the Dauphin County district attorney charged Wade with lying on official
paperwork and not turning over evidence from recent drug arrests.
Former
Prosecutor Faces Rape, Sex Abuse Charges
Beth
Modica, 44, surrendered Tuesday morning to face a 35-count indictment and evidence
that Rockland District Attorney Thomas Zugibe says is compelling.
North
Adams cop charged with sexual assault
It's
a stunning allegation. A North Adams police officer is accused of sexually assaulting
a 13-year-old girl.
Cops
arrested in drug corruption cases
Two
NYPD sergeants and a detective were arrested Friday on drug-related corruption
charges, federal and local authorities said.
Sheriff
Deputy Resigns Amid Investigation
A
veteran Washington County sheriff's sergeant with an "exemplary" record
resigned Thursday amid an investigation into whether he embezzled money from
a Wilsonville-based nonprofit organization.
Additional
suits filed against former officer
Legal
problems continue to mount for Robert J. Pavlovich Jr. of Camp Hill.
The
former Marysville borough police officer faces a preliminary hearing at 8:30
a.m. on Jan. 23 before District Judge Jacqueline Leister in Juniata County Court,
on charges that he sexually exploited girls and young women in Marysville.
Birmingham
Police Officer Arrested
The
Birmingham Police Department reported Thursday that on Wednesday morning around
2:30, Birmingham officer Dedric Dewayne Duncan was arrested for breaking into
a vehicle.
Second
Weld County deputy charged
Deputy
Joshua Ramaker, 31, of Evans has been placed on leave without pay after detectives
determined that he allowed a girl to drink liquor at his home prior her having
sex with deputy Landon Greatheart, authorities allege.
Greenlee
dispatcher, deputy suspended in sex probes
A
longtime Greenlee County Sheriff’s dispatcher and a deputy are subjects
of separate investigations involving possible sexual misconduct and have been
placed on administrative leave.
Customs
agent took bribes to access Fed police databases
In
this case, the unvirtuous Fed is named Rafael Pacheco, an agent with the U.S.
Customs Service in Florida. And the database in question is the Treasury Enforcement
Communications System, or TECS, which contains more than a billion records used
by Customs and other federal police.
Pacheco
was, to put it bluntly, a corrupt cop. He sold access to TECS for money.
Lykens
police chief accused of taking drug-bust cash
Less
than two months after he was suspended with pay, a northern Dauphin County police
chief was accused Monday of stealing money seized in drug busts and failing
to indicate a prior arrest on an official form.
Pueblo
FBI agent jailed in child-sex case
David
A. Johnson, 53, of Pueblo West was arrested Sunday at his home and is being
held in the Pueblo County Jail in lieu of $100,000 bail, Sheriff Kirk Taylor
said.
Former
Sheriff's Deputy Pleads Guilty to Child Porn
According
to an FBI affidavit, agents found nearly 1,500 images of child pornography on
Romero's home computer and was sharing 83 files online.
Calif.
Sheriff Facing Indictment Retires
Carona,
52, was charged with conspiracy, mail fraud and witness tampering in October
in a corruption case that accused him of pocketing nearly $700,000 in bribes
and kickbacks. Prosecutors alleged he tried enrich himself, his wife and mistress
by accepting cash and gifts in exchange for political favors.
Mobile
judge arrested on prostitution charge
The
Escambia County, Fla., Sheriff's Office charged Robert Gary Goosens on Wednesday
with soliciting prostitution. Deputies said Goosens offered to pay $40 to an
undercover deputy posing as a prostitute.
Potter
County sheriff set for June trial
The
Potter County sheriff is set to be tried this summer on three felonies alleging
he took gifts, trips and cash from a food service company that serves the county
jail and its commissary.
Officer's
family stunned by his arrest
Jones
was charged with armed robbery and assault after he allegedly used his service
weapon to rob a Roslindale gas station about 4 p.m. Friday. He took less than
$200 from the station before he fled in a car, an officer with knowledge of
the investigation said.
Judge
upholds Atascadero’s firing of officer
An
Atascadero police officer fired for sexual harassment and lying during a background
check does not have a right to get his job back, a judge has ruled.
Mother
blames deputy for son's heroin death
Deputy
Gabriel Eckert stopped in a shopping center parking lot and noticed a 21-year-old
man apparently passed out in the passenger seat of a Jeep, with mucus coming
from his nose.
Police
chief canned for stealing firefighters' beer
A
small-town police chief was fired this week after he was convicted of stealing
beer from the fire department's refrigerator.
Judge
Halverson Investigated for Attempted Computer Hacking
Did
a sitting District Court Judge hire an outside expert to try to hack into the
computer systems at the Regional Justice Center?
Attorney
enters plea on child porn charge
An
Anchorage attorney and political activist has pleaded no contest to one charge
of child pornography.
Kildeer
police officer put on leave after DUI charge
Suzan
Jackson, 42, of unincorporated McHenry County near Lakemoor was driving 101m.p.h.
in a 40 m.p.h. zone on U.S. Highway 12, just south of Illinois Highway 134 near
Fox Lake, Saturday just after midnight, Lake County Sheriff's Sgt. Christopher
Thompson said.
Ex-Cop
Sentenced To 100 Years In Molestation Case
A
former Miami Dade police officer was sentenced Tuesday to one-hundred years
in prison without parole for molesting a teen during a traffic stop.
Ex-cop
gets 2 years for diamond theft
A
former Asbury Park police officer was sentenced to two years in prison Monday
for stealing diamond jewelry while executing a search warrant.
Officer
qualifies for diversion in DUII
Tanya
Lynn Pitt, Yamhill County's senior dog control officer, pleaded guilty Thursday
in Yamhill County Circuit Court to a charge of driving under the influence of
intoxicants.
Pitt,
34, 1411 N.E. Evans St., McMinnville, also was charged with second-degree criminal
mischief, hit-and-run driving and reckless driving after getting into a collision
and altercation at the scene.
Report
details inmate's death in county jail
A
sheriff's deputy charged with murder in a 2006 struggle with a Summit County
Jail inmate stomped on the inmate's head ''five or six times,'' then used a
full can of pepper spray to ''soften up'' the man after he already was handcuffed,
shackled at the ankles and kneeling over the bunk in his cell, court records
state.
Ex-officer's
jury selection to begin
Jury
selection is scheduled to begin Monday in the trial of a former Desert Hot Springs
police officer accused of molesting an underage relative and her friend, both
of whom were in a police ride-along program.
Officer
in court on drug charges same day he joins school board
An
Austin police officer facing felony charges for allegedly stealing drugs from
an evidence room will take the oath of office Monday for the Austin School Board
- 90 minutes after his first court appearance on the charges.
Webster,
Natchitoches officers on leave following arrests
In
Webster Parish, Betty Shipp, 50, of Minden, was booked into her place of employment,
the Bayou Dorcheat Correctional Center, after being arrested on one count each
of illegal discharge of a weapon and aggravated criminal damage to property.
Mia
Skinner is an 11-year veteran of the Natchitoches Police Department. Natchitoches
Multijurisdictional Drug Task Force agents arrested her on two counts of obtaining
a controlled dangerous substance by fraudulent means following a two-month investigation,
according to a press release from Police Chief Melvin Holmes.
Crime
Report: Former police officer sentenced
While
he was a police officer, Cecil, 50, and former Metro Officer Charles Williams
III robbed another drug dealer of cocaine but made it look like a legitimate
law enforcement stop.
Officer
In 'Ticketgate' Scandal Resigns
The
scandal revolves around the changing of a ticket in an auto accident that injured
the wife of a former garrison commander on Fort Bragg.
Former
police officer pleads guilty to two counts
Coble,
40, pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor counts of attempting to commit a felony
by tampering with public records. He allegedly disposed of citations following
a March 28, 2005, traffic stop of a woman. According to court records, the woman
told investigators Coble offered to tear up the tickets in exchange for a kiss
and a hug.
Macon
Police Officer Charged With Sexual Assault
Thirty-five-year-old
William Enders presented his appeal to Chief Mike Burns Thursday. Jail records
show he was charged with sexual assault on a person in custody December 26 and
released on $25,000 bond the next day.
West
Lake Hills police officer arrested
According
to the Texas Attorney General's Office, cyber crimes unit investigators took
Paul Kirksey, 33, into custody after investigators say he e-mailed sexually
explicit images to someone he believed was a 13-year-old girl.
Rogue
cops get stiff sentences for shaking down drug dealers
U.S.
District Judge Ronald Guzman appeared most disturbed that the officers resold
the stolen drugs, putting "lethal poison" back onto streets that they
had sworn to serve and protect.
Police
Officer Fired After DUI Arrest
Irving
"Rocky" Simmons was charged with DUI and has already bonded out of
the Anderson County jail.
Court
releases documents town of Enfield sought to keep secret: Report shows Enfield
cop drank heavily before 2005 hit-and-run crash
The
officer, Timothy Vergean, also admitted that he brought two more beers with
him when he left his house for the late-night drive during which the accident
occurred.
Ex-Hollywood
officer convicted in FBI sting wants sentence cut
A
former Hollywood police sergeant who trafficked in heroin while cavorting with
phony mobsters wants his sentence reduced by almost three years.
Charges
filed against deputy sheriff
Keith
D. Hilborn, 50, Summerville RD , is charged with 15 counts of allegedly acquiring
a controlled substance by fraud or deception, an unclassified felony.
Indy
Police Officer Arrested, Accused Of DUI
Sgt.
Steve Staletovich, who has been an officer in Indianapolis since 1984 and used
to be a spokesman for his department, was arrested early Tuesday by Sheridan
police on a charge of operating a vehicle while intoxicated, Hamilton County
authorities said.
What
happened to the Cleveland police officer who helped bring thousands of dollars'
worth of drugs to Northeast Ohio?
Zvonko
Sarlog pleaded guilty last month to money laundering and cocaine charges in
federal court. He is in jail awaiting sentencing.
US
Virgin Islands police officer arrested for shooting spree
Officer
Jeffrey Brown, 29, and his alleged accomplice, Luis Melendez, were arrested
on two counts of first-degree murder, four counts of attempted murder, and four
counts of first-degree assault, the territory's government said in a statement.
Officer
fired after pregnant woman tasered
A
probationary police officer who shocked a pregnant woman with a stun gun has
been fired, and four others have been disciplined following a departmental investigation,
the safety director in this Dayton suburb said Friday.
Capac
police fight lawsuit
After
arriving at the hospital, the girl was taken to an examining room where, the
complaint says, Cosens "responded to her verbal behavior by using his ...
'stun gun' .... to shock the minor ... on her leg."
The
complaint says according to Cosens' own statements, each shock lasted about
five seconds. It also states the shocks caused open wounds at the point of contact.
Errant
lawyer goes to jail
It
had been eight days since she skipped an emergency hearing to explain why she
ignored a judge's order to turn over $28,155.99 in client money.
But
instead of showing up, Miller and her husband, a Pinellas sheriff's detective,
drove out of state to visit family for the holidays.
2007
a year of lawsuits for Harrison police
Officer
Ralph Tancredi has given police brass and town officials a yearlong headache
with his legal battles, both in and out of the department. He is a plaintiff
in four federal lawsuits against Harrison police, and a defendant in three domestic-violence
cases involving his ex-girlfriend.
Texas
Prosecutor Apologizes for Messages to His Secretary
A
day after a federal court slip-up exposed intimate office e-mail exchanges with
his executive secretary, Texas’ most powerful prosecutor, the district
attorney of Harris County, issued a public apology Friday to his family and
others.
The
messages, which had been turned over to lawyers in the course of a federal civil
rights lawsuit that alleges misconduct involving Harris County sheriff’s
deputies, contained Mr. Rosenthal’s professions of love and longing for
the woman, Kerry Stevens, with whom he has acknowledged having an affair during
his first marriage.
Deputy
Indicted For Indecency With Child
Richard
Louis Bridgewater, 29, of Big Sandy, turned himself in to authorities on Dec.
7 after admitting to inappropriately touching an 11-year-old girl. His indictment
lists five separate incidences that occurred between February and November.
Officer
Admits He Helped Thwart a Brothel’s Rivals
A
former city police officer admitted on Thursday that he took favors and money
from a Queens brothel as part of a protection scheme that helped shut down its
competitors.
Officer
accused of groping girl, 15
Police
say officer Dwight Lavickus Toombs, 33, handcuffed the 20-year-old man and fondled
the girl several times under the guise of collecting evidence, an arrest report
said.
New
York City cop charged with raping karate student
A
New York City police officer is accused of raping a teenage student in his martial
arts school during a sexual relationship he claimed was one of the school's
rites, police said Friday.
San
Jose police officer facing charges after weekend crash
A
California Highway Patrol spokesman says investigators are recommending that
Fidel Guerrero be charged with driving under the influence and causing injury
and driving on the wrong side of the highway after the crash early Sunday morning.
Off-Duty
Cop May Have Been Drunk In Crash
An
off-duty Chicago police officer who authorities said had been drinking was badly
injured when he drove his car into a stopped tow truck on the Dan Ryan Expressway
late Monday.
2
former Miss. judges to report to prison Thursday for bribery
Former
Circuit Judge John Whitfield and former Chancery Judge Wes Teel, both of Harrison
County on the Mississippi coast, were convicted in March of bribery and mail
fraud.
Suspended
Madison police officer arrested on new charges
Bernard
Durgin, 38, turned himself in on friday on charges of tampering with a witness
and intimidating a witness.
Highway
Patrol Officer Arrested
Joshua
Blackburn, 32, of Murrieta, a six-year veteran of CHP, was being held on $4
million bail at the Orange County Jail.
Allentown
Cop Brett Guth Fired for Deadly Crash
Allentown
City Council says the cop who caused a crash that killed a little boy has to
turn in his badge.
Georgetown
officer accused of rape fired
A
Georgetown police officer accused of raping a woman he took into custody has
been fired after refusing to cooperate with an internal investigation, his supervisors
said.
Prosecutor
suspended after DUI
Deanne
E. Paul, 38, of 415 Union St., Hollidaysburg, had a blood-alcohol level of 0.28
percent, more than three times the legal limit, Allegheny Township police said.
Trooper's
credibility may be in question
The
director of the Division of Motor Vehicles says the president of the state troopers
union lied in a case years ago, raising the possibility his testimony in subsequent
criminal cases could be challenged.
Chesnee
police officers charged with misconduct
The
former interim police chief and an officer for the town of Chesnee have been
arrested and charged with misconduct in office. Investigators were looking for
a third man in connection with the case.
Former
officer pleads to sexual battery
A
former Jacksonville narcotics detective accused of sexually assaulting women
while on duty faces up to three years in prison after pleading guilty to two
felonies, including sexual battery.
I-Team:
Local Bounty Hunter Pleads Guilty in Court
A
local bounty hunter plead guilty in court Wednesday to possessing a false I.D.
He took a deal with prosecutors that knocked out three felonies -- including
one for burglary. But despite Wednesday's legal action -- this bounty hunter
is still legally allowed to enter your home while doing his job.
Officer
facing charges resigns
A
suspended Forks police officer who is accused of falsifying paperwork has resigned,
and a township officer who was suspended for allegedly driving drunk at 120
mph has filed for unemployment benefits.
Police
officer accused of stealing overtime money
A
Cleveland police lieutenant who headed the department's office of professional
standards has been indicted on charges of stealing $7,500 in overtime pay.
New
Jersey Court Upholds Extreme Force in DUI Blood Draws
Police
may inflict permanent physical damage while forcibly taking blood from a motorist
accused of driving under the influence of alcohol (DUI), according to a decision
by the appellate division of the New Jersey Superior Court
Former
New Bedford police sergeant indicted for theft
A
former city police sergeant and president of the police union was indicted Thursday
by a Bristol County grand jury for allegedly stealing funds from the Washington
Social and Musical Club, a private club frequented by city police officers.
Sheriff
indicted on firearms training charges
A
grand jury indicted Edmonson County Sheriff Billy Joe Honeycutt on charges of
providing incomplete training and misrepresenting the completion of the training.
Robbinsdale
Undercover Cop Charged in Road Rage Incident
Robbinsdale
police officer Landen Beard, who was shot in an alleged road rage incident,
was indicted Thursday with making terroristic threats.
Dade
officer charged with driving patrol car drunk
Jeffrey
Janish, 51, was released from the Palm Beach County jail at 5 a.m. Tuesday.
Alexandria
police sergeant fired after using Taser
A
13-year veteran of the Alexandria Police Department has been fired after using
a Taser stunning device on a woman he had pulled from a car during an April
arrest.
Rude
Charged with Multiple Felonies
When
Police Chief Paul Philipp confronted Rude about the pill bottles, Rude admitted
he took them from the evidence locker.
Head
of California parole board to resign after DUI incident
The
director of California's parole board will resign at the end of the year after
he and another state employee were stopped for drunken driving while on government
business.
Mansfield
officer fired for handling of incident
A
Mansfield police officer has been fired for "unprofessional" conduct
in dealing with an upset relative of a man who had just been arrested.
Walker
bailiff resigns; pulled over women at night
A
bailiff has resigned and state and county authorities are probing his work history
after he admitted pulling over and questioning at least three women driving
alone at night.
Lawyer
Sentenced in Church Porn Case
A
former attorney for a prominent church was sentenced Monday to six months of
home confinement for destroying the former music director's laptop computer,
which contained child pornography.
Dallas
officers asked some to sign blank tickets, inquiry finds
Dallas
police investigators have concluded that two officers made homeless people,
prostitutes and other habitual violators sign blank citations so that the officers
could fill out the tickets later with whatever offenses they chose.
State
Attorney Lawson Lamar works to clear a backlog of deadly force cases for Orlando-area
cops
His
office closed 15 of those cases during three days in mid-November, a week before
the Orlando Sentinel reported that Lamar's office took months and sometimes
years longer than other Central Florida state attorneys to review such cases.
Corrupt
former cop wants property returned
Disgraced
former Chicago Police Officer Joseph Miedzianowski, serving life in prison for
running a Miami-to-Chicago drug ring with the help of gang members, has asked
a federal judge for the return of his property.
Not
only his sports memorabilia, Nazi SS cuff links, ring and a dagger but dozens
of guns, knives, tear gas, bulletproof vests, handcuffs and a pair of samurai
swords.
Assistant
prosecutor suspended
A
Kent County assistant prosecutor is suspended without pay after misdemeanor
charges of reckless use of a firearm and failure to register a firearm were
authorized Tuesday by the Kalamazoo County Prosecutor's Office.
7
troopers suspended over sex assault allegation
The
New Jersey State Police suspended seven troopers Tuesday in connection with
an investigation of a 25-year-old woman's report that she was sexually assaulted
by one or more off-duty State Police officers at a Ewing home last week.
Trooper
Guilty in Child Porn Charges
No
sentencing date was set for 34-year-old Trooper First Class Brian H. Murphy
after his conviction Tuesday.
Paramus
cop faces new disciplinary charges
Sgt.
John Ward now faces more than 40 internal charges, all of which he says are
retaliatory in nature.
Ex-Loudon
officer pleads guilty to burglaries, statutory rape
Steve
Robert Gutt, 25, pleaded guilty Monday to the charges, including 10 counts of
aggravated burglary.
Pregnant
attorney admits kidnap tale was a lie
A
pregnant attorney who vanished for four days last week now says her tale of
being kidnapped at gunpoint and taken to Georgia was fabricated, police said
Tuesday.
Rider
Student Alleges Gang-Rape By N.J. Troopers
The
Mercer Co. prosecutor's office would only confirm that a 25-year-old student
was sexually assaulted last week at a house in Ewing Township, but sources say
at least four troopers have been suspended with pay as the investigation continues.
Ex-firearms
instructor indicted in Asbury Park restaurant shooting
Former
Lt. Mark Lucia, 35, of Tinton Falls was indicted by a state grand jury on charges
of official misconduct and aggravated assault in the April 15 shooting following
a private party at Posilipo's restaurant.
Cops
charged as drug-ring insiders
Tonight
former San Juan County sheriff's Deputy Levi Countryman and former New Mexico
State Police Officer Keith Salazar are locked up.
Judge
Censured For Behavior At Conference
Judge
John Wulle used profanity and referred to a group facilitator as "the black
gay guy" during the Los Angeles conference in July 2006, according to The
Commission on Judicial Conduct.
Officer
remains jailed in sexual assault case
Sgt.
Jimmy Lewis Fennell Jr. 34, remained in the Williamson County Jail today with
bail set at $250,000.
Sex
scandal rocks attorney general Morrison
Attorney
General Paul Morrison faces a sexual harassment claim tied to an extramarital
affair he had with a subordinate in the Johnson County district attorney’s
office that continued after he became the state’s top prosecutor this
year.
Investigation
Continues Into Officer Accused Of Leaving Hit-Skip Scene
Lisa
Smith, a 17-year veteran of the Columbus police vice unit, was charged in November
after the alleged hit-skip incident in Grove City, 10TV's Andy Hirsch reported.
Deputy
faces sex, abuse charges
Maryland
State Police arrested a Wicomico County Sheriff's Office deputy Friday accused
of sexually molesting two 10-year-old girls, Sheriff Mike Lewis said.
Officer
accused of corruption pleads not guilty
A
narcotics police officer of the year pleaded not guilty this morning to an eight-count
federal federal indictment charging him with dealing in illegal steroids and
tipping drug traffickers to police surveillance activities.
Former
Attorney Pleads Guilty Of Child Molestation
An
attorney and former congressional aide pleaded guilty on Wednesday to molesting
a 14-year-old boy he met via the Internet and a 13- year-old northern Virginia
boy from whose family he rented a room.
Residents
Upset Over Discipline Of Deputies
Ralph
Henshaw, 22, was off-duty when he crashed his sport utility vehicle into a parked
truck in DeLand. Witnesses said Henshaw reeked of alcohol but responding Volusia
County sheriff's deputies did not give him a field-sobriety test and failed
to immediatly contact the Florida Highway Patrol, a violation of county regulations.
Former
Cop Escapes Jail Time for Drug Charges
Former
Jessup police officer Robert Santarelli, 38, of Jessup was facing significant
prison time when he went before a judge Tuesday morning. He walked out without
having to spend any more time behind bars.
Jailings
Over Ringing Cell Get Judge Ousted
A
New York judge who jailed a courtroom full of people over a ringing cell phone
is off the bench.
Embattled
chief faced similar issues before
There's
a bit of deja vu in the controversy surrounding embattled police Chief James
Basinas.
Five
years ago, when he was serving as chief of the Madison Police Department in
the North Country, Basinas was fired, sued to get his job back, was reinstated
and left the job after settling with the town out of court.
Ex-officer
stole money from Hispanic drivers
Steven
Ray Hilsinger, 33, entered the plea to four misdemeanor charges of willfully
depriving individuals of their right against unreasonable searches and seizures.
State
Trooper Facing Cocaine Charges
Federal
prosecutors say 62-year-old John Foley of Saugus is assigned to the Revere barracks
and has been a member of the department since October 1971.
Former
SOS Police sued for More Than $5.5 million
The
recently defunct and highly criticized police Special Operations Section faced
another lawsuit Friday, accusing three former SOS cops of sexual assault a teenage
girl during a raid, fraud and battery.
Trooper
arrested in domestic dispute at HQ
Trooper
James Conrad of Concord was arrested Wednesday afternoon at headquarters by
Concord Police. State Police Col. Frederick Booth said Concord officers were
called after Conrad threatened people at headquarters.
Broward
Sergeant's Stab Wounds Self Inflicted
Sgt.
Lisa Disavino, 29, initially told authorities a "suspicious" person
stabbed her at a bus stop Sunday and then ran away.
Austin
lawyer faces multiple forgery charges
Bruce
Phillip Garrison, 37, is accused of forging the signatures of District Judge
Jon Wisser, Judge Jan Breland and Judge Julie Kocurek. He faces three counts
of tampering with a governmental record, a felony that carries a sentence of
two to 20 years, and three counts of forgery, a felony that carries a sentence
of two to 10 years.
Accused
rapist let out after judge lowers bail
A
celebrity Boston lawyer suspected of serially raping teenage girls is back on
the streets despite allegedly reoffending while on probation.
Former
Milwaukee officer gets 17 years in beating of biracial man
A
judge also sentenced Jon Bartlett, 36, to three years supervision and ordered
him to pay $16,365 in restitution along with the federal prison sentence of
17 years and four months.
Atlantic
Beach cop had child porn on computer, police say
Atlantic
Beach police officer Christopher Lane Crews, 25, was arrested Nov. 20 on 19
charges of possession of child pornography and one charge of promoting child
pornography.
Marietta
Cop Held on Drug Charges
Marietta
Police Department spokesman Mark Bishop identified the arrested officer as 28-year-old
Isaac Saleumsy, a Laotian who had worked with the department for two years.
He was arrested on a charge of conspiracy to possess ecstasy with intent to
distribute.
Jones
County auxiliary deputy accused of robbing Hispanic motorists
Robert
Dreading of Ellisville was arrested at his home Tuesday afternoon by the Mississippi
Bureau of Investigation. Dreading is accused of misusing his authority by pulling
over Hispanic drivers, handcuffing them, and taking their money and other personal
property.
Jailings
Over Ringing Cell Get Judge Ousted
A
New York judge who jailed a courtroom full of people over a ringing cell phone
is off the bench.
Trenton
cop's sexual assault trial to begin
Damon
A. Jefferson, 33, is charged with three counts of sexual assault and other charges
involving a 13-year-old child.
Ex-cop
got break on drugs, driving
The
FBI said in court papers Monday that Woodhaven and Flat Rock cops looked the
other way as Dewitt had six traffic stops within the past two months that appeared
to involve alcohol or drugs.
Legislature
to take up Milwaukee police pay proposal
Legislators
will consider a proposal this week to change state law that allows Milwaukee
police officers to be paid after they're fired.
The
law has been criticized as many officers over the last few years have been fired
for crimes, including sexual assault, bribery and drug dealing.
County
inspector had St. Paul reprimands
Ramsey
County Sheriff Bob Fletcher hired former St. Paul police officer Timothy Rehak
as an inspector in February, five months after Rehak was twice reprimanded --
once for hindering an investigation against Rehak's son and once for endangering
the life of an informant, according to documents obtained by the Star Tribune.
Corrections
officer arrested for dog fighting
Two
men, one of whom is an officer at an Elmore County corrections facility,
were arrested Monday afternoon by Autauga County sheriff's deputies after an
investigation into reports that the two were conducting dog fights at a rural
Autauga County residence.
Former
Elsa police officer sentenced to prison
Herman
Carr, 46, of Donna, pleaded guilty in November 2006 to accepting $5,000 to protect
a car carrying about 11 pounds of cocaine on Aug. 1 of that year. FBI agents
nabbed him during a sting operation, according to a federal court complaint.
Chicago
Officer Charged with Drunken Driving in Deadly Crash
A
police officer was charged with drunken driving Thursday after a car crash that
killed two men and injured a third.
John
Ardelean, 33, was off-duty when the crash occurred just before 3 a.m. on the
city's North Side, police said.
Officer
Disciplined For Alleged Sex While On Duty
Former
police Officer Maria Rensing told police investigators that she and her married
lover, Officer Kip Dunagan, carried on an affair in police cruisers and behind
a park maintenance shed while they were supposed to be out on patrol.
District
Court Judge Lee Gates Faces Legal Trouble
Clark
County District Court Judge Lee Gates is facing legal trouble. The Nevada Judicial
Discipline Commission has filed two formal charges against the veteran judge
over his use of campaign funds.
Investigators:
Drew Peterson's Pension in Jeopardy
Drew
Peterson's pension is in jeopardy after investigators discovered several crimes
unrelated to the disappearance of the former police sergeant's wife and mysterious
death of his third wife, according to a report in Thursday's Chicago Tribune.
Trooper
Caught On Tape Tasering Motorist
The
video, taken from Trooper John Gardner's patrol car, shows him using his Taser
after Jared Massey refused to sign a speeding ticket Sept. 14 and walked away
from the officer on U.S. 40 in eastern Utah.
Cop
charged with selling guns on the street
In
a case the Nassau County district attorney called "the most egregious betrayal
of the badge imaginable," a former Queens police officer has been arrested
for selling guns from his precinct's evidence room on the streets of Long Island.
Immigrant
Takes Cousin's ID, Becomes Cop
Though
Ayala's family moved to Wisconsin in 1992 from Guadalajara, Mexico, he says
he didn't realize until after he'd made up his mind to wear a badge that he
was in the country illegally. He didn't know it until his father, Salvador,
told him that if he wanted to be an officer, he would have to go back to Mexico
and apply for citizenship, a process that can take at least 10 years.
Fired
cop wants job back
Despite
admitting to forging two signatures, fired Cincinnati Police Officer Elizabeth
Phillips is fighting to get her job back.
EW
officer in Internet sex case resigns; probe continues
Darren
E. Seligman has resigned from the Police Department, which is conducting an
investigation of charges he tried to seduce an 11-year-old former neighbor.
Police
officer arrested in Sparta on desk duty for Wayne force
A
15-year police officer in Passaic County will not patrol the roads until at
least December while he faces charges he struck Sparta police cars in a drunken
driving accident on Route 15 North early Saturday.
Cop
Charged With Child Pornography
When
forensics experts got a deep look into the computer hard drives of Chris Crews'
computers, they say they found at least 19 sexual images and videos of children
between the ages of 3 and 9.
Deputies
Raid Wrong Address, Kill Couple's Dog
An
Accokeek couple is demanding an apology after Prince George's County Sheriff's
Deputies burst into their home and killed their dog - all because deputies went
to the wrong address.
Metro
Officer Arrested on Multiple Child Pornography Charges
Patrol
Officer Damian Amalfitano was booked at the Clark County Detention Center on
30 different counts.
Long-time
police officer charged with DWI
Ruggeri,
who heads the department’s traffic safety unit, was charged with driving
while intoxicated.
State:
Judge Signed Blank Warrants
Georgia's
judicial investigating arm has filed new charges against a south Georgia Superior
Court judge accused of signing blank probation arrest warrants and distributed
them to officers throughout his circuit.
Officer
Suspended In Connection With Fires At Capitol
There
have been seven fires set inside the Dirksen and Hart Senate Office buildings
since the last week of September.
COP
GOES FROM HERO 'TO HEROIN'
A
Bronx narcotics detective betrayed his badge and his colleagues by running a
wholesale crack, coke and heroin ring, authorities charged yesterday.
Caucasian
Man Mistaken For African-American Suspect
A
bad case of mistaken identity in Orange County should have been as clear as
black and white. Anthony Johnson, an African American, was convicted of felony
drug possession. Andrew Johnson, a white man, is the innocent victim of a case
of mistaken identity.
Autauga
County coroner indicted
Autauga
County's coroner will remain in office, despite being indicted Friday on theft
and public corruption charges for allegedly misspending almost $30,000 while
he served as Autauga County Metro Jail warden.
Carona
stripped of national security clearance
In
a further erosion of his powers, indicted Orange County Sheriff Michael S. Carona
has been stripped of his national security clearance and forced to give up a
seat on the Department of Homeland Security Advisory Council.
Carona,
charged last month with misusing his office to enrich himself and others --
including his wife and a longtime mistress -- also has been given a leave of
absence from the board of directors of the National Center for Missing &
Exploited Children.
Police
chief faces criminal charges
Kevin
Locklear was charged with upholding the law in Raeford when he became chief
of police in 2004. But now he’s charged with breaking it.
Warrants
Released In Officer Rape Investigation
Wednesday
night the district attorney's office released arrest warrants on an Albuquerque
police officer, accused of a sex crime.
Ex-probation
officer pleads guilty in case
Ellehue
Johnson, 32, of Houston was accused of having a sexual act performed on him
by a 16-year-old girl in October 2006 while she was visiting him during a counseling
session in Manvel.
Ex-Beaumont
cop faces 20 years in jail
Paul
Parritt, the union's treasurer, also could be fined up to $250,000. His sentencing
date for the federal mail fraud offense has not been set.
Judge
Who Sued Over Pants Loses Job
A
judge who lost a $54 million lawsuit against his dry cleaner over a pair of
missing pants has lost his job, District of Columbia officials said.
Officer
charged with forgery, suspended
Officer
Faquar "Terry" Holland, a 12-year veteran and former narcotics detective
who was once named Officer of the Year in 2000, was arrested on one count of
forgery and one count of unsworn falsification to authorities.
Gastonia
police officer sentenced
Jerry
Dale Howell, 47, of the 1700 block of Martin Road, in Kings Mountain, was convicted
of three counts of state income tax evasion after a two-day trial in Wake County,
a written statement from the N.C. Revenue Department said.
City
officer arrested for DWI and leaving the scene of an accident
Scott
Luesse, 23, of Rensselaer was arrested for driving while intoxicated, Class
A Misd., and leaving the scene of an accident on November 9.
Update:
Suspended Officer Fired
Pavlovich
is accused of molesting or propositioning 14 underage girls. He faces up to
100 years in prison if convicted.
Ex-chief
accused of stealing
Former
Clayton police chief Frank Winters, already facing charges of stealing $150,000
from Mothers Against Drunk Driving, was indicted Friday on charges of stealing
from the borough and its police department.
Former
FBI Agent Accused Of Leaking Info
A
woman who previously worked as an FBI agent and a CIA analyst is expected to
plead guilty to charges she disclosed unauthorized information to people outside
the government, CBS News has learned.
Officials:
Jail Guard Jailed After Taking Bribe
Prosecutors
said Jonathan York took a $5,000 bribe to help a federal inmate escape, promising
to give him the key to the jail's backdoor.
Norwalk
head detective accused of sexual misconduct
Chief
Harry Rilling says Lieutenant Thomas Cummings is not on active duty while the
complaint from a 15-year-old boy from Weston is investigated.
Report:
Phoenix motorcycle cop drunk during crash
Phoenix
Police Officer Mike Rogers had a blood alcohol level of .269, three times the
legal limit, at the time of an Oct. 9 motorcycle crash, documents reveal.
Rogers
is a motorcycle DUI enforcement cop with the Phoenix police department.
Officer
charged with drug trafficking
A
Memphis police sergeant who was named Tennessee Narcotics Officer of the Year
for 2006 was indicted Friday for trafficking in illegal anabolic steroids and
tipping off drug dealers about surveillance and investigations.
Officer
in indecency case resigns from force
Weatherford
police arrested Seals on Thursday morning on a warrant for indecency with a
child/sexual contact.
Carson
sheriff's deputy arrested in predator sting
Joseph
Carlos, 31, was taken into custody during the operation conducted in March and
April, Hawthorne police Lt. Mike Ishii said.
Manatee
deputy's wife gets ride at checkpoint
The
wife of a Manatee County sheriff's deputy was given a ride home from a DUI checkpoint
last month even though a deputy smelled alcohol ...
But
Getman was not required to take the same field sobriety tests that 21 other
drivers were put through at the Oct. 19 checkpoint in the 2200 block of 53rd
Avenue East in Bradenton.
Four
men were arrested on DUI charges.
Officer
Suspended
A
Perry County police officer charged with sex crimes involving young girls has
now been suspended from the force.
Medina
Police Officer Admits Having Sex With Minor
A
27-year-old Medina police officer has been fired after admitting he had sex
with a 16-year-old girl he met from an Internet advertisement.
Ex-cop
on trial for rape of a child
Keith
Winfield will go on trial for rape of a child with force, indecent assault and
battery on a child under 14 and assault and battery with dangerous bodily injury.
Sheriff's
Deputy Arrested on Child Porn Charges
Forty-four-year-old
Master Deputy Sheriff Robert A. Romero Jr. was arrested and charged with possession
and receipt of child pornography.
Sheriff's
lieutenant indicted on 4 felony counts
An
Orange County sheriff's lieutenant accused of selling civilian guns from a storage
room he supervised was charged with four felonies and five misdemeanors in an
indictment unsealed today.
BPD
bombshell: Cops ID’d in court allegedly corrupt
The
federal trial of a rogue motorcycle cop threatens to blow the lid off alleged
widespread corruption within the Boston Police Department as a key witness drops
daily bombshells implicating unindicted officers allegedly involved in illicit
drug use, identity fraud and wild sex romps.
Spring
Valley police officer suspended without pay pending hearing
Lebron
faces departmental charges based upon the criminal accusations that he sexually
abused a woman and filed phony police reports.
3rd
Boston Officer Pleads in Drug Case
A
third Boston police officer pleaded guilty Thursday to drug trafficking charges
for protecting truckloads of cocaine during an FBI sting operation.
CCPD
captain on paid administrative leave
A
Corpus Christi police captain was put on paid administrative leave Tuesday in
connection with allegations of wrongdoing at the city’s vehicle impound
lot, Chief of Police Bryan Smith said.
Judge
accused of illegal dumping
A
Baltimore City judge may face criminal charges for allegedly dumping as many
as 40 truckloads of construction debris into the Patapsco River behind his Pasadena
home.
Adams
convicted of two charges
After
seven hours of deliberation, a jury on Friday found former Henry County Sheriff’s
Office Sgt. Robert Adams guilty of two of the corruption charges against him
and not guilty of three.
Farmington
Hills cop charged with pocketing confiscated cash
Damian
Woodmore was arraigned Friday in 47th District Court in Farmington Hills on
three counts of larceny by conversion, a 5-year felony; one count of misconduct
in public office, a 5-year felony, and a misdemeanor charge of larceny by conversion,
which carries the penalty of one year in jail upon conviction.
Three
Olive Branch Police Officers Charged With Civil Rights Violations
Three
Olive Branch Police Officers have been charged with civil rights violations,
conspiracy, witness tampering, and making false statements.
Ozzy
angered by ND sheriff's sting
Ozzy
Osbourne wants an apology from the Cass County sheriff for staging a sting operation
in the rocker's name without his permission.
Ex-cop
accused of contacting victim
A
former College of Lake County campus police officer charged with molesting a
girl over a four-year span narrowly avoided a return to jail Friday over claims
he had contacted his accuser.
The
0.00 DUII Corvallis cop resigns. Anyone with cites and arrests by Officer Cox,
pay attention.
The
investigation into the methods and arrests of Corvallis policeman Dave Cox has
been turned over to the state attorney general's office for resolution, the
Corvallis Gazette-Times reports. Cox is the cop who made a DUII arrest of a
man who sober.
Former
Miami-Dade police officer waits for jury's decision
The
prosecution claims Brosky was a cop who took advantage of the badge to intimidate
three teenage girls -- and then molest them.
Police
Officer Seeks Special Probation
A
suspended Hartford police officer charged with forgery and fabricating evidence
asked a Superior Court judge Friday to grant him a special form of probation.
Scranton
cop charged with sex abuse
A
Scranton police officer is arrested on sexual abuse charges stemming from an
incident in Broome County.
Officers
charged in firing of gun
Linda
Eisenberger was relaxing in her armchair with a crossword puzzle when she heard
what sounded like gunshots nearby. Suddenly, the wall behind her head exploded
in a shower of plaster.
Officer
under investigation
Federal
authorities and the Milwaukee Police Department are investigating allegations
that a Milwaukee police sergeant beat people and planted drugs on them during
arrests made from 2003 to 2006.
Supreme
Court Decision Upholds Judge Halverson's Suspension
The
judge has been off the bench -- with pay -- since July after the state's Judicial
Discipline Commission found she was a threat to the administration of justice.
O.C.
Sheriff, His Wife, Alleged Mistress Surrender
Orange
County Sheriff Mike Carona, his wife and alleged long-time mistress surrendered
Wednesday to face charges they accepted about $350,000 in cash and gifts from
a wealthy businessman who used bribes to buy into the perks of power.
Court:
Rape victims out of state can be detained to testify
Sexual
assault victims who live outside of California can be taken into custody and
brought to the state to make sure they appear in court to testify if they are
necessary witnesses, a state appeals court ruled Wednesday.
Pilati
convicted on 5 counts of violating civil rights
Former
Franklin County District Attorney John Pilati was convicted today of violating
the civil rights of five men who said he touched them inappropriately while
strip searching them.
Details
Surface Of Investigation Into Suspended Cincinnati Police Officers
There's
new information about three Cincinnati Police supervisors under investigation
for allegedly allowing two officers to skip walking their beats.
Precinct
4 captain indicted on evidence tampering
A
Harris County grand jury has indicted Precinct 4 Captain Timothy Cannon on a
charge of third-degree felony tampering with evidence, said Precinct 4 Constable
Ron Hickman.
Eagle
Academy video contradicts deputies' statements
The
two deputies criminally charged with lying in their reports about an altercation
with a 13-year-old at the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office Eagle Academy both
said that the teen provoked the incident by clenching and raising his fists,
according to documents released today.
Former
DPD officer’s trial begins
Criminal
trial procedures began Tuesday for Terrence Lavell Smith, a former Demopolis
police officer who was indicted on three counts of rape in the second degree
in February.
Office
of Bar Counsel files petition to suspend license of Gary Zerola
The
Office of Bar Counsel has filed a petition with the Supreme Judicial Court to
temporarily suspend the license of Gary Zerola, a Boston attorney accused of
sexual assault, Lawyers Weekly has learned.
Prosecutors
Speak Out on Guilty Verdict
A
Monongalia County jury has convicted a former sheriff's deputy accused of sexual
assault and abuse, after almost twelve hours of deliberations.
Officer
Arrested On Child Sex Charges
Darren
Seligman, 38, of Mansfield was arrested Monday afternoon on a federal criminal
charges.
Lawyer
Pleads Guilty In $11.3M Kickback Scheme
One
of the nation's top class-action lawyers pleaded guilty in Los Angeles Monday
to a federal conspiracy charge in connection with law firm Milberg Weiss' alleged
$11.3 million plaintiff-kickback scheme.
Auditors
say Lynnwood police failed to alert them
FBI
agents searched the home of Lynnwood Deputy Chief Paul Watkins as part of a
probe into public corruption. They seized a handgun, money and other material.
More
Charges Possible Against Missing Breckenridge Attorney
Police
say a missing Breckenridge attorney accused of stealing up to $1 million from
clients could face additional charges after a detective turns over more information
to prosecutors.
Ex-sheriff
gets 63 months for stolen vehicle operation
A
former St. Helena Parish sheriff was sentenced Thursday to more than five years
in prison for playing a key role in a stolen vehicle operation.
Highway
Patrol fires several troopers a year
Some
are fired outright, others coaxed into resigning amid an internal affairs investigation.
Their indiscretions might have embarrassed the patrol and cost them their job,
but many of the troopers keep their guns and badges. A good number land jobs
with the State Capitol Police and patrol state office buildings in downtown
Raleigh.
Eddie
Out?
City
council members have said they can't pay any portion of the $3.7 million, which
comes from a federal court judgement that says Jordan wrongfully fired white
workers from his office in 2003.
Prison
dog handlers await discipline in canine's death
The
dog, Rik, is one of five Arizona law-enforcement dogs that have died - three
in heat-related incidents - since March.
Pennsylvania
Cop Charged With Sexually Abusing Mentally Retarded Girls
A
suspended Marysville police officer is accused of molesting or propositioning
14 girls ages 12 to 17, including mentally ill, mentally retarded and injured
children.
Palm
Beach County deputy charged with striking teen
Two
Palm Beach County deputies were arrested after a grand jury indictment Thursday,
one accused of striking a student at the sheriff's Eagle Academy in March, the
other charged with helping the first one lie about it.
Former
Victoria County sheriff charged in sex case
A
former Victoria County sheriff has been charged with aggravated sexual assault
and criminal solicitation of a minor with a handgun.
Officer
accused of animal cruelty is off force
John
J. Leggett, a Fayetteville police officer accused of burying week-old puppies
alive, is no longer with the department.
Jury
selection begins in deputy's trial
Jury
selection began Tuesday for the trial of a former Santa Barbara County sheriff's
deputy accused of molesting a teenager.
Chief
gives 20 officers reprieves in test flap
Interim
Columbia Police Chief Harold Reaves reversed suspensions and demotions for more
than a dozen officers accused of misconduct earlier this year on an online test
to maintain their state certification, a State newspaper investigation has found.
Jail
Guard Arrested For Allegedly Exposing Himself On Sidewalk
A
man arrested for allegedly exposing himself to a woman in a Seminole County
sidewalk turned out to be a Lake County jail guard and deputies said he took
a swim to try to escape going to jail himself.
Sheriff's
deputy charged with homicide after Bachman crash
The
Illinois Attorney General's office indicted Winnebago County Sheriff Deputy
Joseph Boomer on criminal charges of reckless homicide and aggravated reckless
driving in connection with an accident last year that left two brothers dead.
State
Police to Investigate Goshen Officer Accused of Having Sex with Teen
At
a press conference on Thursday, Elkhart County Prosecutor Curtis Hill, Jr. said
Goshen Police did an internal investigation that resulted in the suspension
of Officer Elva Yoder.
Officials
Defend Release of Police Officer Who Surrendered in Road-Rage Shooting
The
Manhattan district attorney's office yesterday defended its decision to release
an off-duty police officer who implicated himself in a fatal road-rage shooting
even though he fled the scene of the killing saying that the officer's claim
of self-defense was enough to free him while a grand jury reviews potential
charges.
Jury
Awards $2M To Man Cops Allegedly Framed
Attorney
said the detectives may have been motivated by an earlier brush with the law
in which a former Marine and Persian Gulf War veteran, disarmed an off-duty
police officer.
4
Jersey City Municipal Judges Charged With Ticket Fixing
Four
Jersey City municipal judges have been charged with misconduct for allegedly
fixing traffic and parking tickets for themselves, their friends and family
members.
Sources:
Judge in $54M Pants Case to Lose Job
A
city commission on Monday voted against reappointing Roy L. Pearson Jr. to sit
on bench at the Office of Administrative Hearings, a court that rules on cases
involving D.C. agencies ...
Former
Vigo prosecuting attorney arrested
A
former Vigo County prosecuting attorney was arrested Monday evening for drunk
driving and allegedly leaving the scene of an accident in which a utility pole
was severed, a speed limit sign was destroyed and electrical wires were pulled
down.
Randolph
selectmen terminate police officer
A
police officer who was once the department's liaison to the town's immigrant
community was fired yesterday for stealing more than $2,000 from Brazilian immigrants
he arrested after traffic stops.
Ex-El
Paso officer sentenced for DUI
A
former El Paso police officer was sentenced Monday to probation and what will
amount to less than 15 days in jail for sending nine people to the hospital
after an alcohol-related crash last year.
McKinley
County sheriff's deputy arrested on DWI charge
A
McKinley County sheriff's deputy has been charged with driving while intoxicated.
Scandals,
low pay send Puerto Rico's police packing
Javier
Pagan, a member of the Puerto Rico Police Department, is accused of killing
Miguel Caceres, an unarmed man with no criminal record. Caceres was face down
on the ground, police said, when Pagan put four bullets in his body with a department-issued
gun.
FBI
agent: Boss rooted for mob family
The
anecdote is so ingrained in Mafia lore that it was mimicked in a scene from
the television show "The Sopranos": A corrupt FBI agent slapping his
desk and celebrating news of another killing in a bloody mob civil war.
Constable
Loses Power After Ticket Flap
A
deputy constable in Montgomery County was temporarily stripped of his powers
after he was caught on tape handcuffing a local businessman over a $10 parking
ticket.
State
Trooper Arrested For Sex With Porn Star
Authorities
arrested James "Randy" Moss on Tuesday after a grand jury indicted
him on 10 charges, including tampering with evidence, official misconduct
and official oppression -- stemming from an incident in May when Moss
made a traffic stop on Justis Richert, a porn actress who goes by the
name "Barbie Cummings."
Police
Dept. Probe Continues After Drugstore Steroid Bust
An
NYPD internal affairs probe continued Wednesday into six New York City
police officers’ alleged illegal purchase and use of steroids and
growth hormones from Lowen’s Pharmacy at Third and Bay Ridge avenues.
Ex-Robeson
Deputy Sentenced to 20+ Years
The
first of 20 former law officers to be sentenced as part of a nearly five-year
state and federal investigation into corruption at the Robeson County
Sheriff's Office will spend more than 20 years in prison.
Lawman's
indictment may toss fed case
A
murder probe and a federal case hang in the balance now that a one-time
Scott County lawman’s name has wound up on a police blotter as a
suspect in a series of crimes of dishonesty.
City
probing allegations of phony parking tickets
Baltimore's
inspector general, Hilton Green, confirmed today that he has launched
an investigation into allegations that city parking enforcement officers
wrote numerous phony tickets to undeserving vehicle owners.
Cop
union aims to shield officers
The
Albany Police Officers Union wants to keep secret the names of any officers
who illicitly purchased machine guns through the department years ago.
Judge
accused of drunken driving
A
Baltimore County Circuit Court judge faces drunken-driving charges after
his arrest this week in Harford County.
COP-UNION
BREATH SUIT
A
sobriety test that all cops are required to take after shooting someone
is "unconstitutional" and "violates the NYPD's own rules,"
according to a lawsuit filed yesterday by three law-enforcement unions.
Man
wins $4 million in lawsuit against Chicago cops
Jurors
deliberated for three days before returning their verdict that one police
officer had inserted the screwdriver between Coffie's buttocks while the
other officer did nothing to stop him.
Officer
indicted over e-mail
Suspended
Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officer LeShunda Austin was indicted Monday
on two felony charges and a misdemeanor in connection with allegations that
she sent threatening e-mails to herself and blamed someone else.
Four
sue police, alleging "dirty tactics"
Four
men who say Portland police ran roughshod over their constitutional rights
are taking their cases to court. Monday their attorneys called for independent
investigators to review complaints against police and for the mayor and chief
to curb what they called officers' "dirty tactics."
HPD
officer who shot boy failed firearms test
The
rookie Houston Police Department officer who shot and killed a 14-year-old
special education student in one of the decade's most controversial shootings
earned his badge and gun despite flunking a crucial test of firearms handling
as well as initial police field training, according to documents recently
made public as part of a civil rights lawsuit.
Officer
Arthur J. Carbonneau also failed 16 of 30 subjects in his mandatory Texas
peace officers' test, including "use-of-force law," "use-of-force
concepts" and "arrest, search and seizure," records show.
Shots
fired outside bar; cop arrested
Marietta
police said they charged Officer Steve Iman, 27, a four-year veteran of the
Atlanta Police Department, with aggravated assault for allegedly shooting
at Chris Chvala, a 23-year-old Georgia State University student, and Chvala's
girlfriend early Friday morning.
Atlanta
police suspended four officers who were with Iman and allegedly fled the
incident scene and did not report the shooting to superiors until confronted
by the department.
Nifong
requests representation in civil suit
Former
Durham District Attorney Mike Mifong is requesting help in the form of representation
from the City of Durham as he prepares to defend himself in a civil case
related to the Duke Lacrosse lawsuit.
Suspended
Deputy Appears In Court On Five Counts Of Felony Criminal Sexual Conduct
48-year-old
Eugene Harmon of Shevlin, Minnesota has been a Clearwater County Deputy for
more than 20-years. He appeared in court Friday on five counts of felony criminal
sexual conduct.
Clarksville
police officer’s trial date set
Attorneys
for Clarksville police officer Franklin Mikel met Thursday to discuss his upcoming
trial on allegations that he illegally sold painkillers.
Former
FBI agent goes on trial in 'Grim Reaper' mob slayings
A
former FBI agent went on trial for murder Monday, accused of feeding confidential
information to a mobster-turned-informant who used it to brutally kill four
people.
New
Haven Detective Fired After Admitting Crime
A
police detective was fired Monday after admitting in federal court earlier this
month that he and another detective planted drug evidence and stole money from
a crime scene.
Florida
Police Chief Leaves Scandal-Ridden Department
Hollywood
Police Chief James Scarberry, who narrowly survived one of the largest corruption
scandals to hit the department, announced Wednesday he intends to retire.
Deputy
fired for DUI in patrol car
An
Okaloosa County deputy is out of a job for driving his patrol car while under
the influence.
2
Louisiana judges indicted
Two
judges from northwestern Louisiana face racketeering charges for allegedly taking
bribes, according to a federal indictment made public Thursday.
Cop
Arrested, Accused Of Stealing
A
Senoia police officer was arrested Wednesday morning and accused of taking money
from people arrested on traffic offenses, police said.
Georgia:
Speed Trap Caught Using Ticket Quotas
A
local television station has uncovered evidence that a notorious Georgia speed
trap has been using traffic ticket quotas. WGCL-TV reports that DeKalb County
Police officers are told during roll call that they must issue 65 citations
a month and make 25 arrests. Those on traffic duty must issue a minimum of 150
citations a month and make 11 arrests.
Already
suspended, Madison cop faces new charges
Officer
Bernard Durgin first got in trouble in August. He flashed his badge at New Haven
officers who were arresting a friend of Durgin's. That friend is also a violent
felon.
Boot
camp boy died under 'routine' control
An
incident at a US boot camp in which a 14-year-old was hit, kneed and given ammonia
capsules was "a day at the office", a defence lawyer for one of seven
guards accused of manslaughter said yesterday.
Manatee
detectives face suspension
Sheriff's
officials recommended that detectives Mark Young and Bruce Walker be suspended
without pay for 10 days because they drank with Detective Jason Fitzwater before
he crashed his police cruiser on Tamiami Trail.
Prosecutor
apologizes 12 years after bogus rape verdict
A
man who spent a dozen years in prison for a rape he didn't commit was freed
Tuesday, the third inmate to be released because of problems with the Houston
Police Department's crime lab.
Science
teacher's brush with police ends in heart attack
A
mild-mannered Brooklyn high school teacher says he was nearly scared to death
by NYPD cops who mistook him for a perp.
Suspected
DUI Deputy Probe May Grow
Authorities
confirm several deputies may have been involved in an incident where an off-duty
Sacramento deputy sheriff was allowed to avoid jail after he was suspected of
DUI in Roseville.
Former
police chief will see jail time for stalking
A
former police chief will spend time behind bars for stalking a teenager. Tuesday
morning, a judge said Larry Briggs abused the public's trust.
Chicago
police to disband police unit under fire for corruption
The
Chicago Police Department said Tuesday it would disband its elite drug and gang
unit, under fire after seven officers were charged with felonies including armed
violence, home invasion and kidnapping.
Deputy
who killed 6 was never screened
A
young sheriff's deputy who opened fire on a pizza party and killed six people
reportedly flew into a rage when he was rebuffed by his old girlfriend, and
others at the gathering called him a "worthless pig."
Skagit
case challenges DUI test results from state lab
This comes amid allegations that top state toxicologist Ann Marie Gordon took
credit for work she did not do by repeatedly signing sworn statements saying
she personally tested an ethanol - water solution used to make certain breath
test machines work properly.
Honolulu
pays over $1 million for police mistakes in five years
Honolulu
City and County paid about one million dollars to private citizens in the past
five years to settle lawsuits after police officers raided the wrong homes and
assaulted suspects.
At
least 5 killed in Wisconsin shooting rampage
At
least five people were killed early Sunday morning in a shooting rampage in
northern Wisconsin. The shooter -- a county sheriff's deputy -- was later shot
and killed, according to the Oconto County Sheriff's department, WTMJ Newsradio
reports.
Defense
attorney gets prison sentence for concealing drug dealer's payment
Longtime
Metro East criminal defense lawyer Frank R. Fabbri III was sentenced Friday
to 18 months in prison for failing to file federal paperwork on $36,000 in cash
he took from a drug dealer as a fee.
Puerto
Rico Police Accused of Corruption
Just
last month, five members of a police unit in the capital, San Juan, were accused
of protecting drug traffickers. Four members of an anti-narcotics unit in the
northern town of Arecibo were arrested by the FBI for allegedly planting evidence.
Fee
In Dorchester County Creates Waves
A
fee of only $15 has created some big waves in Dorchester County. Although the
fee is small, it is not refunded even if the person arrested is found not-guilty,
and that's where the issue lies.
The Attorney General said Dorchester Sheriff's Office has no grounds to charge
the fee.
Duke
lacrosse players sue prosecutor, city and police
Three
former Duke lacrosse players falsely accused of rape filed a federal lawsuit
Friday against disgraced prosecutor Mike Nifong, the city of Durham and the
police detectives who handled the investigation.
Deputies
compete in arrest contests
One
recent competition, described in an internal Sheriff's Department e-mail obtained
by The Times, was called "Operation Any Booking." The object was to
arrest as many people as possible within a specific 24-hour period.
Canton
fires suspended police officer
Officer
Anthony D. Jackson, who had been suspended without pay since June 2006, was
fired after Canton Safety Director Bernard L. Hunt ruled Jackson repeatedly
misused alcohol and a firearm, and said Jackson showed “inability to control
his temper in stressful situations.”
Saltville
police investigator charged in drug case
Gary
Ray Call, 39, a Saltville police investigator, was charged with unlawful drug
use in possession of a firearm with additional federal charges pending, officials
said at a 2 p.m. press conference.
Officer
faces assault charge
An
Oklahoma City police officer charged Tuesday with assault and battery also is
being investigated on an accusation that he falsified information leading to
the arrest of two people on drug complaints.
Boston
lawyer accused of smuggling heroin into prison
A
Hub criminal defense attorney was intercepted yesterday as he allegedly tried
to smuggle bags of heroin into the state’s maximum-security prison in
Walpole.
Half-Million
Dollar Cash Bail for Officer Accused of Trying to Kill Wife
A
judge set the bond for 45-year-old Chueng Lee at $500,000 cash because he considers
Lee a flight risk.
City
may pay cyclist hit by police officer
The
San Francisco Police Commission will consider a $150,000 settlement to a bicyclist
who sued the city after an on-duty police officer allegedly struck him with
a department truck in 2004 and didn't tell his bosses.
Probation
officer says she had sex with teen
College
Station police said Sarah Celeste Farmer, 29, and the teenage boy had been engaged
in the sexual relationship since January 2007. The pair had sex at the boy's
home after his father and step-mother had gone to sleep, a police spokesman
said, citing court documents.
Jury
Selection Begins For Ex-Officer Accused Of Rape
Jury
selection could begin Monday in the trial of a former Desert Hot Springs police
officer accused of molesting a now-18-year-old relative and another girl.
Chicago
Cops Awash in Scandal
Videotapes
of angry officers savagely beating civilians and charges that a murder plot
was hatched within an elite special operations unit have Chicago's troubled
police department reeling again.
NYPD'S
'Ring of Steel' Camera Rolls, Monitors License Plates
A
high-tech camera in lower Manhattan has been secretly monitoring the license
plates of passing cars periodically for more than six months in a test of the
city's planned "Ring of Steel" surveillance system, the Daily News
has learned.
Newton
Cop Has Trial Date
Marlborough
Police pulled over Jeffrey Mace, 46, late in the night of Aug. 24 after his
car ran a red light at Bolton and Union streets. After identifying himself as
a Newton cop - he had a holstered gun - Mace failed a sobriety test.
Police
Officer Investigated for Sexual Misconduct
Charles
Bender, a resident of Jackson County, has been placed on administrative leave
from the police department pending the outcome of the FDLE investigation, according
to BPD Chief Glenn Kimbrel.
Ex-Dearborn
Cop and Wife, Who Said They Made Brownies With Seized Pot, Face Charges
A
former Dearborn police corporal who was allowed to resign from the department
last year amid allegations he used confiscated marijuana to bake pot brownies
with his wife could be sentenced to up to 90 days in prison for using a controlled
substance.
Thompson’s
Convictions Upheld by Appeals Court
Thompson
was convicted of four counts of indecent exposure and was ordered to serve four,
consecutive, one-year sentences. Prosecutors alleged that he used a penis pump
while presiding over trials.
Police
Investigate New Rape Allegations Against Officer
The
Hollister Police Department is looking into new rape allegations against a San
Benito County sheriff's sergeant, Sgt. Mike Rodrigues.
Police
Officer Resigns Amid Sexual Assault, Exposure Allegations
An
Altamonte Springs police officer, Officer William Hayden, resigned in the wake
of two investigations, one accusing him of having sexual contact with a 14-year-old
girl.
A
family member turned the officer in and said he has a problem with exposing
himself. He's accused of exposing himself more than a dozen times.
Ex-officer
Accused of Child Sex Abuse
A
former corrections officer and SWAT team member, Travis Bud Davis, at the Utah
State Prison was charged Friday with nine felony sex offenses involving a child.
SCC
Sheriff Deputy Charged for Smuggling Mexican Man
Octavio
Garcia, a Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Deputy and former Desert Shadows Middle
School resource officer, allegedly attempted to smuggle an undocumented migrant
through the Dennis DeConcini Port of Entry.
South
Ga. Judge Indicted on Federal Perjury Charge
Magistrate
Judge Linda C. Peterson lied to grand jurors June 13 when she denied, under
oath, ever suggesting to criminal defendants that they could use her own father
as a bail bondsman, according to the indictment.
Sheriff
Defends Office Bugging
Sheriff
Pat Hedges secretly videotaped a meeting last year between two subordinates
while investigating a personnel matter, he told The Tribune on Thursday.
Detroit
Cop Indicted for Allegedly Stealing Cocaine
Officer
Vincent L. Crockett, 39, of Canton Township, faces a minimum penalty of 10 years
in prison if convicted. He is charged with possession of cocaine for the purpose
of trafficking and theft of government property.
State
Officer Charged With Child Sex Abuse
The
officer has been charged with rape of a child, lewdness involving a child and
aggravated sex abuse of a child. Authorities say the girl told investigators
that the abuse occurred on a weekly basis for two years.
Mukasey
Case Cost Taxpayers Over $28M
Protecting
former federal judge Michael Mukasey cost taxpayers an estimated $28 million
over more than seven years—or $10,000 a day—even as Justice Department
agencies argued about how much of a threat he faced.
The
detail was withdrawn shortly after deputy marshals protecting Mukasey and U.S.
District Judge Kevin T. Duffy filed a grievance accusing the two jurists and
their wives of assigning them valet-like chores.
Missouri:
Police Stake Out Brett Darrow Home
A
young Saint Louis, Missouri motorist faces trouble with local police upset at
the national attention his September 7 video of an out-of-control officer has
drawn to ongoing problems within area law enforcement agencies. On Sunday, Brett
Darrow filmed a Saint Louis Metropolitan Police Department cruiser staking out
his home.
Members
of the police community are on the record regarding their desire to stake out
Darrow's home and harass the twenty-year-old.
Officer
in Fatal Pa. Crash Fined $25
An
Allentown police officer who caused a crash that killed a 4-year-old pedestrian
and outraged the community will be cited for running a red light, but he won't
be charged in the boy's death, prosecutors said Wednesday.
Officer
Brett Guth's failure to heed the light amounted to ordinary negligence and did
not warrant more serious charges, such as involuntary manslaughter or homicide
by vehicle, Lehigh County prosecutor James Martin said at a news conference.
The summary citation of running a red light carries a $25 fine, plus court costs.
Harvey
Cops Get Cold-case Warning
Cook
County law-enforcement officials Tuesday announced indictments in two more cold-case
murders stemming from a raid on the Harvey Police Department this year, and
said they also are investigating about 200 rape kits found in the suburb's evidence
vault, many of which were never sent to the state crime lab.
Officer
Whose Police Dog Died in Hot Car Pleads Not Guilty
A
Chandler police officer, Sergeant Tom Lovejoy, pleaded not guilty today in the
death of a police dog that was left in a hot patrol car for more than twelve
hours.
Maricopa
County sheriff's investigators say Lovejoy left Bandit, a 5-year-old Belgian
Malinois, in his patrol car on August 11th for more than twelve hours.
Former
Caroline Deputy Sentenced
A
former Caroline County sheriff's deputy, Michael K. Sheward, was ordered to
serve nearly seven years in prison today for taking indecent liberties with
teenage girls and also for abducting his estranged wife.
Released
Inmates Kept on Hold in Jail
Inmates
are sitting in the Fulton County Jail for days - and sometimes weeks - after
they were ordered released because court system employees are slow to send over
paperwork to free them, according to the latest audit of jail's performance.
Waldron
Officer Resigns After Investigation
Gerald
Heifner resigned a few days after an accusation of rape was levied against him
Aug. 26.
Wyandotte
County Deputy Arrested By Police
He's
supposed to uphold the law but a Wyandotte County sheriff's deputy, Deputy Michael
Bridges, is in a lot of legal trouble after police said he tried to cash five
bogus money orders.
Hollywood
Cop Demoted for FBI Probe Leak
A
top-ranking Hollywood police officer, Frank McGarry, is being demoted for his
role in impeding an FBI probe into corruption within the agency.
Bloomington
Cop Charged in Rapes Set for January Trial
Jeff
Pelo, 42, has pleaded not guilty to nearly three dozen charges that allege he
raped four women between December 2002 and January 2005. He also has pleaded
not guilty to charges he stalked another woman and tried to break into her Bloomington
home in June 2006.
Double-dipping
Cop Scandal Remains Open as City Keeps Pay Records Sealed
Three
years after Charleston police prosecuted a Black officer for "double dipping"
that he said they allowed for Whites, police claim an investigation of the scandal
remains open.
By
keeping it open, they also prevent Charleston Gazette reporter Andrew Clevenger
from digging into anybody else's double dipping.
New
Indictment In Massive Kickback Scheme
The
co-founder of a prestigious New York law firm that made an estimated $250 million
by filing class-action lawsuits against some of America's largest corporations
was indicted Thursday on charges that he conspired to pay kickbacks to people
who agreed to be plaintiffs.
Separate
Busts Snare Jailer, YDDC Official
A
drug sting at the Metropolitan Detention Center led to the arrest of a corrections
officer today while a deputy superintendent of a youth lockup arrested Wednesday
night has been charged with drunken driving.
Indicted
Ex-cop Dies in Crash
Ward,
who had been living in Gastonia, N.C., was pronounced dead at the scene. He
was one of six law enforcement officers indicted in July on charges that they
tipped off members of a steroid ring to an impending raid in 2004.
Ex-Robeson
Sheriff Expected to Plead Guilty
Former
Robeson County Sheriff Glenn Maynor is expected to plead guilty Sept. 26 to
charges that include misapplying federal money and lying to a grand jury, according
to federal court documents.
Ohio
Officer Investigated for Use of Stun Gun on Handcuffed Woman
Video
taken from Patrolman Richard Kovach's cruiser shows him jolting a woman with
a Taser gun at least twice after she was handcuffed, police and city administrators
said.
Police:
Officer Pistol-Whipped Man In Daughter's Bedroom
A
city police officer, Officer Jeff Leist, who used his gun to strike a man he
found in his adult daughter's bedroom over the weekend has been placed on leave.
Highway
Patrol Leader Quits
The
director of the Florida Highway Patrol, Col. Christopher A. Knight, has resigned
after a six-month investigation found he was negligent in his duties and falsified
an office memo.
Lawyer
Sentenced in Airline Case
The
former lawyer for New Hampshire-based Boston and Maine Airways has been sentenced
to six months in jail after pleading guilty to making false statements to the
government.
Fired
Cop Now Behind the 8-ball
A
former Chicago cop, Sigmund Naszke Jr, fired in March for insulting a woman
he struck with a car now faces charges for allegedly throwing a billiards ball
through an insurance office's window and shoplifting at a drugstore.
Monticello
Police Officer Arrested, Accused of Stealing Gas
Michael
A. Andrews, an eight-year veteran of the Monticello City Police Department,
was arrested on suspicion of theft, a class D felony, about 3:27 p.m. today.
He is accused of stealing gas from the city of Monticello.
Wiretapping
Made Simple
On
Aug. 6, President Bush signed the Protect America Act of 2007 (PAA), granting
the government the authority to wiretap anyone, including U.S. citizens, without
any court approval as long as the "target" of the surveillance is
located outside the U.S.
Officer
Is Found Guilty of Sexually Abusing Women While on Duty
A
police officer, Fernand Clerge, who molested women while on duty in uniform
was convicted of sexual abuse and official misconduct yesterday in State Supreme
Court in Brooklyn.
Child
Sex Sting Nabs U.S. Prosecutor
An
assistant U.S. attorney from Florida, John David "Roy" Atchison, will
return to federal court in Detroit today for a detention hearing on a charge
that he flew to Detroit intending to have sex with a 5-year-old girl.
Cop
Charged in Immigrant's Killing
A
grand jury had indicted and charged George Bubaris, a Mount Kisco police officer
and former member of the New York City Police Department, with second-degree
manslaughter, unlawful imprisonment and other charges in Pérez’s
death.
Former
Terrebonne Sheriff's Deputy Convicted of Sex With Teen
A
former sheriff's deputy, Glenn Brunet, faces up to 40 years in prison after
being convicted on four charges accusing him of sex with a then-16-year-old
student at South Terrebonne High School.
The
girl told the six-person jury she was looking for a stable influence and developed
a crush on Brunet, a school deputy who had previously coached her softball team.
By the time he was arrested, she said she had called his cell phone 260 times,
exchanged e-mails using a code name and had sex with him close to a dozen times,
each of which she described in detail.
Clayton
Police Officer Arrested
A
Clayton County police officer, Officer Casey Carmichael, is accused of using
the Internet to entice minors to have sex with him, police said.
Tribal
Police Chief Arrested in Domestic Violence
A
police report shows the chief of the Fort Yuma Quechan tribal police, Chief
Charles Jackson, was arrested on a domestic violence charge after he told an
officer he hit his girlfriend.
Warren
Cop Resigns Over Reward Points Theft Charge
Sgt.
Angelo Paolella III, 41, of Warren resigned from his position Monday ...
Paolella
tried to obtain goods in excess of $200 by "creating or reinforcing a false
impression that he had earned and/or was entitled to use Marriott Rewards Points
when he well knew that he was not," court documents state.
Officer
in Racist Videos Resigns
The
Columbus police officer, Officer Susan L. Purtee, whose racist and anti-Semitic
Web site prompted protests from residents and City Council members has resigned
and will seek retirement benefits for a disability.
Purtee's
Internet videos, created with her sister, Barbara Gordon-Bell, 52, of Coral
Springs, Fla., blame Jews, blacks, illegal immigrants and Cubans for a variety
of the nation's problems. The sisters call themselves "the Patriot Dames."
Sleaze,
Misconduct
Grand
Rapids Police Department employees who engaged in sexual relations while on
duty should be fired. City Manager Kurt Kimball has to act decisively and quickly
if city employees have been using the city's public facilities like a brothel.
New
TYC Leaders Draw Concern
Since
March, 10 former officials from Texas' adult prison system have joined the TYC,
a state agency scandalized by physical and sexual abuse of inmates, official
cover-ups and mismanagement.
But
those new officials are coming from an adult prison system with its own problems,
including courtroom defeats in the last decade in sexual harassment lawsuits
filed by female employees, according to an analysis by the Dallas Morning News.
Also, at least two prison wardens have been forced to quit over sexual misconduct
allegations.
Ex-cop
Gets 4 Years for Stealing Drugs
Schenectady
police officer, Jeffery Curtis, who took drugs from an evidence locker will
spend the next four years in prison.
Police
Officer Ordered to Trial
State
police said Levi Gibbon, Junior, a Newport Township police officer, was acting
as a prostitute last month when he was caught in a sting at the Wilkes-Barre
Lodge on Kidder Street.
Narcotics
Officer Allegedly Used Coke and Meth He Stole From Evidence Room
A
Sanpete County sheriff's deputy, John Earl Stevens, assigned to a drug task
force was arrested Wednesday after he allegedly admitted to using cocaine and
methamphetamine he took from an evidence room.
Noble
Officer Arrested for DUI has Record of Alcohol Infractions
A
police officer arrested on drunken driving charges over the weekend has a record
of alcohol-related arrests and was in a traffic accident in July, according
to a published report.
Officer
Bobby Sirpless was placed on administrative leave following his arrest Saturday
night in Norman after leaving the scene of a collision.
Report:
Ex-Police Officer Violated 3 City Policies
James
Potts, a former Tempe police officer violated three city policies when he coached
a fellow sergeant on what to say during an internal investigation into domestic
violence allegations, authorities said.
Potts
was an internal affairs officer who was supposed to investigate officers for
poor conduct.
'Bad
Cop' Accused Of Using Secret Information For Crime
A
deputy in Volusia County described as a "bad cop" by the sheriff is
accused of using secret information in a robbery attempt on an undercover officer
who was posing as a drug dealer.
The
Florida Department of Law Enforcement said Gene Walton, a school-resource officer
at Campbell Middle School in Daytona Beach, used computers to access confidential
police information to plan a robbery.
Tape
Captures Officer Intimidating Driver
A
suburban St. Louis police sergeant, Sgt. James Kuehnlein, has been put on unpaid
suspension, accused of threatening to invent charges against a driver who caught
the exchange on videotape.
Virginia:
Toll Road Accuses 8000 Innocent Motorists of Cheating
The
Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) admitted that it mailed $200,000
worth of citations for violations that never happened.
State
Supreme Court to Decide Fate of Judge Halverson
Judge
Halverson has been accused of falling asleep on the bench, having inappropriate
conversations with jurors, and even ordering her bailiff to give her a foot
rub.
NHP
Sergeant Sentenced For Drunken Driving
A
Nevada Highway Patrol sergeant has been sentenced after being found guilty of
drunken driving stemming from a June motorcycle accident in Douglas County.
Norman
Bailey, 38, was given a choice of serving two days in jail or 10 days house
arrest. He was also fined $692 and ordered to complete a class for those convicted
of driving under the influence.
Court
Documents Allege Chicago Officers Instigated Beating
The
filings, from written statements and interviews with six employees of the Jefferson
Tap and Grill, claim the officers started the fight for "no apparent reason."
Former
Police Officer Sentenced in Hit-and-Run Case
A
former Flint police officer will not spend any time in jail for his participation
in a hit-and-run cover-up.
Mitchell
Manwell was not involved in the accident itself, but he admitted to helping
his friend leave the scene and cover it up.
Former
Jefferson Police Chief Indicted
A
grand jury indicted former Jefferson Police Chief Darren Glenn Tuesday on charges
of theft and invasion of privacy.
The
indictment came after a two-year investigation into allegations of corruption
and using police resources for personal profit.
Former
New Lisbon Police Officer Charged With Obstruction
Jeremy
Schroeder, a former New Lisbon police officer, was sentenced on the criminal
charge of obstructing an officer, after entering a plea of no contest to the
charge.
Sheriff's
Deputy Arrested On Multiple Charges
Gene
Walton was charged with one count of unlawful compensation, one count of misuse
of confidential information and one count of conspiracy to commit robbery.
Eutawville
Officers Ask Young Men to Strip; Charges Later Dismissed
Pippen
ended up ticketed for the tail light. Hooker was charged with simple possession
after one of the officers claimed he found a single seed in the pocket of Hooker's
fishing jacket. But Hooker says, "it was a white seed like a little poppy
seed off a ... hamburger bun almost, you know?"
Officer
Arrested in Canine's Death
Maricopa
County sheriff’s investigators have determined a Chandler police officer
was reckless when he left his police K-9 in his patrol vehicle for 13 hours,
causing the dog to die.
On
Wednesday, Sgt. Tom Lovejoy was arrested for animal cruelty.
More
Accusations Against Alton Police Chief
Three
more employees have accused suspended police Chief Jose Luis Vela of fondling
them, in some cases while on the job, Hidalgo County Sheriff Lupe Treviño
said on Thursday.
Authorities
do not plan additional charges against Vela, who was accused last week of sexually
assaulting two male employees.
Sheriff's
Deputy Charged in Connection to Break-in at Youth Camp
A
Shelby County sheriff's deputy has been charged with making false statements
to federal agents in an investigation into a break-in at a police youth camp
outside of Nashville.
According
to sheriff's spokesman Steve Shular, Sgt. Joe Everson resigned late Thursday.
Government
Seeks 'Lengthy' Term for Former Rural Va. Sheriff
A
former rural county sheriff who pleaded guilty to lying to authorities about
a scheme to sell drugs and guns seized from criminals deserves a "significant
and lengthy" prison term, prosecutors in the case contend in a court filing.
Portsmouth
Sheriff’s Deputy Resigns After Recent DUI Charge
Portsmouth sheriff’s deputy has resigned after being charged with driving
while impaired during a trip to pick up an inmate in North Carolina last month.
Portsmouth
Sheriff Bill Watson allowed David Thomas to resign after learning about the
incident ...
Two
Cops Admit Guilt in Running Illicit Casino
Sgt.
Richard Winstock, 38, of Independence, and Patrolman Thomas Juskus, 45, address
unavailable, accepted plea deals in Superior Court in which they will be terminated
as Roxbury police officers and are barred from any future public employment.
Both had been suspended from their jobs since April 30, 2005, when state police
and the Morris County Prosecutor's Office raided a converted warehouse that
advertised online as the 5th Street Club, which offered high-stakes poker.
LAPD
May Resume Impounding Cars of Unlicensed Drivers
For
standard-size vehicles, the city charges $101.50 per hour for towing, and $31.50
per day storage. To get a vehicle back, the owner must pay a $48 release fee
and a 10% city parking occupancy tax.
Coast
Lawyer Paul Minor Gets 11 Years for Bribing Miss. Judges
Minor
and two former judges were sentenced by U.S. District Judge Henry T. Wingate
in Jackson, Mississippi.
Assault
Charges Filed Against Officer, Ex-officer
Former
Berea lieutenant Billy Beavers and Richmond Senior Patrolman Stephen Parker
are charged with one count each of fourth-degree assault and one count each
of first-degree official misconduct.
Court
Rules Against Former Niceville Attorney; Government Can Seize His Property
Alford
and Fleet were convicted in federal court in Pensacola of teaming up to swindle
$11 million from several investors.
Federal
Prosecutors Say Jenne Pleads Guilty to Tax Evasion, Mail Fraud
Broward
Sheriff Ken Jenne has pleaded guilty to federal tax evasion and mail fraud charges,
federal prosecutors said Tuesday, ending a two-year investigation into his private
and public business dealings.
Corrections
Officers Face Assault Charges
Twenty-six-year-old
Nicholas Wendelken of Stuyvesant and 25-year-old Nicholas Murdehtz of Greenport
are charged with second-degree assault.
Ex-Durham
DA Sentenced to One Day in Jail
Superior
Court Judge W. Osmond Smith III sentenced Mike Nifong to a day in jail.
Former
Lecompte Assistant Police Chief Charged with Child Rape
A
grand jury has charged Lecompte's former assistant police chief with raping
a child twice and committing indecent behavior with another juvenile.
Todd
Andrew Jones, 32, of Alexandria was indicted Thursday.
Police
Officer Accused of Buying Alcohol for Teens
Officer
Barry Cox, 23, has been placed on paid administrative leave by the Police Department.
Former
I.F.P.D Officer Preparing for Trial
The
attorney generals office alleges Todd Ericsson hid two guns that were stolen
out of police evidence by former Idaho Falls City Prosecutor Kimball Mason.
Ex-Jailer
Gets Probation In Student Sex Case
A
former Smith County jailer was sentenced Wednesday to 10 years probation for
having a sexual relationship with a 16-year-old Bullard High School student
while she was a substitute teacher there.
Methuen
Suspends Police Officer
Methuen's
police chief has suspended a sergeant after a group of on-duty police officers
gathered in the station Friday to watch a New England Patriots football game,
leaving the city underprotected, officials said.
Ex-Cops
To Be Sentenced For Beatings, Corruption
A
pair of former Cicero police officers are scheduled to be sentenced Wednesday
for beating suspects, planting evidence and falsely testifying against people.
William
Peslak and Joseph DeKiel were members of the department's gang tactical unit.
In October they were accused with former Deputy Superintendent James DiSantis,
of committing crimes against five victims between 2002 and 2004.
Slidell
Cop Indicted in Fraud, False Pay Records at Second Job
The
indictments stem from a recent investigation by the state legislative auditor's
office that concluded that William Massimini, 31, received $16,500 during a
13-month period "for work he did not perform or could not provide documentation
to support."
Former
Waterbury Officer in Court for Sexual Assault
Former
Lieutenant, Robert Kennedy, is charged with having sex with a 15 year old boy.
Tribal
Police Chief Accused of Sexual Relations with Officers' Wives
The
suit claims Puyallup Tribal Police Chief Joseph Duenas had sex with Berys' wife
for more than three years. The filing also claims Duena's has had a sexual affair
with another subordinate officer's wife.
Former
Deputy Found Guilty in Murder-for-Hire Case
Cullman
County Sheriff Tyler Roden said James Brian Phelps of Arab worked as a deputy
in the department for six months prior to being arrested in 2005 for the murder
solicitation charges.
Police
Officer Accused of Killing K-9 Partner
Sergeant
Allen Cockfield of the Miami-Dade Police Department was recently charged with
felony animal cruelty charges for allegedly kicking his K-9 partner Duke to
death during an obedience training exercise with more than a dozen other police
dogs and trainers present. The reason, according to an anonymous witness: Duke
barked when he wasn't supposed to, so Cockfield hoisted the four-year-old German
shepherd by the leash around his neck and repeatedly kicked him in a fit of
rage until he lost consciousness. Duke reportedly died later at a veterinary
clinic from injuries sustained during the attack.
Texas
Police Chief Accused of Sexually Assaulting Male Employees
The
police chief in this South Texas town has been charged with two counts of sexual
assault for allegedly violating male employees who were passed out at his home
during parties.
Las
Vegas Police Officer Accused of Lewdness With Minor
A
Las Vegas Metro Police officer is now on paid administrative leave. He is accused
of lewdness with a minor under the age of 14. Two different criminal investigations
are ongoing into these allegations -- one by Metro Internal Affairs and the
other by Metro officers.
Loudon
Police Officer Fired Following Arrest for Burglary
Gutt
was arrested by Monroe County Sheriff's deputies after a confidential source
gave them information on 30 burglaries committed in Monroe County.
Officer
Accused Of Joyride, Crash
Muncie's
police chief said he will recommend the firing of an officer accused of taking
three college students on a high-speed ride in a police car and crashing into
a light pole, reported WRTV-TV in Indianapolis.
Lawyer
Gets 12 Years in Mistaken Slaying
Jonathon
Edington, 29, attacked neighbor Barry James in the man's bedroom last year after
his wife told him she thought James had molested their daughter. Officers said
they found Edington washing the victim's blood off in a kitchen sink.
PSP
Trooper Charged with Rape
According
to court papers, the victim fought back but Keener, who is eight inches taller
and weighs about 130 pounds more than the victim, responded by biting her several
times.
Mistrial
for Former Cop Accused in Las Cruces Stabbing
A
jury has deadlocked in the trial of a man accused of a stabbing while he was
a state police officer.
Officer
Admits Roughing Up Boys In Paintball Case
The
assault and battery case against Officer John O'Hare will be dismissed after
a year if he stays out of trouble. He also must complete anger management counseling.
Officer
Targeted In Criminal Probe
The
officer, Damian Amalfitano, has been relieved of duty pending the outcome of
criminal and internal probes, according to Las Vegas police.
Report:
6 Face Firing in Michigan Police Sex Scandal
Five
police officers and another police employee could lose their jobs after being
accused of having sex with a female dispatcher at police headquarters, The Grand
Rapids Press reported Tuesday, citing an unnamed person close to the investigation.
Duke
D.A. Pleads Not Guilty to Criminal Contempt
Disgraced
former prosecutor Mike Nifong pleaded not guilty Thursday to criminal contempt
charges stemming from his failure to turn over complete DNA testing results
during the now-discredited Duke lacrosse rape case.
Manatee
Officer Charged with DUI
Investigators
charged Jason A. Fitzwater, 28, with driving under the influence after he careened
into the median and shredded the tire on his unmarked, police-issued Chevrolet
Impala, according to an arrest report.
Court
Rules Louisville Lawyer Must Pay for Bungling Lawsuit
A
Louisville lawyer has lost a $5 million lawsuit in a Jefferson Circuit Court
case. A jury found yesterday that Steven Keeney bungled a lawsuit filed by a
Kentucky woman who lost her home and possessions the result of a small-plane
crash.
Sloppy
Police Work Leads To Teen's False Arrest
Every
year, hundreds of people learn they are linked to someone else's criminal record
and many times, the innocent person is arrested and even jailed for crimes they
did not commit.
Colorado:
Gardening Truck Accused of Speeding 102 MPH Over Limit
The
city did not pursue the $300 ticket and six license demerit points against the
truck's owner. Fort Collins Police Sergeant Mike Trombley told the Coloradoan
that it was probably an error, but he refused to say how many more innocent
motorists were wrongly accused. In the past twenty months, the system has issued
more than $540,000 worth of tickets with Redflex, the Australian company that
operates the program, pocketing $181,000.
Border
Patrol Chief Rejects Mission Against Aliens, Drugs
A
Border Patrol chief at one of the nation's most dangerous Southwest border crossings
says the agency's mission doesn't include apprehending illegal aliens or seizing
narcotics — perplexing front-line agents and angering a congressional
critic of illegal immigration.
Suspended
Sheriff's Deputy Back in Court
Fedeli
was charged recently with misdemeanor counts of criminal possession of a controlled
substance and official misconduct and is accused of using his position to get
an informant to supply him with drugs for his personal use.
Pearl
Police Officer Charged With Forgery
A
Pearl police officer used phony documents to get hydrocodone, the Mississippi
Bureau of Narcotics said.
Ex-deputy
Faces Sentence for Disorderly Conduct
A
fired Maricopa County sheriff’s deputy accused of fondling two teenage
girls will be sentenced Wednesday on a misdemeanor charge of disorderly conduct.
John
F. Springfield, 38, was fired April 9 and will have to relinquish his certification
as a police officer as part of the plea deal that was signed May 25.
Beach
Reinstates Two Officers Accused of Cheating
The
city has reinstated two police officers who were fired several months ago after
being accused of cheating on leadership exams.
Memo
Ties Traffic Tickets To Days Off For Officers
The
Baltimore Examiner obtained a copy of the May 14 letter, written by Lt. Dean
Brubaker. He called on his patrol officers to issue an average of at least three
citations, warnings or equipment repair orders every day. Officers who fell
short, Brubaker wrote, would be last in line when asking for days off.
Police
Officer Gets 3 Years in Sex Assault
Prosecutors
said Juan Leon attacked the victim after pulling her over early on Oct. 30,
2005, in Northwest Washington. Leon, 30, pleaded guilty in June to a charge
of second-degree sexual assault of a ward.
Deputy
Pleads No Contest to Fraud
Deputy
Christopher Campbell, 36, entered into a sentencing agreement with Washtenaw
County Chief Circuit Judge Archie Brown that will keep him out of jail and on
probation for a period of time to be determined at sentencing on Oct. 10, court
officials said.
Wendover
Police Chief Resigns in Wake of Stripper Wife's Arrest
Chief
Vaughn Tripp quit after Mayor Brett Shelton asked for his resignation "on
grounds of embarrassment," the mayor said.
Among
the allegations: He prohibited officers from investigating drug cases.
Constable
Released After Arrest on Theft Charges
Hidalgo
County Precinct 4 Constable Andres Rios was jailed Wednesday in connection with
charges he stole property seized from delinquent taxpayers.
Police
Officer Charged with Prostitution
A
Newport Township part-time police officer was working as an escort when he was
arrested in a prostitution sting at a Wilkes-Barre motel on Friday, according
to arrest papers.
MADD
Honors Deputy Despite Past Charges
Justin
Revnell, Mothers Against Drunk Driving salutes you.
Revnell,
nephew of Grand Traverse County Sheriff Scott Fewins, was charged with domestic
violence after an alleged drunken altercation with a live-in girlfriend in late
2004.
Prosecutors
also alleged another alcohol-related incident against Revnell stemming from
an earlier encounter with the woman. Charges against Revnell were dropped after
prosecutors lost their key witness when the woman disappeared from the area.
Police
Officer Pleads Not Guilty to Raping Woman
Marcus
Huffman is charged with first-degree sexual assault. If convicted, he could
face up to ten years in prison.
Prosecutors
say they have video of Huffman entering the deserted police substation with
the purported victim. They also claim to have recovered Huffman's semen from
the woman's boxer shorts.
Avoyelles
Sheriff Pleads Not Guilty to Conspiracy, Fraud Charges
Bill
Belt and his wife Tracy have been charged with eight counts of mail fraud and
one count of conspiracy to commit mail fraud in a case involving alleged illegal
profits on jailhouse telephones. Belt's sister, Julie Ann Bernard has been charged
with making a false statement to the FBI, obstruction of justice and conspiracy
to commit mail fraud.
Policeman
Is Convicted of Beating Companion
A
police captain who admitted having a forbidden affair with an officer under
his command was convicted yesterday of brutally beating her on a Greenwich Village
street.
Pittsburgh,
Hanover Officers Charged in Brawl
Two
Pittsburgh police detectives have been reassigned to patrolmen because they
were charged with getting into a brawl with Washington County police officers
at a country music concert.
Patrick
M. Moffatt, 38, and Joseph M. Simunovic, 39, both of Brookline, and three others
are accused of fighting with Hanover police after the Toby Keith concert Saturday
night at Post-Gazette Pavilion. They are charged with aggravated assault, simple
assault, resisting arrest, disorderly conduct and public drunkenness.
Tale
of Tape in Cop Assualt Trial
When
a jealous police captain argued with his cop mistress on a Greenwich Village
street last September, he not only battered her - he threatened to kill her,
too, according to prosecutors.
Prosecutors
say the "guy" is the defendant, Capt. Alberto Sanchez - the former
No. 2 in command at the Police Academy - who's fighting misdemeanor assault
charges.
Female
Officer Accused Of Sexual Harassment
The
investigation involves allegations of sexual harassment by the department's
highest ranking female against a subordinate, according to a source.
Towns
County Sheriff to Enter Guilty Plea
An
attorney for the Towns County sheriff accused of covering up evidence in a drive-by
shooting involving two of his deputies will enter a guilty plea Tuesday.
Indicted
Judge Suspended by Pa. Court
A
judge accused of cheating two insurance companies out of $440,000 was suspended
by Pennsylvania's highest court Friday.
Police
Handcuffed by Internal Discipline
The
Denver police force includes an officer found to have held a cocked gun to his
wife's head, another who pushed a pregnant teen into concrete stairs, then placed
his knee on her belly, and another with 21 disciplinary actions against him
and 50 total complaints.
At
least 25 officers remained on the force from January 1997 through September
2006 after they were punished for what the department calls "departure
from the truth."
McDowell
Law Officer’s Day in Court Comes for Fatal Pursuit
A
McDowell sheriff’s deputy who slammed into a car at 120 mph in a crash
that killed a young girl goes to court Monday, but the child’s father
says justice won’t be served regardless of the outcome.
Police
Sergeant Faces Disciplinary Charges
Sergeant
Jacqueline Creaven lied about the hours she worked and made side deals with
outside vendors who hired her to monitor their premises and construction sites,
the officials said.
The
Internal Affairs investigation found Creaven, a 16-year veteran of the force,
guilty of 37 counts of untruthfulness, 35 counts of receiving details outside
the system, and 36 counts of inaccurate reporting on a detail time card. Investigators
also concluded she accepted details scheduled during her regular patrol shifts
on eight occasions, failed to conform with laws twice, and engaged in conduct
unbecoming a police officer once.
Clackamas
County Sheriff's Office Arrests Two Of Its Own
Don
Mainero, 31, was arrested after an investigation into allegations of sexual
misconduct involving a 17-year-old girl.
In
an unrelated incident, Bryan Lavigne, 36, was arrested on charges of assault,
strangulation and official misconduct.
Former
DeKalb Co. Sheriff Confesses to Ordering Hit on Rival
Former
DeKalb County Sheriff Sidney Dorsey has confessed to ordering a hit on his would-be
successor, but claimed he later called it off, District Attorney Gwen Keyes
Fleming said Thursday.
According
to Fleming, Dorsey told her that after the August 12, 2000, election, he was
angry about losing and his marriage was in turmoil in the wake of sexual harassment
allegations. A few days after the election, Dorsey gave Patrick Cuffy a note
ordering the assassination.
Bexar
County Sheriff Indicted
The
Bexar County sheriff was indicted Thursday on misdemeanor charges related to
a Costa Rican trip he took with a company awarded a lucrative contract to run
commissaries at the jail and another annex.
Sheriff
Ralph Lopez was indicted on charges of gift to a public servant, accepting an
honorarium and failure to report.
Police
Officer to Testify Against Others
Former
Avoca Police Sergeant Jerome Kudajeski is no longer charged with illegal activities.
In return, he has agreed to testify against his former co-workers, including
his chief.
Off
duty Lincoln County Deputy Charged with DWI
The
report indicated White ran off the road and struck the residence of Ralph Laney.
The report said Laney and his wife were at home at the time of the incident
but were not injured.
“Several
witnesses saw White leave and they got his tag number,” the report read.
Trooper's
Lawyers Say Sex Chats Shouldn't be Evidence
Hardoin,
45, is accused of engaging in sexual conversations with whom he thought were
14-year-old girls, and engaging in a sexual act in front of a Web camera also
for whom he thought were underage girls for two months last September through
November. The girls actually were MSP undercover officers.
Officer
Fired for Lying, Police Say
Zoe
Jackson, an eight-year veteran of the force, was terminated by Chief Nannette
Hegerty two weeks ago for lying, said Anne E. Schwartz, department spokeswoman.
An investigation into Jackson was opened after she gave different statements
about whether she saw officer James Langer hit Danyall Simpson, 19, in May 2006.
Sheriff’s
Deputy Out On Bond
Christopher
Lanoue, 24, was dismissed from the department back in June. State Law Enforcement
says he used excessive force on two different victims on the same day.
U.S.
Judge Presses $54 Million Suit Over Pants
A
U.S. judge appealed his $54 million lawsuit on Tuesday against the dry-cleaning
shop that misplaced his trousers, shrugging off legal setbacks and international
ridicule.
Police
Officer Placed On Special Probation
A
suspended Hartford police officer was placed on a special form of probation
Tuesday after he was accused of setting a leased car on fire in March 2005 to
avoid paying extra fees.
Two
Bailiffs Fired After Allegations of Nepotism
At
least two state district court bailiffs have been fired because of nepotism
allegations Hidalgo County District At-torney Rene Guerra raised last week.
DA
Investigates Complaints Against McMinn County Sheriff
District
Attorney Steve Bebb says he'll investigate an anonymous complaint that top administrators
in the McMinn County Sheriff's Department ordered prisoners to repair private
vehicles that were sold for profit.
Lawyer
Accused of Taking $2 Million has License Suspended
Michael
Timothy Jordan's license was suspended Monday until further order of the court.
State
Trooper Arrested After Squad Car Crashes
An
Illinois State Trooper is in trouble after he was arrested on suspicion of driving
drunk in his squad car.
Corrections
Officer Wanted On Assault Charge
Authorities
are seeking a Hamilton County corrections officer who is considered armed and
dangerous.
According
to court records, Randy Koon, 24, of Green Township, chased and shot at a woman
Thursday in Cheviot.
Deputy
Charged With DUI After Husband Pulls Her Over Twice
Charlotte
Moore, 36, Spring Creek, was arrested in Elko at 11:41 p.m. Saturday. She was
released at 1:47 a.m. on Sunday and placed on paid administrative leave, Elko
County Undersheriff Rocky Gonzalez said.
Prison
Guard Convicted of FEMA Fraud
A
guard at the federal prison in Pollock has been convicted of scheming to bilk
the Federal Energy Management Agency out of $12,400 after Hurricane Katrina.
Investigators
Seize Computers at State Police Lab
Investigators
have seized computers from the Connecticut State Police's forensic laboratory
to review whether employees there have done private contract work on state time
and equipment, police said.
Berrien
Sheriff Resigns After Guilty Plea
Berrien
County Sheriff Jerry Brogdon resigned Friday, effective immediately after pleading
guilty to a federal gun charge. "I pled to one count of transfer of a firearm
to a convicted felon," he says.
Brogdon
will receive full retirement. He will be sentenced later this year.
Affidavit:
Ex-Cocke Sheriff Took Thousands in Payoffs
Former
Cocke County Sheriff D.C. Ramsey may have pocketed tens of thousands of dollars
in payoffs to protect illegal gambling operations during his term of office,
according to FBI records.
Jury
Convicts Lawyer Who Stole from Clients
Prosecutors
said Gerard F. Battista Jr., 59, of Norwell, used funds from his clients’
accounts for his personal expenses, including the purchase of a Jaguar that
cost more than $50,000. He allegedly spent $14,000 at strip clubs.
Police
Officer Pleads Guilty to Sex with Kids
A
police officer who also dressed up as Chuckles the police clown and performed
for midstate children pleaded guilty yesterday toa sexual assault involving
two 4-year-old girls.
Michael
Fernsler, 34, of the 3700 block of Orrstown Road, Franklin County, faces a maximum
of 95 years in prison and as much as a $80,000 fine. His sentencing is scheduled
in Nov. 14.
Ex-cop
Pleads Guilty in Road Deaths of Two Students
Patrick
Strawmatt, 42, admitted to three of 22 charges against him in the March 22 deaths
of Jacob Brock, of Eagle, and Jennifer Kois, of Brighton, both students at Mesa
State College.
Drug
Investigator Charged with Drug Crimes
Fedeli
was accused of acting under the guise of his official duties to get people to
give him crack cocaine for his personal use.
Cop
Accused of Cover-up Seeks Special Probation
The
state trooper who formerly headed East Windsor's Emergency Management Response
Team applied Thursday for a special form of probation that could lead to dismissal
of charges that she helped cover up the molestation of children by the team's
second-in-command.
St.
Landry Deputy Arrested
33-year-old
detective Guy Dupre is facing charges of carnal knowledge and indecent behavior
with a juvenile. The sheriff's office accuses Dupre of having sex with a 15
and 16-year-old girl.
Church
Point PD Lawsuit Problems
The
suit claims Cormier's boyfriend was pulled over by Church Point police. The
officers pulled her in between two cars and force her to let him look in her
panties. Then he grabbed her rear end.
She
contends she was taken to the police station in Church Point where Foti took
her in a separate room and forced her to strip and show him her private parts.
Deputy
Charged in Drive-by Found Dead
The
deputy, Jesse Gibson, 56, was accused of driving a vehicle while Chief Deputy
Eddie Osborn opened fire on the home of a man who was having an affair with
Osborn's wife.
Police
Officer Fired After Accusations of Sex with Underage Girls
The
Hamlin City Council voted unanimously Monday to fire J.D. Scites, 20, after
State Police arrested him on Friday and charged him with two counts of third-degree
sexual assault. He is accused of having sex with two girls ages 14 and 15.
Former
DeBaca Sheriff Charged with Embezzlement
Michael
Chavez, 44, is accused of receiving kickbacks from county employees he hired
to work overtime on road blocks and warrant service.
Ex-Ripon
Cop Pleads in Sex Case
As
potential jurors waited for his trial to begin, Daniel Icedo, 34, pleaded guilty
to engaging in a lewd act and attempting sexual intercourse with the then-17-year-old
girl last summer. Both are misdemeanors. In exchange, prosecutors dropped charges
of molestation and sexual battery.
Former
Police Officer to Appear in Court on Criminal Charges
Morgan
King, 50, will appear before Caddo District Judge John Mosely on charges he
knowingly filed false public records and committed perjury during a court hearing.
Avoyelles
Sheriff Accused of Corruption
Longtime
Avoyelles Parish Sheriff Bill Belt and his wife have been indicted on federal
charges they had an hidden interest in providing inmate phone services at the
jails he operated.
Windsor
Settles Suit Over Ex-cop's Sexual Exploitation
A
woman who accuses former Windsor police Officer Charles "Gerry" Bagley
of sexually exploiting her as a teenager and taking nude videos of her without
her knowledge has settled her lawsuit against the town and Police Chief Kevin
Searles, her lawyer says.
Evidence
Against City Officers to Go to State
With
evidence missing in two cases of officers accused of rape, the Baltimore Police
Department has asked the Maryland State Police to store all evidence in future
police misconduct investigations.
New
York Meter Maids Falsify Tickets to Go on Break
Four
New York City, New York meter maids were arrested yesterday for issuing bogus
tickets to downtown motorists. Manhattan District Attorney Robert M. Morgenthau
filed felony forgery charges against Gregory Baird, 56; Davey Griffin, 30; and
Raheem King, 26. Julian Fisher, 24, faces misdemeanor official misconduct charges.
Former
Millbrook Police Officer Arrested on Sex Related Charges
A
former Millbrook policeman has been indicted on sex-related offenses that allegedly
occurred while he was on duty.
He's
charged with rape, sexual abuse and sexual misconduct.
Girl
Denies Sex with Cop Consensual
Chavez
faces nine counts including rape, criminal sexual contact of a minor and kidnap
for allegedly assaulting the girl in her home in April 2005.
Charge
Dismissed, HPD Officer Gives Up License
A
Houston police officer who was found innocent of bribery in June has given up
his peace officer's license in exchange for the dismissal of charges that he
tampered with evidence.
Former
Investigator Named in Porn Probe
A
former Orange-Osceola State Attorney's Office investigator is under federal
investigation in an Internet child-pornography probe, law-enforcement sources
said Monday.
County
Prosecutor Accused Of Sex With Defendant's Mother
Lewis
County Prosecutor Michael Golden has been accused in court papers of using a
sexual relationship to get information about a case.
Golden
had a sexual relationship with the mother of a teenager accused of arson and
allegedly pressured the woman to disclose the defense strategy, according to
Centralia-Chehalis radio station KITI.
Noble
Boy Killed by Stray Bullet
Officials
in Noble say a 5-year-old boy was shot and killed by an apparent stray bullet
fired by a police officer attempting to kill a snake.
Ex-cop
Linked to Rogue Group
For
years, rumors of a rogue group of Milwaukee police officers known for brutalizing
suspects have been circulating around the city. The group reportedly called
itself the Punishers, a name that came from "The Punisher," a vigilante
comic book, video game and film character, and many of its members were supposedly
on hand at the Bay View party where Frank Jude Jr. was attacked in 2004.
It
turns out that the group's existence may be more than a rumor, according to
evidence presented Thursday during the sentencing hearing of fired officer Jon
Bartlett on federal gun charges.
Ex-cop
in Court on Drunken Driving Charges
Brandon
Cannata, 23, of Westford, Mass., was indicted last week in Lowell (Mass.) Superior
Court on charges he led police on a high-speed drunken chase after crashing
his truck into a Chelmsford, Mass., family’s vehicle.
Cannata,
who was a member of the Hudson Police Department for nearly two years, faces
charges of operating a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol causing
serious bodily injury, failure to stop for police, negligent operation of a
motor vehicle and leaving the scene of an accident.
Deputy
Arrested for Bounced Check
Deputy
Mark McAvoy, 47, of Edinburg, confessed to purchasing a front-end loader even
though he knew he lacked sufficient funds in his bank account to cover the cost,
Sheriff Lupe Treviño said.
Texas
Deputy Charged With Extortion
Deputy
Henry James Jr., 45, was arrested after he stopped two FBI agents late last
month. The agents were posing as Mexican motorists after several drivers claimed
they had been stopped by law enforcement and ordered to pay.
Williford
Fired Again
A
Florence Police Department Deputy Chief who was recently fired then reinstated
for sexual harassment has been fired again.
There
are some new allegations against Pete Williford and they're coming from co-workers
within the Florence Police Department in Lauderdale County.
Deputy's
Boss Was Suspended
Had
Hillsborough County sheriff's Cpl. Mark Clark been doing his job, Daniel Brock's
sloppiness in making drunken driving arrests would never have reached the levels
it did, investigators said.
The
deputy had set records making DUI arrests over the past few years, but was fired
recently when many of those arrests proved to be questionable and many defendants
may have been innocent.
Former
Police Officer Gets Jail Time
A
former Buena Vista Township police officer will spend at least a year in jail
after pleading guilty to sexual assault charges involving a 15-year-old girl.
911
Operator Sold Cocaine While on Duty
A
federal court affidavit says 26-year-old Demond Boudoin of Edgard allegedly
sold about six-and-a quarter ounces of crack cocaine to undercover agents in
five incidents from May through September 2006 -- two of them while he was on
duty.
D.C.
Pays $1 Million To Demonstrators
Charles
Ramsey, who was police chief at the time, initially defended the arrests but
later acknowledged they were improper. Police failed to order the crowds to
disperse or warn that they faced arrest.
Convicted
Stoughton Cop Still Will be Paid
Cohen
was found guilty by a Norfolk Superior Court jury Monday of two counts of intimidating
a witness, armed attempted extortion and filing a false written police report.
Cop
Charged in Fatal Cruiser Crash
State
police Tuesday cited Patrolman Stuart Merry, 40, on the misdemeanor vehicular
homicide charge, as well as with speeding, failing to stay within marked lanes
and driving without a license -- Merry's license had just expired on his birthday
that month.
Protesters
Call for Charges Against Detroit Police Officer in Fatal Shooting
Dickerson's
family complained that he had been shot twice in the back and once in the side,
raising the specter of excessive force by Detroit police. The department remains
under the supervision of a federal court-appointed monitor after years of problems
with the use of deadly force and prisoners dying in police custody.
Officer
Charged With Assaulting Teen Daughter
Prosecutor
Jim Kanatzar charged Herbert Robinson with Second Degree Domestic Assault, a
felony, and Third Degree Domestic Assault, a misdemeanor.
Ex-court
Clerk Pleads Not Guilty to Falsifying Records to Help Boyfriend, Ex-husband
A
former San Bernardino County Superior Court clerk pleaded not guilty Monday
to charges she falsely recorded that traffic offenses had been dismissed against
her ex-husband and that traffic fines had been suspended against her boyfriend.
Wisconsin
Judge To Join High Court Under 'An Ethical Cloud'
Annette
Ziegler will join the state Supreme Court on Wednesday facing an ethics investigation
that could lead to her being disciplined by her new colleagues shortly after
they welcome her aboard.
Miami-Dade
Officer Is Accused Of Lewd Behavior
A
15-year-old teenager alleges that Michael McKinnon kissed her on the lips and
fondled her several times from July 24th through July 30th.
Police
Officer Accused Of Molesting Minor In Patrol Car
A
Walla Walla police officer was arrested Tuesday after an investigation into
allegations that he had sex with an underage girl in his patrol car while on
duty.
Jail
Administrator Suspended with Pay Pending Investigation
The
Bledsoe County Jail administrator accused of arranging to have a prisoner beaten
by other inmates is now on administrative leave.
Police
Officer Accused of Assault in Poolside Incident
San
Antonio police have opened an internal affairs investigation into the behavior
of an officer accused of using a racial slur and beating a woman who asked him
to put out his cigar at a community pool.
Prince
George's Police Officer Indicted On Murder Charge
Prince
George's County police officer Cpl. Keith Washington has been indicted on a
second-degree murder charge in connection with the January shooting death of
a furniture deliveryman ...
Cleveland
Officer Pleads Guilty To Double-Dipping
A
Cleveland police officer pleaded guilty Monday to charges of stealing thousands
of taxpayer dollars.
Sgt.
Brian Lloyd was among two dozen officers investigated for alleged double-dipping.
Newton
Cop Charged with Molestation
Bond
was was set Monday morning for Newton Police Officer Harold Frost, who was charged
with rape, sodomy and sexual abuse on Friday.
GBI
to Arrest Towns Sheriff
The
GBI has reportedly taken out an arrest warrant against Towns County Sheriff
Rudy Eller.
Two
Towns County deputies had already been arrested in the related case of a drive
by shooting. At least 12 shots were fired into an apartment in that incident.
Corrections
Officer Indicted On Theft, Fraud Charges
A
corrections officer at Baltimore's Central Booking facility and two others were
indicted Monday on charges of stealing credit cards from people who had been
arrested.
Jury
Convicts Police Sergeant From Stoughton of Misconduct
A
Stoughton police sergeant was convicted yesterday in Norfolk Superior Court
of using his police badge to aid his side job as a lawyer.
Sergeant
David M. Cohen, an 18-year police veteran, was found guilty of attempted extortion,
two counts of intimidating a witness, and filing a false police report.
Shady
Deals Linked to Cop
Kenneth
P. Wilcox, a revered city detective until his death last year, and his close
friend and business partner Aaron R. Dare operated several companies in which
they used convicted drug dealers, impoverished city residents, complicit real
estate professionals and naive victims to enrich themselves through a series
of real estate scams.
Maryland
Police Seek Prison Guard for Allegedly Killing Wife, Wounding Teen Stepson
Authorities
were searching for Donald Webb Jr., 48, a lieutenant in the Maryland Department
of Public Safety and Correctional Services who works as a supervisor at the
Baltimore City Correctional Center, a minimum-security facility.
Woman
Claims BSO Deputy Raped Her
Officials
suspended Charles Floyd with pay after an inmate that he was transporting from
a Pompano Beach police station to the North Broward jail accused him of the
rape.
Cop
Gets Six Days for Groping
A
county police officer will spend six days in jail for groping an 18-year-old
woman during a traffic stop earlier this year and for asking two other women
to flash him while he was on duty.
Police
Sex Inquiry Spills into Courtroom
A
defense attorney is fighting for a new trial in a drug case here, saying the
credibility of the state's key witness is in doubt amid a police misconduct
investigation that cost the officer and two others on the force their jobs.
Marion
Township Police Chief Faces Criminal Charges
A
former Marion Township police chief and officer are accused of betraying the
badge.
Ex-chief
Held in Wife’s Killing
Paul
Douglas Gill, 54, is accused of killing Sandra Kaye Gill, 55, on March 22 at
their Fordyce home and then trying to make it look like a suicide, according
to a probable-cause affidavit signed by police.
Prison
Guard Arrested Trying to Meet Teen for Sex
A
prison guard from Orland Park was arrested for trying to meet and have sex with
a 16-year-old girl he met on the Internet, police said.
Cop
Found Guilty of Torching His Car on I-75
A
veteran Southfield police officer was found guilty Thursday of torching his
car along Interstate 75 last summer in an apparent desperate attempt to avoid
paying mounting fees on his auto lease for excessive mileage.
Former
Iosco County Undersheriff Sentenced
Michael
Bridson was convicted of eavesdropping last year, but the charges would have
been thrown out if he obeyed delayed sentencing guidelines.
Sheriff's
Deputy Pleads No Contest to Supermarket Theft Charge
Chief
Deputy David Albrecht had pleaded not guilty to petty theft charges March 20.
He changed his plea Wednesday and was also ordered to pay $588 in court fines,
said his attorney, Chris Casciola.
Jury
Convicts 3 White Former Police Officers in Milwaukee Beating
The
federal jury that included one black man convicted fired officers Jon Bartlett,
35, Daniel Masarik, 27, and Andrew Spengler, 28, of violating Frank Jude Jr.'s
civil rights and conspiring to assault him while acting as officers.
Officer
Pleads Guilty To Stunning Girl In Eye With Taser Gun
A
veteran officer with the Broomfield Police Department who shot a child in the
eye with a Taser gun while he was off-duty pleaded guilty to a charge of child
abuse, according to the Boulder Daily Camera.
Speeding
Leads to Firing of Cop Charged in Fatality
Officer
Alexander Griss hit speeds as high as 118 mph while driving to and from work,
according to a police internal affairs report released Wednesday.
Former
Sauk County Deputy Accused of Running Over Girlfriend Working on Plea
A
former Sauk County deputy who police say fled the scene after accidently running
over his girlfriend is resolving his case with a secret plea agreement that
could leave the public in the dark and him without a conviction record, says
the prosecutor in the case.
Cop
Fired After Panel Says He Lied
Randy
Mucha, 43, said he now plans to work full time installing video and computer
systems in police vehicles, just not for Oak Brook.
Accused
Officer Resigns From Force
Officer
Carl Graham Jr., 46, who was arrested earlier this month on three counts of
class-C felony child molestation, had a letter hand-delivered to Chief George
Ralston by Graham’s brother, Jim Graham.
Former
Birmingham Policeman Convicted of Sodomy Gets New Trial
The
Supreme Court justices unanimously ruled that Circuit Judge Teresa Petelos erred
when she closed the courtroom after a witness for the prosecution said he was
uncomfortable testifying in front of Todd Easterwood's supporters.
Guilty
Plea Lands Former Montgomery Police Officer with 20 Year Jail Term
A
former Montgomery police officer will spend the next twenty years in prison
for sexually abusing several junior high school students.
Union
to Challenge Firing of Lansing Police Officer
Torres,
a 14-year veteran, is charged with misdemeanor operating while intoxicated in
connection with a Feb. 5 accident that killed a 42-year-old Mount Morris man.
He was fired Tuesday after the department conducted an internal investigation.
Torres'
blood-alcohol level was .14, according to court records. Under Michigan law,
a blood-alcohol level of .08 or above is considered illegal.
Police
Staying Lip-Locked On Mistaken Raid
The
Annapolis Police Department said it won't release its report on a drug raid
last month at an incorrect address.
Former
Judge Gets Prison Time for Theft
A
former state judge was sentenced Monday to eight years in prison for stealing
more than $14,000 from a Sioux Falls counseling center where he kept the books.
Two
Lawyers Arrested in Grand Larceny Case
Barry
Chasky, 54, of Point Lookout, and Joseph Corrado, 48, of Pleasantville in Westchester
County, were charged in separate incidents for stealing from escrow accounts.
Cop
Suspected of Stealing $2.4M of Coke
A 17-year veteran narcotics officer has been suspended while police investigate
whether he stole $2.4 million worth of pure cocaine from the department's property
room.
Sheriff
Lee Baca Blocks Access to Union Web Site
Sheriff
Lee Baca has blocked access from hundreds of department computers to the Web
site of the union that represents his deputies and has been critical of the
sheriff's management, it was reported today.
Cop
on Leave After Drunk 911 Call
An
Oregon police officer is in trouble after drunk-dialing 911.
Man
Wrongly Jailed for '97 Attack Sues 11 Cops
Robert
Wilson, who served nine years in prison for an attack he did not commit, filed
a federal lawsuit Tuesday against 11 Chicago Police officers and a prosecutor
who Wilson said conspired to frame him for the crime.
Sheriff
Indicted on Theft, Conspiracy Charges
Apache
County Sheriff Brian Hounshell is scheduled to appear in Maricopa County Superior
Court on Monday to enter pleas on 11 felony counts, including theft, fraud,
mis-use of public funds, and conspiracy.
Westchester
Judge Resigns After Investigation
A
Westchester County judge resigned after being accused of intervening on behalf
of a friend who was arrested, officials announced today.
Corrections
Officer Arrested in Park
A
corrections officer for the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office was arrested
today for trying to fondle a plainclothes Cincinnati officer in a Cincinnati
park.
Attorney
Boose Expected to Plead Guilty to Aiding Masilotti
Prominent,
politically connected West Palm Beach Attorney William Boose will plead guilty
to helping disgraced former County Commissioner Tony Masilotti conceal his financial
interest in a government land deal, according to a document filed in federal
court.
Metro
Officer Charged with Misconduct and Assault
The
investigation against Officer Christopher Rognstad started in May, after it's
believed he fought a man who was drunk and disorderly at a bar.
Crime
Lab Neglected 16,000 Cases
Evidence
samples from thousands of crime scenes across Massachusetts, including nearly
1,000 homicides and other deaths and 6,500 sexual assaults, were never analyzed
by the State Police crime lab, according to an investigation of the lab ordered
by the state.
Former
Miami Beach Police Officer Charged with Sexual Battery
A
former police officer is behind bars after officials said Thursday he lured
at least two aspiring female models to a "studio" under the pretense
of shooting a rum commercial, only to spike their drinks and perform and film
sexual acts on the women when they passed out.
Hackensack
Attorney Resolves Lewdness Charges
Donald
Onorato was also ordered to relinquish his position as vice-president of the
Bergen County Bar Association and chairman of the district ethics committee,
which investigates grievances against attorneys.
City
Attorney Served With Recall Notice
A
recall notice was delivered today to the office of City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo,
who has come under fire for using city resources for personal reasons.
Fairfield
County Deputy Charged With DUI
Deputy
Ross Sparks was arrested late Saturday in Blackstock. Highway patrol initially
pulled him over for allegedly driving 81 in a 45-mile-per-hour speed zone. Inside
his car, officials say they found beer and liquor.
Two
Police Officers Accused of Coercion
Now,
Shepard, 27, and Smith, 26, are in the process of being charged departmentally.
They are accused of violating police rules of conduct in their contact with
the woman and of failing to arrest her boyfriend on a valid traffic warrant.
Ex-CHP
Officer Sentenced to Four Years
Robert
Cain, 64, of Tracy will be held at Deuel Vocational Institution, a state prison
south of Tracy, where he'll await his final destination.
Lawyer
Pleads Guilty in Securities Case
David
J. Bershad, a former partner in the securities law firm of Milberg Weiss &
Bershad, pleaded guilty today to charges that he helped pay illegal kickbacks
to plaintiffs in securities lawsuits.
'Oprah'
Trooper Crashes
Kentucky
State Police said today that “alcohol is a suspected factor” in
the crash involving a celebrity state trooper who crossed the center line Wednesday
and hit a Nissan Pickup truck driven by Edwin Gregory of Williamstown.
Trooper
Facing Assault Charges
Three
felony assault charges were filed Friday, along with single counts of drunk
driving and wanton endangerment, against a veteran Kentucky State trooper who
investigators said had been drinking when his car slammed head-on into a pick-up,
injuring a Northern Kentucky couple and their two children.
"Absolute
Pardon" For Ex-Death Row Inmate
Washington,
who is mildly retarded, falsely confessed and then recanted. Last year, a federal
jury found that a now-deceased investigator fed him details of the crime to
produce the confession.
Schnapp
Fired for Police Brutality
A
17-year veteran police officer accused of taking part in a beating of a lawyer
in the French Quarter last December has been fired. Police spokesman Sgt. Joe
Narcisse said Police Superintendent Warren Riley fired Sgt. Jake Schnapp on
Tuesday.
Former
Cop Accused of Posing as an Officer
A
former borough police sergeant faces charges of impersonating a police officer,
drunken driving and possession of a controlled dangerous substance after a minor
traffic accident that led to his arrest in the central business district.
Anna
Nicole Judge Could Face Investigation
The
state attorney's office says it has received a complaint from a lawyer regarding
Circuit Court Judge Larry Seidlin and possible gifts he may have accepted from
an attorney who actively represented clients in his court.
Fairfax
Officer Suspended After Incident with Ex-Girlfriend
A
Fairfax County police officer is suspended with pay after he was charged with
assault and burglary after allegedly breaking into an ex-girlfriend's house
and threatening her ...
City
Set to Pay in Sexual Harassment Case
In
1998, after 10 years as a homicide investigator, Beth Kreuzer became the first
female officer in the Houston Police Department's elite motorcycle unit. That
began a grueling four years of unwanted comments from her supervisor, according
to trial testimony.
Cop
Charged in Killing Waives Hearing
The
police officer accused of killing his pregnant girlfriend and her unborn daughter
waived a preliminary hearing Monday because his attorney didn't want evidence
to be disclosed publicly.
LAPD
Officer Arrested in DUI
An
off-duty LAPD officer assigned to the Valley Traffic Division was arrested over
the weekend on suspicion of driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol,
police said this morning.
Former
Police Officer Goodine Faces More Charges
Former
Chattanooga Police Officer Lawrence Goodine turned himself into the Hamilton
County Jail Friday after investigators obtained 10 more indictments against
him.
Goodine
is charged with four counts of official oppression (felony), three counts of
theft over $1,000 (felony), one count of theft under $500 (misdemeanor), one
count of aggravated perjury (felony), and one count of extortion (felony).
Ex-guard
Admits She and Inmate Had Sex
Esther
Ann Ho'omalu, 44, waived indictment yesterday and pleaded guilty in Circuit
Court to second-degree sexual assault, a felony punishable by up to 10 years
in prison.
GPD
Officer Fired Over Job Application
Gainesville
Police Officer John Torres was terminated Thursday after an internal investigation
determined that Torres lied about his background in the military when applying
with the Gainesville Police Department in 2004 ...
Local
Lawyer Indicted in Alleged Kickbacks Plot
A
Houston plaintiff attorney and two insurance company employees were indicted
by a federal grand jury Wednesday in connection with an alleged kickback scheme
that involved millions of dollars in settlement proceeds from silicosis cases.
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Former
Lake City Police Officer Charged With Drug Trafficking
Shanita
McKnight, 34, dealt drugs and used her position as a police officer to make
people pay her money, according to the indictments handed down Wednesday.
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Ravenstahl
Calls Police Promotion Rules 'Unacceptable'
Mayor
Luke Ravenstahl today said he was unaware of the allegations of domestic violence
against two of three police officers promoted last week and took steps to change
the city's rules governing the promotion of officers, which he called "obsolete
and unacceptable."
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Ex-Jail
Guard Charged With Money Laundering
A
former lieutenant with the North Las Vegas Detention Center and chief marshal
of the North Las Vegas Municipal Court has been indicted by a federal grand
jury on charges that he laundered money and made false statements to the FBI.
Discuss
Virginia
Police Chief Charged With Distributing Methamphetamine
The
Damascus police chief was arrested Saturday and charged with distributing methamphetamine.
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$5
Million Bond for Suspect in Woman’s Death
A
police officer accused of killing his pregnant girlfriend and her nearly full-term
fetus made his first court appearance Monday and was ordered held on $5 million
bond.
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Disbarred
Duke D.A. Faces Contempt Hearing
Three
former Duke University lacrosse players are seeking criminal contempt of court
charges against Mike Nifong, the disbarred prosecutor who pursued a flawed rape
case against them.
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Lumberton
Cop Charged With DUI
Michael
May, 28, of National Park, a Lumberton patrolman, has been charged with driving
under the influence and assault by auto ...
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Sheriff's
Deputy Pleads Not Guilty to Stealing From Dead Woman's Purse
"Deputy
Tracy explained that he has serious financial problems and needed the money
to pay his bills," Alameda County sheriff's investigators wrote in a statement
that outlined grounds for his arrest.
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Federal
Immigration Agent From Plantation Accused of Taking Bribe
A
special agent with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Miami was arrested
Wednesday on federal bribery and embezzlement charges.
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Two
Off-duty Norfolk Officers Charged With DUI
James
Johnson Hassell III, 25, and Steven Michael Slater, 27, drove through the toll
plaza at the bridge entrance without stopping at about 2:10 a.m. in separate
pick up trucks ...
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Deputy
Fired After Concealed Gun Permit Charges
A
Harris County deputy constable was fired Monday after he was charged with selling
permits to carry a concealed weapon with no class time required ...
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DUI
Arrests Scrutinized
Daniel
Brock, 38, was fired May 24 and the Sheriff's Office rejected his written appeal
the next day. An internal review showed that he might have falsified reports
to portray innocent people as impaired drivers.
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Milwaukee
Police Officer Admits Being Illegal Immigrant
A
police officer has agreed to plead guilty to falsely claiming to be a U.S. citizen
for taking his dead cousin's identity as a teenager ...
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3
Yuma Detention Officers Arrested on Sex Charges
Officers
Jose Espinoza and Justin Herrera, both 26, were arrested Tuesday night and Kenneth
Smith, 34, was arrested Wednesday morning on felony unlawful sexual conduct
charges.
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Ex-Oakland
Cop Charged With Being Paid for Time He Didn't Work
Hunter
bragged to colleagues of a scheme in which he would seek and get compensatory
time off -- usually Friday - but get paid for a full week's of work ...
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Keith
Washington Indicted on Assault, Gun Charges
Prosecutors
have announced a three-count indictment against Prince George's County Police
Corporal Keith Washington.
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Game
Warden Indicted in Deadly Shooting
A
grand jury indicted a game warden on a felony charge of voluntary manslaughter
Tuesday in the shooting death of a Greene County teenager.
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Officers
Accused of Stealing Cow From Prison Farm
Robert
Kent Summersett, 58, of Rembert, and Carl Ray Watford Jr., 55, of Timmonsville,
have been charged with larceny of livestock ...
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Walker
County State Judge Peppers Faces DUI Charge
Judge
Donny Peppers was stopped between 12:30 and 1 a.m. Saturday on Cloud Springs
Road after a Catoosa County deputy saw his car weaving ...
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Durham
DA Nifong in Court Over Duke Lacrosse Rape Ethics Charges
The
North Carolina State Bar charged the Durham County district attorney with several
violations of the state's rules of professional conduct, all tied to his handling
of the lacrosse case.
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Detroit
Police Brass Charged in Drunken Driving Cover-up
A
veteran Detroit police commander faces felony charges for allegedly trying to
cover up evidence that a second commander might have been driving drunk when
he wrecked a unmarked police car.
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Chief’s
Wife Rakes in $ From Three Town Jobs: Lynnfield Wants Answers
Lynnfield
officials want Paul Romano, 60, longtime chief of police and fire, to explain
why his wife has been allegedly double- and triple-dipping from the town till
while under his command.
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Officer
Accused of Molestation of 12-Year-old
A
federal corrections officer is in jail without bond charged on 4 counts of sexual
conduct with a minor and 3 counts of child molestation.
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Analyst
in Fingerprint Scandal Quits Before Being Fired
The
analyst at the center of the fingerprint scandal at the Seminole County Sheriff's
Office quit today as she was about to be fired for incompetence.
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Judge
Now Wants Just $54M From Cleaner
A
judge who was seeking $67 million from a dry cleaners that lost his pants has
loosened the belt on his lawsuit. Now, he's asking for only $54 million ...
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DPS
Officer Asks Woman to Take Off Clothes
A
Department of Public Safety officer faces almost four years in prison for allegedly
asking a woman to expose herself during a traffic stop ...
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Duke
Lax Prosecutor Facing Ethics Trial
Internationally
known as the rogue prosecutor who improperly pursued rape charges against Finnerty
and two other Duke University lacrosse players, the Durham, N.C., district attorney
is now listed on the North Carolina State Bar docket -- on a list of the accused.
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Lake
Wales Police Officer Charged With Molesting a 6-Year-Old Girl
A
Lake Wales police officer in is Polk County Jail this morning, charged with
molesting a 6-year-old girl.
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Commission
Accuses Judge of Breaching Conduct Code
An
Orlando circuit judge made unwanted sexual advances toward a law-school student
and abused people who faced him in court ...
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Ex-deputy
Used Bombs to Frame Teen
Jealousy
and rejection prompted a former Seminole County reserve deputy to destroy the
reputation of a Wekiva Springs teenager last month by engineering his arrest
on bomb-making charges ...
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Bumbling
Spector Coroner Tells The Tooth
During
his second day of testimony in Phil Spector's murder trial in Los Angeles, Deputy
Medical Examiner Louis Peña painted a comical picture of how his dental
investigator collected one of Clarkson's teeth at the crime scene - only to
lose it minutes later.
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Detroit
Cop Accused of Forcing Couples Into Sex Acts Faces New Charges, Held on $1M
Bond
A
36th District Court magistrate ordered a Detroit police sergeant held on $1
million bond today after a third set of sexual assault charges were filed against
him.
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Accused in '05 Rape Could Lose Law Licenses
Two
Chicago lawyers accused of raping a Wisconsin woman in 2005 could lose their
law licenses as a result of a disciplinary complaint filed against them last
week.
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Arson
Investigator Jailed on Charges He Planted Evidence
An
arson investigator accused of planting accelerants at fire scenes was charged
in a Macomb County district court today, and is being transported to Mid-Michigan
to face similar charges.
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Prince
George's 911 Dispatchers Arrested In Drug Investigation
A
second 911 dispatcher has been arrested in a drug investigation ...
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Chicago
Police Officer Arrested in Teenager's Beating
A
police officer has been arrested in the off-duty beating of a 15-year-old high
school student, the Chicago Police Department said Sunday.
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FBI
Agent Linked to Lewd Acts in Women's Bathroom
University
police say 33-year-old agent Ryan Seese was cited for public indecency, criminal
trespass and indecent exposure for the incident.
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Former
Virginia Sheriff Agrees to Guilty Plea in Corruption Case
Former
Henry County Sheriff H. Franklin Cassell admitted to making false statements
to federal investigators looking into corruption in his department ...
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Judge
Censured For Getting Drunk And Making Slurs
The
censure was against Judge A. Andrew Jackson pursuant to an agreement with the
Investigative Panel
of the Tennessee Supreme Court.
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Sheriff's
Deputy Arrested for Cocaine Possession
Dwyer,
who is an eight-year veteran of the force, is accused of possessing 1/8 ounce
of cocaine, being under the influence of cocaine and sending his 16-year-old
son to meet a drug dealer and purchase drugs ...
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Hollywood Officers Suspended in Federal Leak Investigation
A
police department major and two other officers under his command have been suspended
for allegedly leaking information about a federal corruption investigation ...
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Trooper
Suspended Over Porn Star Claims
A
porn star claims a state trooper who stopped her on a highway let drug charges
slide in exchange for oral sex.
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Assistant
Attorney General Suspended After Road Rage Charge
Carlos
A. Ivanor Jr., 31, of Orlando, displayed a handgun on May 3 when another motorist
wouldn't let him over into his lane ...
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Video
of Shooting Key to Deputy's Trial
The
grainy videotape shows a disturbing scene: A sheriff's deputy shoots a man who
appears to be obeying an order to get up off the ground.
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Assault
Case Against Prince George's Officer Will Proceed
A
judge has ruled that a case against a Prince George's police officer accused
of assaulting a real estate appraiser who came to his home may move forward.
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Cops
Smash Wrong Door - $2G Missing
Cops
wearing riot gear ransacked a Brooklyn couple's home, held a man at gunpoint
and allegedly swiped $2,000 from a closet.
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Off-duty Cops Accused of Planning Break-in
Hector
Alvarez and Miguel Castillo, both 28, were charged with attempted kidnapping,
armed robbery, armed burglary and other offenses.
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Lawyer
Surrenders in Cemetery Trust Investigation
Stephen
Smith of Muskogee County, Okla., is charged of theft and money laundering along
with business associates Clayton R. Smart and Mark Singer, who are accused of
stealing more than $20 million from trust funds for three funeral homes in Memphis.
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Drug-busting
State Trooper Charged With Aiding Dealer
Yesterday,
in a stunning role reversal, State Trooper Mark V. Lemieux found himself on
the wrong side of the law after being arrested for allegedly teaming up with
a longtime informant to sell a powerful prescription narcotic, OxyContin, and
collect drug debts.
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Officer
in Alleged Beating of Bartender Pleads Not Guilty
In
a brief hearing, Anthony Abbate's attorney entered not guilty pleas to all 15
felony counts of aggravated battery, official misconduct, intimidation, conspiracy
and communicating with a witness.
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Chicago Officers Charged in Bar Fight
Three
Chicago police officers were charged Tuesday in an alleged fight with four businessmen
at a city bar that authorities say was caught on videotape, officials said.
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Officer
Fired for Alleged Seafood Theft
The
Police Commission on Tuesday found Joseph Gambardella guilty of 15 departmental
charges including lack of truthfulness, conduct unbecoming an officer, failure
to submit reports, falsifying records, and violating the department's code of
ethics.
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Police
Officer Has Munchie Freak-Out
The
former officer, Edward Sanchez, admitted on the call that he and his wife had
consumed about a quarter of an ounce of marijuana in brownies they had baked.
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Cop
Guilty in FBI Drug Sting
The
last of four Hollywood police officers pleaded guilty Thursday to a federal
heroin-conspiracy charge after an undercover FBI corruption probe.
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Police
Officer Charged With Deadly Conduct
A
police officer has been charged with deadly conduct after he shot at a sport
utility vehicle after a traffic altercation.
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State
Lawyer Suspended in Alleged Road Rage Incident
An
assistant state attorney general accused of pulling a gun in a road rage incident
was placed on administrative leave while the case is investigated.
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Ex-Police
Chief Must Submit DNA
Daniel
Black, 50, of Independence Township is being held in the Oakland County Jail
on 10 counts of criminal sexual conduct involving a teenage female relative.
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Detective
in Court on Tax Charges
A
decorated Metropolitan Police Department detective will be arraigned today on
tax evasion, fraud and other felony charges after federal authorities said he
failed to pay taxes on more than $180,000 in city earnings in 2005.
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Ex-deputy
Accused in Perjury Cases
A
former Orange County deputy was arrested for the second time Thursday on felony
perjury charges after an internal investigation concluded he lied under oath
on two other occasions.
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Ex-head
of Portsmouth SWAT Team Convicted on Drug Charge
The
former head of the city's SWAT team was convicted Tuesday of conspiracy to distribute
cocaine.
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Judge
Admonished For Not Paying Debt
A
Nassau judge's failure to pay a debt -- and his later attempt to get out of
paying up -- was a violation of judicial ethics, the state Commission on Judicial
Conduct announced Wednesday.
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D.C.
Officer Accused Of Fraud In P.G.
A
veteran D.C. detective evaded police on Thursday after authorities issued a
warrant for his arrest in Prince George's County.
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Former
Prison Guards Suspected of Inmate Abuse
Eight
former state prison workers were asked to turn themselves in Tuesday afternoon
or face arrest for alleged “improper, illegal, inhuman” acts against
inmates.
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Nine
Montgomery Officers Accused Of Double Dipping
Nine
Montgomery County police officers have been accused of working as private security
guards when they were supposed to be working as police officers.
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Bay
Area Police Officer Sentenced For Helping Brothels
A
former police officer was sentenced to a year and a day in federal prison for
helping two brothels avoid police raids.
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Judge
Out of Order, Ethics Claims Say
Former
Nevada Supreme Court Justice Nancy Becker is under fire from defense lawyers
claiming she may have committed ethics violations during her recent transition
to the Clark County District Attorney's Office.
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Deputy
Suspended After Arrest of Woman on Way to See Sick Dad
After
Deputy Kevin Stabins stopped Melissa Langston a second time in the hospital
parking lot, video from his cruiser's dashboard shows him yanking her from her
car and slamming her against it.
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Cop
A Shirk Jerk
A
12-year police veteran who was collecting a disability pension for a shoulder
injury was ordered back to active duty after getting caught on videotape doing
heavy-lifting construction work.
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Former
Bristol Public Defender Facing Larceny Charges
A
former Bristol Superior Court public defender was charged Wednesday with stealing
money that his clients paid for restitution, judicial department officials said.
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Officers Plead Guilty to Manslaughter After 3 Indicted in Botched Raid That
Killed Elderly Woman
Two
police officers pleaded guilty Thursday to manslaughter and other charges in
the shooting death of a 92-year-old woman during a botched drug raid at her
home last fall.
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Officer
Accused Of Assault Appears Before Grand Jury
The
Prince George's County police officer accused of assault in connection with
a high-profile incident at his home told his side of the story before a grand
jury on Thursday.
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Ex-Detroit
Cop Admits Bilking Family
A
former Detroit police officer once praised for his efforts to find who stabbed
a social activist at a church dance pleaded guilty Monday to bilking the victim's
family out of $12,300.
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Policeman
Admits to Shooting Officer
A
27-year veteran of the Boston Police Department pleaded guilty yesterday to
assault charges for shooting a fellow officer with his service weapon after
a night of heavy drinking.
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Policeman
Charged With Extortion, Drug Possession Conspiracy
Federal
authorities have arrested a veteran Columbus police patrolman on drug and extortion
charges, officials said Monday.
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Cigar-loving
Judge Convicted of Fixing Divorce Cases
An
ex-judge was convicted on Thursday of accepting expensive cigars and other gifts
in exchange for helping fix divorce cases -- crimes captured on hidden-camera
videos made in his chambers.
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Couples:
Officer Made Us Have Sex
Chief
Ella Bully-Cummings on Thursday said she has asked the Board of Police Commissioners
to suspend without pay a 39-year-old sergeant accused of forcing two couples
to have sex while he watched.
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Hollywood
Cops Ready for Plea Deal
Federal
prosecutors Wednesday filed drug charges against four Hollywood cops caught
in a mob-style sting as part of a planned plea deal in which the officers would
identify other law-enforcement officers involved in illegal activities.
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Tort
Lawyer Expected to Plead Guilty to Fraud
Miami's
disbarred king of torts, Louis Robles, is expected to plead guilty to federal
charges of stealing more than $13 million from clients to pay for his lavish
lifestyle -- a private jet and limousine, a mansion in Key Biscayne and apartments
in Los Angeles and New York.
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Former
Lonoke Chief, Wife Convicted in Corruption Case
A
jury has convicted former Lonoke Police Chief Jay Campbell and his wife, Kelly
Campbell, on numerous charges in the couple's corruption case.
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No
Charges Against Fired Volusia County Deputy Sheriff
Prosecutors
have decided not to press charges against the former Volusia County deputy sheriff
fired last month after an internal investigation found that he lied on his arrest
reports.
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Jailhouse
Rocked With Guard Brutality Busts
The
feds charged 11 jail guards - including three supervisors - yesterday with beating
and stomping inmates who disrespected them at the Metropolitan Detention Center
in Brooklyn, then covering up the brutal attacks.
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Investigator
in Cantu Case Made Wrongful Arrests in Past
The
sergeant in charge of an investigation that led to the possible wrongful execution
of a Texas man had arrested innocent people before and was suspended three times
for errors in judgment over his 31 years at the San Antonio Police Department.
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State
Bar Pays Big for Bad Lawyers
In
the past three years, there has been an average of two dozen instances a year
of attorneys stealing money from clients, state bar records show.
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Almost
No Illegal Immigrants Caught at Border are Prosecuted
Ninety-eight
percent of those arrested between Oct. 1, 2000, and Sept. 30, 2005, were never
prosecuted for illegally entering the country, according to an Associated Press
analysis of federal data.
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Speed
Enforcer Rams Trailer Towed by SUV, Savannah Man Dies
A
father was seriously injured and his son killed Tuesday when a rental trailer
they were towing was rear-ended on Interstate 16 by a police officer who specializes
in nabbing aggressive drivers and who was en route to Chatham County to take
part in a safe-driving campaign, officials said.
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Sheriff's
Deputy Free on Bond on Animal Cruelty Charges
Randall
Morgan faces four misdemeanor cruelty to animals charges, after four dead dogs
on chains were found on Banks County land Morgan owns, Banks County Sheriff
Charles Chapman said.
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Hillsborough
Officer Being Investigated
A
Hillsborough police investigator is the subject of an investigation himself,
and because of that the Orange County district attorney has dismissed many of
the police officer's drug cases.
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Former
Hampton Sheriff Deputy Pleads Guilty to Sex Crimes
Viraj
Gupta, 32, was a corrections officer with the Hampton Sheriff’s Department
when he committed the crimes last year.
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Acting
Chief, 3 Officers Indicted in Tourist's Beating
The
acting police chief and three officers in a small resort town on Fire Island
were indicted Tuesday in the beating of a vacationer who had been picked up
for littering.
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Former
Officer Charged With Accosting a Woman
A
former police officer and jailer in northeast Georgia has been charged with
accosting a woman at gunpoint outside an auto repair shop.
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Ex-bosses
to Decide If Deputy Broke Law
The
Volusia County Sheriff's Office said Wednesday that it will begin a criminal
investigation to find out whether a former deputy broke the law by lying on
his arrest reports.
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Another
Alleged Videotaped Beating by Chicago Cops
Already
nursing a black eye after one of its officers stands accused in a bar beating,
the Chicago Police Department is looking into new allegations that six off-duty
officers assaulted four businessmen at a downtown bar in December.
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Bar
Sets Timetable on Nifong Action
The
N.C. State Bar laid down a no-nonsense timetable Wednesday for proceedings against
Durham District Attorney Mike Nifong over how he has handled the Duke lacrosse
case.
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Victim
Was Not Told Of Reduced Charges
The
Fairfax County prosecutor who agreed last week to reduce charges against a minister
accused of raping and beating a woman, paving the way for a 16-month sentence
and no requirement to register as a sex offender, did not tell her bosses or
the victim that she had done so.
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Chicago
Policeman Accused of Beating Female Bartender
An
off-duty police officer in street clothes was caught on video by a bar surveillance
camera beating up a female bartender half his size, authorities said.
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2
Detectives Indicted on Charges of Misconduct
Two
D.C. police detectives were indicted yesterday on charges that they conspired
to alter witness accounts of a deadly dance-floor stabbing two years ago at
Club U in Northwest Washington.
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Broward
Judge in Anna Nicole Smith Case Accused of Smoking Pot in Hollywood Park
Police
cited Broward Circuit Judge Lawrence Korda -- one of two who made decisions
recently in the Anna Nicole Smith case -- for smoking marijuana in a park Sunday
afternoon, a police spokesman said today.
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Guards Fired in Choking of Inmate
Four
guards at a state prison near the Everglades have been fired for allegedly beating
and choking an inmate serving a life sentence for murder, Corrections Secretary
Jim McDonough said Tuesday.
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NY
Officer Accused in Sex, Bribery Case
A
police officer was charged with soliciting sex from at least four women while
in uniform - in one case propositioning a victim of domestic violence under
the guise of checking on her welfare.
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Jail
Deputies Accused Of Phone Sex
The
Sacramento County Sheriff's Department has reopened an internal investigation
to determine whether two female deputies broke the law when they engaged in
telephone sex with jail inmates.
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You
Want Us To Do What For $20?
A
former court security officer has been convicted of offering to pay a couple
behind on a fine $20 an hour to have sex while he watched.
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Hollywood
Police Officer Charged With Corruption May Be Close to Plea Deal
One
of the four Hollywood police officers arrested last month on federal corruption
and drug charges could soon strike a deal with prosecutors, the officer's attorney
stated Monday in court papers.
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Scandal
Rocks Texas Juvenile System
For
at least two years, investigators say, boys at a juvenile prison in the West
Texas desert were summoned from their dorms late at night and taken to darkened
conference rooms, offices and ball fields for sex with two of the institution's
top administrators.
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Officer
Charged in Teen Beating
A
41-year-old LAPD officer was charged today with unlawful use of force and filing
a false police report for allegedly choking and punching a 16-year-old boy in
the Central Division station in December.
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Arrests
of Hollywood Officers Jeopardize 61 Criminal Cases They Handled
The
prosecutions, each involving one of four veteran officers charged last week
with corruption and drug offenses, are under review by lawyers in the Broward
State Attorney's Office, said felony chief Jeff Marcus.
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13
Cases Collapse After Disclosure of Informant Offenses
An
undercover narcotics investigation touted by the government as a significant
blow to a notorious haven for drug dealing has been left in tatters after damning
revelations about an informant...
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Former
Cops on Disability Find Badges, Pay Elsewhere
Orlando
is paying tens of thousands of dollars a year in disability pensions to police
officers found medically unable to work at the department but who have since
taken other law-enforcement jobs and are now patrolling jurisdictions just a
few miles away.
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Anne
Arundel Officer Accused of Assault
The
Anne Arundel County Police Department has charged a rookie police officer in
the alleged assault of an 18-year-old woman.
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4
Fla. Officers Accused of Helping 'Mob'
Four
veteran police officers were accused in federal court of taking thousands of
dollars to protect what they thought were mob shipments of drugs, stolen art
and jewelry.
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Former
O.C. Judge Collapses During Sentencing
A
former Orange County Superior Court judge who pleaded guilty to possessing child
pornography collapsed today while being sentenced in U.S. District Court in
Los Angeles.
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LAPD
Officer Arrested in Rape of Chino Girl, 17
A
Los Angeles police officer has been arrested by Chino police on suspicion of
raping a 17-year-old girl, authorities said Sunday.
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Officials
at Texas Juvenile Prison Accused of Molesting Inmates
An
internal investigation by the Texas Youth Commission accused high-ranking officials
at an isolated state juvenile prison of molesting young male inmates, according
to a copy of the report released to The Dallas Morning News.
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Memory
Lapses, Contradictions Plague Cantu Witness
Memory
lapses and apparent contradictions emerged as Moreno, a San Antonio construction
worker, told Bexar County prosecutors this month that he buckled to police pressure
and falsely accused a San Antonio teenager named Ruben Cantu of murder in 1985.
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U.S.
Agent Gets 5 Years for Immigrant Smuggling
A
former U.S. border agent who allowed hundreds of illegal immigrants to cross
from Mexico in return for $120,000 in cash was sentenced on Thursday to five
years in federal prison.
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Former
BSO Deputy is Found Guilty of Perjury
A
Broward County jury found a former Broward Sheriff's Office deputy guilty today
on five charges of perjury and falsifying records for lying to his supervisors
about crashing his patrol car.
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Texas
County Prosecutor Hit With Charges
A
South Texas prosecutor who has tried to oust several county officials for alleged
misconduct was himself arraigned Monday on corruption charges filed by a special
prosecutor.
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NYPD
Ignored Hit-Run Cop Info
Around
1:40 a.m. on July 9, a woman called 911 to report a terrible crash in Bedford-Stuyvesant,
Brooklyn, saying a police car had hit a motorcyclist and fled.
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No
Clue Vic's Blue
A
Brooklyn cop accused of trying to ditch her husband's car after a bloody shootout
claims she had no idea the victim was one of her fellow Finest, her lawyer said
yesterday.
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Crooked
Cop Ordered Hit
One
of the most corrupt Chicago cops in history directed a drug dealer in the early
1990s to spray gunfire at the suburban home of a federal agent who was raising
red flags about the officer's corruption, according to federal court testimony
Friday.
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Ethics
Charges Mount for Durham DA
Embattled
Durham District Attorney Mike Nifong was handed new, more serious ethics charges
on Wednesday: that he withheld favorable DNA evidence from defendants in the
Duke lacrosse sexual assault case and then repeatedly lied about it to judges
and the N.C. State Bar.
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Former
Cop Held in Mississippi Slayings
A
white former sheriff's deputy was arrested Wednesday for his alleged role in
a civil rights era crime -- the 1964 killings of two black men beaten and dumped
alive into the Mississippi River.
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Former
U.S. Capitol Officer Charged In Child Porn Case
A
federal grand jury has indicted a former U.S. Capitol police officer for allegedly
possessing and producing child pornography.
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Charge
Could Kick Duke Prosecutor Off Case
Ethics
charges filed against the prosecutor at the center of the Duke lacrosse sexual
assault case might constitute a conflict of interest that forces him off the
case, legal experts said.
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Two
Former Officers Plead Guilty In Drug Scheme
Two
former officers pleaded guilty Thursday to charges that they took part in a
corruption scheme while serving in the Henry County Sheriff's Department.
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New
Orleans Police Indicted in Bridge Shootings
A
deadly gunfight on a bridge in the anarchy-filled days following Hurricane Katrina
became a symbol of the city's loss of control.
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Ex-LAPD
Supervisor Admits Affair
The
former head of the Los Angeles Police Department's internal affairs unit acknowledged
in a sworn deposition that he had a three-year affair with a female sergeant
under his supervision, raising new questions about how the watchdog unit operated.
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New
Orleans Cops Shot Man in Back as He Ran Away
New
Orleans police lined up "like at a firing range" and fatally shot
an unarmed man in the back as he fled from them in the days after Hurricane
Katrina swept ashore, a witness to the shooting told CNN.
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Cop
Pleads Guilty to Underwear Demands
A
Portland, Ore., police officer has pleaded guilty to charges he asked two women
to show him their underwear during a traffic stop.
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Judge
Removed a Day After Being Re-elected
New
Mexico's Supreme Court has removed Magistrate Judge Carlos Garza just one day
after he won a second term on the bench.
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FBI
Investigates Taped LAPD Beating
The
FBI announced it is investigating Los Angeles police after viewing a videotape
that shows officers repeatedly beating a suspect in the face while he cries
out that he cannot breathe.
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Lawyer
Pleads Guilty to Stealing More Than $800K From Clients
A
Flowery Branch lawyer on Monday pleaded guilty to federal charges that he stole
$800,000 from clients to pay his bills, make home repairs and cover his girlfriend's
rent and utilities.
Sheriff
and 19 Others Charged in Drug Scheme
Federal
investigators began to suspect that the Sheriff’s Department in Henry
County, Va., was involved in illegal drug trafficking in 2005, when drug enforcement
officials in Philadelphia intercepted a mail package containing the illicit
date rape drug Ketamine to a house owned by a sergeantwith the department.
Naked
Prosecutor Caught on Camera
A
city prosecutor was charged with indecency after a security camera caught him
walking around naked in a government building after business hours.
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