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Federal Agent Files Lawsuit After Assault And Taser Weapon Attack By Temple Terrace Police Officer Scott Worton And Tampa Officer Todd Lyons Amid Display Of American Flag

Posted on March 22, 2008
TAMPA, FL - An off-duty federal agent who says he was roughed up and shocked with a Taser by police officers working security at a Bucs game in 2004 is suing the Tampa Sports Authority and Temple Terrace police in federal court. The agent, Rickie Dwight Maness, says in the lawsuit that a Temple Terrace officer, [...

Former Veteran Douglas County Nevada Deputy Sheriff Misty Dee Admits To $3K Theft Of Bail Money

Posted on March 22, 2008
DOUGLAS COUNTY, NV - A former Douglas County sheriff?s deputy and adult probation officer admitted Thursday she stole $3,107 in bail money and from a couple whose home she used to clean. Misty Dee, 41, of Gardnerville entered a guilty plea to theft Thursday in East Fork Justice Court...

Grand Jury Transcripts Hidden From Taxpayers After Orange County California Deputies Cause Man To Be Beaten To Death

Posted on March 22, 2008
SANTA ANA, CA - An Orange County Superior Court judge ruled Friday that grand jury transcripts from a nine-month investigation into the 2006 beating death of an inmate at Theo Lacy Jail should remain sealed — at least for now. Judge James A. Stotler scheduled a Monday hearing to determine whether arguments about the Sheriff’s Department’s [...

Boston Massachusetts Police May Finally Face Regular Steroid Tests

Posted on March 22, 2008
BOSTON, MA - Police Commissioner Edward F. Davis is thinking of making his officers do something uncommon in big city departments: submit to regular testing for steroids. As a federal grand jury probes steroid use in the Boston Police Department, Davis has ordered his aides to research the ways other departments around the country test for [...

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Los Angeles County California Sheriff’s Deputies Under Investigation After Taser Weapon Attack Leaves Man Paralyzed And Crippled For Life

Posted on March 22, 2008
LOS ANGELES, CA - Los Angeles County sheriff’s officials have launched a misconduct investigation of two supervisors who authorized the use of a stun gun on a 21-year-old arrestee because he was unruly and refused to submit to electronic fingerprinting, The Times has learned...

Senior Citizen Awarded $90,000 After Brutal Beating By Three California Highway Patrol Police Officers During Botched Search

Posted on March 22, 2008
RED BLUFF, CA?A Tehama County jury has awarded nearly $90,000 to a 72-year-old Cottonwood man who was roughed up by three California Highway Patrol officers. The jurors ruled that the officers used excessive force while they were looking for a stolen motorcycle at Jack Nolan’s house in 2006...

Former Truro Massachusetts Fire Chief E. Thomas Prada In Court To Face Sexual Assault Accusation

Posted on March 22, 2008
TRURO, MA - Former Truro Fire Chief E. Thomas Prada is scheduled to appear before a magistrate in Orleans District Court on April 18 on a sexual assault allegation, according to Truro police Sgt. David Perry. A clerk-magistrate’s hearing, which is held to determine whether there is enough evidence to charge a defendant, is normally not [...

Former New Jersey Police Officer Claims He Was Tortured After Arrest In Canada

Posted on March 22, 2008
WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. State Department has been asked by members of Congress to investigate reports from a former New Jersey police officer that he was jailed on trumped-up charges and tortured in Canada in violation of international treaties that require prisoners be given access to consular services when facing prison in a foreign [...

Surry County North Carolina Jailers Under Investigation After Injuring Inmate - Details Hidden From Taxpayers

Posted on March 22, 2008
DOBSON, NC - Two Surry detention officers have been put on paid administrative leave stemming from a recent altercation at the county jail in which a man charged with indecent exposure was injured. Sheriff Graham Atkinson declined Friday to identify the pair accused of using excessive force against the inmate, who received minor injuries...

Montgomery County Maryland Fight Plan To Install Cameras In Patrol Cars, Since They Might Then Be Held Accountable For Their Actions

Posted on March 22, 2008
MONTGOMERY COUNTY, MD - After a Montgomery County detective fatally shot an unarmed man in Silver Spring in 1999, county officials agreed to install cameras in police cruisers as part of a settlement with the man’s family. Nearly a decade later, no cameras have been installed, because county officials and the union that represents police officers [...

Hiring Review At Pasco County Florida Sheriff’s Department After 2 Deputies Arrests On Federal Drug Charges

Posted on March 22, 2008
NEW PORT RICHEY, FL - Coming off the sting of having two deputies arrested on federal drug charges - and then their promptly being fired - Pasco County Sheriff Bob White is evaluating existing drug-screening policies. He’s also conducting an internal investigation into what led to the arrests of the deputies who worked for the agency [...

Nutcase Milwaukee Wisconsin Police Officer Andrew P. Gorenc Charged With Shooting At Light Pole Near His Home - Says “I Just Wanted To”

Posted on March 22, 2008
MILWAUKEE, WI - A Milwaukee police officer has been charged with shooting his gun at a street light near his home while off duty last May, according to court documents. Andrew P. Gorenc, 25, is scheduled to make his first appearance in court Monday on a charge of disorderly conduct while armed...

Beverly Massachusetts Police Officer Stuart Merry Convicted After Killing 61 Year Old Woman With Patrol Car - Faces A Slap On The Wrist - Claims One Time Seizure Caused Wreck

Posted on March 22, 2008
PEABODY, MA ? A Beverly police officer has been convicted in the death of a 61-year-old woman who was killed when he crashed his cruiser into her parked car. Patrolman Stuart Merry was convicted Thursday in Peabody District Court of one count of motor vehicle homicide by negligence in the January 2007 death of Bonnie Burns, [...

Former Charleston West Virginia Jail guard Kevin Kessell Arrested, Charged After Sex With Inmate

Posted on March 22, 2008
CHARLESTON, WV - A former guard at the South Central Regional Jail in Charleston was arrested Friday on charges he had sex with a female inmate while on duty. Kevin, Kessell, 26 of Dunbar, turned himself in after a warrant was issued for his arrest, according to a news release from Sergeant K...

Phoenix Arizona Police Officer Benjamin Scarborough Arrested, Two Others Also Suspended, After Beating Man

Posted on March 22, 2008
TEMPE, ARIZONA ? Twenty-six-year-old Benjamin Scarborough was arrested early this morning in Tempe. According to Phoenix Police the off-duty officer was with two other off-duty officers when they got into a fight with another man near Fifth Street and Ash...

Vanceburg Kentucky Police Chief Joe Billman Arrested, Charged With Drunk Driving - Lewis County Judge-Executive Steve Applegate Arrested Last Week

Posted on March 22, 2008
VANCEBURG, KY - State police have charged a police chief in northeastern Kentucky with driving under the influence of alcohol. Vanceburg Police Chief Joe Billman was arrested early Sunday, but maintains he wasn’t intoxicated even though he’d been drinking...

Washtenaw County Michigan Deputy Sheriff Joseph Eberle And Sgt. Shawn Hoy Appear In Federal Court After Beating Two Brothers, Killing One

Posted on March 22, 2008
DETROIT, MI - After appearing in court probably hundreds of times to help put criminals behind bars, two Washtenaw County Sheriff’s officers made their first official appearance as defendants Friday. Deputy Joseph Eberle and Sgt. Shawn Hoy were arraigned Friday afternoon in U...

Whitewash Of Sean Bell’s Murder By New York City Police Officers Continues

Posted on March 22, 2008
NEW YORK, NY - ?This whole thing is so twisted. You?ve got the victims?Sean and the other two with him that night?being attacked like they?re the criminals, and the criminals?the cops who killed Sean?being treated like they?re the victims. But you know, I?ve been at other trials of police who?ve murdered Black people and here?s [...

Niles Illinois Police Community Service Officer Robert M. Sroka Arrested, Suspended, Charged With Domestic Battery And Weapons Charges After Complaining About Women Doing Drugs In His Home

Posted on March 22, 2008
NILES, ILLINOIS - A part-time community service officer for the Niles Police Department was suspended after he was arrested on domestic battery and weapons charges after he called police to complain that two women were using drugs in his home, authorities said...

Former Stanislaus County California Deputy Sheriff Michael Galvan Gets A Special Plea Deal, Tiny Slap On The Wrist For Raping Woman In Her Home

Posted on March 22, 2008
MODESTO, CA - A former Stanislaus County sheriff’s deputy accused of raping a woman at her home has pleaded no contest to two lesser charges in exchange for serving 16 months in prison. Thirty-one-year-old Michael Galvan was charged in December with rape and felony assault, misappropriation of public funds, embezzlement, stealing court records and possessing brass [...

Former Veteran Lynnwood Washington Deputy Police Chief Paul Watkins Sentenced To 15 Months In Prison For Stealing Drugs, Guns, And Cash From Department

Posted on March 22, 2008
LYNNWOOD, WA - The former deputy chief of the Lynnwood Police Department was sentenced this afternoon to 15 months in prison and ordered to pay $75,000 in restitution for stealing cocaine, handguns and thousands of dollars in cash from the department’s evidence room...

Jackson County Missouri Deputy Sheriff Steven Burgess Quits, Gets A Very Special Slap On The Wrist Child Molestation Plea Deal Reserved For Law Enforcement Officers

Posted on March 22, 2008
KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI — A mother said she is angry after a former sheriff’s deputy accused of attacking her daughter received a suspended prison sentence. Steven Burgess, 33, was sentenced Friday. He resigned from the Jackson County Sheriff’s Department last summer...

Acting New York State Police Superintendent Preson Felton Quits

Posted on March 22, 2008
NEW YORK - Reaction has poured in as acting New York State Police Superintendent Preston Felton announced his resignation. Felton’s predecessor, and current Schenectady Police Commissioner, Wayne Bennett, said he was surprised by Felton’s decision to step down as the top cop in the New York State Police...

Judge Upholds Firing Of Disgraced Lexington Kentucky Police Officer Joshua Cromer After John Michael Montgomery MySpace Postings

Posted on March 22, 2008
LEXINGTON, KY - A Fayette Circuit Court judge has ruled that the city of Lexington had reason to fire a police officer who was embroiled in a controversy over postings on the social networking Web site MySpace.com, some of which involved the officer?s role in arresting country singer John Michael Montgomery...

Hundreds Of Boulder Colorado Photo Radar Victims May Receive A Refund After City’s Van Was Illegally Parked In Tow-Away Zone For More Than A Year

Posted on March 22, 2008
BOULDER, COLORADO - Got a speeding ticket in Boulder lately? You might just catch a break. Boulder police and city transportation officials are investigating the possibility that a photo-radar van was parked illegally when it snapped pictures of passing speeders — possibly hundreds of them...

Wayne County Alabama Sheriff’s Officers Busted By Feds On Firearms Charges - Jail Administrator Casey Jones, Officers Robert Joe Rich And Ronnie Breeden Arrested By ATF

Posted on March 21, 2008
WAYNESBORO, ALABAMA - A Wayne County jail administrator was among three local men arrested Wednesday by federal authorities on firearms violations, authorities said. Officials with the Wayne County sheriff’s department said 45-year-old Casey Jones, of Main Street, Waynesboro, along with Robert Joe Rich, 79, 1125 Collinwood Highway, Waynesboro, and Ronnie Breeden, 503 Valley Drive, Waynesboro, were [...

Video Catches Minneapolis Minnesota Police Officers Intimidating, Assaulting, And Harassing Deli Owner Who Told Them To Stay Out Of His Parking Lot - Our Tax Dollars At Work

Posted on March 21, 2008
MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA - The argument between two Minneapolis police officers and a well-known business owner was supposedly quite a shouting match, and it was all captured on videotape. So how did a debate over parking spots become heated? Easter is the busiest season at Kramarczuk’s Deli...

Former Mountain Home Idaho Police Officer Genn A. Parsons Arrested, Jailed, Charged After Sex With Two Children

Posted on March 21, 2008
MOUNTAIN HOME, IDAHO - Former Mountain Home police officer Glenn A. Parsons, 25, was arrested by investigators from the state Attorney General’s office Thursday and charged with two counts of sexual abuse of a minor under 16 years of age and one count of sexual battery of a minor child 16 or 17 years of [...

Charlotte-Mecklenburg North Carolina Police Use Taser Weapon To Shoot And Kill Unarmed Child Who Stole A Snack From His Employer

Posted on March 21, 2008
CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA - A Charlotte teenager has died after being shocked with a Taser during a confrontation with police at the grocery store where he worked. Charlotte-Mecklenburg police said 17-year-old Darryl Wayne Turner died Thursday. An autopsy is pending...

Crash And Burn: North Country Gazette Blog - June Maxam Finally Throws In The Towel, Blames Her Hosting Company And Her Harassment Victims, After She Totally Trashed Her Name And Reputation Online

Posted on March 21, 2008
News Update2: Keyboard commando June Maxam proves, yet again, she is full of shit. “The North Country Gazette is ceasing operations.” becomes “The North Country Gazette is ceasing operations on March 31 unless a transfer to a reliable hosting company can be effected before that time...

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