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Jefferson Township New Jersey Police Officer Lt. Eric Wilsusen Wants To Criminalize Everything In Failed War On Drugs

Posted on March 19, 2008
JEFFERSON TOWNSHIP, NEW JERSEY ? Local bong sales could go up in smoke beginning with a council discussion tonight. The council agenda includes a sample drug-paraphernalia ordinance outlawing a long list of “all equipment, products and materials of any kind” that could be used for “introducing into the human body a controlled dangerous substance...

New York City Police Department Ignores Bloody 2008 Leap Day To Lower Overall Crime Statistics

Posted on March 19, 2008
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - The NYPD has become so obsessed with trying to show an ever-lower crime rate that it erased February 29, 2008. That day, however, was particularly bloody in the Ninth Precinct. Outside the East Village Key Food supermarket, a makeshift memorial still stands, weeks after a Leap Day slaying of one of [...

Bridgeport Connecticut Police Officer Murphy Pierce Fired For Witness Tampering And Stealing Hot Dogs From Courthouse

Posted on March 19, 2008
BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT - A Bridgeport police officer accused of stealing hot dogs from a courthouse concession stand has been 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...

Midwest City Oklahoma District Attorney Randal Homburg Bows To Police Pressure Not To Charge Marine For Stealing Flag From Protester At Air Force Base

Posted on March 19, 2008
MIDWEST CITY, OKLAHOMA - A U.S. Marine Corps reservist won’t be charged for ignoring police requests and wading into a protest to rescue an American Flag. Ray Adam Modisette, 20, said he was reacting to a war protester who was stuffing an American flag down her pants...

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Maryland Charges Sick And Ailing 81 Year Old Man With Walking Away From Prison Work Detal 43 Years Ago. Arrested In North Carolina Last Month On Defective Warrant, And Maryland Hasn’t Attempted Extradition

Posted on March 19, 2008
CLINTON, NORTH CAROLINA - The attorney for an ailing 81-year-old prison escapee from Maryland is scheduled to appear in court to challenge the warrant used to arrest the man in North Carolina. Defense lawyer Andrew Jackson expects to be in a Sampson County courtroom Wednesday...

Dumbass Phoenix Arizona Police Shoot At Robbery Victim Instead Of Robber Who Invaded Man’s Home - Our Tax Dollars At Work

Posted on March 19, 2008
PHOENIX, ARIZONA - Phoenix police nearly shot a 60-year-old man Monday after mistaking him for a robbery suspect. Police say the confrontation happened after they arrived at a shooting call in the suburbs west of downtown. According to police, the shooting was called in by a woman who said she saw an armed man accosting her uncle [...

South Carolina State Prison Guard Eric Wilson Arrested, Suspended, Charged After Beating An Inmate

Posted on March 19, 2008
COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA - A state prison guard has been arrested after authorities say he threw an inmate to the ground and choked him last month. The State Law Enforcement Division says 31-year-old Eric Wilson was arrested Tuesday and charged with simple assault and battery...

Spartanburg South Carolina State Police Trooper Chris Mace Goes On Trial After Grabbing Teen Girl’s Ass

Posted on March 19, 2008
MYRTLE, BEACH, SOUTH CAROLINA - A state trooper from South Carolina accused of grabbing a the buttocks of a teenage girl in May 2007, at Broadway at the Beach is on trial this afternoon in Myrtle Beach. Chris Mace, 31, of Gaffney, was issued a ticket for simple assault and battery, according to municipal court officials [...

Your Papers Please: Miami Florida To Conduct Gestapo Style “DUI” Checkpoints

Posted on March 19, 2008
MIAMI, FLORIDA - As soon as next month, you’ll need more than sobriety to get past DUI checkpoints in Miami-Dade. You’ll need a driver’s license that isn’t suspended. Miami-Dade police and the Florida Highway Patrol are cracking down anew on the county’s quarter-million people driving with invalid licenses...

Contributor Reports That A Tulsa Oklahoma Police Officer Ran Light, Broadsided Car Load Of Teens, Blamed Teens For Accident

Posted on March 19, 2008
TULSA, OKLAHOMA - Four people were taken to the hospital after their car hit a Tulsa Police Officer’s car as he responded to a call. The accident happened just after midnight on Tuesday. The officer was headed south on 129th East Avenue, with his emergency lights on, when an 18-year-old driver heading west on 31st, hit [...

Former Nahant Massachusetts Police Officer Paul English Jr, Connected To Drug Arrest Of Swampscott Police Officer Thomas C. Wrenn, Serving Federal Prison Time After Pleading Guilty To Dealing Drugs

Posted on March 19, 2008
NAHANT, MASSACHUSETTS -A former Nahant Police officer connected to the recent drug arrest of Swampscott Police Officer Thomas C. Wrenn is serving time in federal prison on drug charges including use of and trafficking steroids. A criminal complaint was filed against former Nahant Police Officer Paul English Jr...

Veteran Barnegat Township New Jersey Police Officer Sgt. Frank DeSanto Suspended After Failing Drug Test - Details Hidden From Taxpayers

Posted on March 19, 2008
BARNEGAT TOWNSHIP, NEW JERSEY - A local ranking officer is on unpaid suspension after nearly a decade on the force after failing a drug test, officials said Monday. The Township Committee voted 4-0 to suspend Sgt. Frank DeSanto without pay after he tested positive for a “controlled narcotic substance,” according to the resolution...

La Coste Texas Police Chief Andrew Aston Talks To Media Through Minder - Chief Reprimanded For Talking Directly To Media And Recording Residents Without their Knowledge

Posted on March 19, 2008
LA COSTE, TEXAS - Not long ago, a local newspaper reporter came by City Hall to ask questions about the La Coste Police Department. But because of an usual policy in this city of 1,255, Police Chief Andrew Aston couldn’t talk to her. So Mayor Hank Seay devised a plan...

Dubuque Iowa Police Officer Kurt Rosenthal Returns To Work After Suspension For Drunken Sexual Harassment Phone Messages To Female Co-Worker

Posted on March 19, 2008
DUBUQUE, IOWA - A Dubuque police officer accused of making drunken, inappropriate calls to a female co-worker will return to work with a 30-day suspension on his record. Officer Kurt Rosenthal was accused of placing several calls to Officer Jamie Bowers’ cell phone while out with other off-duty officers and leaving sexually harassing messages last October Rosenthal [...

Man Gets 6 Months For DUI And No License After Running Over And Killing Dumbass Longwood Florida Sgt. Carl Strohsal As he Stood On The Interstate After Wrecking His Car

Posted on March 19, 2008
DELTONA, FLORIDA — A drunk driver, who hit and killed a Longwood police officer on I-4, will go to jail for six months. The crash happened last July after someone threw a lawn chair into the middle of the interstate in Deltona. The maximum sentence 20-year-old Dwayne Love could have faced was a year...

Veteran San Juan County Deputy Sheriff Steven D. Saiz Arrested, To Be Fired, Charged After Driveby Shooting In Front Of His Estranged Wife’s Home

Posted on March 19, 2008
BLOOMFIELD, NEW MEXICO ? A San Juan County Sheriff’s deputy was arrested Sunday for firing shots outside his wife’s Bloomfield residence. Deputy Steven D. Saiz, 50, was charged with shooting from a moving vehicle, a fourth-degree felony. If convicted, he faces up to a year and a half in prison...

RIAA And MediaSentry To Finally Face The Music In Federal Racketeering, Fraud, And Spying Lawsuit

Posted on March 18, 2008
OREGON - A lawsuit that accuses the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) of racketeering, fraud and illegal spying was revived Friday after a federal judge dismissed the case a month ago. An Oregon woman, Tanya Andersen, originally counter-sued the RIAA after she was served with notice of an RIAA lawsuit falsely alleging copyright infringement [...

NTSB Won’t Hold Open Public Meeting After Minnesota I-35W Bridge Collapse - Our Tax Dollars At Work

Posted on March 18, 2008
WASHINGTON, DC - A member of the National Transportation Safety Board said Tuesday that the public deserves reassurance that the federal investigation into the I-35W bridge collapse is above politics. “There’s been so much controversy over this accident,” NTSB Board Member Kathryn O’Leary Higgins said in an interview...

Crazed Sheboygan Wisconsin Authorites Charge 17 Year Old With Assault, After 16 Year Old Girlfriend Gives Birth - Teen Couple, With Nearly 3 Year Relationship - Our Tax Dollars At Work

Posted on March 18, 2008
SHEBOYGAN, WISCONSIN - A 17-year-old Sheboygan boy is facing criminal charges after allegedly fathering a child with his 16-year-old girlfriend. Kou Yang is charged in Sheboygan County with repeated sexual assault of a child. The charge carries a maximum 25 years in prison...

Man Who Videotaped Crazed Now-Fired St. George Missouri Police Officer Sgt. James Kuehnlein Files Federal Lawsuit For Civil Rights Violations, Assault, Battery, And False Imprisonment - Police “Lose” Dashcam Video Of Incident

Posted on March 18, 2008
ST. GEORGE, MISSOURI - The man who videotaped a St. George police officer’s tirade against him last year, and put it online labeled “Cop Gone Wild,” filed a federal civil rights lawsuit Monday over the incident. Brett Darrow’s suit, filed in federal court in St...

Sarasota Florida Police Plan To Deprive Residents Of Their Property For Minor Misdemeanor Offenses, Demand Ranson Payments For Before Its Return, To Raise Money For The City

Posted on March 18, 2008
Asshole Of The Month Candidate Sarasota Police Chief Peter J. Abbott SARASOTA, FLORIDA ? Driving with your car stereo too loud here can already get you a ticket. If Sarasota police have their way it could also get your car impounded and cost you at least $500 to get it back...

Dumbass: Ormond Beach Florida Police Chief Michael Longfellow’s Gun, Bulletproof Vest, And Camera Equipment Goes Missing After He Leaves Stuff In Unattended SUV

Posted on March 17, 2008
ORMOND BEACH, FLORIDA - A Central Florida police chief’s gun and bulletproof vest were stolen from his vehicle at his home over the weekend, police said. Ormond Beach Police Chief Michael Longfellow’s sport utility vehicle was broken into between 5 p...

Tulare County Deputy Sheriff Joseph Armstrong, Charged With Vehicular Manslaughter, Back In Court Soon. Plea Deal Expected

Posted on March 17, 2008
TULARE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA - A Tulare County Sheriff?s Department correctional deputy facing misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter charges must wait at least a month before learning whether the case will go to trial. Joseph Armstrong, 27, is due back in court April 23, when a pre-plea probation report is expected to be completed...

Mental Evaluation Ordered For Shelby County Tennessee Deputy Sheriff Sgt. Chris M. Jones - Jailed And Charged With Murder And Attempted Murder After Restaurant Shootings

Posted on March 17, 2008
MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE ? A mental evaluation has been ordered for a Shelby County sheriff?s sergeant charged with second-degree murder and attempted murder. Authorities say 39-year-old Chris M. Jones killed Donald Munsey and wounded Justin Smith at the Windjammer restaurant Friday...

Palo Alto California Loses Taxpayer Funded 11 Year Legal Battle After Police Officers Tim Martin, David Trujillo, And Burt Milliken Brutally Beat Innocent Pedestrian - Our Tax Dollars At Work

Posted on March 17, 2008
PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA - The city of Palo Alto on Wednesday lost an 11-year legal battle over whether police officers violated a man’s civil rights and now faces the prospect of paying hundreds of thousands of dollars to finally settle the case. The California Supreme Court turned down the city’s request to review and overturn lower [...

Former San Diego California Police Officer Thomas Williams Receives A Slap On The Wrist Plea Deal, Sentenced To Federal Prison For 5 Years For Trying To Buy Guns And Silencers For Robberies - Previously Convicted Of Grand Theft, And Armed Robberies

Posted on March 17, 2008
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA - A former San Diego police officer who was a football star at SDSU and a coach at two local private schools has admitted to attempting to buy guns to use in armed robberies. The U.S. Attorney’s Office in San Francisco said that, as part of a plea agreement, Thomas Williams, 61, of [...

Lowell Arkansas Police Officer Sgt. Kerry Headrick Arrested, Quits, Charged With Domestic Violence

Posted on March 17, 2008
BENTONVILLE, ARKANSAS - A Lowell police officer resigned last week after his arrest for domestic abuse. Sgt. Kerry Headrick was arrested last week for misdemeanor domestic abuse in the third degree involving his girlfriend. On Wednesday, Lowell Police Chief Joe Landers confirmed Headrick’s arrest and resignation...

Falls Pennsylvania Police Officer Matthew Shade Found Guilty Of Forgery

Posted on March 17, 2008
BENSALEM, PENNSYLVANIA - A Bucks County judge Wednesday found Falls police Officer Matthew Shade guilty of forging his estranged wife’s name on insurance settlement checks in an effort to defraud her of more than $5,000. The judge found Shade not guilty on related counts, including charges he lied to police about a burglary last year at [...

Marlboro County South Carolina Deputy Sheriff Robert Johnson, Under Investigation For Beating Man, Returns To Work

Posted on March 17, 2008
MARLBORO COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA - The incident happened early Sunday morning at a bar in Marlboro County. Solicitor Jay Hodge tells NewsChannel 15 based on preliminary findings he saw no reason to keep Deputy Robert Johnson on suspension. An incident report says Johnson used his arm to subdue a man he was arresting...

Schenectady New York Police Officer Thomas Disbrow Under Investigation For Watching Child’s Bowling Instead Of Working

Posted on March 17, 2008
SCHENECTADY, NEW YORK — The Police Department is looking into allegations that a city officer spent several hours over the weekend watching his son bowl in Scotia when he should have been on road patrol in Schenectady. City police spokesman Lt. Brian Kilcullen confirmed Wednesday that the department’s Office of Professional Standards is conducting an internal [...

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