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Additional Information On Maricopa County Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s Honduran Scam Uncovered

Posted on March 17, 2008
MARICOPA COUNTY, ARIZONA - In case you missed it, Channel 12’s Joe Dana rolled over a new stone in the Honduran scam last night, revealing that the MCSO had plans to install a high-tech facial recognition system in Honduras, which Arlie Thompson, Governor of the Bay Islands, said included, “…security systems and programs…at the airports, [...

So-Called Terrorist Tortured By U.S. Government, Falsely Held For 6 Years, And Of Course Has Been Denied Every Form Of Due Process - Now Faces U.S. Kangaroo Court

Posted on March 17, 2008
WASHINGTON, DC — Lawyers for one of the administration’s most prized detainees in the war on terror are challenging their client’s detention as unlawful — contending he was never a member of al Qaeda and never tried to harm Americans...

24 Of 41 Counts Charged By Pittsburgh Pennsylvania U.S. Attorney James Wilson Against Celebrity Pathologist Total Less Than $4 In Losses - Our Tax Dollars At Work

Posted on March 17, 2008
PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA - Celebrity pathologist Cyril Wecht used public employees, resources and equipment to “cut the overhead” of his multimillion-dollar private practice, a federal prosecutor said Monday in his closing argument at Wecht’s trial...

Veteran Wyoming Michigan Police Officer Sgt. Daniel Kurt Bursma Quits After Drunk Driving Arrest At Three Times State Limit And Suspension

Posted on March 16, 2008
HOLLAND, MICHIGAN — A Wyoming police sergeant who resigned this week after being charged with drunken-driving was alleged to have a blood-alcohol level more than three times the legal limit, according to court records. A ticket written to Daniel Kurt Bursma, 42, who was off duty when he was stopped March 1 on James Street, shows [...

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Unadilla Georgia Police Officer Capt. John Fisher Suspended After Illegal Traffic Stop

Posted on March 16, 2008
UNADILLA, GEORGIA ? A captain with Unadilla Police Department has been suspended from the force pending an official hearing for conducting an illegal traffic stop. Unadilla Mayor Charles West confirmed the information and announced that he has suspended Capt...

Crazed Former Southington Connecticut Police Officer Gary Allard Arrested, Charged with Impersonating An Officer - Pulled Over Man, Flashed Retiree Badge, Handgun, And Threatened To Blow The Driver’s Head Off

Posted on March 16, 2008
SOUTHINGTON, CONNECTICUT — Southington police said a former police officer has been arrested on a charge of impersonating a police officer. Gary Allard, 51, who left the Southington department in 1998, allegedly pulled over a driver near an Interstate 84 exit ramp in February and displayed a badge and a handgun during the incident...

Bogus Sexual Abuse Case Disappears After West Bloomfield Michigan Police Det. Joseph Brousseau Videotaped Interrogation Of Child Without Notice To Legal Guardian

Posted on March 16, 2008
WEST BLOOMFIELD, MICHIGAN - Last Dec. 4, without notice to a legal guardian appointed to represent the boy, West Bloomfield Police Detective Joseph Brousseau interrogated a 13-year-old witness about allegations of sexual abuse against his father. Last week prosecutors dropped criminal charges against the parents and agreed to reunite them with their son and daughter, who [...

Suspended Leechburg Pennsylvania Police Officer Todd Harbaugh Could Face More Penalties For Not Showing Up In Court After Arrests

Posted on March 16, 2008
LEECHBURG, PENNSYLVANIA - A suspended Leechburg police officer is facing possible contempt of court sanctions for not attending hearings about some of his arrests. Patrolman Todd Harbaugh is on “inactive status” until next month for “administrative reasons,” borough police Chief Mike Diebold said Friday...

Sheriff’s Candidate Hopes To Oust Nutcase Maricopa County Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio

Posted on March 16, 2008
MARICOPA COUNTY, ARIZONA - The rematch between Joe Arpaio and Dan Saban for the title of Maricopa County sheriff is going to be one of the county’s hottest races, and it’s already warming up. All of Maricopa County’s line officers are up for re-election in November, including all five supervisors, the assessor, treasurer, superintendent of schools [...

Collier County Florida Deputy Sheriff Susan Boylan Disciplined After Threatening 11 Year Old Boy With Taser Weapon, Spanking Him For Not Listening To His Mother

Posted on March 16, 2008
NAPLES, FLORIDA - A Collier County Sheriff Deputy spanked an 11-year-old boy and threatened him with a taser, according to an investigation. The internal investigation reveals Collier County Sheriff Deputy Corporal Susan Boylan spanked the boy after he refused to listen to his mom...

Drunk Driving Case Tossed After Illegal Detentions And Use Of Uncertified Equipment By Cherokee County Kansas Sheriff’s Department

Posted on March 16, 2008
COLUMBUS, KANSAS ? Several drunken-driving cases are being thrown out in Cherokee County because a judge concluded the Sheriff?s Department illegally detained some of those who had been stopped. Other cases are being dismissed because the Sheriff?s Department for several months last year used equipment that was not certified to measure blood-alcohol content, according to [...

Rapid City South Dakota Police Officer Brent Nelson Fired, Under Investigation For Embezzling Money

Posted on March 16, 2008
RAPID CITY, SOUTH DAKOTA - A Rapid City police officer has been fired on suspicion of embezzling from a police organization. According to Police Chief Steve Allender, Brent Nelson is suspected of taking money from the Peace Officers’ Association...

Person County North Carolina Deputy Sheriff Sgt. Mitch Carr Crashes Patrol Car During High Speed Chase

Posted on March 16, 2008
PERSON COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA - A Person County Sheriff?s Department deputy who was critically injured when he crashed his patrol cruiser during a high-speed chase last weekend is out of intensive care at Duke University Medical Center. Sgt. Mitch Carr, 40, suffered multiple serious injuries last weekend when he flipped his Ford Crown Victoria several times [...

Allegations Against Fired Orofino Idaho Police Officer For Having Sex With A Child Referred For Prosecution

Posted on March 16, 2008
OROFINO, IDAHO - The Nez Perce County prosecutor’s office confirms it has received results of an investigation into allegations that an Orofino police officer had sex with a teenage girl. No charges have been filed against the officer, who is not named...

Naples Florida Jail Inmate Sentenced To Jail For Storing Feces In Jail Cell - Our Tax Dollars At Work

Posted on March 16, 2008
NAPLES, FLORIDA - A 23-year-old Golden Gate Estates man who collected his feces and stored it under his Naples jail cell bed ?as a practical joke? was sentenced Friday to 60 days in jail. ?This guy was saving poop in a bag and a cup and would ferment it with urine and throw it on the [...

Lee County Illinois Animal Control Officer Nancy L. Cullen Arrested, Charged With Theft

Posted on March 16, 2008
LEE COUNTY, ILLINOIS - The Lee County Animal Control supervisor was arrested Friday, accused of stealing $820 from the department since June. Nancy L. Cullen, 35, 3018 Dugdale Road, Ashton, is charged with theft, punishable by up to seven years in prison, and official misconduct, punishable by up to five years...

Firing Of Three Madison New York Police Officers Prompt Calls For Police Chief Paul D. Jakubson’s Resignation

Posted on March 16, 2008
MADISON, NEW YORK - THE dismissal of three local police officers for misconduct in recent months has prompted a growing number of residents in this usually quiet shore town of 19,000 to question the police chief?s management skills and demand that he step down...

Former Ranlo North Carolina Police Officer Thomas Barry Johnson Charged With Attacking Inmate At Gaston County Jail

Posted on March 16, 2008
RANLO, NORTH CAROLINA - The State Bureau of Investigation charged a former Ranlo Police officer Friday with assault stemming from an incident at the Gaston County Jail last year. State agents charged Thomas Barry Johnson, 53, of the 200 block of Smith Street, Belmont, with simple assault, according to an arrest warrant...

Prince George’s County Maryland Corrections Officer Frank Yeboah Charged With Giving Cell Phones To Inmates

Posted on March 16, 2008
UPPER MARLBORO, MARYLAND - An officer has been arrested after inmates were found with cell phones in a Prince George’s County correctional facility. The officer, Pierre Sailsman-Currie, 22, is a member of the Bloods street gang, according to court documents, and he allegedly gave phones to members of the gang...

More Indictments Returned Against Edmonson County Kentucky Sheriff Billy Joe Honneycutt

Posted on March 16, 2008
EDMONSON COUNTY, KENTUCKY - State police say a western Kentucky sheriff is facing more charges of conducting firearms training courses that weren?t up to state standards. Police say a Madison County grand jury returned a 13-count indictment against Edmonson County Sheriff Billy Joe Honeycutt on Thursday...

Orange County New York Deputy Sheriff Audrey Rodrigues Arrested, Charged With Workers Compensation Fraud, Perjury, And False Statements

Posted on March 16, 2008
GOSHEN, NEW YORK - An Orange County deputy sheriff has been arrested and charged with being involved in a scheme to fraudulently obtain workers compensation benefits. Sheriff Carl DuBois said Audrey Rodrigues, 40, of Otisville allegedly collected over $75,000 in workers compensation benefits while gainfully employed by another entity...

Veteran Wood County Kentucky Deputy Sheriff Sgt. Amy McGiffin Fired For Inproper Relationship With Prisoner

Posted on March 16, 2008
WOOD COUNTY, OHIO - A 19-year veteran Wood County sheriff’s deputy was fired yesterday after being accused of showing favoritism to and having an improper relationship with an inmate in the jail where she was a supervisor. Sgt. Amy McGiffin, 45, was terminated by Sheriff Mark Wasylyshyn following a lengthy internal investigation...

Nutcase Whitewater Wisconsin Police Chief James Coan Tries To Justify Efforts After Pissing Away Taxpayer Dollars Pursuing Anonymous Blogger

Posted on March 16, 2008
WHITEWATER, WISCONSIN - It’s a mystery that has gripped Whitewater city government since July: Who is John Adams, the anonymous blogger at www.freewhitewater.com? The Web site, Free Whitewater, was launched last spring and takes aim at the “narrow-minded” leaders of the community of 14,000 about 45 miles southeast of Madison...

Disgraced Jersey City New Jersey Chief Judge Vincent Signorile Quits Amid Ticket Fixing Scandal, Rewarded High Dollar City Job

Posted on March 16, 2008
JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY - He resigned his job as a municipal judge in Jersey City amid allegations he fixed parking tickets. But Vincent Signorile, a former chief judge of the court and former city councilman, is still on the city payroll and practicing law...

Crazed Camera Shy Manatee County Deputy Sheriff’s Arrest Man For Taking Their Pictures During Raid

Posted on March 16, 2008
MANATEE COUNTY, FLORIDA - Randy Dean Sievert drew ire from Manatee County sheriff’s deputies as he aimed his cell phone camera at undercover investigators executing a search warrant in his neighborhood. A deputy confronted Sievert, demanding that he destroy any photos of investigators and their vehicles...

Los Angeles California Police Try To Rebuild Totally Shattered Image By Replacing Doors After Raids On The Wrong Homes

Posted on March 16, 2008
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - When Los Angeles cops busted through Mae Phillips’ front door last month looking for her grandson, they blew out the door jamb, ripped out casing and drywall, and left the shattered remains hanging by the hinges. But just as sometimes happens in the movies, the suspect wasn’t there - and Phillips became [...

Philadelphia Pennsylvania Police Lose Patrol Car To Handcuffed Man, And He Dumps It In New Jersey

Posted on March 16, 2008
PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA - Camden and Philadelphia police are looking for the handcuffed man who managed to steal a police cruiser this morning. The man ditched the cruiser at the Centennial Village housing project in Camden. He had been arrested on the Philadelphia side of the Ben Franklin Bridge after a police chase...

Veteran Boston Massachusetts Police Officer Sgt. Thomas Joyce Arrested In Savannah Georgia, Charged After Forcing His Way Into Women’s Home, Holding Them Against Their Will

Posted on March 16, 2008
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS — Boston Police officer Thomas Joyce, 46, was arrested Friday at the St. Patrick’s Day festival in Savannah, Ga. Joyce forced his way into the home of two women and held them against their will. He physically restrained the women and pulled them out of their home, but took nothing...

Nutcase Maricopa County Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio Refuses To Answer Lawyer’s Questions Concerning Investigation Of Disgraced Chandler Police Officer Sgt. Lovejoy Killing K9 In Hot Car

Posted on March 16, 2008
MARICOPA COUNTY, ARIZONA - Seven pages of court documents provide the latest twist in the case of Chandler Police Officer Tom Lovejoy’s legal fight against Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio. According to the documents obtained by The East Valley Tribune, a court is ordering Arpaio to answer questions from Lovejoy’s attorneys...

No Justice: Burglary Victim Told She Must Buy Her Stolen Jewlery Back From New Port Richey Pawn Shop

Posted on March 16, 2008
NEW PORT RICHEY, FLORIDA - “This is totally unacceptable, absolutely outrageous.” Sue Bradshaw is talking about her attempt to recover the rings she lost when her home was burglarized last month. The jewelry, worth several thousand dollars, ended up at the 5th Avenue pawn shop in New Port Richey...

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