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Latest Restraining Order Against Nutcase Lorain Ohio Police Officer Corey Earl Dropped

Posted on March 09, 2008
LORAIN, OHIO - A civil stalking protection order filed against Lorain police Officer Corey Earl has been dropped. On Thursday, Thomas Pruitt, a corrections officer at the county jail, dropped the request for the order that he filed last week without explanation, according to court records...

Hoboken New Jersey Police Chief Carmen LaBruno To Quit Amid Hooters Cops Scandal

Posted on March 09, 2008
HOBOKEN, NEW JERSEY - Hoboken Police Chief Carmen LaBruno will retire this summer in the wake of the SWAT team scandal involving Hooters girls, according to a report by the Jersey Journal on NJ.com. Sources told the Journal that LaBruno, 59, will make the announcement next week, ending a 37-year career in law enforcement...

Charges Revealed In Hoboken New Jersey Hooters Police SWAT Scandal - Names Kept Secret From Taxpayers

Posted on March 09, 2008
HOBOKEN, NEW JERSEY - Hoboken city officials released the charges facing police officers involved in the Hooters debacle last week; however, they could not release the names of the officers. Nine officers were listed and all of the charges are administrative...

Off Duty Costa Mesa California Police Officer Shoots Two, Kills One In Temecula Mexican Restaurant - Details Hidden From Taxpayers

Posted on March 09, 2008
TEMECULA, CALIFORNIA - One person was killed Saturday night and three others wounded in a shooting involving an off-duty police officer, sheriff’s deputies said. A fight broke out at a Mexican restaurant at about 7:20 p.m., according to Riverside County sheriff’s Deputy Craig Roberts...

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SUNY Buffalo New York State University Police Officer Richard J. McKeon Jr. Arrested, Charged With Second Degree Murder

Posted on March 09, 2008
BARRE, NEW YORK - Orleans County and state officials have arrested a college campus police officer in the death of Maureen S. Migliore, whose body was found early Friday morning on Maple Street in the Town of Barre, Orleans County. Richard J. McKeon Jr...

“You Better Run Nigger, Because I’m Fixin’ To Kill You” - Welcome To South Carolina

Posted on March 09, 2008
SOUTH CAROLINA - During a cordial conversation with a motorist on the side of a dark road, an S.C. trooper asked the man if there was anything he should know before searching the car. The young man said no. The trooper found a gun in the back seat. He tried to arrest the motorist, who ran...

Horry County South Carolina Deputy Sheriff Crashes Patrol Car

Posted on March 09, 2008
LITTLE RIVER, SOUTH CAROLINA - An Horry County police officer suffered minor injuries after losing control of his cruiser Saturday night, the S.C. Highway Patrol reports. It’s unclear how the officer lost control, but it happened on U.S. 17 in Little River near the North Carolina state line, said Lance Cpl...

Chicago Police Union Defends Fat Cops

Posted on March 09, 2008
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS - Chicago’s new top cop said he is considering a mandated physical fitness test for officers, one that could also take into account body fat, not only how much a cop weighs. But as CBS 2’s Jim Williams reports, the superintendent may have some heavy lifting when it comes to putting the weight of [...

Maryland Police Think They Are Above The Law, Refuse To Pay Speeding Tickets, Extend Middle Finger To Cameras As They Speed By

Posted on March 08, 2008
MONTGOMERY COUNTY, MARYLAND - Among the thousands of drivers who have been issued $40 fines after being nabbed by Montgomery County’s new speed cameras are scores of county police officers. The difference is, many of the officers are refusing to pay...

FBI, A Shadow Of It’s Former Self, As They Point Federal Resources At So-Called Terrorists

Posted on March 08, 2008
WASHINGTON, DC - The FBI is a shadow of its former crime-busting self, submitting nearly 40 percent fewer criminal investigations to the Justice Department for possible prosecution than it did two decades ago. The decline is mostly the result of the bureau’s heavy focus on terrorism investigations in recent years...

Seattle Washington Police Twice Bungle Recovery Of Cancer Patient’s Stolen Car, The Second Time Ending With It Being Totaled - Our Tax Dollars At Work

Posted on March 08, 2008
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON - Erik Schoenleber was riding the bus to class Wednesday morning when, to his surprise, he spotted two men inside his Honda CR-V at the 7-Eleven on Denny Way. The car had been stolen a week earlier. There was no mistaking it either...

Berks County Pennsylvania Deputy Sheriff David Desteno, Joseph Garipoli, Eric Heckman, Matthew Mendenhall, Joseph Smerko, Christopher Smith And Brenda Strouse Fired For Playing Computer Games On Internet Instead Of Working - Sheriff Eric J. Weaknecht Attempts To Hide Details From Taxpayers

Posted on March 08, 2008
READING, PENNSYLVANIA - Seven Berks County sheriff?s deputies have been fired for playing computer games on the Internet at work during down time, officials confirmed Thursday. “This will not be tolerated,” Sheriff Eric J. Weaknecht said. “We hope to replace the deputies very soon...

Bogus New Year’s Day Murder Charges By Indianapolis Indiana Police To Be Dismissed, After New Ballistics Tests And Falsely Charged Man Was Jailed For 2 Months - Case Affects Charges Against Police Officer Shannon W. McComas

Posted on March 08, 2008
INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA - Marion County prosecutors said they plan to dismiss murder charges against a man they had accused in a fatal shooting early New Year’s Day outside a Far-Eastside bar. The turn in the case hinges on new ballistics tests that show the deadly shot didn’t come from Sunungura “Go-Go” Rusununguko’s gun, said David Wyser, [...

Ipswich Massachusetts Police Charge Car’s Passenger With Drunk Driving

Posted on March 08, 2008
NEWBURYPORT, MASSACHUSETTS - A Salem driving instructor who police say had a blood alcohol level of nearly three times the legal limit pleaded not guilty yesterday in Ipswich District Court to operation of a vehicle under the influence of alcohol. Ipswich police said Daniel Winsky, 52, was in the passenger seat instructing two student drivers when [...

In Continuing Efforts To Piss Away Tax Dollars As Quickly As Possible, New Jersey Lawmakers Propose To Test 12 Year Old Students For Steroids

Posted on March 08, 2008
TRENTON, NEW JERSEY - At a time when steroid use by professional athletes is under congressional scrutiny, New Jersey lawmakers moved to ensure that student-athletes understand the danger of using performance-enhancing drugs. Student-athletes as young as 12 could undergo random tests for steroids under a bill advanced yesterday by the Senate Education Committee...

Tavares Florida Police Officer Daniel Snyder Admits To Getting A Whooping From An 80 Year Old Lady, Before She Took Off Handcuffs And Threw Then Out Patrol Car Window

Posted on March 08, 2008
TAVARES, FLORIDA - An 80-year-old woman was arrested Wednesday after she attacked a Tavares police officer following a car accident, officials said. Officer Daniel Snyder responded to a traffic accident Wednesday at U.S. Highway 441 and Huffstetler Drive in Tavares, said Tina Sagona, the department’s records clerk...

Criminal President Bush To Veto Legislation That Would Ban CIA Waterboarding

Posted on March 08, 2008
WASHINGTON, DC ? President Bush is poised to veto legislation that would bar the CIA from using waterboarding ? a technique that simulates drowning ? and other harsh interrogation methods on terror suspects. The president planned to talk about the veto in his Saturday radio address...

Crazed Florida Water Cops Charge Man With Feeding Dolphins, Don’t Charge Others Who Were Doing The Same Thing From Same Boat - Our Tax Dollars At Work

Posted on March 08, 2008
BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA — A captain of a Merritt Island pontoon boat tour got a $321 ticket for allegedly feeding a dolphin in the Banana River. Officers cited Donald Quinn, 51, of Brevard County, captain of the vessel, Fish Tales, at about 1 p...

Lake County Indiana Police Officer John H. Kitchen Suspended After Lying To Conceal His Role As Driver Who Caused Wreck Which Killed Another Officer

Posted on March 08, 2008
CROWN POINT, INDIANA - A Lake County police officer is accused of lying last month to conceal he was the driver who caused the death of fellow Officer Eric N. Forster in a Feb. 23 fatal traffic accident. Sheriff Rogelio “Roy” Dominguez said Thursday he has suspended police Officer John H...

Tavares Florida Police Officer Daniel Snyder Admits To Getting A Whooping From An 80 Year Old Lady, Before She Took Off Handcuffs And Threw Them Out Patrol Car Window

Edcouch Texas Police Chief Eloy Cardenas Suspended, Charged With Shooting At His Wife’s Former Husband

Posted on March 07, 2008
EDCOUCH, TEXAS ? The city?s police chief was suspended with pay Monday as he faces a felony charge for allegedly firing a shotgun several times at his wife?s ex-husband. The suspension was announced at the first City Council meeting since Edcouch police Chief Eloy Cardenas was charged with deadly conduct, a third-degree felony that carries [...

Veteran Chicago Illinois Police Officer David Hayes Fired - Concealed Felony Conviction - Crashed Into Illinois State Trooper And Then Fled

Posted on March 07, 2008
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS - A veteran Chicago police officer was fired last month after an investigation revealed he concealed a felony conviction when he applied for the job in 1995, records show. David Hayes, 39, pleaded guilty in 1995 to leaving the scene of an accident after he crashed a car into an Illinois state trooper’s vehicle, [...

Veteran Tulsa Oklahoma Police Officer Buddy Visser Quits After Feds Charge Him With Stealing, Selling, And Mailing Department Guns

Posted on March 07, 2008
TULSA, OKLAHOMA - 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 [...

Sacramento California Attorney Gary Appelblatt Arrested, Charged With Sexual Battery

Posted on March 07, 2008
SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA - A Sacramento attorney was arrested Thursday for allegedly touching a 28-year-old client in a sexual manner, according to Sgt. Tim Curran with the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department. Curran said the woman reported the incident took place during a visit to Gary Appelblatt’s office last month...

Nutcase Murfreesboro Tennessee Police Officer Anthony Whitehead Under Investigation After Pulling Gun On Truck Driver - Ignored Traffic Accident To Hassle Trucker

Posted on March 07, 2008
MURFREESBORO, TENNESSEE — A Murfreesboro police officer is being investigated by internal affairs for his actions during a failure to yield traffic stop. Video Here Authorities said the officer pulled a gun on a truck driver for what amounted to a traffic ticket...

Suspended Veteran Southampton New York Police Officer Guy Giammatteo, A “Sexual Predator In A Police Uniform”, Faces Additional Charges

Posted on March 07, 2008
SOUTHAMPTON, NEW YORK - 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. Guy Giammatteo, 33, will appear before Judge Barbara Kahn as she unseals a second indictment charging that he coerced more women whom [...

Former Boston Massachusetts Police Officer Roberto Pulido And Another Man Arrested, Charged With Conspiring To Rob Former Business Associate

Posted on March 07, 2008
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS - A Boston man has been arrested after federal prosecutors said he conspired with a police officer to frame and rob a former business associate. Federal prosecutors said Jose “Tito” Alvarez, 42, plotted with former Boston Police Officer Roberto Pulido to get back at Pulido?s former partner in a car repair shop...

Santa Rosa California Snitch Shot And Killed

Posted on March 07, 2008
SANTA ROSA, CALIFORNIA - Police have arrested two additional suspects in the killing of a Santa Rosa man who was in a witness relocation program because he had testified against alleged gang members, authorities said today. Suisun City resident Tyrone Rosenblad Tay, 26, and Jack Houmpheng Sendsourith, 29, of Santa Rosa were arrested on suspicion of [...

Bainbridge Island Washington Police Guild Sues To Keep Bad Cop Records Hidden After Investigation Into Police Officer Steve Cain

Posted on March 07, 2008
BAINBRIDGE ISLAND, WASHINGTON - Prompted by inquires from an island resident, the Bainbridge Island Police Guild filed a lawsuit this week to keep documents regarding a police misconduct investigation under wraps. The suit aims to prevent the city and the Bainbridge Island Police Department from fully disclosing two investigations into Officer Steve Cain’s arrest of island [...

Battered Wife Snaps, Shoots And Kills Former New York City Police Officer Husband Ray Sheehan

Posted on March 07, 2008
HOWARD BEACH, FLORIDA - A wife and mother shot and killed her husband Monday afternoon inside their home on 158th Avenue in Howard Beach, police said. Barbara Sheehan, 46, was arrested at the home and later charged with second-degree murder and second- and fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon for allegedly shooting retired NYPD Sergeant Ray [...

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