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Newark New Jersey Police Investigating Jailed Veteran Police Officer Det. Vernon Parker, Charged With Child Molestation

Posted on March 06, 2008
NEWARK, NEW JERSEY - The Newark Police Department’s Office of Internal Affairs will conduct a “thorough investigation” into the allegations and arrest of a decorated city police detective accused of sexual assault in attacks on a West Orange teenager, a department spokesman said this morning...

Corpus Christi Texas Firefighter Gilberto Alvarado Charged With Child Molestation

Posted on March 06, 2008
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS - A Corpus Christi firefighter was placed on paid leave this month after he was accused of sexually assaulting his former stepdaughter about 10 years ago, a sheriff’s department investigator said. Gilberto Alvarado, 31, was arrested about two weeks ago after his former stepdaughter, now 17, told her mother Jan...

Former Suffolk County New York Police Officer Raymond Montefusco Convicted After Using Patrol Car In Burglary, Sentenced To Prison

Posted on March 06, 2008
RIVERHEAD, NEW YORK — A former police officer convicted of acting as a lookout during a supermarket burglary has been sentenced to up to five years in prison, with both prosecutors and his supporters claiming at least partial victory. Raymond Montefusco maintained his innocence even as he walked into a Long Island courthouse Friday...

Former Tippecanoe County Indiana Deputy Sheriff Glen A. Keller Seeks Reduction Of Felony Conviction To A Misdemeanor - Received Slap On The Wrist After He Lied About Checking On 4 Year Old Who Latter Died From Abuse

Posted on March 06, 2008
LAFAYETTE, INDIANA - A former police officer who lied about a well-being check on a 4-year-old girl who later died from abuse will appear in court Thursday on a request to have his perjury conviction reduced to a misdemeanor. In a written petition to the court, an attorney for Glen A...

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Fairfax County Virginia Deputy Sheriff Zachary Dennis Taylor Turns Himself In To Face Ocean City Maryland Rape Charge

Posted on March 06, 2008
OCEAN CITY, MARYLAND - A Fairfax County deputy sheriff charged with rape in Ocean City has apparently turned himself into the custody Ann Arundel County, Md., police. Ocean City Police Public Affairs Spokesman Pfc. Michael Levy said he had heard through his sources that Zachary Dennis Taylor, 31, surrendered at about 4 p...

Man Awarded $65K After Excessive Force By Douchebag Albany New York Police Officer William Bonanni - Officer Previously Involved In Shooting Innocent Pedestrian, Showing Up For Work Drunk - Our Tax Dollars At Work

Posted on March 06, 2008
ALBANY, NEW YORK - Albany Police Officer William Bonanni’s job is not on the line even though a federal jury rules he used excessive force during an arrest. This is the first time Bonanni is being held liable for one of the many complaints brought against him involving police brutality...

Family’s Lawsuit Charges Crazed New Orleans Louisiana Police Officer With Taser Weapon Attack And Beating Man At His Own Bar - Film Of Attack Disappears - Cops Fail To Show Up In Court 4 Times And Bogus Charges Against Man Dropped

Posted on March 06, 2008
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - The Elloie family has filed a lawsuit against the City and NOPD after they say officers attacked and tasered Steven Elloie. It happened on June 23, 2006 at Elloie’s bar .. The Sportsman’s Corner in Central City. And the ACLU claims a couple of the officers are repeat offenders...

New York City’s So-Called Ring Of Steel? - Not So Much…

Posted on March 06, 2008
NEW YORK, NEW YORK — New York police said a small explosion outside a military recruiting station in Times Square early Thursday caused minor damage. The explosion occurred around at 3:45 a.m. There were no reported injuries. Two witnesses, a man and a woman, each told a local TV station they heard a “huge bang” from their [...

Pierce County Wisconsin Highway Commissioner Ross Christopherson Arrested, Suspended, Charged With Drunk Driving In County Car

Posted on March 06, 2008
PIERCE COUNTY, WISCONSIN - A highway commissioner in charge of miles of Wisconsin roads is in trouble for driving drunk on them. Now leaders in Pierce County have decided to suspend Ross Christopherson, 56, after police pulled him over last week in his county car...

9/11 Hysteria Continues: Crazed FBI Director Rober Mueller Wants Telecommunications Companies To Get Immunity Even If Acting In Bad Faith

Posted on March 06, 2008
WASHINGTON, DC - At the heart of President Bush’s plea to give telecommunications companies legal immunity is the contention that these companies were merely being patriotic corporate citizens when they facilitated the warrantless wiretapping of Americans...

Lawsuit Charges Schenectary New York Police Officers Daryl Mallard, Gregory Hafensteiner, Kevin Derkowski, Andrew Karaskiewicz, And Eric Reyell With Beating Motorist

Posted on March 06, 2008
SCHENECTADY, NEW YORK — A notice of claim has been filed against the Schenectady Police Department and five officers for their alleged roles in an excessive-force case under investigation by the state attorney general’s office. The claim, filed Tuesday by an attorney representing Donald Randolph, names officers Daryl Mallard, Gregory Hafensteiner, Kevin Derkowski, Andrew Karaskiewicz and [...

Motorist Awarded $9,100 After Being Attacked By Crazed Tennessee Highway Patrol Police Officer Sgt. David Bush - Awarded $77,500 After Nutcase Cookville Police Officer Eric Hall Shot Family’s Dog

Posted on March 06, 2008
COOKEVILLE, TENNESSEE - It wasn’t the judgment James Smoak envisioned on his 44th birthday on Wednesday. Not after having his dog Patton killed by a police officer’s shotgun blast in 2003 ? and not after being thrown to the ground by a Tennessee highway patrolman during the incident...

Fargo North Dakota VA Medical Center Police Officer Richard Allan Martin Arrested, Charged With Terrorizing And Drunk Driving

Posted on March 06, 2008
FARGO, NORTH DAKOTA - A security officer at Fargo?s Veterans Affairs Medical Center was arrested on suspicion of terrorizing and drunken driving early Wednesday after he allegedly threatened a woman, Fargo police said. The 28-year-old Moorhead woman walked into the Simonson station at 3810 Main Ave...

Milwaukee Wisconsin Police Officer Lt. Jason Smith May Face Firearm Charge After Drunk Driving Arrest

Posted on March 06, 2008
MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN - A Milwaukee police lieutenant is facing possible firearm charges after his arrest last week by Brown Deer police on suspicion of drunken driving, refusing to take a breath test and carrying a loaded gun while under the influence of an intoxicant...

Crazed Denver Colorado Public School Employees Criminalizing Kisses Between Children

Posted on March 06, 2008
DENVER, COLORADO - Public officials called it “nutty” and “foolishness” Wednesday morning, and one asked whether SWAT teams would now descend on teenagers kissing at school. The Denver district attorney calls one such case a crime...

Princeton Borough New Jersey Police Officers, Including PBA Union Vice President, Suspended Amid Union Pissing Content With Chief Anthony Federico

Posted on March 06, 2008
PRINCETON BOROUGH, NEW JERSEY — Three of the borough’s 34 police officers — the vice president of PBA union Local 130 and two sergeants — are on paid suspension arising from administrative charges, esca lating a battle between the police union and department Chief Anthony Federico...

State Assembly Finally Passes Bill To Stop Milwaukee Wisconsin Police Officers From Collecting Pay While Appealing Firings Or Suspensions

Posted on March 06, 2008
MADISON, WISCONSIN - The state Assembly has passed a bill that would prohibit Milwaukee police officers from collecting their pay while they appeal firings and suspensions. Current state law allows only Milwaukee officers to collect their pay during a suspension or firing appeal...

Disgraced Former Carroll Township Pennsylvania Police Chief Howard Springer And Wife Found Dead In Their Home

Posted on March 06, 2008
MONONGAHELA, PENNSYLVANIA - A former township police chief convicted of charges related to video poker was found dead along with his wife in their Washington County home, and authorities said a homicide investigation had been opened. The bodies of Howard Springer, 63, and Nancy Springer, 65, were found shortly before 8 p...

Red Bay Alabama Police Chief Pat Creel Suspended - Details Hidden From Taxpayers

Posted on March 06, 2008
RED BAY, ALABAMA - Police Chief Pat Creel did not report to work today after being informed by three council members that he had been suspended with pay. But the legality of the suspension remains in doubt. After Monday night?s council meeting was adjourned, Councilman Bobby Nelson handed Creel a letter notifying him that he had been [...

Former Flint Michigan Police Officer Insp. Ralph Tedford III Pleads Guilty, Receives A Tiny Slap On The Wrist After Sex With A Female Motorist At Police Station

Posted on March 06, 2008
FLINT, MICHIGAN – A former Flint police inspector charged with misconduct was sentenced to 60 days in jail this morning and will have to pay fines and costs of $800. Judge Karl E. Kraus imposed the sentence for Ralph Tedford III, 41, of Flint, in District Court, telling Tedford people trust the police to protect the [...

Cincinnati Ohio Police Officer Clayton Neel Pleads Guilty After Intentionally Losing Friend’s Drunk Driving Paperwork

Posted on March 06, 2008
CINCINNATI, OHIO — A Cincinnati police officer accused of intentionally losing paperwork related to an acquaintance’s drunken-driving arrest pleaded guilty Monday to tampering with records. In exchange for Clayton Neel’s plea in Hamilton County Common Pleas Court, prosecutors dismissed charges of theft in office and tampering with evidence...

Douglas County Colorado Deputy Sheriff Involved In High Speed Chase Of Truck With 6 Year Old Child Inside

Posted on March 06, 2008
DOUGLAS COUNTY, COLORADO - A man who led a Douglas County Sheriff’s deputy on a high-speed chase in Castle Rock Monday used a 6-year-old girl as a shield before releasing her and running across a snow-packed field, investigators said. Authorities said he gave up after a short distance and was arrested...

Veteran Sarasota County Florida Deputy Sheriff Sgt. Clint Knowles May Be Charged After Groping Women At Restaurant

Posted on March 06, 2008
NORTH PORT, FLORIDA ? The state attorney’s office is considering battery charges against Sarasota County Sheriff’s Sgt. Clint Knowles, who is accused of groping two women at a restaurant Thursday night. North Port police forwarded the case for possible prosecution after officers were called to the Applebee’s restaurant on U...

Three Fort Wayne Indiana Police Officers Bobby Lemon, Geraud Bartels, And Edward Black Suspended

Posted on March 06, 2008
FORT WAYNE, INDIANA - The Board of Public Safety learned of the suspensions during its meeting Monday. They also debated letting taxis post advertisements on the outside of the cabs. Officer Bobby Lemon received a three-day unpaid suspension for violating the police department?s sick-time procedures, Police Chief Rusty York said...

Former Albany Georgia Police Officer Inv. Derrick Lamond Cade Pleads Guilty After Soliciting A Whore For Sex While In Patrol Car For A Slap On The Wrist

Posted on March 06, 2008
ALBANY, GEORGIA ? A former Albany Police officer Monday was sentenced to 12 months probation and ordered to give up his Peace Officer Standards and Training certification after pleading guilty to a pandering charge, an official said. Derrick Lamond Cade, a former investigator with the APD, pleaded guilty Monday to the misdemeanor charge of pandering, which [...

$5 Million Lawsuit Charges Redwood City California Police With Beating And Pepper Spraying Diabetic Suffering From Insulin Shock

Posted on March 06, 2008
REDWOOD CITY, CALIFORNIA - The diabetic bodybuilder allegedly beaten while being arrested outside a Redwood City movie theater last year by police officers who mistook the man’s insulin shock for intoxication has filed a $5 million suit against the city...

Former Hall County Nebraska Corrections Officer Jason Keller Pleads No Contest In Slap On The Wrist Plea Deal To Sexually Abusing Female Inmate

Posted on March 06, 2008
HALL COUNTY, NEBRASKA - A former Hall County corrections officer was convicted Monday of sexually abusing a female inmate. Jason Keller, 28, 1033 S. Vine St., pleaded no contest to sexual abuse of an inmate in Hall County District Court as part of a plea agreement...

Freemansburg New Jersey Police Officer Kevin Andrew Kovalovsky Appears In Court Following Arrest After Drunken Wreck

Posted on March 06, 2008
NORTHAMPTON COUNTY, NEW JERSEY - A Freemansburg police officer who was arrested in December and accused of drunken driving waived the charges Monday morning to Northampton County Court. Kevin Andrew Kovalovsky, 32, of Bethlehem Township, waived the drunken-driving charge in front of District Judge Adrianne Masut...

Former Head Of Bartow County Georgia Narcotics Task Force Brenton J. Garmon Pleads Guilty To Stealing $80K+ From Department

Posted on March 06, 2008
BARTOW COUNTY, GEORGIA - The former head of Bartow County?s Narcotics Task Force entered a guilty plea to federal theft charges in Rome Wednesday afternoon. 35 year old Brenton J. Garmon admitted to taking more than $80,000 from an account of money that had been seized in operations by the Task Force...

Former Delaware County Oklahoma Deputy Sheriff Jonathan Floyd Wilson Receives A Slap On The Wrist After Pleading No Contest To Falsifying Records Concerning His Girlfriend

Posted on March 06, 2008
DELAWARE COUNTY, OKLAHOMA - A former Delaware County sheriff’s deputy pleaded no contest to falsifying sheriff’s records about his girlfriend and received a six-month deferred sentence, court officials said Monday. Jay is the county seat of Delaware County...

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