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Massachusetts State Senator James Marzilli Arrested, Charged After Trying To Sexually Touch Woman - Second Such Attack In 2 Months

Posted on June 04, 2008
LOWELL, MASSACHUSETTS - State Sen. James Marzilli was arrested Tuesday on charges he attempted to sexually touch a woman in a park in Lowell, just weeks after prosecutors said there wasn’t enough evidence to press charges when another woman claimed he assaulted her...

Woodburn Oregon Police Officer Jose Rodriguez Quits After Jerking-Off For Neighbor’s Kids - Caught On Video

Posted on June 04, 2008
WOODBURN, OREGON - A Woodburn police officer arrested on charges of exposing himself to his neighbors quit his job on Tuesday. Jose Rodriguez had been placed on administrative leave after his arrest. “I and the other members of the Woodburn Police Department were shocked and saddened by this incident...

Man Gets Suspended Sentence After East Hartford Connecticut Police Chase That Nearly Resulted In Disabled Senior Being Run Down

Posted on June 04, 2008
MANCHESTER, CONNECTICUT - A moped rider who nearly ran over a disabled man when he fled police last month in East Hartford was sentenced to probation today in Superior Court. Robert Irish, 41, of Main Street in East Hartford pleaded guilty to reckless driving and interfering with police...

Confederate Flag Hysteria Grips Bloomington Minnesota High School Officials

Posted on June 04, 2008
BLOOMINGTON, MINNESOTA - Three seniors at Bloomington Kennedy High School will not be allowed to walk in their graduation ceremony after driving to school with confederate flags flying from their trucks. Seventy-five other students showed up at the school Wednesday morning to protest the action taken by the school against Justin Thompson, Joey Snyder and another [...

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King County Washington Deputy Sheriff Brian Bonnar Indicted By Federal Grand Jury After Brutally Beating Woman And Purjury For Lying About It

Posted on June 04, 2008
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON - A King County sheriff’s deputy has been charged with a federal civil rights violation and perjury. According to a federal indictment handed up Wednesday in Seattle, Deputy Brian Bonnar assaulted a handcuffed woman in 2005, kneeing her and slamming her head against a cruiser, and then lied about it when questioned before a [...

After Returning Children, Texas Police And State Agents Will Use Records And DNA Seized As The Result Of Prank Phone Call From Out Of State Negress To Continue Investigation

Posted on June 03, 2008
SAN ANGELO, TEXAS — The state of Texas’s case against members of a polygamist sect is damaged but not dead, legal experts said — even after a series of court defeats that ended with the return of hundreds of children who had been seized at the group’s compound...

Chinese Police Harass Citizens Protesting Thousands Of Children’s Deaths In Earthquake

Posted on June 03, 2008
DUJIANGYAN, CHINA - The police surrounded more than 100 parents here Tuesday as the parents protested shoddy school construction that they said had resulted in the deaths of thousands of children during the recent earthquake here. The police dragged away several crying mothers and harassed journalists trying to report on the event, according to witnesses and [...

Wellington New Zealand Police Officer Theo Gommans In Hot Water Over Nazi-Like Pink Vests For Graffiti Artists

Posted on June 03, 2008
WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND - A Wellington community police constable has come under fire for making graffiti offenders wear a pink vest while painting over their tags. Constable Theo Gommans said the vests, emblazoned with the word “tagger”, would make the offenders think about the consequences of their actions...

Crazed Chicago Illinois Judge Vincent Gaughan Threatens To Issue Warrant For Sun Times Reporter After His Refusal To Testify And Appeal Based On 1st Amendment

Posted on June 03, 2008
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS ? The judge in the R. Kelly child pornography trial has threatened to issue an arrest warrant for Chicago Sun-Times reporter Jim DeRogatis. DeRogatis, the pop music critic for the newspaper, got hold of the sex tape that is at the heart of the trial against Kelly in 2002...

Maricopa County Arizona Judge Roland Steinle Allows Evidence From Illegal Wiretaps In Trial

Posted on June 03, 2008
PHOENIX, ARIZONA - When accused serial killer Dale Hausner faces multiple murder charges later this year, jurors will be able to hear recordings in which he and his accomplice say they wanted to “kill 500.” Defense lawyers had tried to ban the police wiretaps, saying investigators didn’t get the proper approval...

Extortion Conviction Disappears After Jury Found Former Virginia Beach Police Officer Sgt. Jesse Burton Spry III - Money-Hungry Officer Threatened Man And His Son With Arrest If They Didn’t Pay Big Bucks For Beat Up Jeep

Posted on June 03, 2008
VIRGINIA BEACH, VIRGINIA - A judge today dismissed the case against a former Virginia Beach police sergeant convicted of extortion last year. Circuit Judge A. Joseph Canada Jr. set aside the verdict against Jesse Burton Spry III. It was the first time Canada has set aside a verdict in his 13-year tenure on the bench...

Proposal Could Release 40,000 Inmates From California’s Overcrowded And Mismanaged Prison System

Posted on June 03, 2008
SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA - A proposal has been made to try to relieve California’s overcrowded prisons, but not everyone is pleased with the idea. The clock is ticking as settlement talks over California’s overcrowded prison system are down to the last month...

Canton Ohio, Home Of Killer Cop Bobby Cutts, Jr., Criminalizes Lawns And Gardens

Posted on June 03, 2008
CANTON, OHIO - Homeowners who don’t mow their grass in the northeast Ohio city of Canton now face stiffer penalties - including possible jail time. The city council unanimously passed a law Monday that makes a second high-grass violation a fourth-degree misdemeanor carrying a fine of up to $250 and as many as 30 days in [...

Decatur Illinois Police DARE Program - All Dressed Up And No Place To Go

Posted on June 03, 2008
DECATUR, ILLINOIS - The Decatur Police Department has dropped its anti-drug education program for Decatur’s private schools, citing funding and staffing constraints. The DARE program, which stands for Drug Abuse Resistance Education, was dropped from Decatur public schools in recent years after the school district eliminated funding...

New Charlotte Mecklenburg North Carolina Police Chief Rodney Monroe’s College Degree Questioned

Posted on June 03, 2008
CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA - A Virginia university and a multistate accrediting body are investigating the bachelor’s degree that new Charlotte-Mecklenburg police Chief Rodney Monroe received last year. At issue is whether Monroe completed the necessary 30 credit hours of study at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, which awarded him a bachelor’s in interdisciplinary studies, said Belle [...

Veteran Woodburn Oregon Police Officer Arrested, Suspended, Charged After Exposing Himself And Jerking Off For Neighbor’s Children - Caught On Video

Posted on June 03, 2008
WOODBURN, OREGON - Police say a Woodburn police officer is on paid administrative leave after his arrest on charges of exposing himself to his neighbors. Three witnesses say they saw 50-year-old Jose Rodriguez standing in the doorway of his West Salem home and masturbating with his pants down to his ankles...

Cocke County Judge John Bell Must Pay His Own Legal Expenses - Accused Of Probation Sentencing That Required People To Pay Money To His Brother-In-Law’s Company

Posted on June 03, 2008
NEWPORT, TENNESSEE - A Cocke County judge apparently wanted taxpayers to pay for his alleged misconduct but that won’t happen. A temporary restraining order has been placed against the county government, forbidding them from paying General Sessions Judge John Bell legal expenses...

White Powder Turns Up In Envelope In Chandler Arizona Bank’s Night Deposit - Just Aspirin

Posted on June 03, 2008
CHANDLER, ARIZONA - A Chandler bank employee found an envelope with white powder Monday morning and a fire department hazardous materials team was called in to determine what it was. The employee found the envelope at about 9:30 a.m. in the night deposit box at the Compass Bank near Chandler Boulevard and Price Road...

Minneapolis Minnesota Police Department’s Internal Affairs Unit Under Review

Posted on June 03, 2008
MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA - A group based out of Washington D.C., will review the Minneapolis Police Department?s internal affairs unit, according to MPD officials. The Police Executive Research Forum, or PERF, will conduct a “comprehensive assessment of the internal affairs operations and practices...

Report Sees US Government Secretly Holding Terror Suspects Aboard Naval Vessels For Torture Interrogations - Govt Admits Holding At Least 26,000 Against Their Will Without Trial, But Report Suggests It Is Closer To 80,000

Posted on June 02, 2008
A human rights group alleges the U.S. has operated detention facilities for terror suspects aboard Naval vessels, according to a published report in a European newspaper Monday. A study compiled by Reprieve says the U.S. may have used as many as 17 vessels as ‘prison ships’ where terror detainees were subjected to interrogation as part of [...

Veteran New Jersey State Corrections Officer Andrea L. Grice Arrested, Charged With Accepting Bribes To Smuggle Cigarettes And Liquor Into Prison

Posted on June 02, 2008
PASSAIC COUNTY, NEW JERSEY - A state corrections officer has been accused of accepting more than $1,000 from relatives of an inmate to smuggle cigarettes and liquor inside a state prison and turn them over to the inmate. The Passaic County Prosecutor’s Office last month charged Senior Officer Andrea L...

Nutcase Mont Vernon New Hampshire Police Chief Rick Brougham Arrested, Suspended Charged With Violation Of Wife’s Emergency Emergency (Protection) Restraining Order - Became Increasingly Violent After She Filed For Divorce, Threatened To Burn House Down, Kill Himself Day Of Divorce

Posted on June 02, 2008
MONT VERNON, NEW HAMPSHIRE - The Mont Vernon police chief has been charged with violating an emergency restraining order taken out by his wife. Chief Rick Brougham had to surrender his service weapon under the restraining order and was ordered to have no contact with his wife and three sons...

Supreme Court Reverses Man’s Conviction, Makes It Much Harder For U.S. Government To Prosecute Money Laundering Charges

Posted on June 02, 2008
WASHINGTON, DC - The Supreme Court dealt federal prosecutors dual setbacks Monday in efforts to prosecute the laundering of drug ring and organized crime profits. The Supreme Court considered a pair of cases involving hidden money and an illegal gambling ring...

Chicago Illinois Police Officer Keithy Herrera Admits Lying In Reports, Beating And Terrorizing Citizens

Posted on June 02, 2008
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS - He took a vow to serve and protect, but wound up terrorizing Chicago citizens. Speaking out for the first time on 60 Minutes, former Chicago cop Keith Herrera freely admits he often broke the law, but then, broke the Blue Wall of silence in an attempt to redeem himself...

Chicago Illinois Police Car Crashes With Another Car, Sending 5 To Hospital

Posted on June 02, 2008
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS - Authorities say two Chicago police officers and three other people were injured when a squad car collided with another vehicle on the city’s West Side. The crash occurred late Sunday night in the Little Village neighborhood. Fire Department Chief Joe Roccasalva says two officers from the squad car were taken in serious to critical [...

Atlanta Georgia Police Pursuit Results In Teen’s Death, Another’s Injury, And Property Damage As Car Crashes Into Home

Posted on June 02, 2008
ATLANTA, GEORGIA — An 18-year-old man was killed and one other injured when a stolen car being chased by police plowed through a home in northwest Atlanta early Monday morning. The car caused heavy damage to the home at 1515 Bolton Rd. Firefighters used support jacks to shore up the house before the car was pulled [...

Fired Bryan County Georgia Detention Officer Joshua Nelson Arrested, Showed Up With Condoms And Roses For Sex With 14 Year Old Girl

Posted on June 02, 2008
WALTON COUNTY, GEORGIA - A southeast Georgia man has been arrested and charged after police said he drove to Walton County to have sex with a 14-year-old girl. Loganville police arrested Joshua Nelson, 23, after an online undercover investigation. Police said Nelson had several sexual online chats with a detective he thought was a 14-year-old girl...

Former Atlanta Georgia Police Officer Daniel Betts Pleads Guilty To Extortion - Exposed Amid Investigation Into Botched Shooting Which Left Innocent 92 Year Old Woman Dead

Posted on June 02, 2008
ATLANTA, GEORGIA ? A former police officer pleaded guilty Thursday to taking cash payoffs from the owner of an apartment complex in exchange for special protection. The extortion was revealed during the investigation into another embarrassing incident for Atlanta police: the fatal 2006 police shooting of an elderly woman in a botched drug raid...

California, Iowa, Ohio And Other States Base Redlight Tickets On Guesses (And Of Course Quotas)

Posted on June 02, 2008
REDWOOD CITY, CALIFORNIA - When officials in Redwood City, California are not sure who was responsible for an alleged red light camera infraction, they mail out citations to vehicle owners based upon a guess. The San Mateo Daily Journal newspaper provided an inside look at the city’s procedures for dealing with tickets issued by a [...

The War On Drugs Turns Out To Be Nothing More Than A War On America’s Wallets And Purses - $46 Billion Would Be Saved With Treatment Instead Of Incarceration

Posted on June 02, 2008
ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI ? American taxpayers would save more than $46 billion if drug addicts now in prison were instead treated, according to a study released Friday at a national convention of drug court professionals. Retired Army Gen. Barry McCaffrey, a former U...

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