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Officials In New Jersey’s Poorest School Districts Are Being Paid Big Bucks And Receive Massive Sick-Time Payouts

Posted on June 01, 2008
NEW JERSEY - Several top administrators in the state’s poorest school districts are earning big salaries and lucrative sick-time buyouts, an analysis of payroll records shows. In Garfield, the two top administrators are in line for $150,000 in unused sick time upon retirement, an amount that would far exceed caps being discussed...

Police State: House Bill Allows Police Officers To Carry Guns Anywhere Nation-Wide

Posted on June 01, 2008
WASHINGTON, DC - Florida cops and retired law-enforcement officers can now carry guns nationwide. The final step took effect two months ago. Until then, many states refused to let them travel armed to investigate crimes or when on vacation. “Probably three years ago, we flew into New York City to talk to a guy in jail there,” said [...

Judge Orders Passaic County New Jersey To Restaff Its Juvenile Detention Center After Deep Staff Cuts

Posted on June 01, 2008
PASSAIC COUNTY, NEW JERSEY - The state has ordered Passaic County to restore at least 20 officers’ jobs at its juvenile detention center, arguing that deep staff cuts have put the center’s personnel and residents at risk and result in skyrocketing overtime costs...

Bergen County Slush Funds, Packed With Tax Dollars, Under Investigation By Feds

Posted on June 01, 2008
BERGEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY - Some of the state grant money at the heart of a federal probe into top Bergen County Democrats came from special pots that critics say were little more than slush funds. Those accounts were created in 2002 ? after Democrats took control of the Legislature and the State House ? by [...

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Englewood New Jersey Mayor Michael Wildes Packs His Buddies And Campaign Contributors Into City Government

Posted on June 01, 2008
ENGLEWOOD, NEW JERSEY - Mayor Michael Wildes has stocked Englewood?s Planning Board with campaign contributors and personal friends who have, in turn, voted for projects presented by other friends and donors. Wildes, a Planning Board member himself, also has voted to approve some of those projects...

Patients Die In Care Of Lake Havasu City Arizona Fire Department Paramedics - Five Accused Of Dereliction Of Duty And Falsifying Official Documents

Posted on May 31, 2008
LAKE HAVASU CITY, ARIZONA - Five members of the fire department in Lake Havasu City have been accused of dereliction of duty and falsifying official documents. That’s according to an investigator’s report distributed last night to Lake Havasu City Council members...

Former Kinston Alabama Police Chief Harold Frost Sentenced To Life In Prison For Child Molestation

Posted on May 31, 2008
KINSTON, ALABAMA - A one time law enforcement officer here in the Wiregrass will spend the rest of his life behind bars. Newton Alabama Police Officer Harold Frost Quits After Being Charged With Child Molestation Earlier this month, Harold Frost pled guilty to two counts of sexual abuse of a child less than 12-years-old and one-count of [...

Los Angeles California Police Officer Shoots At Drunk Driver

Posted on May 31, 2008
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - A Los Angeles police officer opened fire at an alleged drunk driver’s car after the motorist failed to stop. No one was hurt and the man was eventually arrested. Police Capt. Mark Olvera says the incident happened Thursday night when a motorcycle officer began following a suspected drunk driver...

Anonymous Tipster Duped Fullerton California Police Into Arresting Innocent Teacher For Running Drugs

Posted on May 31, 2008
FULLERTON Police in Fullerton now say that Gregory Abbott, a teacher who earlier this week was arrested for allegedly running drugs on his Sunny Hills high school campus, is innocent of the charges and, furthermore, that Abbott was set up. Abbott, 31, was arrested after police, acting on an anonymous tip, found an unloaded shotgun, some [...

Universal City California Security Guard Arrested, Charged With Kidnapping And Child Molestation

Posted on May 31, 2008
UNIVERSAL CITY WALK, CALIFORNIA - He is paid to look for shoplifters and fight crime, but police say a 26-year-old guard — in uniform — sexually assaulted a female teen at Universal City Walk on Sunday. That guard, identified as Christopher Dominguez, is behind bars...

California Prison Guard Chris Chandler Receives A Slap On The Wrist After Sex With Inmate

Posted on May 31, 2008
YUBA CITY, CALIFORNIA - A 45-year-old man has been sentenced to 120 days in jail for having sex with a female prisoner while working as a guard at a privately run prison in Live Oak. Sutter County Superior Court Judge Chris Chandler also placed 45-year-old Mark Susoeff of Linda on probation for three years...

Former Sutter County California Deputy Sheriff Michael Slayton Sentenced To One Year In Jail For Probation Violation After Stalking Conviction

Posted on May 31, 2008
SUTTER COUNTY, CALIFORNIA - A former Sutter County Sheriff’s Department deputy who was convicted of stalking his estranged wife narrowly escaped a prison sentence Friday after missing appointments with his probation agent. Sutter County Judge H...

Angry Crowd Confronts Long Beach California Police Officers After They Shot And Killed Man

Posted on May 31, 2008
LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA - A man shot and killed by officers Saturday had been harassing residents and threatening to commit suicide in the final minutes of his life, police said Sunday. Lt. Fred Corral of the Los Angeles County Coroner’s Officer identified the victim as Roketi Mosesue, a 46-year-old Long Beach man of Samoan decent...

Retired Los Angeles California Police Officer Ralph Lakin Arrested, Charged With Child Pornography

Posted on May 31, 2008
GARDEN GROVE, CALIFORNIA - A retired Los Angeles policeman has been charged with possessing child pornography, a year after he was tackled while snapping photos of young girls at the Garden Grove Strawberry Festival. Orange County authorities say 53-year-old Ralph Lakin was arrested at his La Palma home on Friday...

Honolulu Hawaii Police Officer James Urban, Charged With Drunk Driving, Disappeared With Patrol Car For 12 Hours

Posted on May 31, 2008
HONOLULU, HAWAII - Honolulu police opened an internal affairs investigation after an officer, who’s restricted to desk duty, managed to disappear with a blue-and-white car for 12 hours. Officer James Urban is charged with drunken driving. Sources say the 31-year-old appeared to be intoxicated when he finally returned with the patrol car at about 2 am [...

Former New Hampshire DARE Treasurer, Police Sgt. Barbara Mack-Kenney Pleads Guilty To Theft

Posted on May 31, 2008
CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE ? A former police sergeant has pleaded guilty to stealing thousands of dollars from a police organization and has been sentenced to six months in jail. Barbara Mack-Kenney of Woodstock, pleaded guilty in Grafton County Superior Court to two counts of theft...

State’s Highest Court Ruled That Texas Illegally Snatched 440+ Children From Their Homes - State Now Demands Illegal Restrictions Before They Will Return The Children - Common Sense Should Tell Parents To Get Their Families Out Of State ASAP

Posted on May 31, 2008
SAN ANGELO, TEXAS - Parents’ hopes of quick reunions with more than 400 children removed from a polygamist sect’s ranch were dashed Friday after their attorneys and a judge clashed over proposed restrictions. A decision by Texas District Judge Barbara Walther means that to regain custody, the 38 mothers whose filed the complaint that led the [...

Veteran Miami Florida Police Officer Geovani Nunez And Detective Jorge Hernandez Charged With Protecting Cocaine Shipments

Posted on May 31, 2008
MIAMI, FLORIDA - Two veteran police officers were charged Friday with providing protection for purported shipments of cocaine and stolen goods in what was actually an undercover FBI operation. Officer Geovani Nunez and Detective Jorge Hernandez are accused in court documents of helping protect shipments of what they thought were stolen televisions and computers and at [...

Nashville Tennessee Runs Out Of Money, Juvenile Court Loses One Thrid Of Its Probation Officers

Posted on May 31, 2008
NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE - Police said teens, many in violent gangs, are committing more crimes in Metro. And some say things are about to get much worse. We learned Friday Metro’s juvenile court lost funding for one-third of its probation officers...

Lawsuit Charges Chicago Police With Making Man Do 50 Push-Ups, Attacking When He Couldn’t

Posted on May 31, 2008
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS - A man arrested by police on an Englewood street earlier this month claims an officer made him drop to the ground and do 50 push-ups, and when he could not complete them, the officer pushed his face and body into the ground. In a lawsuit filed in federal court in Chicago Wednesday, David [...

Lawsuit Against Stafford New Jersey Over Promotion Misconduct In Police Department Results In $177,000 Settlement

Posted on May 31, 2008
STAFFORD, NEW JERSEY ? A lawsuit filed more than two years ago by a then-township police lieutenant accusing department members of misconduct and claiming the officer was unfairly passed over for a promotion to chief has been settled. John McMenamin, who spent 21 years with the Stafford Police Department, sought $8...

Animal Cruelty Charge Upheld Against Chandler Arizona Police Officer Sgt. Tom Lovejoy - K9 Died After Officer Left Him In A Hot Car

Posted on May 31, 2008
CHANDLER, ARIZONA - A motion that would have dismissed an animal cruelty charge against a Chandler Police officer whose dog died in his custody last year has been denied. A Justice Court judge ruled the case will go ahead to trial on Friday. Sgt. Tom Lovejoy was working as a canine officer when he left his dog [...

New Jersey State Board Of Education Renews Contract Rewards Its Drunk Driving Attorney John B. Comegno II With Pay Raise

Posted on May 31, 2008
ATLANTIC CITY, NEW JERSEY - The Board of Education renewed its contract with its attorney Monday night despite the fact that he pleaded guilty last week to a drunken-driving charge. John B. Comegno II, 35, pleaded guilty to driving under the influence last week in a Mount Holly court...

New Jersey State Department Of Corrections Investigates Fistfight Between Two Of Their Lieutenants - Names Hidden From Taxpayers

Posted on May 31, 2008
BRIDGETON, NEW JERSEY — The state Department of Corrections is investigating allegations of a fistfight which took place last week at South Woods State Prison between two lieutenants. According to DOC Spokesman Matt Schuman, sometime after 2 p.m...

New Jersey State Police And State Judge Linda R. Feinberg Hide Records Of Murdered Teen’s Death From His Family

Posted on May 31, 2008
NEWARK, NEW JERSEY - For now, the parents of a College of New Jersey freshman can’t see police investigative records into the death of the 19-year-old Mantua resident whose body was found in a Pennsylvania landfill. A state judge has denied, for the time being, an effort by the parents of John Fiocco Jr...

Former Dayton Ohio Police Officer John Calvin Crenshaw Arrested, Charged In Connection With Drug Ring

Posted on May 31, 2008
DAYTON, OHIO — Brookville police said they arrested 11 people Thursday, including a former Dayton police officer, in connection with an alleged drug ring. According to Brookville Police Chief Ed Preston, the arrests came after a nine week investigation which resulted in a search warrant being served at 616 Rona Parkway...

Miami County Ohio Judges Elizabeth Gutmann And Mel Kemmer To Meet With State Supreme Court Judge Over Squabble - Judge Wearing Gun After Being Threatened By Former Bailiff Scott Niesley

Posted on May 31, 2008
MIAMI COUNTY, OHIO — Two judges in Miami County Municipal Court, at odds over a bailiff, will meet soon with the chief justice of the Ohio Supreme Court to talk about their differences. Chief Justice Thomas Moyer asked Judges Elizabeth Gutmann and Mel Kemmer “to join him for a conversation about the issues that have come [...

Miami Beach Florida Police Officer Takes Off In Man’s Car, Handcuffs Man, Exposes Him To Public

Posted on May 31, 2008
MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA - A man said he has photos to prove that Miami Beach police went too far when arresting his friend in South Beach during Memorial Day weekend. Kevin Salomon was arrested just before 7 p.m. in the 500 block of Ocean Court on Sunday on charges of resisting arrest and disorderly conduct...

Veteran Worcester Massachusetts Police Officer John M. Degon Arrested, Suspended, Charged With Planning Insurance Scam

Posted on May 31, 2008
WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS - A 14-year Worcester police veteran has been arrested on insurance fraud charges. Worcester Police Officer John M. Degon is accused of trying to scam an insurance company by falsely claiming a vehicle had been stolen. Police say Degon, 38, filed a stolen vehicle report last week on behalf of 25-year-old Timothy LaFratta, who is [...

Five People Injured In Cook County Illinois Courtroom, Then Three Stabbed In Maximum Security Area Of Cook County Jail - Our Tax Dollars At Work

Posted on May 31, 2008
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS - Just over an hour after five people, including three deputies, were injured in a Cook County courtroom, three inmates were seriously injured in a stabbing Wednesday evening at the Cook County Jail. Three inmates were stabbed at 2600 S...

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