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Perth Australia Police Officer Charged And Suspended After Off-Duty Attack On Woman Motorist

Posted on May 21, 2008
PERTH, AUSTRALIA - A POLICE officer has been stood down after being charged with assault following a confrontation with a woman driver. The 50-year-old sergeant was off-duty when he allegedly become involved in a confrontation with a female driver and her daughter at the Midland Gate car park on May 10...

Previously Disgraced Former Tulsa Oklahoma Police Officer Darin Filak Under Investigation After Recent Demotion

Posted on May 21, 2008
TULSA, OKLAHOMA - The former president of Tulsa’s police union is the focus of another internal investigation after his recent demotion. A new investigation was launched Monday after a car crashed into Officer Darin Filak’s unmarked police car...

Nutcase Oklahoma State Trooper Attacks Children’s Baseball Coach

Posted on May 21, 2008
ENID, OKLAHOMA - A youth baseball coach was allegedly attacked by an Oklahoma Highway Patrol trooper upset that his son did not make a team, Enid police said. According to a police report, the trooper decided to confront the coach at David Allen Memorial Ballpark on Monday night...

FBI Agents Claim They Objected To Interrogation Tactics At U.S. Run Iraq Torture Prison

Posted on May 21, 2008
WASHINGTON, DC ? FBI agents assigned to interview key terrorism suspects repeatedly objected to harsh ? and possibly illegal ? interrogation tactics used by other U.S. officials two years before abuse of detainees at Iraq’s Abu Ghraib prison became public in 2004, a Justice Department review found...

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U.S. Military “Softened Up” Victims At Bush’s Guantanamo Cuba Torture Prison On Behalf Of Chinese Government

Posted on May 21, 2008
WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. military personnel at Guantanamo Bay allegedly softened up detainees at the request of Chinese intelligence officials who had come to the island facility to interrogate the men — or they allowed the Chinese to dole out the treatment themselves, according to claims in a new government report...

Crazed Canton Ohio City Prosecutor Pisses Away Tax Dollars Prosecuting Innocent Pregnant Out Of State Woman For Hit And Run - End Trial Mid-Way As Their Case Crumbles In Front Of Jury

Posted on May 21, 2008
CANTON, OHIO - Anna Hall Colvin ? 71?2 months pregnant ? was standing in the checkout line at a North Carolina Wal-Mart when Canton authorities dialed her cell phone with a surprise. They told her she was wanted for hitting three men with her car. Police had an arrest warrant, and she needed her to come [...

Canton Ohio To Jail Homeowners With Tall Grass

Posted on May 21, 2008
CANTON, OHIO - For residents tired of that overgrown lot that resembles a mini jungle next door, the city wants to help by trying to put high-grass violators behind bars. See also: Canton Ohio Police Officer Anthony D. Jackson Returns To Work After Running Down Pedestrian, Leaving The Scene, And Drunken Wreck - Our Tax Dollars [...

Salt Lake City Utah Sheriff’s Department Sells Woman’s Home For $1,550 To Satisfy 12 Year Old $300 Dental Bill - Without Telling Woman - Purchaser’s Lawyer Ralph Petty Hides From The Media

Posted on May 20, 2008
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH - A woman who has lived in a Salt Lake City home for the past 15 years is in danger of losing the house — due to a $300 dental bill that went unpaid over a decade ago. [From a BCN reader: Here’s a form to send love letters to this prick [...

Monroe City Louisiana Chief Deputy Marshall Robert Cherry Jr Arrested, Suspended, Facing Drug Charges

Posted on May 20, 2008
MONROE CITY, LOUISIANA - The chief deputy of the Monroe City Marshal’s Office has been placed on administrative leave following his arrest on misdemeanor drug charges over the weekend. Advertisement Robert Cherry Jr., 51, 6208 Cypress Point, Monroe, was booked into the Ouachita Correctional Center on Sunday on possession of marijuana, not using a turn signal and [...

Former Atherton And Palo Alto California Police Officer Clark Yee Charged With False Police Reports, Burglary, And Possession Of Stolen Propery After Stealing And Selling Golf Clubs

Posted on May 20, 2008
SAN MATEO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA - A former Atherton police officer pleaded not guilty Monday to four felony charges stemming from his alleged involvement in a golf-club theft in the town he was sworn to serve. Daly City resident Clark Yee, 29, is charged with two counts of making false police reports, one count of second-degree burglary [...

Nutcase Former Providence Rhode Island Police Officer Nicholas Gianquitti Shoots And Kills Firefighter During Child’s Birthday Party - Over Bouncing Balls

Posted on May 20, 2008
CRANSTON, RHODE ISLAND ? When Nicholas Gianquitti moved to Daisy Court in 2005, he entered a model of quiet suburbia, where all the split-levels came with backyard fences and neat yards and children played in the cul-de-sac. One problem: Gianquitti seemed at odds with the neighborhood children...

Dumbass Bristol County Massachusetts Sheriff’s Department Firearms Instructor Maj. Donald Lamar Fires Gun, Nearly Shooting Himself While Teaching Firearms Safety Class

Posted on May 20, 2008
NEW BEDFORD, MASSACHUSETTS - A firearms instructor for the Bristol County Sheriff?s department has been given other duties after his gun accidentally discharged while he was teaching a class on weapons safety. Officials say the Glock handgun went off while Maj...

Jackson County Tennessee Files Lawsuit To Get Rid Of Sheriff Kenneth Bean, Who Is Charged With Sexual Attacks On Inmates

Posted on May 20, 2008
NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE - Jackson County has filed an ouster lawsuit against its sheriff nearly a year after he was indicted for sexual misconduct with inmates. Sheriff Kenneth Bean has pleaded not guilty to 13 counts of official misconduct, two counts of sexual contact with an inmate and three counts of sexual battery, all stemming from incidents [...

Taxpayer Dollars Pissed Away On Special Escort For Bergenfield New Jersey Police Officer John Casper After - Dumbass Tried To Play Cop While Vacationing In Third-World Shithole And Was Shot

Posted on May 20, 2008
BERGEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY - A Bergenfield officer shot while trying to stop a robbery in the Bahamas was airlifted back to Bergen County Monday night. Officer John Casper, 49, arrived Monday evening at Teterboro Airport on a medical transport plane. He was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center in an ambulance escorted by police cars [...

Incompetent Coffee County Tennessee Deputy Sheriff Wade Bassett Got A Beating From A Shackled Teen Honor Student (At Least It Wasn’t A Girl…)

Posted on May 20, 2008
MANCHESTER, TENNESSEE - A Coffee County Sheriff’s deputy beaten nearly to death faced his teen attacker for the first time in court. The alleged attacker is a 17-year-old honor student from Coffee County. He is charged with trying to kill Wade Bassett as Bassett transported him to juvenile detention in Rutherford County...

Crazed Portsmouth New Hampshrie District Court Judge Sawako Gardner Sets Man’s Bail At $15,000 For Stealing $2 Bottle Of Beer - Our Tax Dollars At Work In Rockingham County

Posted on May 19, 2008
PORTSMOUTH, NEW HAMPSHIRE ? Paul Baldwin is being held on $10,000 cash bail for allegedly stealing a $1.99 can of beer, after being described in the district court as “a leech on the resources of this community” for being arrested 152 times...

La Crosse Wisconsin Police Investigate Theft Of 1 Ton Anchor That Wasn’t Missed For Nearly 5 Months

Posted on May 19, 2008
LA CROSSE, WISCONSIN - Thieves took off with a 6-foot-tall, 2,000 pound anchor, and no one noticed. For four months. La Crosse police are searching for whoever took the gray-blue anchor that was mounted outside the Naval Reservist Station. Police say Naval Reservist Oversight Committee chairman Tom Sweeney reported the anchor missing Saturday...

Crazed Houston Texas Police With Nothing Better To Do Raid Private Downtown Club, Harass 500+ People, Arrest 130 For Public Intoxication

Posted on May 19, 2008
HOUSTON, TEXAS - A raid on a downtown night club early Saturday morning resulted in more than 100 arrests. Dozens of people are facing charges. Houston police sent an undercover officer into the Pink Monkey Club on Louisiana and Franklin and they say he was able to buy drugs...

Recruiting Banners Tell Third-World Mexican Police To Join Drug Cartels Or Die - Warnings Issued To Officers Over Police Radio Frequencies - Mexicans Assume Police Are Corrupt Until Proven Otherwise, So There Is No Stigma Attached To Killing Cops

Posted on May 19, 2008
CIUDAD JUAREZ, MEXICO ? Drug cartels are sending a brutal message to police and soldiers in cities across Mexico: Join us or die. The threat appears in recruiting banners hung across roadsides and in publicly posted death lists. Cops get warnings over their two-way radios...

New Springfield Massachusetts Police Commissioner William Fitchet Brings Back Black Military-Style Uniforms With The Hope That They Will Scare Children

Posted on May 19, 2008
SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS - Springfield’s men in black are returning. The city’s new police commissioner, William Fitchet, says members of the department’s Street Crime Unit will again don black, military-style uniforms as part of his strategy to deal with youth violence...

Hundreds Of Wetbacks Hid In Church During Immigration Raids On Jewish Postville Iowa Meat Plant - 389 Border-Jumpers Arrested - Half Of School’s 600 Students Absent

Posted on May 19, 2008
POSTVILLE, IOWA - Antonio Escobedo ran to get his wife Monday when he saw a helicopter circling overhead and immigration agents approaching the meatpacking plant where they both work. The couple hid for hours inside the plant before obtaining refuge in the pews and hall at St...

Minnesota Public Defender Mark Groettum Gets His Ass Kicked For Sabotaging Man’s Defense - Appeals Court Tosses “You Have The Right To An Attorney” In Man’s Case

Posted on May 19, 2008
MINNESOTA - William E. Lehman didn’t like the way his trial was going, saying he thought his court-appointed lawyer had “sabotaged” his defense. So he beat him up. Lehman, 58, of Chisholm, Minn., who was on trial for assault, had asked the judge for a new attorney...

Sussex UK Police Save City, Averted Mass Custard Pie Fight Advertised On Facebook

Posted on May 19, 2008
SUSSEX, UK - An attempt to stage the world’s biggest custard pie fight has been called off at the last minute over health and safety fears. Pie Fight Brighton, which was organised through the social networking site Facebook, was due to have taken place on Saturday at 3pm...

Leeds UK Police Save City, Averted Mass Pillow Fight Advertised On Facebook

Posted on May 19, 2008
LEEDS, UK - Police in Leeds narrowly averted a major outbreak of public disorder and non-specific rhinitis this weekend when they convinced the organisers of a mass pillow fight to pull the plug on the Facebook-advertised event. The West Yorkshire city had been almost drowned just a few weeks ago when a flashmob staged a 350-person [...

Manchester UK Police Mass Surveillance Effort Tracks Everyone Coming Into City

Posted on May 19, 2008
MANCHESTER, UK - Every car coming into Manchester is being snapped by a new network of police spy cameras. Each day, 600,000 motorists’ journeys are being captured, and the data will be stored for five years. The cameras have been installed on the 12 major routes into the city, making it virtually impossible to travel into the [...

Lorain Ohio Police Chief Cel Rivera: “I Have The FBI In My Pocket…” - Those Who Blow The Whistle On Chief And/Or Department Are Exposed By Cleveland FBI Supervisory Agent Paul Graupmann, Harassed, And/Or Criminally Charged - Our Tax Dollars At Work

Posted on May 19, 2008
Cel Rivera LORAIN, OHIO - There is a Supervisory agent in the Cleveland FBI named Paul Graupmann who has worked the Elyria FBI office, since 1990, was head of the Akron FBI field office, and now serves as a supervisory agent for the Cleveland FBI office, where he oversees public corruption...

Terrorist Squirrel Knocks Out Power At Los Angeles California International Airport

Posted on May 19, 2008
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - Travelers at LAX Monday had to deal with sweltering heat in addition to long lines and security checks. The air-conditioning went out in most terminals at 7:30 a.m. and three hours later, the problem had been fixed in only terminals 1 and 4...

Fulton County/City Of Hickman Kentucky Rescue Squad Votes To Stop Answering Calls Until County Buys Them A Firetruck For Christmas

Posted on May 19, 2008
UNION CITY, TENNESSEE ? Local emergency workers in southwestern Kentucky have voted unanimously to stop answering calls, effective midnight Wednesday. Fulton County Judge Executive David Gallagher says the Fulton County-City of Hickman Rescue Squad is invaluable to county residents, but has asked the county to buy an $89,000 truck it can’t afford...

Tucson Arizona Judge Tosses Alcohol Breath Tests In 49 DUI Cases Based On Secret Machine

Posted on May 19, 2008
TUCSON, ARIZONA - A judge in Tucson has tossed out alcohol breath tests in 49 DUI cases and a defense attorney says the ruling could have widespread implications. City Court Judge Thomas Berning’s ruling says the breath tests are inadmissible because the company that makes the machine hasn’t made its inner workings available to the defense...

Dumbass Ashbury Park New Jersey Police Officer Ferron McGee’s Career Ended Before It Began - Pleads Guilty To $9K+ Unemployment Fraud

Posted on May 19, 2008
ASHBURY PARK, NEW JERSEY - A former Asbury Park policeman pleaded guilty today to collecting more than $9,000 since 2004 in unemployment benefits to which he wasn’t entitled. Ferron McGee, 26, admitted to receiving unemployment funds totaling $3,490 from January 2006 to May 2006 while training to become a police officer for the city and receiving [...

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