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Killer Next Door: Nutcase Former Bolingbrook Illinois Police Officer Drew Peterson Thinks His Neighbor Is Spying On Him, Wants To See Him Naked

Posted on June 11, 2008
BOLINGBROOK, ILLINOIS - Drew Peterson feels like someone’s watching him, and he doesn’t like it one bit. Peterson discovered his next-door neighbor, Sharon Bychowski, has surveillance cameras mounted on her home, cameras he claims are trained on his front yard and on his backyard swimming pool...

Towing Bribery Scandal Hits Chicago Illinois Police

Posted on June 11, 2008
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS - It might be one of the biggest bribery scandals to hit the Chicago Police Department and it all began as a result of reports by the CBS 2 Investigators about illegal tactics by towing companies. CBS 2 Investigator Pam Zekman has an exclusive on the undercover federal probe into how these so-called “accident [...

Bullets Fly In Chicago Illinois, Some Towards Police, As Four Are Shot And One Stabbed In One Night

Posted on June 11, 2008
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS ? Four males were shot, one man was stabbed and two people are in custody for shooting at police after a rash of South and Southwest Side violence late Tuesday and early Wednesday. A man was shot about 10:35 p.m. at 3300 W. 65th St. and was taken to Holy Cross Hospital and later [...

Minneapolis Minnesota Lawyer William Selman Gets His Butt Kicked In Court By Convicted Double-Murderer

Posted on June 11, 2008
MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA - A convicted double murderer punched and tackled his lawyer in the courtroom before he was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Revelle Loving left his defense attorney, William Selman, with a black eye and swollen cheek Tuesday...

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DeKalb County Georgia Deputy Sheriff Derrick Yancey Kills Mystery Man He Claims Killed His Deputy Wife - Of Course, There Were Not Witnesses

Posted on June 11, 2008
DEKALB COUNTY, GEORGIA - The DeKalb County sheriff’s deputy who told police he was forced to shoot and kill a man inside his home Monday afternoon, after the man killed his wife, had known his wife since they were high school sweethearts. Derrick Yancey, 46...

Former Atlanta Mayor Bill Campbell Mislead Federal Officials To Enter Drug Rehab That Would Have Cut His Prison Sentence By 4 Months

Posted on June 11, 2008
ATLANTA, GEORGIA - Former Atlanta Mayor Bill Campbell misrepresented testimony and persuaded the U.S. Bureau of Prisons to stretch its policy to mind-boggling extremes to get into a substance-abuse program that would have shaved four months off his sentence, according to recently unsealed court documents...

Garland And Grand Prairie Texas Police Officers Crash In Separate Incidents

Posted on June 11, 2008
TEXAS - Two officers from Grand Prairie and Garland were rushed to a hospital after separate overnight accidents. The first one happened in Garland when the officer ? on his way to help another officer — was traveling westbound on Forest just before 11:30 p...

Computer System Errors Sends Dalls Texas Police Officers On Bogus Shooting Call

Posted on June 11, 2008
DALLAS, TEXAS - A communications breakdown sent several Dallas police officers on a false alarm call Wednesday morning. The officers were driving at high speed with their lights and sirens activated to what they thought was a shooting call. In fact, there was no shooting...

Former Rockwall County Texas District Attorney Ray Sumrow Convicted Of Theft After Stealing Computer Equipment And $68,000

Posted on June 11, 2008
DALLAS COUNTY, TEXAS - A Dallas County jury has convicted the former Rockwall County district attorney of theft by a public servant. The conviction Tuesday is the second in three months for former Rockwall County District Attorney Ray Sumrow. He already faces four years in prison after his March conviction for theft by a public servant [...

Franklin New Jersey Police Officer William Furmick Stole $51K From Evidence Vault Before Killing Himself While On Duty At Police Headquarters

Posted on June 11, 2008
FRANKLIN, NEW JERSEY ? The police department has tightened internal security after an investigation by the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office found that Detective William Furmick, who committed suicide March 13, had stolen more than $51,000 from the evidence vault...

Atlanta Georgia Police Covered Up Police Officer Terrill Marion “T.C.” Crane’s Child Sex Crimes

Posted on June 11, 2008
ATLANTA, GEORGIA - Atlanta Police Chief Richard Pennington announced Wednesday that he is disciplining three employees, including the internal affairs commander, for their roles in covering up a sex crimes investigation involving one of their spouses...

Disgraced San Angelo Texas Judge Barbara Walther Under Police Guard After Unlawfully Removing 440+ Children From Their Homes

Posted on June 11, 2008
SAN ANGELO, TEXAS - Texas police have been standing guard outside the home of the Texas judge who ordered the removal of all the FLDS children from the YFZ Ranch. The heightened security was ordered after authorities from Utah and Arizona warned them to be on the lookout for FLDS “enforcers,” the Deseret News has learned...

Lawmakers Capital Hill Computers Pwned By Chinese Hackers

Posted on June 11, 2008
WASHINGTON, DC - Two longtime House members say computers in their Capitol Hill offices have been hacked by sources apparently working out of China. Virginia Rep. Frank Wolf says four of his computers were hacked. New Jersey Rep. Chris Smith says two of his computers were compromised...

San Francisco California Federal Court Of Appeals Judge Alex Kozinski, Presiding Over Bestiality Obscenity Trial, Maintained Website With Sexually Explicit Photos And Video And Shared It With His Friends - Megabonus: Woman Painted Like A Cow On All Fours With Man Acting Like An Aroused Farm Animal

Posted on June 11, 2008
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA - One of the highest-ranking federal judges in the United States, who is currently presiding over an obscenity trial in Los Angeles, has maintained a publicly accessible website featuring sexually explicit photos and videos. Alex Kozinski, chief judge of the U...

South Carolina State Patrol Trooper Steven C. Garren Indicted By Federal Grand Jury After Ramming Man With His Patrol Car - Caught On Video

Posted on June 11, 2008
COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA - A South Carolina Highway Patrol trooper who was caught on video ramming a suspect with his patrol car was indicted Tuesday on a federal civil rights charge, the U.S. Justice Department said. Steve C. Garren was indicted by a federal grand jury in Greenville on a charge of willfully depriving a man [...

Jersey City Mayor Appeas After Being Beaten By Bradley Beach New Jersey Police Outside Bar - Cop Changes Story About Attack

Posted on June 11, 2008
BRADLEY BEACH, NEW JERSEY - An attorney representing Jersey City Mayor Jerramiah Healy was back in court yesterday trying for the second time to get Healy’s conviction for fighting with cops in Bradley Beach two years ago overturned. Before a three-judge appellate panel in Morristown, Philip Matsikoudis argued that the convictions for obstruction of administrative law [...

Justice UK Style: Blackburn Police Officers Attack, Mace, And Drag Man Off To Jail After Invading His Home… Because He Laughed At TV Show And Fell Off His Couch

Posted on June 11, 2008
BLACKBURN, UK - A man was handcuffed, arrested and dragged before a court after falling off the settee with laughter while watching Have I Got News For You. Christopher Cocker, 36, was enjoying the BBC1 show when a joke made by panellist Paul Merton had him doubled up with laughter...

Sweden Police Succumb To 9/11 Hysteria: Non-Terrorists Arrested After Failed Chemical Test. Bomb Squad Blows Up Can Of Shaving Cream That Cops Overactive Imaginations Saw Taking Out A Nuclear Power Plant - False Alarm Cost Only $16,583,325 USD

Posted on June 11, 2008
SWEDEN - Two Swedes suspected of plotting an attack on a Swedish nuclear plant were cleared Monday after authorities were unable to explain why small traces of explosives were detected on a shaving cream can one of them was carrying, news agency TT reports...

$23 Billion Goes Missing In Iraq, But U.S. Government And Court Want To Keep It A Secret

Posted on June 10, 2008
IRAQ - A BBC investigation estimates that around $23bn (�11.75bn) may have been lost, stolen or just not properly accounted for in Iraq. For the first time, the extent to which some private contractors have profited from the conflict and rebuilding has been researched by the BBC’s Panorama using US and Iraqi government sources...

Fancy Water Pouring Impliments Circumvent New Australian Laws Banning Bongs

Posted on June 10, 2008
ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA - AN Adelaide business is rebadging outlawed cannabis bongs to beat tough new laws making the sale of drug implements illegal. Attorney-General Michael Atkinson and a reformed cannabis addict say they saw illegal bongs on sale at Off Ya Tree in Hindley St, but they were labelled water-pourers...

Austin Texas School System Seeks To Continue Keeping Their Employees Criminal Records Hidden From The Public

Posted on June 10, 2008
AUSTIN, TEXAS - AISD is fighting a ruling that makes them give out statistical information on how many teachers have a criminal history. The Attorney General has told the district they have to comply with open records requests to give the information to the media...

Dearborn Heights Michigan Lawmakers Seek To Criminalize Ice Cream Truck Music

Posted on June 10, 2008
DEARBORN HEIGHTS, MICHIGAN - City officials in Dearborn Heights, Mich., say they may ban ice cream truck drivers from playing music because residents think it’s too loud. The city council is preparing to pass an ordinance Tuesday, permitting drivers to sound bells only as they are making an ice cream sale, The Detroit News reported...

Detroit Michigan Police Officer “May” Face Charges After Running Red Light And Drunken Wreck With Macomb County Deputy’s Patrol Car - Details Hidden From Taxpayers

Posted on June 10, 2008
CLINTON TOWNSHIP, MICHIGAN — Police are awaiting the results of a blood test before seeking charges against an off-duty Detroit police officer who drove his car into a Macomb County Sheriff’s squad car early Sunday morning. The results of the blood test, which will show how much alcohol the officer had in his system, will likely [...

Former Louisville Kentucky Police Officer Claudette McCrackenon Guilty Of Public Records Tampering After Attacking Woman At Laundry

Posted on June 10, 2008
LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY - A former Louisville police officer has been found guilty of tampering with public records stemming from a dispute with an employee at a laundry. A jury also acquitted Claudette McCrackenon charges of perjury, unlawful imprisonment and official misconduct...

Former Charleston West Virginia “Officer Of The Year” Police Officer Cpl. Keith Peoples Appears In Court To Face Felony Double-Dipping Charges

Posted on June 10, 2008
CHARLESTON, WEST VIRGINIA - A Charleston police officer who was once “Officer of the Year,” was in court Tuesday morning to face felony charges in the city’s double-dipping scandal. Corporal Keith Peoples, 44, is charged with two felony counts of obtaining money by a fraudulent scheme and computer fraud...

Former Delaware County Oklahoma Sheriff Lenden Woodruff Again Arrested For Drunk Driving - Quit After Similar Incident And Arrest In 2004

Posted on June 10, 2008
DELAWARE COUNTY, OKLAHOMA - A former Delaware County Sheriff is in trouble again. Oklahoma Highway Patrol troopers say Lenden Woodruff has been arrested for driving under the influence, carrying a firearm under the influence, transporting an open container of beer and not wearing a seat belt...

Brain-Dead Union County New Jersey Jail Officers And Supervisors Suspended For 6 Months, But Not Fired After “Shawshank” Style Escapes

Posted on June 10, 2008
ELIZABETH, NEW JERSEY ? A spokesman for a corrections officers union says the workers who were on the job during a daring inmate escape from the Union County Jail in Elizabeth won’t lose their positions. Jim Roche is a spokesman for the Policemen’s Benevolent Association Local 199...

Fort Lauderdale Florida Police To Get Military Style Assault Rifles

Posted on June 10, 2008
FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA - Fort Lauderdale commissioners have voted to arm the city’s police officers with semiautomatic assault rifles to match the weapons used by criminals. Police Chief Frank Adderley says there’s been a rise in assault rifle use by criminals and officers need to upgrade their weapons to keep residents safe...

Miami Dade County Florida Public Defender’s Office To Stop Representing Felony Cases Amid State Budget Cuts

Posted on June 10, 2008
MIAMI, FLORIDA - Miami-Dade County’s public defender says his office plans to refuse most felony cases because state budget cuts mean his attorneys can’t effectively cover their caseloads. Bennett Brummer argues his attorneys are constitutionally obligated to provide adequate legal representation...

Former Coral Springs Mayor John Sommerer Receives A Slap On The Wrist For Child Molestation

Posted on June 10, 2008
FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA - A former Coral Springs mayor has been sentenced to 4� years in prison after pleading no contest to child molestation charges. John Sommerer was also ordered Tuesday to serve 30 years of sexual offender probation after prison...

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