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Former Horry County South Carolina Deputy Sheriff Christopher Jerome Palmer To Face Jury After His Drunk Driving Arrest - To Drunk To Count Fingers

Posted on April 28, 2008
HORRY COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA - A former deputy with the Horry County Sheriff’s Office charged with driving under the influence has requested a jury trial. Christopher Jerome Palmer, 37, of Conway, requested the trial on April 16 in Conway Traffic Court, according to court records...

Total Nutcase St. Croix Wisconsin Deputy Sheriff Brandie Hart Detains Ambulance, Wants Man With Broken Back Moved To Her Husband Paramedic’s Ambulance, Arrests Paramedic, Gets Promoted

Posted on April 28, 2008
ST. CROIX COUNTY, WISCONSIN - You’ll have to watch the video to see what a nutcase St. Croix County Deputy Sheriff Brandie Hart is… Unbelievable… And she was promoted instead of fired, so there is obviously a serious problem at that department… Our tax dollars at work… Appears Here

University Of California Police Chief Victoria L. Harrison Gets A $2.6 Million Retirement Package, Then Rehired

Posted on April 28, 2008
BERKLEY, CALIFORNIA - University administrators have come under heavy criticism after UCPD Police Chief Victoria Harrison was found to have retired with a lump sum package of around $2.1 million and, after a deal with campus officials, returned to the same job soon after...

Long Beach California Passes Law That Will Exclude Registered Sex Offenders From City - May Kick 800 From Their Homes

Posted on April 28, 2008
LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA - A new ordinance in Long Beach, which is supposed to take effect Monday, may chase 800 registered sex offenders out of the city, it was reported Sunday. Some attorneys are formally asking the city council to rescind the ordinance, which was passed by a unanimous vote after Alamitos Beach-area residents expressed outrage [...

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New Jersey State Appeals Court Upholds Excessive Fees For Government Records Sought Under Open Public Records Act

Posted on April 28, 2008
NEWARK, NEW JERSEY ? A state appellate court today upheld a charge of nearly $1,900 for government records sought by a freelance journalist because several lawyers were needed to compile the documents. The journalist, Janon Fisher, challenged the fee, but the panel said it was reasonable...

New UK “Extreme Porn” Law Could Criminalize Virtually Any Photograph Or Video - As Nanny State Attempts To Make Everything Illegal

Posted on April 28, 2008
UK - Analysis If you use the internet for any purpose that might be construed as other than respectable ? be afraid. Be very afraid. Almost unreported, the UK Criminal Justice Bill is slowly wending its way toward becoming law. It includes a section (Clause 63) on “extreme pornographic images” that may, or may not, affect [...

U.S. Department Of Homeland Security Finally Admits their So-Called “Terror Watch List” Sucks - Same List Prevented Senator Ted Kennedy From Boarding Several Flights

Posted on April 28, 2008
WASHINGTON, DC - The Department of Homeland Security has finally taken pity on all those people who share a name with someone on the FBI’s “terror watch list.” Today, as reported by the watch list-obsessed USA Today, the DHS told US airlines they can go a little easier on people who suffer from the so-called “Ted [...

No Charges For Comics Who Made Fools Of Thousands Of Australian Police Officers With “Osama Bin Laden” Motorcade Prank

Posted on April 28, 2008

Tiny Minds Collide: Detroit Michigan Police And Child Protective Services Team Up To Remove Child From Home After Archaeologist Father Accidentally Buys Him Mike’s Hard Lemondae From Concession Stand At Baseball Game

Posted on April 28, 2008
DETROIT, MICHIGAN - If you watch much television, you’ve probably heard of a product called Mike’s Hard Lemonade. And if you ask Christopher Ratte and his wife how they lost custody of their 7-year-old son, the short version is that nobody in the Ratte family watches much television...

Cop Gone Wild: Nutcase Bradenton Beach Florida Police Officers Timothy E. Matthews Attacks Child Who Blew Him A Kiss

Posted on April 27, 2008
BRADENTON BEACH, FLORIDA ? Lance Lewis is a goofy 14-year-old, his family says, and when he blew a kiss to a police officer, he hoped to get one back. Not amused, Officer Timothy E. Matthews stopped his police vehicle, got out and demanded an explanation...

Former Jackson Mississippi Police Officer Lawrence Epps Sought After Robbing Credit Union Of Nearly $8,000

Posted on April 27, 2008
JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI - Capitol city detectives are looking for a former member of the force accused of a brazen daytime robbery. Police believe 46 year old Lawrence Epps robbed the Mississippi Public Employees Credit Union Friday morning. Investigators say he got away with almost $8,000...

Former Parma Ohio Police Officer Only Convicted For Tampering With Evidence After Raping Motorist In His Patrol Car

Posted on April 27, 2008
PARMA, OHIO - A 45-year-old former Parma police officer was acquitted of rape, kidnapping and gross sexual imposition by a Cuyahoga County jury on Friday. But the jury found Mark McCombs guilty of two counts of tampering with evidence. McCombs now faces from 10 years in prison to community-controlled sanction, under which he would have to report [...

Dakota County Minnesota Deputy Sheriff Joshua James Williams Faces A Tiny Slap On The Wrist After Misdemeanor Conviction For Killing Motorist

Posted on April 27, 2008
DAKOTA COUNTY, MINNESOTA - A Dakota County Sheriff?s deputy has been found guilty of careless driving, a misdemeanor, in connection with the Aug. 30 accident that killed Farmington resident Bill Wallace. Scott County judge William Macklin convicted 29-year-old Joshua James Williams April 15...

Hundreds Of Records And Dozens Of Videos Released Amid Investigation Into South Carolina State Police Trooper Misconduct

Posted on April 27, 2008
SOUTH CAROLINA - Hundreds of records and more than two dozen videotapes released Friday by the state Department of Public Safety include allegations against state troopers ranging from tickets being improperly dropped for clients of a state senator to a trooper handcuffing a black college student to a guard rail with his pants pulled down...

Cullman County Alabama Deputy Sheriff Suspended After Using Excessive Force

Posted on April 27, 2008
CULLMAN, ALABAMA - A Cullman County Sheriff?s deputy is on administrative leave pending an investigation into his alleged use of excessive force Saturday at the Baileyton Drag Strip. ?We will take this complaint very seriously and give it our full, complete attention, and we will address the issue appropriately,? said Sheriff Tyler Roden...

Man Acquitted Of Bogus Felony Charges After Attack By Paradise California Police Officer Robert Pickering - Jury Viewed Video Of Pickering And Another Officer Attacking An Another Motorist

Posted on April 27, 2008
OROVILLE, CALIFORNIA — A jury on Friday acquitted a man of two felony charges arising out of a physical altercation with a Paradise police officer. Max Justin Schumacher, 30, is one of three Paradise men whose excessive force complaints against the ridge police department are being investigated by the FBI...

Victim Denied Justice After Being Sexually Abused From 5 Years Old Until She Was In Her 20’s By Retired West Paterson New Jersey Police Officer Frank Capo

Posted on April 27, 2008
PATERSON, NEW JERSEY - Retired West Paterson Police Sgt. Frank Capo learned in court Friday that there will be no more testimony alleging how he sexually abused a female from age 5 right up until she got married in her 20s. But the day also left his alleged victim expressing a tear-filled sense of vindication that [...

Nutcase Suspended Peabody Massachusetts Police Officer George Sideris Arrested After Barricading Himself In His Home - Charged With Beating His 73 Year Old Mother On Thanksgiving Day

Posted on April 27, 2008
PEABODY, MASSACHUSETTS - A suspended Peabody police officer was located at his home Friday on a warrant issued by Salem Superior Court after he failed to appear at a scheduled court hearing Thursday. Peabody police and Salem Superior Court Probation officers located George Sideris, 36, in his residence at 59 Walnut St...

Former Elyria Ohio Police Officer Vincent Ligas Trial Postponed - Charged With Theft In Office, Misuse Of Credit Card, And Theft

Posted on April 27, 2008
ELYRIA, OHIO ? Former Elyria police Officer Vincent Ligas had his trial, which had been set for Monday, delayed on Friday, and his attorneys lost their fight to put the police department on trial along with him. County Common Pleas Judge James Miraldi said Ligas? attorneys, Mike Duff and Dan Wightman, should have made their argument [...

Former Lac Du Flambeau Wisconsin Police Officer Daryl Pupart Gets A Tiny Slap On The Wrist For Battery, Bail Jumping, And Possession Of A Firearm While Intoxicated

Posted on April 27, 2008
EAGLE RIVER, WISCONSIN - A former Lac du Flambeau police officer has been sentenced on charges of battery, bail jumping and posession of a firearm while intoxicated. According to the Forest County District Attorney, who handled the case, the felony charge of substantial battery against 46 year old Daryl Poupart, was reduced to a misdeameanor...

Anniston Alabama Police Officer David Wilcox Finally Suspended After Assaulting Woman - Details Hidden From Taxpayers

Posted on April 27, 2008
ANNISTON, ALABAMA - The word has come down from City Officials in Anniston that a police officer accused of assaulting a woman earlier this month will be suspended without pay for what they called a significant amount of time. Following a lengthy due process hearing City Manager George Monk on Tuesday entered an order suspending [...

Trigger-Happy Aledo Illinois Police Officer Shoots Foxes Living Under Shed

Posted on April 27, 2008
ALEDO, ILLINOIS - An Aledo police officer shot and killed foxes living in a city neighborhood Wednesday morning after getting a complaint about the creatures. A den of foxes with a couple mothers and numerous kits had dug underneath the shed of Elden Decker, who lives along the 100 block of NE Fifth Avenue...

Washington Park Illinois Police Officer Juan McCoy Arrested, Charged With Child Molestation Involving Young Boy

Posted on April 27, 2008
WASHINGTON PARK, ILLINOIS - A police officer in the Metro East community of Washington Park is accused of sexual misconduct involving a 14-year-old Illinois boy in St. Louis. St. Louis prosecutors have charged 35-year-old Juan McCoy with two counts of statutory sodomy...

Crazed Jacksonville Florida Deputy Sheriff Under Investigation After Attacking Motorist In Road Rage Incident - Name Hidden From Taxpayers

Posted on April 27, 2008
JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA - The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office has begun investigating one of its own after several witnesses came forward claiming an off-duty police officer attacked a man on the Northside. Channel 4 learned the alleged incident happened at about 7:30 p...

Disgraced Highland Beach Florida Police Officer Martin Finkelstein Quits

Posted on April 27, 2008
HIGHLAND PARK, FLORIDA - The Highland Beach police officer accused of telling racist jokes in the department has retired. Officer Martin Finkelstein, 63, submitted a letter announcing his retirement earlier this week. His attorney said the move had nothing to do with the allegations...

Lackawanna County Pennsylvania Firefighter Benjamin Christensen Charged With Setting 5 Fires, Child Molestation

Posted on April 27, 2008
SCRANTON, PENNSYLVANIA - A man who briefly served as a firefighter in Lackawanna County is charged with starting fires at several small businesses. Authorities say 25-year-old Benjamin Christensen of Carbondale acted out of anger or boredom in setting five fires over the last 15 months...

Third Oxnard California Police Officer Implicated In Sex Scandal - Police Station Used For Sex And Photographing Women

Posted on April 27, 2008
OXNARD, CALIFORNIA - Trying to boost morale in the wake of a sex scandal, Oxnard Police Chief John Crombach sent out a department e-mail last week reminding his officers that they should hold their heads up high. “I wanted to give a word of encouragement,” Crombach said...

Former Jackson County Oregon District Attorney Matt Chancellor Suspended From Practicing Law After Screwing Rape Victim

Posted on April 27, 2008
OREGON - A former Jackson County deputy district attorney has been banned from practicing law for one year after admitting to professional misconduct and criminal behavior. Matt Chancellor, 38, resigned from his job as a deputy district attorney in October 2006 in the face of allegations that he had sexual contact with a rape victim on [...

Detroit Michigan Police Suspends Their Crime Lab’s Firearms Investigations

Posted on April 27, 2008
DETROIT, MICHIGAN — The Detroit Police Department on Friday temporarily suspended all firearms investigations conducted by the department’s crime lab and ordered it to undergo an independent audit. Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy, meanwhile, also has ordered an audit of all of her office’s files that resulted in a trial or a guilty plea that relied [...

Serial Child Molester Nogales Arizona Police Officer Ramon Borbon Faces First Trial As Another Victim Comes Forward

Posted on April 27, 2008
NOGALES, ARIZONA - A Nogales police officer who goes on trial for sexual assault and kidnapping this week has been accused of sexually inappropriate behavior by four other young women or girls. Nogales police and Department of Public Safety investigators dismissed three of the other four complaints against Ramon Borbon, 38 ? two of which were [...

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