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Update: Chicago Illinois Summer Preview - 31 People Aged 12 To 65 Shot, 6 Dead, And Two Stabbings - In One Weekend

Posted on April 20, 2008
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS - In an especially violent weekend, no less than 31 people have been shot in Chicago — six fatally — and two people have been stabbed since noon Friday. The shooting victims range in age from 12 to 65. On Friday, 15 people were shot — four fatally — between noon Friday and midnight [...

Maricopa County Arizona Attorney Andrew Thomas Approved Bogus “Emergency Police Wiretaps” In Non-Emergency Situation And Without Judicial Approval

Posted on April 20, 2008
PHOENIX, ARIZONA — Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas testified Friday he authorized emergency police wiretaps in 2006 to “stop the killing” in Phoenix’s Serial Shooter case. Thomas, who was asked to defend his use of the secret recordings in Superior Court, said they were primarily used as a way to learn about suspects Dale Hausner and [...

Crazed Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio In Pissing Contest With Town Of Guadalupe

Posted on April 20, 2008
PHOENIX, ARIZONA - — Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio has sent a letter to Guadalupe town leaders telling them they have 180 days to either renew or end their contract with his office. Arpaio said if the town doesn’t answer, he will pull his deputies from the communty...

With No Other Concerns Effecting State, Crazed Florida Senator Cary Baker Seeks To Criminalize Truck Nutz

Posted on April 18, 2008
TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA - The Florida Senate today debated and passed an amendment to impose a $60 fine on Truck Nutz, the novelty vehicle adornment attached to trailer hitches that resemble the dangling southern end of a northbound bull. The popular accessory to truck trailer hitches is on its way to being subject to a fine in [...

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Martin County Florida Deputy Sheriff Submits Baby Powder To Drug Lab For Analysis - Our Tax Dollars At Work

Posted on April 18, 2008
STUART, FL - A 30-year-old Stuart man was not amused when his roommate placed lines of baby powder in his bedroom to resemble cocaine just before a deputy paid a visit. According to an incident report, a deputy arrived at an Aster Lane apartment early Thursday morning to inform the man he had an injunction against [...

FBI Investigates Disability Abuse In Boston Massachusetts Fire Department Involving Dozens Of Firefighters

Posted on April 17, 2008
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS - Federal authorities issued a flurry of subpoenas across the city yesterday as they launched a grand jury investigation of disability abuse in the Boston Fire Department, including whether dozens of firefighters faked on-the-job injuries to significantly enhance their pensions, according to several officials briefed on the probe...

Custer County Oklahoma Sheriff Mike Burgess Quits, Charged With Running Sex Slave Operation From His Jail, Faces 467 Years In Prison

Posted on April 17, 2008
ARAPAHO, OKLAHOMA - Authorities have charged a western Oklahoma sheriff with coercing and bribing female inmates so he could use them in a sex-slave operation run out of his jail. Custer County Sheriff Mike Burgess resigned Wednesday just as state prosecutors filed 35 felony charges against him, including 14 counts of second-degree rape, seven counts of [...

Vancouver Canada Transit Police Shoot Passengers With Taser Weapons For Not Paying Fares

Posted on April 17, 2008
VANCOUVER, CANADA ? The country’s only armed transit police have been tasering passengers who try to avoid paying fares. According to documents provided in response to a Freedom of Information request, police patrolling public transit in the Metro Vancouver area have used tasers 10 times in the past 18 months, including five occasions when victims had [...

New Bedford Massachusetts Probate Judge And Former City Council Attorney Michael J. Livingstone Quits In Disgrace To Settle Laundry List Of Misconduct Charges

Posted on April 17, 2008
NEW BEDFORD, MASSACHUSETTS ? Probate Judge and former City Council attorney Michael J. Livingstone has apologized and agreed to retire from the bench to settle misconduct charges that he violated judicial rules by, among other things, running a real estate business and collecting attorney’s fees while serving as a judge...

Veteran Bloomington Illinois Police Officer Sgt. Gayle Cyrulik Suspended After Conflicting Stories About Drunk Supervisor At Standoff - Details Hidden From Taxpayers

Posted on April 17, 2008
BLOOMINGTON, ILLINOIS - 20-year Bloomington police veteran has been placed on unpaid leave — pending a termination hearing, stemming from an investigation into official misconduct claims against another officer. Police announced last month there wasn’t credible evidence to support a claim that Lieutenant Tim Stanesa was drunk when he showed up to a police standoff [...

Nassau County New York Police Officer Robert Jones Arrested, Charged After Drunken Wreck With Parked Car That Injured Woman - Police Wait A Year To Charge Him

Posted on April 17, 2008
MINEOLA, NEW YORK - A Nassau County police officer is being charged with driving while intoxicated and third-degree assault in connection with a car accident that happened when he was off-duty. Nassau police say 41-year-old Officer Robert Jones of Huntington, is free on $500 bail after being arraigned in First District Court in Hempstead Wednesday...

Hamilton County Tennessee Raises Jail Fee Charged To Inmates To $51 Dollars A Day - Not That They Will Ever Make An Effort To Pay It

Posted on April 17, 2008
HAMILTON COUNTY, TENNESSEE - Hamilton County Commissioners approved a resolution today to raise jail fees for the first time in 23 years. Commissoners say they were thinking of the taxpayers trying to reduce the amount they pay when inmates cannot. The corrections department says the cost to keep someone in Hamilton County Jail is about 50 [...

Lakewood Tennessee Police Chief Lawrence Lee Suspended And Fired (For Being Stupid) Nashville Police Officer Erik Maasikas Arrested For Impersonating An Officer

Posted on April 17, 2008
LAKEWOOD, TENNESSEE - The Lakewood police chief was suspended after a man claiming to be an employee was arrested for impersonating an officer. Lakewood Police Chief Lawrence Lee was suspended with pay and former Metro police officer Erik Maasikas was arrested, but it is unclear if there is a connection...

Former Nashville Tennessee Police Officer Erik Maasikas Arrested For Impersonating An Officer - Busted In A Uniform With Badge And Gun While Directing Traffic - Duh…

Posted on April 17, 2008
NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE - A grand jury indicted a Hermitage man for impersonating an officer. Former Metro police officer Erik Maasikas arrested last summer in Nashville. Police said he was directing traffic, wearing an officer’s uniform and badge and carrying a gun...

Feds Cut $73 Million In Funding From Largely Ineffective, Mostly Do-Nothing Tennessee Child Services Agency

Posted on April 17, 2008
NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE - Gov. Phil Bredesen announced Wednesday that the Tennessee Department of Children’s Services will lose $73 million in federal funding. In a press conference Wednesday afternoon, Bredesen said federal rule changes slashed reimbursements to states providing child protective and welfare services...

After Testimony Surfaces That Could Have Exonerated Man Imprisoned For 22 Years, U.S. Supreme Court Orders New Trial. Tennessee Prosecutors Would Be “Idiots” To Retry Him

Posted on April 17, 2008
NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE - Tennessee death row inmate Paul House said prosecutors would be “idiots” if they begin a new trial against him after nearly 22 years. In an interview Wednesday with The Associated Press, House said he’s lost all faith in the criminal justice system and may pursue a lawsuit in his conviction for the 1985 [...

Coffee County Tennessee Deputy Sheriff Wade Bassett Beaten With His Own Flashlight By A Kid

Posted on April 17, 2008
MANCHESTER, TENNESSEE - Wednesday morning police charged a 16-year-old boy with attempted murder for a brutal attack on a midstate deputy. According to investigators, last Thursday Coffee County Deputy Wade Bassett was taking the 16-year-old to the Juvenile Detention Center in Murfreesboro when the teen allegedly beat him in the head with a flashlight...

Kangaroo Court Hearings Begin For 416 Children Removed From Their Texas Homes After Hoax Phone Call

Posted on April 17, 2008
SAN ANGELO, TEXAS - The 416 children who once led cloistered lives on their church’s ranch outside a tiny town in West Texas have spent the past two weeks sleeping on cots, shuffled from shelter to shelter. But on Thursday, a judge was to hear from their attorneys, along with attorneys for their parents and Child [...

Oklahoma City Firefighter Terrell Don Selby Arrested, Charged With Attacking, Beating, And Strangling Teen Girl At His Home - Remains On The Job

Posted on April 17, 2008
OKLAHOMA CITY — An Oklahoma City firefighter has been accused of attacking a teenage girl at his home. Terrell Don Selby, 49, was arrested over the weekend on suspicion of attacking, strangling and beating a girl with a boot after an argument at his southwest Oklahoma City home...

Custer County Oklahoma Sheriff Michael Burgress Quits Amid 35 Felony Charges Including 14 Counts Of Rape, Forcible Oral Sodomy, Kidnapping, Sexual Battery, Bribery, Indecent Exposure, And Rape By Instrumentation

Posted on April 17, 2008
ARAPAHO, OKLAHOMA — An Oklahoma sheriff has been charged with 35 felony counts — including accusations of forcible oral sodomy, kidnapping, rape and perjury. Michael Burgess resigned on Wednesday as Custer County sheriff amid the charges, which stemmed from a year-long investigation into the sheriff...

Veteran Oxnard California Police Officer Martin Polo And His Partner Frank Brisslinger May Have Used Station For Sexual Encounters And Photographing Women - $10 Million Lawsuit Charges Polo With Child Molestation - Same Two Officers Ran Over And Killed Sunbather On Beach With Department SUV

Posted on April 16, 2008
OXNARD, CALIFORNIA - A criminal investigation into rape charges against an Oxnard police officer has uncovered allegations that he and his partner used a police substation for sexual encounters and photographing scantily clad women. “These are all allegations that came out in the criminal investigation,” Oxnard Police Chief John Crombach said this week...

Good Ole Boy Network Rewards Suspended Palm Bay Florida Police Officer Joe Marsala After His Drunk Driving Arrest - Seminole County Prosecutor Chris White Drops Charges

Posted on April 16, 2008
PALM BAY, FLORIDA - Prosecutors on Tuesday dropped drunk-driving charges against a Palm Bay police officer accused of causing a two-vehicle accident that injured himself and another driver. Joe Marsala, 22, had been scheduled to go to trial May 1 on one count each of driving under the influence and driving under the influence causing injury [...

Austin Texas Lawyer Adam Reposa Jailed For 90 Days After Courtroom Gesture - Our Tax Dollars At Work

Posted on April 16, 2008
AUSTIN, TEXAS - A flick of the wrist has landed an Austin lawyer in jail for contempt of court. A judge sentenced defense attorney Adam Reposa to 90 days in jail on Tuesday for making a lewd gesture and simulating masturbation while standing before a County Court-at-Law judge in March...

Pendleton Correctional Facility Indiana Prison Guard Tracy McGrady Arrested With 3.2 Pounds Of Marijuana, Hid Drugs In Frozen Food To Smuggle Them Into Prison

Posted on April 16, 2008
INDIANA - A Pendleton corrections officer is still in jail after being arrested last night by Indiana State Police. Tracy McGrady was arrested at the Fortville CVS. Police found a total 3.2 pounds of Marijuana in McGrady?s car and house. Police estimate the prison value of the drugs is around $20,000...

Retired Lakeland Florida Police Officer And Former Association President George Mort Arrested, Charged With Child Molestation

Posted on April 16, 2008
LAKELAND, FLORIDA - A retired Lakeland Police officer and former president of the Florida Association of School Resource Officers has been arrested and charged with forcibly fondling a 13-year-old girl in 2006. George Mort, 61, was arrested April 3 and charged with committing a lewd and lascivious act on a victim under 16 years old...

Anne Arundel County Maryland Dane Patrick Hall Charged After Fatal Hit And Run Crash

Posted on April 16, 2008
ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY, MARYLAND - An off-duty Anne Arundel County police officer linked to a deadly hit-and-run crash in Harford County in late January was indicted yesterday on 13 counts by a Harford County grand jury. Officer Dane Patrick Hall, 28, of Frenchtown Road in Perryville, is charged with manslaughter by motor vehicle, homicide by motor [...

Lawsuit Charges Former Veteram Granite City Illinois Police Officer Walter Milton With Bar Beating - Arrest Warrent Issued

Posted on April 16, 2008
GRANITE CITY, ILLINOIS - A former Granite City police officer, charged recently with aggravated battery following an off-duty bar fight, also faces a lawsuit from the victim. Walter Milton, 53, was charged on April 10 with two counts of aggravated battery and one count of unlawful restraint...

“No Evidence” To Charge Vance County North Carolina Sheriff Peter White’s Daughter With Drunk Driving After Sheriff Picked Her Up At Scene

Posted on April 16, 2008
HENDERSON, NORTH CAROLINA - Vance County District Attorney Sam Currin said Wednesday there is “no proof” to charge the daughter of Sheriff Peter White with drunken driving, although he questions how a traffic stop last month was handled. A deputy stopped a sport utility vehicle on U...

Clarksville Tennessee Interm City Attorney Tim Harvey Arrested, Charged With Drunk Driving

Posted on April 16, 2008
CLARKSVILLE, TENNESSEE - Co-Interim City Attorney Tim Harvey was arrested early this morning by a Montgomery County Sheriff’s Deputy. Advertisement Harvey was booked into the Montgomery County Jail at 1:30 a.m., charged with driving under the influence...

Veteran Albuquerque New Mexico Police Officer Sgt. Andrew Gallegos Suspended, Suspected Of Having Run Over And Killed Woman At Bar

Posted on April 16, 2008
ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO - As an Albuquerque traffic officer is a person of interest in a fatal hit-and-run, investigators with another part of the department have taken over the case. Police are investigating if a 19-year veteran of the Albuquerque Police Department may have run over and killed a 47-year-old woman at an Albuquerque bar on [...

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