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Federal Government Knew DEA Agent Lee Lucas Was Full Of Shit Before Two Dozen Wrongly Convicted People Went To Prison, Yet Government Went Forward With Shaky Cases Anyway…

Posted on March 23, 2008
CLEVELAND, OHIO - Four years before drug cases led by DEA agent Lee Lucas sent nearly two dozen wrongly convicted people to prison, U.S. Attorney Greg White expressed concern that Lucas might have lied about past investigations, according to an FBI memo...

Turlock California Police Officer Jorge Cruz’s Cases Under Review After His Arrest On Child Molestation Releated Offenses - Which Wouldn’t Look Good If He Appeared On Witness Stand…

Posted on March 23, 2008
TURLOCK, CA - The Stanislaus County district attorney’s office is reviewing cases involving former Turlock police officer Jorge Cruz, who is charged with three felony sex crimes against a 17-year-old Pitman High School student and one misdemeanor count of inappropriately touching a 16-year-old Turlock girl...

$1 Million Lawsuit Filed After Crazed Easton Pennsylvania Police Officers Enter Man’s Home, Assault Him Twice With Taser Weapons While He Slept

Posted on March 23, 2008
EASTON, PA - An Easton man has filed a federal lawsuit seeking $1 million in damages against Easton police, claiming officers last year entered his South Side home while he was sleeping and twice fired a stun gun at him. According to the suit, filed March 4 by New York City lawyer Leonard Zack, Elijah McNeil [...

Lake County Illinois Deputy Sheriff Michael C. Bukky Fired After Drunken Brawl At Restaurant

Posted on March 23, 2008
LAKE COUNTY, IL - A part-time special deputy was terminated from the Lake County Sheriff’s Office on Monday after being involved in a fight at a restaurant early Sunday, Chief Deputy William E. Crosier said. Shortly after midnight Saturday night, deputies responded to a disturbance call at Sammy K’s Steakhouse, 4706 N...

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Maricopa County Arizona Deputies Treated Alcoholic Inmate Worse Than A Dog Before His Death - Nutcase Sheriff Joe Arpaio Bragged About Treating Dogs Better Than Inmates

Posted on March 23, 2008
MARICOPA COUNTY, AZ - The family of the late Barry Bowman believes that in just about any other town we might look at what happened to Barry in Maricopa County jail and say that he was treated like a dog. But not here. In our jail, dogs are treated better than humans...

Albany Georgia Police Officer Phares Taylor Sr. Arrested, Charged After Stalking His Ex-Wife

Posted on March 23, 2008
ALBANY, GEORGIA - An Albany Police officer was arrested Wednesday afternoon and charged with stalking his ex-wife. Thirty-four-year old patrol officer Phares Taylor, Senior was picked up by deputies at his Lee County home around 3:00PM. He’s charged with following and harassing his ex-wife in Leesburg today...

Cleveland Ohio Police Officer Under Investigation For Giving Sgt. Damian Glaser A Ride Home While On Duty After Sgt’s Drunk Driving Arrest And 96 MPH In A 65 MPH Zone

Posted on March 23, 2008
CLEVELAND, OH - The Cleveland Police Department is investigating the actions taken by a officer who assisted a Cleveland Police Sergeant after being arrested for operating a vehicle while intoxicated. Sgt. Damian Glaser, 46, was arrested at 8:52 a.m. Sunday in Ashtabula County by the Ohio Highway Patrol...

Orange County California Deputies Of Course Didn’t Use Excessive Force In Attack On Teen Who Stole Bicycle - Left With Brain Damage

Posted on March 23, 2008
SANTA ANA, CA ? An Orange County jury on Wednesday rejected a former inmate’s claim that he suffered brain damage after being beaten by jail guards, finding that two sheriff’s deputies did not use excessive or unreasonable force during the altercation...

Hamilton County Ohio Sheriff’s Major James Dattilo Found Drunk, Passed Out Behind Wheel At Drive-Thru Restaurant

Posted on March 23, 2008
CINCINNATTI, OH - A long-time member of the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office is accused of being drunk and passing out in a car. Police say Major James Dattilo passed out behind the wheel at a drive-thru restaurant early Saturday morning. Because he wasn’t driving at the time, police charged Dattilo with having physical control of a vehicle [...

Dedham Massachusetts Police Officer Tye Donahue Quits In Disgrace After Drunk Driving Arrest

Posted on March 23, 2008
DEDHAM, MASSACHUSETTS - A Dedham Police officer facing a drunken driving charge resigned Tuesday afternoon. Tye Donahue, 24, of 102 Mt. Vernon St., was cited for driving under the influence of alcohol and negligent driving after his sport utility vehicle rolled over on Interstate 93 South near the Interstate 95 South ramp in Canton, said Massachusetts [...

Transcript Reveals Details Of Serial Rape Charges Against Former San Benito County California Deputy Sheriff Mike Rodrigues

Posted on March 23, 2008
SAN BENITO COUNTY, CA - The transcript of testimony was released Wednesday of three suspected victims and four other witnesses in front of the grand jury that in December 2007 indicted former sheriff’s deputy Mike Rodrigues of three counts of forcible rape, two counts of unlawful sexual penetration and one count each of spousal rape, [...

Jeweler Reports Racial Profiling And Theft By 7 Laurel Maryland Police Officers

Posted on March 23, 2008
LAUREL, MD - Maryland State Police have confirmed they are investigating allegations by a Laurel jewelry storeowner that he was the victim of racial profiling and theft by seven Laurel police officers. Alan Plunkett, owner of ??M the Jeweler? on Baltimore Avenue, said he has filed a written complaint with the Laurel Police Department about the [...

Surviving Bicyclist Files Claim After Stanta Clara County California Deputy Sheriff James Council Kills Two Others With Patrol Car

Posted on March 23, 2008
SANTA CLARA COUNTY, CA - A bicyclist who survived a collision with a Santa Clara County sheriff’s patrol car that veered across a roadway and killed two of his riding companions filed a claim against the county Wednesday seeking unspecified monetary damages for his injuries...

Austin Texas Police Police Officer Cmdr. Calvin Smith Suspend After Racial Slur, Cmdr. Larry Oliver Fired For Not Reporing Hearing Slur

Posted on March 23, 2008
AUSTIN, TX - A veteran police commander has been suspended for 20 days for demonstrating “personal bias” toward gay officers and a second commander who did not report the remark and then refused to take a suspension for it has been fired. Cmdr...

Lawsuit Charges Lima Ohio Police With Excessive Force, Denial Of Medical Attention

Posted on March 23, 2008
LIMA, OHIO ? A Cridersville man filed a lawsuit against the Lima Police Department saying officers used excessive force while arresting him last year. Cody Foster, 23, filed the lawsuit this week in Allen County Common Pleas Court seeking more than $25,000...

New York City Police Officer Marc Cooper Claimed He Only Fired Once, After Shooting At Sean Bell Four Times In Barrage Of Bullets That Killed Innocent Unarmed Man On His Wedding Day

Posted on March 23, 2008
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - A Queens DA took the stand yesterday, to testify about a detective who fired at Sean Bell, an unarmed man killed in a barrage of police gunfire hours before his wedding. DA Michelle Cort, who took Detective Marc Cooper’s statement after the November 25, 2006 shooting, said, “He told us [...

Finally: No More Pay For Fired Milwaukee Wisconsin Police Officers

Posted on March 23, 2008
MILWAUKEE, WI - There will be no more paychecks for Milwaukee police officers after they are fired for serious crimes. Governor Jim Doyle signed the order changing state law during a ceremony at City Hall Wednesday. Officers fired for felonies, Class A or Class B misdemeanors will no longer get paid during their appeals...

Crazed Charleston West Virginia Police Charge Man With Peanuts With Phoney Drug Charge - Our Tax Dollars At Work

Posted on March 23, 2008
CHARLESTON, WV - A Charleston man was arrested for allegedly possessing imitation crack cocaine made of peanuts, police said. A Charleston patrolman was patrolling the 200 block of Daniel Boone Drive Tuesday night about 9 p.m. when an intoxicated male was spotted, according to a criminal complaint filed in Kanawha Magistrate Court...

Linn County Oregon’s Charges Against Swim Coach Don’t Hold Water In Court - Not Guilty On All 6 Charges - Our Tax Dollars At Work

Posted on March 23, 2008
LINN COUNTY, OR - Lake Oswego swim coach Don King has been found not guilty of sexual abuse charges related to his alleged touching of girls on his Lake Oswego High School team. All six counts against Mr. King were dropped when the Linn County jury returned their not guilty verdicts Thursday...

California Department Of Corrections Claims “Administrative Error” Led To Sara Jane Olson’s Release In Attempt To Deal With Backlash From Whining Cops Over Her Release

Posted on March 23, 2008
LOS ANGELES, CA - A Department of Corrections official says former 1970s radical Sara Jane Olson was wrongly released from prison this week because of an “administrative error.” Chief Deputy Secretary Scott Kernan said Saturday an outcry that followed Olson’s release spurred a thorough review of her parole and a 2004 miscalculation was discovered that resulted [...

8 Sedgwick County Kansas Jail Lawsuits And 31 Complaints

Posted on March 23, 2008
SEDGWICK COUNTY, KS - When Ron Mires heard a man had been seriously injured in the Sedgwick County Jail last month, he thought of his brother. To Mires, the cases bore a key similarity: Both men suffered critical head injuries allegedly during an altercation with a sheriff’s officer, allegedly while trying to force their way out [...

Sydney Australia Polie Officer Charged After Wounding Woman At Her Home In Domestic Incident

Posted on March 23, 2008
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - A Sydney police officer has been charged with malicious wounding after he allegedly assaulted a woman during a domestic incident while off duty. About 6.30pm (AEDT) on February 4, the 45-year-old officer went to a home at Seaforth in Sydney’s northern suburbs where he argued with a 47-year-old woman before an altercation broke [...

Suspended Seguin Texas Police Chief Luis Collazo Quits

Posted on March 23, 2008
SEGUIN, TX ? Police Chief Luis Collazo on Friday afternoon confirmed his retirement in front of a crowd of about 150 well-wishers and news media on the steps of City Hall. The retirement decision was announced by the city Thursday night in a brief news release issued at about 8 p...

UK Police But Their Faith In So-Called “Expert” Witness Who Was Supposed To Be Electronics Expert But Was Only A TV Repairman

Posted on March 23, 2008
UK - Failures in the vetting procedures used for expert witnesses have emerged after a court ruled that a computer analyst who helped train hundreds of police officers and gave evidence in scores of trials is a liar and a fraudster. The Crown Prosecution Service is now launching a review of a number of serious cases [...

Family May Sue After Charlotte North Carolina Police Shoot And Kill Teen With Taser Weapon Who Stole Hot Pocket Snack

Posted on March 23, 2008
CHARLOTTE, NC - A Charlotte family says they may need to sue police if they can’t get the information they need about the death of a 17-year-old. WCNC spoke with the attorney representing the family of Darryl Wayne Turner Saturday. Turner passed away after police shocked him with a taser...

Shelby County Deputy Sheriff Chris Jones, Charged In DJ’s Beating Death, Has Violent Past

Posted on March 23, 2008
MEMPHIS, TN ? A deputy charged with a fatal shooting at a Memphis restaurant was involved in a brutal arrest 17 years ago that left a man in a vegetative state. Shelby County deputy Chris Jones has been charged in the death of disc jockey Donald Munsey earlier this month...

Holyoke Massachusetts Police Officers Joseph Wilson And Sean Shattuck Due Back In Court After Beating Man

Posted on March 23, 2008
HOLYOKE, MA - Two Holyoke police officers accused of beating a man on Dec. 18 while off duty are scheduled to return to court on Monday. Patrolmen Joseph Wilson and Sean Shattuck will appear in Palmer District Court Monday for a pre-trial conference, according to Shattuck’s lawyer, Charles E...

Easton Pennsylvania Trying To Settle $20 Million Lawsuit After Police Officer Matthew Renninger Shoots And Kills Officer Jesse Sollman By Accident In Police Station

Posted on March 23, 2008
EASTON, PA - Settlement negotiations have begun in a $20 million lawsuit filed by the widow of an Easton police officer who was fatally shot by a colleague. Attorneys began the negotations this week. Easton Mayor Sal Panto Jr. says it’s the beginning of a long process...

Cincinnati Ohio Police Officer Clayton Neel Withdraws Guilty Plea To Making Friend’s Drunk Driving Paperwork Disappear

Posted on March 23, 2008
CINCINNATI, OH - A Cincinnati police officer accused of losing paperwork related to an acquaintance’s drunken-driving arrest to help the man avoid charges withdrew his guilty plea Friday. In a letter to his attorney, Clayton Neel wrote that he was “railroaded” into the plea and outlined why he believed he had a strong case for his [...

Fromer Burlingame California Police Officer Robert Cissna (Sr) Convicted After Molesting His Granddaughter Over 5 Year Period

Posted on March 23, 2008
SAN DIEGO, CA ? A former employee of the Burlingame Police Department has been convicted by a Superior Court jury in San Diego County for sexually molesting his pre-adolescent granddaughter dozens of times over a five-year period, beginning when the girl was only 7 years old...

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