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Brentwood Tennessee Police Jeopardized Rape Case With Warrantless GPS Tracking Device On Man’s Car

Posted on May 10, 2008
BRENTWOOD, TENNESSEE - Brentwood police planted a GPS monitoring device on the vehicle of a man accused of raping 13 women. During the investigation, police placed the tracking device on Robert Jason Burdick’s Jeep without first acquiring a warrant...

Crazed Wall New Jersey Police Charge Man With Filming Accident Scene

Posted on May 10, 2008
WALL, NEW JERSEY ? A township man who has been barred from having any direct contact with municipal officials was arrested Thursday for violating that order as he allegedly stood in the street and tried to videotape emergency services workers at an accident scene, police said...

Methuen Massachusetts Police Chief Joseph Solomon Finally Gets The Boot

Posted on May 10, 2008
METHUEN, MASSACHUSETTS - Mayor William Manzi fired police Chief Joseph Solomon yesterday, basing his decision on a report chastising the chief for casting himself as the victim and trying to save himself by “impugning the reputation of others.” See also: Methuen Massachusetts Police Chief Joseph Solomon And Deputy Chief Joseph Alaimo Defend Threatening City Solicitor [...

Everyone Turns A Blind Eye Towards New York City Police Officers Violating The Civil Rights Of Minorities, Until Two White Officers Harass One Of Their Own Who Is Black And Just Happens To Be A Three-Star NYPD Commander

Posted on May 10, 2008
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - A white police officer was disciplined for acting ?in a discourteous manner? when he confronted a black motorist who turned out to be one of the highest-ranking commanders in the New York City Police Department, an agency spokesman said today...

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Tulsa County Oklahoma Judge Jesse Harris, Charged After Exposing Himself To Women In Parking Lot, Says Prosecutors Are Trying To Force Him From Office

Posted on May 09, 2008
Busted Judge Jesse Harris TULSA, OKLAHOMA - Washington County prosecutors who charged Tulsa County District Judge Jesse Harris with indecent exposure filed a court document Thursday in which they deny trying to force him to resign from office. In a response to a motion seeking to disqualify the Washington County District Attorney’s Office from the case, First [...

Veteran Durant Oklahoma Police Officer Lt. Johnny Rutherfod Arrested, Suspended, Charged With Burglary Of Pharmacy

Posted on May 09, 2008
DURANT, OKLAHOMA - A longtime Durant police officer has been charged in connection with the burglary of a local pharmacy. Lt. Johnny Rutherford, who has been on the Durant force for almost 20 years, was charged Tuesday with second-degree burglary, a felony...

HR 4279 Allows RIAA Mafia To Have Police And Prosecutors Assist Them In Seizing Homes Of Music Downloaders

Posted on May 09, 2008
WASHINGTON, DC - I was just alerted that the House of Reps has passed HR 4279, with the lovely name, PRO-IP (Prioritizing Resources and Organization for Intellectual Property Act of 2008). Like the doublespeak PATRIOT Act and Peacekeeper missiles, PRO-IP puts local law enforcement in a position to demand the forfeiture in criminal proceedings of [...

Update: Students For Concealed Weapon Permits Watched Dumbass Riverdale Utah Police Chief Dave Hansen Waving A Loaded Pistol Around And Being Careless Before He Shot Himself

Posted on May 09, 2008
RIVERDALE, Utah - The police chief who shot himself in the ankle was waving a loaded pistol and being careless, according to two students who were attending his class to qualify for a concealed-weapons permit. “We were told the gun is the chief’s personal sidearm, but it looked to me like he didn’t know anything [...

Dumbass Worcester Massachusetts Police Officer George M. Kelly Tests Drivers At Crosswalk, Causes Rear End Accident And Cites Driver Who Did Stop To Avoid Hitting Him For “Failing To Take Care In Stopping”

Posted on May 09, 2008
WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS - George M. Kelly looked at the cars buzzing along Lake Avenue. When there was a break, he put a foot in the crosswalk and waited. Five cars zoomed by, ignoring the pedestrian dressed in ripped blue jeans, a dark-blue tattered shirt and blue bandana over his head...

Crazed Miami Police Officers Target And Entrap 78 Year Old Man On Bogus Charges Of Running An Illegal Taxi Service After He Tried To Do A Good Deed And Help Woman - Our Tax Dollars At Work

Posted on May 09, 2008
MIAMI GARDENS, FLORIDA - A man who said he thought he was just helping a woman in need is accused of running an illegal taxi service. Miami-Dade County’s Consumer Services Department has slapped Rosco O’Neil with $2,000 worth of fines, but O’Neil claims he is falsely accused...

Another Internal Lorain Police Document Surfaces: Lorain Ohio Police Chief Cel Rivera vs. Roman Dictator Caligula - A Psychological And Comparative Analysis - FBI Is Investigating To Find Sender Of This Letter Instead Of Investigating Rivera And His Department - Response From Nutcase City Councilman Dan Given To BCN - Our Tax Dollars At Work

Posted on May 09, 2008
LORAIN, OHIO - Text from letter received by “various city council members, judges, the county sheriff, and lorain cops.” appears below. Earlier: “Rivera is hopping mad and nervous about that letter.” “[removed] is going to push a senator and congressman to make a few calls to doj...

Nutcases At Maricopa County Arizona Sheriff’s Department Put Taxpayers On The Hook For Another $38K - Failed To Provide Newspaper With Press Releases After Articles Critical Of Department - Our Tax Dollars At Work

Posted on May 09, 2008
PHOENIX, ARIZONA — Taxpayers will have to pay nearly $38,000 to cover a newspaper’s court costs in a lawsuit against the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Department over the release of public records. The West Valley View successfully sued the sheriff’s department for failing to respond to a public records request for routine press releases given to all [...

St. Croix County Minnesota Deputy Sheriff Capt. Mike Winberg Arrested, Suspended, Charged With Drunk Driving

Posted on May 09, 2008
ST. CROIX COUNTY, MINNESOTA - A high-ranking deputy was arrested for drunk driving over the weekend. Officials say he was caught drinking and driving in an unmarked squad car on the way to a week of police training in Appleton, Wis. St. Croix County Sheriff Capt...

Garfield County Colorado Deputy Sheriff Charged Hero With “Harassing” A Convicted Child Molester Who Drives Around Town With A Puppy In His Lap, And Hangs Out At Schools, Parks, And Soccer Games Watching Little Boys

Posted on May 09, 2008
GARFIELD COUNTY, COLORADO - A registered sex offender who drives around town with a puppy in his lap and hangs out at schools, parks and soccer games has one man so unnerved he made a public spectacle of himself Wednesday morning outside the Battlement Mesa Activity Center...

Update: Lake Wales Florida Police Detective Robert Hendrix Arrested, Jailed, Charged With Seeking Sex With A Child - Under Investigation In Arson Case

Posted on May 09, 2008
LAKE WALES, FLORIDA - Police are providing little information about the arrest of a detective accused of criminal misconduct involving an underage former public safety cadet. A brief written statement from Lake Wales Police Chief Herbert Gillis says Detective Robert Hendrix of Mulberry was arrested Thursday night...

Lawsuit Charges Phoenix Arizona Police With Woman’s Airport Death After She Was Chained To Bench In Holding Cell For Disorderly Conduct

Posted on May 09, 2008
PHOENIX, ARIZONA — The family of a New York woman who died in police custody at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport has filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against the city. The suit filed Thursday claims that Phoenix police officers caused or contributed to Carol Anne Gotbaum’s death on Sept...

Investigation Finds That Tulsa Oklahoma Firetruck Was Speeding When It Crashed

Posted on May 09, 2008
TULSA, OKLAHOMA - Unsafe speed on a curve was a contributing factor in a crash that injured three Tulsa firefighters Tuesday morning, police determined, but a dip on Gilcrease Museum Road is what sent the firetruck careening on its side into a yard. Engine 4 was headed to a motor vehicle accident downtown when it hit [...

Minneapolis Minnesota Mayor R.T. Rybak Has Been Driving City Car For Months On Suspended License After Not Paying Speeding Ticket

Posted on May 09, 2008
KSTP.com - Rybak�has been driving illegally for months Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak has been driving illegally for months, according to public motor vehicle records. Rybak told 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS he never knew his license was suspended and apologized Thursday evening...

10 Year Old Idaho Girl Has Baby After Being Raped By A Wetback - He Was Obviously Just Trying To Make A Better Life For Himself In The U.S.

Posted on May 09, 2008
REXBURG, IDAHO - A 37-year-old man is charged with raping a 10-year-old girl who gave birth last month in Idaho. “St. Anthony Police said they were notified of the young girl’s pregnancy by medical personnel after she went in for treatment at a doctor’s office,” KIFI-TV reports on its website...

Crazed Murfreesboro Tennessee Police Officer James Boske Indicted In Shooting

Posted on May 09, 2008
SMYRNA, TENNESSEE - A Rutherford County grand jury found cause to charge a Murfreesboro police involved in a shooting. In April, Smyrna police responded to a home in reference to a reported shooting. No one was injured by gunfire. Murfreesboro detective James Boske, and a visitor, Mark Garvey were fighting inside the home...

Dumbass New Jersey State Corrections Officer Martin Burch Pleads Guilty To Using Bogus College Degree In Efforts To Become A New York City Fireman

Posted on May 09, 2008
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - A New Jersey state corrections officer from Lawrence has pleaded guilty to two charges in New York City for submitting a fake college degree in his application to become a firefighter with the New York City Fire Department (FDNY)...

Visiting Knoxville Teen Shot And Killed By Pittsburgh Pennsylvania Police After Shooting Attacking Police Dog - Police: “Our Dog Got Shot So We Shot Him”

Posted on May 09, 2008
PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA - A Knoxville man shot and killed a Pittsburgh police dog Tuesday before the canine’s handler returned fire, killing the man in what city police Chief Nate Harper called “an unfortunate” but justifiable action...

13 Philadelphia Pennsylvania Police Officers Removed From The Streets After 15+ Police Officers Were Caught By News Video Brutally Beating Three Motorists

Posted on May 09, 2008
PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA - Seven more police officers were taken off street duty Thursday as investigators look into the videotaped police beating of three shooting suspects during a traffic stop. Thirteen of the estimated 15 officers on hand during the Monday incident have been taken off the streets as investigators pore over the television news footage, Police [...

Hendersonville Tennessee Police Officer Charles Cakora Fired Amid Federal Investigation Into Steroid Sales And Use

Posted on May 09, 2008
NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE - A Hendersonville police officer was fired after being accused of buying steroids. [BCN: It’s nice to see they’ll finally bust a Hendersonville cop for something. Years ago, two of them were involved in high dollar thefts from the pro shop and restaurant at Vince Gill’s country club while they moonlighted as ’security’ at [...

Former Oklahoma City Attorney Robert Michael Behlen Pleads Guilty After Robbing Pharmacy - Jumped From Hospital After His 2007 Arrest

Posted on May 09, 2008
OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA — A troubled ex-attorney who jumped from a hospital ledge after his arrest has pleaded guilty to the 2007 armed robbery of an Edmond pharmacy. Robert Michael Behlen entered his plea on Thursday in U.S. District Court in Oklahoma City...

Veteran Washington County Tennessee Deputy Sheriff Timothy Crain Arrested, Jailed, Charged After Using Inmate’s Credit Card And Smuggling Tobacco Into Jail

Posted on May 09, 2008
WASHINGTON COUNTY, TENNESSEE - A longtime Washington County, Tennessee, detention officer is now spending time in the jail he used to protect. Washington County investigators arrested jailer Timothy Crain Thursday morning and charged him with eight felony counts of official misconduct...

Former Veteran Cedar Rapids Iowa Police Officer Kevin Sims Pleads Guilty, Sentenced To Just 6 Months In Federal Prison After On Duty Sex With Female Motorist

Posted on May 09, 2008
CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA - A former Cedar Rapids police officer was sentenced Thursday to six months in federal prison for engaging in sexual contact with a woman he detained in a traffic stop. Kevin Sims, 36, pleaded guilty in January to a misdemeanor charge of depriving another person of civil rights under color of state law...

Federal Corruption Trial For Caddo Parish Louisiana Judges Michael Walker And Vernon Claville Postponed

Posted on May 09, 2008
SHREVEPORT, LOUISIANA - The federal corruption trial of two Caddo Parish judges, scheduled to start Monday, has been delayed a week after one of the defense attorneys is out of the case because of an apparent conflict of interest. Caddo District Judge Michael Walker and Caddo Juvenile Court Judge Vernon Claville are accused of taking bribes [...

Veteran Bossier City Louisiana Jailer Rodney Brown Arrested, Charged With Obscenity And Malfeasance In Office After Attack On Female Inmate

Posted on May 09, 2008
BOSSIER CITY, LOUISIANA - Rodney Brown, a Bossier City jailer was arrested Tuesday and charged with obscenity and malfeasance in office. Brown, who’s been with the department for seven years, is accused of inappropriately touching a female inmate...

Lake Wales Florida Police Officer Det. Robert Hendrix Arrested, Jailed, Charged With Using The Internet To Entice A Child To Have Sex - Someone Did The Right Thing And Burned Down His House, Except Hendrix Wasn’t Inside

Posted on May 09, 2008
LAKE WALES, FLORIDA - A Lake Wales police detective was arrested Thursday night on charges that he used the Internet to entice a former juvenile police cadet to have sex, according to police officials. Robert Hendrix, 24, was charged following an investigation by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, according to Lake Wales Police Chief Herbert [...

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