Criminal Law

Lee County Florida Deputy Sheriff Michael DeTar II Suspended After Videos Surface Of Him Using Taser Weapon At Private Superbowl Party
LEE COUNTY, FLORIDA - A deputy was suspended for two weeks without pay and ordered to retake training for proper Taser use after videos surfaced of him using a Taser on two men at a party...

Collier County Florida Deputy Sheriff Susan Boylan Disciplined After Threatening 11 Year Old Boy With Taser Weapon, Spanking Him For Not Listening To His Mother
NAPLES, FLORIDA - A Collier County Sheriff Deputy spanked an 11-year-old boy and threatened him with a taser, according to an investigation. The internal investigation reveals Collier County Sheriff Deputy Corporal Susan Boylan spanked the boy after he refused to listen to his mom...

Victim And Many Witnesses Say Sonoma County California Deputy Sheriff Brian Keen Attacked Unresisting Innocent Teen With Taser Weapon
SONOMA COUNTY, CA - James Moffitt said he was just trying to satisfy his hunger when he headed to a McDonald’s restaurant Tuesday and ended up shot with a stun gun and arrested in what he and several friends say was a clear case of mistaken identity...

Disabled 11 Year Old Girl Shot With Taser Weapon By Orange County Florida Deputy Sheriff Donna Hudepohl Sent To Hospital With Injuries, Incarcerated, Appears In Courtroom In Shackles, And Is Released To Her Parents
ORLANDO, FL - An Orange County girl who punched a deputy at her school and was zapped with a Taser left the juvenile-detention center Friday and went home with her parents. The child, a student at Moss Park Elementary, smiled at her family as she walked into an Orlando courtroom with her hands and ankles [...

Deputy sheriff kills self in fiery crash www.privateofficer.com
Deputy sheriff kills self in fiery crash www.privateofficer.com EDINBURGH, Ind. OCT 16 2008 BY: Rick McCann NTL. ASSOC. PRIVATE OFFICERS www.privateofficer.com Authorities looking into the traffic fatality involving a deputy sheriff now believe that it was no accident but a case of suicide...

Two dead, deputy sheriff questioned www.privateofficer.com
Two dead, deputy sheriff being questioned www.privateofficer.com DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. June 10 2008 By: Bryan Hill NTL. ASSOC. PRIVATE OFFICERS http://www.privateofficer.com/ Authorities say that they found two bodies when they arrived at a sheriff deputy?s home on Mountain View Pass in DeKalb County...

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