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“It’s becoming a disturbingly familiar scene in America - mentally unstable cops”

“It’s becoming a disturbingly familiar scene in America - mentally unstable cops”
“It’s becoming a disturbingly familiar scene in America - mentally unstable cops”

Why the public sees cops as idiots

Six plainclothes cops arrest a sorority woman after she buys bottled water


Elizabeth Daly, a 20-year-old student at the University of Virginia, breathed a sigh of relief on Thursday as three felony charges against her were dropped. Daly had purchased bottled water from a grocery store, LaCroix sparkling water for a sorority benefit fundraiser. A group of state Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) agents in plainclothes then approached Daly, with her bottled water, cookie dough, and ice cream as she was walking to her vehicle.

Daly became frightened, seeing a group of armed people approach her, and ran into her car along with her roommates. The ABC agents suspected the blue carton of LaCroix sparkling water was a 12-pack of beer. One of the agents jumped on the hood of Daly’s vehicle. Another drew a gun.

"They were showing unidentifiable badges after they approached us, but we became frightened, as they were not in anything close to a uniform," she remembered Thursday in a written account of the April 11 incident. "I couldn't put my windows down unless I started my car, and when I started my car they began yelling to not move the car, not to start the car. They began trying to break the windows. My roommates and I were ... terrified," Daly stated.

Daly’s statement was “factually consistent,” stated Charlottesville Commonwealth’s Attorney Dave Chapman, but Daly had upset the ABC agents and was charged with three felonies. Daly was charged with two counts of assaulting a law enforcement officer and a third felony count of eluding police. Each charge was a Class 6 felony with a combined total of up to 15 years in jail and $7,500 in fines. Daly apparently incurred the assault charges when she “grazed” two agents with her SUV. Her front-seat passenger was in a panic, yelling, “go, go, go” as the ABC agents pulled guns and climbed onto the hood of the vehicle filled with terrified sorority girls.

The women dialed 911 as they pulled out of the parking lot, and reported what happened. Daly was planning on heading to a nearby police station. Instead, she stopped as she saw an agent driving nearby with lights and sirens.


Daly apologized profusely when she realized the armed group surrounding her vehicle was, in fact, law enforcement, but the terrified young woman still ended up in jail. Prosecutors dropped all charges against Daly on Thursday. 

The county says we can't afford more roads...here's why....its called pissing away the taxpayers money

The cost of this photo to the people of Fairfax County is roughly $97.00.  We can't afford more roads. Enjoy sitting in traffic.

Enjoy it, you paid for it.....now ask yourself why you had to pay for it

15 cops standing around on the taxpayers time, the cost of this photo to the people of  Fairfax County is  roughly $504.80

In the 21st century the ones who used to be the good guys are the bad guys.


Idiots at work


Cop from chase video suspended in unrelated case
 Baton Rouge cop David K. Stewart has been suspended amid an internal investigation. Stewart was placed on administrative leave although cops refused to say what prompted the investigation and also would not say when it began. Stewart’s suspension came on June 21, two days before The Advocate newspaper published a video of a traffic stop in which Stewart pulled over another off-duty cop for speeding and driving erratically in Livingston Parish. Both cops were “verbally counseled” after the traffic stop, which took place outside Stewart’s jurisdiction.

Send him on a paid vacation in the summer, that’ll teach him
KERNERSVILLE, N.C. (AP) —Kernersville cop S.P. Senor has been suspended with pay and found in contempt of court for a causing a disturbance after a man was found not guilty of misdemeanor possession of marijuana. After the hearing, Senor confronted the man and used profanity. Senor apologized to the court and to the man. Senor testified during the trial that he stopped the man for a broken license plate light and found marijuana while searching the car. The man denied that the marijuana or the car belonged to him, and prosecutors couldn't prove otherwise.

Cop involved in wrong-way chase suspended
OPA-LOCKA, Fla. (WSVN) -- Opa-Locka Cop Sergio Perez has been suspended from the force. He has a spotty past with the department and a history of reckless behavior.Perez was involved a high speed chase that ended with a wrong way wreck on Interstate 95 in Aventura back in April He was pursuing a driver who started heading north in the southbound lanes and crashed into a van killing all four passengers.Department policy statescops cannot go against the flow of traffic in an effort to catch someone.

7 workers suspended at MPD after probes
Suspensions ranging from one to five days were ordered for seven Maui Police Department employees as part of internal investigations .Five-day suspensions were ordered for a cop for inappropriate conduct toward another employee and being untruthful and for a cop for sending threatening messages to an acquaintance and being untruthful during the investigation. A cop was suspended for three days for failing to properly complete an internal investigation report on time in September 2011. Another three-day suspension was ordered for inappropriate conduct toward another employee in July. Another cop was suspended for two days and transferred for failing to properly report the custody of evidence in March 2012.
The other written reprimands were for:
* Contempt of court for a personal matter in April 2010.
* Failing to enforce a protective order in July.
* Making derogatory and unprofessional comments about his supervisor in September.
* Hitting a parked vehicle in a motor vehicle accident in December.
* Reversing into a tree in a motor vehicle accident in January.
* Operating a patrol vehicle without a valid driver's license in February.

Port Authority cop gets PTI for allegedly stealing iPhone at Rockaway Townsquare Mall
Rommel DeLeon, a now-suspended cop for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey was admitted o the Pre-Trial Intervention program to resolve charges of stealing a woman’s Apple iPhone at Rockaway Townsquare Mall and then trying to use his law enforcement position to get out of trouble.  Judge Robert Gilson’s order admitting DeLeon into PTI, he will be supervised on probation for one year and must perform 50 hours of community service. He also must pay $55 to the victim to replace the protective cover of her iPhone. DeLeon was accused of stealing an Apple iPhone from another customer at the Toys ‘R’ Us store at the Rockaway Townsquare Mall in Rockaway Township on July 2, 2010. A woman who was ahead of DeLeon in line placed her phone on the counter and accidentally left it behind and he allegedly swiped it, according to the charges. While being questioned by police a few days later about the alleged theft, DeLeon said he was a police cop and inquired “how he could make the case go away,” Weber has said.

Houston police cop indefinitely suspended from police force
Brandon Crissmon-Stewart,  a rookie HPD cop accused of failing to properly report and turn in a piece of stolen property has been indefinitely suspended from the police force.Sources said the 23-year-old failed to properly report and turn in an iPhone that someone reported stolen from a plane at Bush Intercontinental Airport. Crissmon-Stewart, according to police sources, found the stolen cell phone on the side of the road not far from his home near Humble. He was off duty and out riding his horse.

Park Police cop charged with stealing from ATM
MINNEAPOLIS - A Three Rivers Park Police cop is charged with stealing funds from an ATM at the park where he worked. Investigators say Jonthomas Cross took money from the ATM inside the Chalet at Elm Creek Park Reserve on two separate occasions in January of 2013. The revenue manager told police that the two thefts totaled more than $1,200.

           Jail Workers Charged in Assault
Eliseo Perez Jr a high-ranking New York City Department of Correction employee and nine other cops pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges stemming from an alleged assault in 2012 of a Rikers Island inmate and an attempt to cover it up.
Perez is accused of ordering cops at the jail to kick in the teeth of an inmate, Jamal Lightfoot on July 11, 2012, inside a search room in the George R. Vierno Center on Rikers Island. Six additional workers were arraigned on attempted gang assault and other assault charges.
Assistant District Attorney Lawrence Piergrossi, who is prosecuting the case. Piergrossi told Supreme Court Justice Steven L. Barrett that the alleged beating took place as Mr. Lightfoot was being turned over into the custody of Emergency Services Unit (ESU) cops to be searched following a slashing inside the jail.
“Eliseo Perez turned to Capt. Michael Pollard while pointing to inmate Jamal Lightfoot and said, ‘This guy thinks he’s tough. When you get him down to intake, I want you to kick his…teeth out,”‘ he said. The prosecutor said that Capt. Vaughn agreed, saying he wanted to see the inmate’s ‘”teeth on the floor.’”
Mr. Piergrossi then alleged that five of the defendants—Pollard, Parker, Rivera, Rodriguez and Parra, all of whom were ESU cops—repeatedly punched and kicked the inmate, including about his face and testicles, and slammed his head against the concrete floor of the pen.
Mr. Piergrossi showed the court photographs of Mr. Lightfoot before and after the incident, during which he sustained orbital fractures to each eye and nasal fractures. “This was a brutal attack on a defenseless inmate who posed no threat to the cops inside that search pen with no cameras,” he said.

Fort Lauderdale, 3 cops sued over traffic arrest
The city and three of its police cops are being sued in federal court by a man who claims he was stopped for trumped-up reasons two years ago, mainly because he was driving through the "inner city" after midnight in a Mercedes Benz.
Anthony Munden, 40, said he was forced from his car at gunpoint and handcuffed while police illegally searched his car. He was then arrested for possession of a concealed weapon after police found a gun in his car's glove box – even though Munden had a valid concealed weapons permit. Munden was forced to spend almost ten hours in custody and his concealed weapons permit was suspended because of his arrest
The police report of the June 10, 2011, incident says cops initiated the stop in the 500 block of Northwest Ninth Avenue after observing Munden drive through two stop signs without stopping. Carita, with his high beams on while Munden's car came to a rolling stop, reported he observed Munden "reach to his waistband and reveal a firearm which he placed into the glove box."
The suit claims the detectives made up their official version of the incident to hide their violation of Munden's civil rights, including constitutional guarantees to be free from unreasonable search and seizure and from excessive force.

Officials: Washington Cop Charged With Insurance Fraud

Officials confirm a Washington Police cop was arrested Tuesday for insurance fraud after the new pickup truck he reported stolen 5 years ago was recently found at the bottom of a creek. 38-year-old Jerry Davis of Brick Kiln Road in Washington was arrested Tuesday and charged with 2 counts of felony insurance fraud and conspiracy to obtain property by false pretenses. The Beaufort County Sheriff's Office says Davis was the owner of the truck.

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Idiots at work


Baltimore cop charged with DUI, child endangerment after York County crash

A veteran Baltimore City cop named Shawn Byron Johnson is charged with drunken driving after he crashed the car he was driving, with his two children inside, into a parked car in May.  Johnson is charged with two counts each of DUI and endangering the welfare of a child, according to his charging documents.  At the scene, an officer approached Johnson, who was swaying from side to side and had a strong order of alcohol coming from him, the documents state.

When the officer identified himself, Johnson, who was slurring his speech and had red, glassy eyes, pulled out his wallet and showed his Baltimore City Police identification card, documents state.

The officer told Johnson to walk to the rear of the car for a field sobriety test, but Johnson said, "Just take me in. I'm over." He started one of the tests but refused to continue.

 

Newark cop suspended for Oct. crash

NEWARK — Newark cop Michael Trotter was suspended for 40 hours without pay for multiple violations of policy stemming from an Oct. 2 pursuit.

An internal investigation found four sustained allegations against Trotter: failure to change the data card on the in-car camera; failure to control his vehicle while responding to officers, which resulted in a crash; failing to use his seat belt while driving; and failure to notify dispatchers that he was responding with lights and sirens on to the pursuit. Trotter was severely injured in a crash on Horns Hill Road while responding to a pursuit in an effort to assist other officers.

 

Cop rats

Keith Logan, a Worcester Mass. Cop, claims in an affidavit that vice squad officers would routinely brag about beating up people, and that when these officers used force that led to the injuries of prisoners, those injuries would be explained as “the prisoner violently struggled or resisted.” The affidavit was part of a recently settled police brutality case against the city in which the plaintiff, Anthony Hayes, received $100,000, and it calls into question whether enough is being done to rid the Police Department of rogue officers.

 

City seeks public input on reforming board that reviews claims of police misconduct

http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2013/06/20/4119730/city-seeks-public-input-on-reforming.html

 

Baltimore police officer convicted of sex offense

Prosecutors had accused Troy Gee, a Baltimore cop of sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl while she was visiting his home in December 2011. Last year, the WBAL-TV 11 News I-Team uncovered that this was the third accusation against him of sexually assaulting a minor. Gee is expected to be sentenced in August.

 

Trial date changed for Madison police officer charged with sexual abuse (updated)

MADISON, Alabama -- William Watson, a Madison cop charged with sexual abuse has had his trial date continued.

 

Bay Area Police Owe Protesters $1 Million

SAN FRANCISCO (CN) - Alameda County and the city of Oakland agreed to pay more than $1 million to protesters arrested during a Nov. 5, 2010, demonstration that started after a court sentenced a white transit cop to two years in jail for shooting an unarmed black man.

The protesters claimed in a class action filed in 2011 that police from Oakland and Alameda County did not order the crowd to disperse before closing of all means of exit and conducting mass arrests in the vicinity of 6th Avenue and East 17th and 18th streets near downtown Oakland. They allege that protesters, including legal observers, were left handcuffed in the street for an excessive period of time and then held for up to 24 hours in overcrowded holding cells, all of which they contend violated their civil rights.

 
Ex-cop sentenced to federal prison for taking bribes

#ATLANTA — A Stockbridge man who used to work as an Atlanta police officer was sentenced Tuesday to two years in a federal prison for taking bribes. Elton Augustin, 32, was convicted of lying to federal agents after a jury trial Dec. 7. Augustin pleaded guilty Feb. 14 to conspiring to accept bribes, said federal prosecutors.

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Former Cherryville Police Chief Charged


 

U.S. Attorney’s Office June 24, 2013                  Western District of North Carolina(704) 344-6222

CHARLOTTE, NC—The former police chief for the city of Cherryville has been charged with one count of program embezzlement, announced Anne M. Tompkins, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. Woodrow “Woody” Paul Burgess, 60, of Cherryville, North Carolina, has agreed to plead guilty to the charge.

John A. Strong, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Charlotte Division, and Greg McLeod, Director of the State Bureau of Investigation (North Carolina-SBI) join U.S. Attorney Tompkins in making today’s announcement.

According to the criminal bill of information and plea agreement filed today in U.S. District Court, Burgess was the chief of police for the city of Cherryville until his retirement in October 2012. During the relevant time period, Bonny Alexander was Cherryville’s finance director and had authority to process payroll payments to Cherryville employees, direct payments for city expenses, and issue checks on behalf of the city. According to court records and the filed plea agreement, Burgess embezzled and caused Alexander to embezzle approximately $11,048 of the city’s funds. Court records show that beginning in January 2007 through November 2008, Burgess instructed Alexander to issue approximately nine Cherryville city checks payable to The Great Outdoors Inc. for the purchase of firearms for Burgess’ personal use. According to the charging document, Burgess told Alexander that the checks and the expenditure of the city’s funds for personal use had been authorized as a “cash-out” for “compensatory time.” Court records indicate that Alexander issued the checks as requested by Burgess and placed entries in the city’s accounting records that the expenditures were for a certain amount of “sick time” or “comp time” due to “Woody.” According to court documents, Burgess was aware that he was not entitled to cash payments for sick or vacation leave or compensatory time. In addition, Burgess knew that no hours were deducted from his sick or vacation leave balances for the city’s purchase of guns for his personal use.

The bill of information contains a notice of forfeiture, which gives notice that the defendant must forfeit to the United States all property and currency involved in the offense charged in the charging document and all property and currency that are proceeds of such offense, including approximately $8,490 in cash and three firearms seized during the course of the investigation.

“Woody Burgess was sworn to uphold the law but instead thought he was above the law. While prosecuting a law enforcement officer is always difficult, my office will not allow the likes of Woody Burgess to dishonor the uniform proudly worn by all other Cherryville police officers who are dedicated to serving and protecting their community,” said U.S. Attorney Tompkins.

“It is both disappointing and disheartening to learn a senior law enforcement officer took advantage of his trusted position for his own profit. Public corruption is the number one criminal priority of the FBI, and we will continue to work aggressively to hold public officials of all levels accountable, especially those who erode the public’s trust in those who have sworn to protect and serve others,” said Special Agent in Charge John A. Strong, of the FBI in Charlotte.

“Our agents are dedicated to finding the truth and bringing criminals to justice, and this case is an excellent example of the work that they do,” said SBI Director Greg McLeod. “We’ll continue our efforts to solve crime, root out public corruption, and protect the people of North Carolina.”

Burgess has agreed to plead guilty to one count of program embezzlement, which carries a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison, a $250,000 fine, or both. Burgess’ initial appearance and plea hearing have been set for Tuesday, June 25, 2013, at 2:00 p.m. According to the filed plea agreement, Burgess has also agreed to pay full restitution, the amount of which will be determined by the court at sentencing.

In January 2013, Alexander pleaded guilty to five counts of program embezzlement for stealing over $435,000 from the city of Cherryville. She faces a maximum term of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine per count. A sentencing date for Alexander has not been set yet.

The investigation is handled by the FBI and SBI. The prosecution is handled by Michael Savage of the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Charlotte.

They make me wear this hat....let's see $169,000 a year, 255 workings days...this picture cost the taxpayers $663.00



Chicago: The City that works.................if you're related to a mob guy


Arrested again and again — but still a Chicago cop

Over the past seven years, Chicago police Officer Richard A. Rizzo has been arrested four times by fellow members of his department. The charges included domestic battery, child endangerment and aggravated assault with a gun. Each time, officers booked Rizzo and took his mugshot. Each time, prosecutors filed criminal charges against him.And each time, prosecutors ended up dropping the charges against the 15-year police veteran.

http://www.suntimes.com/news/20684747-418/the-watchdogs-arrested-again-and-again-but-still-a-chicago-cop.html

 

Fired as Chicago cops — and collecting city pensions

Chicago Police Sgt. Nicholas M. Ortega stood to lose everything — his job, his freedom, his pension. Ortega was in uniform on duty in March 2005 when he met up with a group of cops at a bar and ended up driving the wife of a rookie officer he supervised back to a Northwest Side police station where they had sex in a basement office, police records show. He then drove her back to the bar.

http://www.suntimes.com/news/20585644-761/fired-as-chicago-cops-and-collecting-city-pensions.html

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Cop in Moriarty case pleads not guilty


WOODBURY — A New Jersey police officer has pleaded not guilty to charges he made a bogus drunken driving arrest of a politician last year.
Washington Township officer Joseph DiBuonoventura entered the plea Monday. He could face decades in prison if he is convicted of official misconduct, falsifying records and other offenses.
A prosecutor said a guilty plea would have been met with a recommendation for five years in prison.
The officer charged Assemblyman Paul Moriarty, D-Gloucester, in July 2012 with drunken driving and other crimes.

Moriarty, a former mayor of Washington Township, said he had not been drinking and was wrongly accused. He produced a video of the incident and the charges against him were dropped.

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Former East Washington Police Chief Sentenced To 11 Years



PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Former East Washington Police Chief Donald Solomon was sentenced to 11 years in jail for violations of the federal Hobbs Act.
FBI surveillance tape helped put him there.
One of those tapes captured Solomon saying, “I’m the best cop money can buy.”
That was a conversation between an informant and Solomon about protecting a drug deal in 2011.
U.S. Attorney David Hickton argued in person for a stern sentence at Friday’s hearing, and says the “best cop money can buy” reference stuck with investigators.
“Well, that’s the line that stands out above all others,” said Hickton. “I made a point in court today that that line was not retrieved from him. He volunteered that line. And there were several other points in the audio and video recordings where it was clear that he was voluntarily engaging in this behavior. There was another line that captured some attention where he was asked if he wanted to continue in this type of behavior and he said ‘hell yeah.’”
Federal investigators also developed surveillance of Solomon as chief actually protecting drug deals as well as threatening to take out personal vendettas against a former girlfriend.
“If she came to my apartment I got body bags in my apartment, so put her in a body bag, wait till it was night, put her in the car. Take her someplace, drop her off,” Solomon is quoted as saying on one of the recordings.
The defense argued that Solomon should be given credit for his work as a paramedic and police officer for 38 years without any criminal activity. He was.
His 11-year sentence, imposed by Judge Joi Flowers Conti, is at the lower end of the term prescribed in the sentencing guidelines.
On Thursday night, Solomon attended high school graduation for one of his sons. Today in court, he apologized to both his friends in law enforcement, and his children, because in his words, “They’re the ones I’ve hurt the most.”


City to consider claim of police misconduct


Laguna Beach City Council members will decide whether to accept a legal consultant's suggestion the city deny a man's claim that a police officer mistreated him while he slept in his car on Nov. 30.
Porto claims Officer Mike Jeffries violently awakened him at 2:30 a.m. Nov. 30 while he slept in his car in front of 300 El Paseo near Main Beach during a rainstorm, according to Porto's claim filed with the city clerk on May 29.
"Officer Jeffries banged on the roof of claimants' vehicle multiple times to awaken claimant [Porto]," according to the claim, which also said a female officer accompanied Jeffries. "Disabled claimant [Porto] suffered severe emotional and physical trauma of being awakened violently by strangers ... [the officer's] actions were intentional, malicious, uncivilized and shocking."
Police issued Porto a $43 citation for violating the city's municipal code, which prohibits a person from parking a car on any public street, beach or park, where someone can't see inside the vehicle.
A sunshade covered the front windshield while towels hung from the inside on the driver- and passenger-side windows, Porto said in an email.

Covering the windows with towels helped keep the vehicle warm and added privacy, said Porto, who said he was homeless at the time. 

Murder suspect freed; attorney says Bossier City police lied about evidence



A defense attorney believes Bossier City police misconduct played a role in the yearlong incarceration of a man who now is no longer accused in a murder that took place almost two years ago. Attorney Elton Richey alleges the police department is not being forthcoming about the use of a live lineup that produced another suspect in the July 23, 2011, shooting death of James Dean Smith, 21, of Vivian. Police officers testifying at a pretrial hearing in January denied the use of a live lineup. But the state’s primary witness, Tyler Quandt, testified that he picked Michael Ray Madden Jr., 27, out of a live lineup conducted at the Bossier City Police Department days after Smith’s shooting death. And the victim’s sister, Amy Smith, also testified she accompanied Quandt to the police station and remained in another room while it took place.

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Arlington Police Officer Charged with Unlawfully Providing Law Enforcement Sensitive Information to a Known Drug Dealer



Defendant Allegedly Involved in Anabolic Steroids Distribution Investigation
U.S. Attorney’s OfficeJune 12, 2013         •           Northern District of Texas(214) 659-8600

DALLAS—Thomas S. Kantzos, 45, of Fort Worth, Texas, an officer with the Arlington Police Department (APD), was arrested last night on a federal criminal complaint charging him with unlawfully providing law enforcement sensitive information by exceeding authorized access to a protected computer. He will make his initial appearance in federal court this afternoon, at 2:00 p.m., before U.S. Magistrate Paul D. Stickney. Today’s announcement was made by U.S. Attorney Sarah R. Saldaña of the Northern District of Texas.
According to the affidavit filed with the criminal complaint, a particular individual (witness), who was arrested in January 2013 for distributing anabolic steroids, a Scheduled III controlled substance, admitted to routinely using and distributing anabolic steroids and human growth hormones (HGH) during the last 13 years. This witness also admitted that during the last five or six years, he directly and regularly provided anabolic steroids and HGH to Kantzos, whom he knew to be an officer with the APD. In fact, on at least one occasion, this witness delivered approximately 20 HGH kits to Kantzos while Kantzos was on duty, wearing an APD uniform, and driving a marked APD patrol car.
The affidavit further notes that on multiple occasions, Kantzos solicited anabolic steroids from this witness for himself and for others, including friends and colleagues in the APD. Kantzos allegedly collected money from the other individuals before he obtained the steroids, but on some occasions, he “fronted” the money for the purchases. According to the affidavit, most of the anabolic steroids and HGH he obtained from this witness were provided to other officers of the APD. Also, Kantzos allegedly put this witness in contact with two other APD officers so that they could obtain anabolic steroids directly.
Kantzos was authorized to access law enforcement information obtained through the Texas Crime Information Center (TCIC) and the National Crime Information Center (NCIC), and he received specialized training on the authorized uses of the information, as well as the potential penalties for the misuse of such information. Personal use of such information, including releasing information to members of the general public, is not authorized and violates APD policy.
On several occasions, according to the affidavit, this witness, who indicated he was concerned that police might be watching his activities, asked Kantzos to query a name or a license plate using a law enforcement database. On several occasions, Kantzos did this, or had someone else do it for him, and then provided the obtained sensitive information to the witness. In fact, on one occasion in December 2011, Kantzos provided the name of a person who was known to be a law enforcement officer and, based on that information, the witness inspected his/her vehicle and discovered a tracking device attached to it. The investigation revealed that this witness immediately began “laying low” for several weeks. During that time, however, the witness and Kantzos talked about the tracking device and the police surveillance of the witness.
A federal complaint is a written statement of the essential facts of the offense charged and must be made under oath before a magistrate judge. A defendant is entitled to the presumption of innocence until proven guilty. The U.S. Attorney’s Office has 30 days to present the matter to a grand jury for indictment. Kantzos is charged with exceeding authorized access to a protected computer. That offense, as charged, carries a maximum statutory penalty 10 years in federal prison and a $250,000 fine, per count.
The matter is being investigated by the FBI and the Texas Ranger Division of the Texas Department of Public Safety. Assistant U.S. Attorney Mark Penley and Deputy Criminal Chief Assistant U.S. Attorney Gary Tromblay are in charge of the prosecution.




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Idiots at work

Board Upholds Suspension For Facebook Posting cop
The Dothan Alabama Personnel Board voted Thursday to uphold disciplinary action taken against cop RaeMonica Carney for posts she made to her personal Facebook account. Carney was suspended ten days and placed on her on probation for two years. 
Carney posted comments regarding the death of Christopher Dorner, the cop who is believed to have killed four people and wounded others. Investigators say Dorner shot himself to death as the cabin in which he holed up burned.

Judge rejects, condemns plea deal offered to Morris sheriff's officer
 Superior Court Judge Edward Gannon said a plea offer made to suspended Morris County Sheriff's cop Jason Campbell would have resulted in Campbell pleading guilty to "trivial offenses," while ignoring arson charges. Campbell is accused of flashing his badge at a state trooper to beat a drug rap.

For cops, disrespect is only a one-way street
http://www.trentonian.com/article/20130620/OPINION03/130619604/for-cops-disrespect-is-only-a-one-way-street

Sheriff to fire narcotics deputy charged with lying about drugs
The L.A. County Sheriff's Department is seeking to fire Francisco Enriquez, a
narcotics deputy charged with lying about finding drugs after detaining a couple, whom the county will pay $550,000 to settle a false-arrest lawsuit, officials said.
Enriquez has pleaded not guilty to one count of perjury in a probable cause declaration and one count of filing a false report in connection with the October 2009 arrests of Tatiana Lopezand Miguel Amarillas. The county Board of Supervisors on Tuesday approved the settlement for Lopez and Amarillas at the recommendation of the county attorneys, who cited the "risks and uncertainties" of fighting the couple's civil rights lawsuit at trial. The couple accused Enriquez, a member of a narcotics task force, of lying and planting drugs after he claimed he had driven Lopez to a sheriff's station and discovered several bags ofmethamphetamine in the patrol car after she was taken out.


 Dorner Review: Rogue Cop's Dismissal Justified
http://www.kabc.com/common/page.php?pt=Dorner+Review%3A+Rogue+Cop%27s+Dismissal+Justified&id=10373&is_corp=0

 Judge dismisses suspended Cliffside Park officer’s harassment complaint against retired captain
A judge in Hackensack dismissed a harrassment complaint brought by a suspended Cliffside cop John Lemkinr against a retired captain and his family. Lemkinr
 alleged that retired Capt. Michael Russo and his children posted libelous comments about him online — including that he was “mentally deficient,” “a little girl who plays with a fake cop car” and a “mommys boy.” Central Municipal Court Judge Roy F. McGeady said these were protected free speech. The judge said, these weren’t part of any type of series or campaign, which could rise to the level of a criminal offense. Rather, he said, they were all written the same day.  Lemkin already is appealing an April ruling by Superior Judge Eugene Austin upholding McGeady’s conviction of him for trying to make his personal car look like an undercover police cruiser without authorization. The decision includes an order that Lemkin resign and never hold a public job again, although that’s on hold while Lemkin appeals it to a higher court.
Lemkin’s lawyer said he aims to determine “who the real culprit is.”

 D.C. cop to plead guilty in drug ring
A Washington, D.C., cop named Jared Weinberg charged with laundering money for a California-to-Pittsburgh drug ring has scheduled a plea for next month. Weinberg was arrested in May at his precinct house in Washington on a complaint filed by the U.S. attorney's office in Pittsburgh. Weinberg agreed to plead guilty on July 25 in U.S. District Court here. He is accused of conspiracy to commit money-laundering for a cocaine ring that is believed to have sold up to four tons in the last decade.

 MPD cop charged with DUI
Memphis cop Kobena Cash is out of jail on bond this morning, accused of drinking and driving.  Cash was pulled over Saturday night for running a stop sign and having expired tags.

New Britain Ct. Loses Police Brutality Suit
A federal jury earlier this month awarded $80,625 to the man who accused a city cop Jeffrey Walsh of excessive force during an arrest in 2007. Walsh was subsequently fired, and then lost a bid to get his job back through arbitration. Christopher Roguz had accused Walsh of slamming his head into a wall and then hitting him with a nightstick while he was handcuffed. Walsh has maintained that he was stopping Roguz from attacking another officer during the arrest. Roguz was satisfied that the jury sided with him, said David W. Bush, his attorney.

Vegas police officer facing dismissal in drug case
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Las Vegas police cop named Ramin Allen Amely is suspended without pay pending dismissal after being accused of unlawfully obtaining prescription painkillers. Amely was accused of obtaining Percocet, hydromorphone and hydrocodone from several doctors between May 2011 and last February.

Cop charged after leaving accident scene
MIAMI (WSVN) -- A Miami-Dade cop Alberto Perez has been charged after he allegedly rear-ended a vehicle and left the scene. The driver of a Honda Civic stopped suddenly after she said she was rear-ended. According to the Florida Highway Patrol report, the colliding driver got out of his vehicle and asked if the woman was OK. As both cars were pulling over to the side, the victim said the black Ford Explorer took off.

Crystal Lake cop Brian Burr Suspended after Incident
A Crystal Lake cop Brian Burr has been given a three-day, unpaid suspension for not following department protocol .  Burr did not follow department procedure when he responded at 2:30 a.m. to Autumn Drive, after a neighbor reported a suspicious vehicle parked outside a residence. Burr found Mendoza sitting in the back seat of his Honda Pilot, parked seven houses from his home, and smelling of alcohol and appearing intoxicated, according to the article. Burr never gave Mendoza a field sobriety test, gave the school superintendent a ride home and did not search him before allowing Mendoza into the squad car, as he should have, the article said.

  Charges dropped against officer charged with DUI
 WESTMINSTER, Md. (AP) — Carroll County prosecutors have dropped DUI charges against aBaltimore County cop.Matthew McElwee of Hanover, Pa who was cited March 16 when he was stopped at a sobriety checkpoint in Hampstead. He was accused of driving a vehicle while under the influence of alcohol and driving while impaired by alcohol. Those charges were dropped Monday in Carroll County Circuit Court. State's AttorneyJerry Barnes tells the Carroll County Times (http://bit.ly/17WHAG7) that there was not enough evidence to prove the charges beyond a reasonable doubt. Barnes said McElwee lawfully refused to take sobriety tests.

        
Cop charged for theft, lying
A Holly Springs cop named Shane Ladner, has been charged with four counts of misdemeanor theft by deception, as well as one count each of false swearing and making a false statement, both felonies under the law. Ladner is accused of using that alleged falsified document to obtain a Purple Heart vanity plate that exempted him from paying ad valorem tax on his vehicle between 2009 and 2012.
         
Memphis police officer charged with DUI
Memphis police cop Kobena Cash, 38, has been arrested after he was pulled over on charges he was driving under the influence, ran a stop sign, was driving with tags that expired in 2011 and that he refused to submit to a field sobriety test.


                                            

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U.S. Attorney’s Office June 11, 2013        •           Northern District of Illinois(312) 353-5300
CHICAGO—Regina Evans and her husband, Ronald Evans, the former police chief and the former inspector general, respectively, of suburban Country Club Hills, were each charged today with three counts of filing false federal income tax returns for allegedly failing to report all of their income during calendar years 2007-09. They were charged in a felony information filed today in U.S. District Court in Chicago.
Regina Evans’ attorney has authorized the government to disclose that she will be pleading guilty to the tax charges after the government files a request to transfer the case against her to the Central District of Illinois in Springfield for disposition. Regina Evans, 50, who was Country Club Hills police chief from 2009 to 2011, and Ronald Evans, 46, are scheduled to appear in U.S. District Court in Springfield on June 18.
The defendants were charged with failing to report all of their income in 2009, when they allegedly converted to personal income more than $500,000 of a $1.25 million state grant. They also allegedly failed to report all of their income in 2007, 2008, and 2009 from Prime Time Limousine, a Chicago transportation and security services company that they jointly owned and operated.
According to the charging document, Regina Evans founded and ran an organization called We Are Our Brother’s Keeper that, in 2009, received a $1.25 million employment opportunities grant from the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity to provide pre-apprenticeship educational and vocational training for people employed in building trades, such as bricklayers and electricians. The couple allegedly used more than $500,000 for non-grant-related personal purposes, making that money personal income.
On their federal income tax return for 2009, the couple stated that Prime Time’s gross receipts were approximately $150,000, knowing that its gross receipts totaled more than $201,297. They also allegedly stated that they did not have any other income, knowing that they had converted at least $500,000 in grant money.
In 2007, the defendants allegedly filed a false tax return by reporting Prime Time’s gross receipts were approximately $205,290, when the business actually had gross receipts totaling more than $360,649, and they allegedly filed a false 2008 tax return stating Prime Time’s gross receipts were approximately $150,630, when it actually had gross receipts of more than $291,414.
The charges were announced today by Gary S. Shapiro, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, and James C. Lee, Special Agent in Charge of the Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation Division in Chicago. The Chicago Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation participated in the investigation.
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The government is being represented by Assistant U.S. Attorney Joel Hammerman.
The public is reminded that an information contains only charges and is not evidence of guilt. The defendant is presumed innocent and is entitled to a fair trial at which the government has the burden of proving guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.





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Memphis cop suspend officer over KKK tweets

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Cleveland punishes 12 cops in chase

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Report details misconduct within Butler Police Department

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The report found:

Lt. Brian Pergande engaged in "misconduct in office," though the details were redacted in the report released to the public. He also was found to have improper pictures on his work email, to have used racial comments and to have misused the TIME system — a state-run crime information system — to check criminal histories of individuals for personal use.

Officer Chad Rahn acted improperly while on duty, having exposed his penis multiple times. He also used the TIME system for personal use and created an uncomfortable work environment, according to the report.

Officers Joel Fus and Rick Napierala had improperly used department equipment.

Sheriff's Department investigators found a wallet used as a piece of evidence in a case during the 1990s on Cosgrove's desk, three loaded and unsecured guns in Cosgrove's office, and learned that the department did not have a policy for returning firearms that it held for safekeeping.

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U.S. Attorney’s Office June 03, 2013      

Deirdre M. Daly, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Kimberly K. Mertz, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, today announced that a federal jury in New Haven has found Meriden Police Officer Evan Cossette, 26, guilty of one count of using unreasonable force and one count of obstructing a federal investigation by preparing a false report. The trial before United States District Judge Janet Bond Arterton began on May 28, and the jury returned its verdict this afternoon after deliberating for less than three hours.

According to evidence at trial, on May 1, 2010, Cossette and another Meriden Police officer responded to a reported hit-and-run incident. After identifying “P.T.” as the driver likely involved in the hit-and-run incident, the officers placed him under arrest. Cossette transported P.T. to the Meriden Police Department and escorted a compliant and handcuffed P.T. from the squad car to the holding cell. Once inside the holding cell, Cossette firmly shoved a retreating P.T., causing him to fall backward and strike his head on a cement cell bench. P.T. suffered a 12-centimeter gash to the back of his head and lost consciousness. P.T. was then transported to the hospital for treatment.

Cossette obstructed justice by making false and misleading statements, as well as material omissions, in his report relating to the arrest and processing of P.T. in order to cover up and create a false justification for his assault upon P.T.

“We thank the members of the jury for their thoughtful consideration of the evidence,” stated Acting U.S. Attorney Daly. “Our system of justice cannot tolerate abuses by police officers, and today’s verdict helps preserve the integrity of a profession that is entrusted with protecting our liberties as well as our safety.”

“As law enforcement officers, we are measured by a higher standard because we are both sworn and privileged to uphold the United States Constitution,” stated FBI Special Agent in Charge Mertz. “We must meet that standard with unfailing integrity and honor. Those who cannot meet that essential standard should not be wearing a badge. While there is no joy in today’s guilty verdict, we know that justice has been served.”

Judge Arterton has scheduled sentencing for August 28, 2013, at which time Cossette faces a maximum term of imprisonment of 30 years.

 

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