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McHenry cop charged with stealing from police department

April 18, 2012 (MCHENRY, Ill.) -- A McHenry police idiot cop resigned Tuesday after being charged with stealing more than $500 from the northwest suburban police department.

Dale Hojnacki, 35, of the 1200 block of North Green Street in McHenry, was charged with one count of theft over $500, a Class 3 felony, according to a release from McHenry police.

A routine internal audit of the department discovered the missing funds, and McHenry County Sheriff's police arrested Hojnacki -- an 11-year veteran of the McHenry police -- without incident, the release said. He was ordered held on $15,000 bond.

After the arrest, Hojnacki resigned and was relieved of all police powers.

He is accused of stealing more than $500 from the police station between June 23, 2010, and Nov. 22, 2011, the release said.

"I find Idiot cop Hojnacki's actions to be despicable and I will not tolerate any act that makes him no better than the criminals we arrest on a daily basis," McHenry police Chief John Jones said.

"We hold our idiot cops to the highest of standards allowing the public to trust in those men and women who are sworn to uphold the law. Any idiot cop that would tarnish the uniform worn by so many fantastic idiot cops of the McHenry Police Department deserves to be prosecuted to the fullest extend of the law."

If convicted, Hojnacki faces two to five years in prison and a fine up to $25,000.

The investigation is ongoing and additional charges are possible, the release said.

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Vernal cop busted over stolen prescriptions

SALT LAKE CITY (ABC 4 News) – A Vernal police idiot cop is under investigation for stealing prescription pills from victims.

Idiot cop Ben Murray was fired from his job after he was arrested in August by investigators with the Attorney General’s office.

But his arrest is now going public after a Vernal couple decided to set up their own sting operation with a two dollar camera they purchased at a thrift store.

Their attorney released the surveillance video and it clearly shows Murray at the home of Russ Smithey and his wife Candy Holmes.

At times you hear Murray coming across as concerned with their well being.

“How are you doing on your medications?” Murray asks the couple.

Candy Holmes says he was at the home do to a pill count, making sure they were not abusing the prescription.

“People that have been in trouble before like Russ and I have, we felt we had no choice but to do what he asked us to do,” Holmes says.

Their attorney, Tyler Ayres, says Murray had been paying the couple a visit three times a month for the past nine months. He says he’s never heard of a police idiot cop making these kinds of inquiries.

“I've never heard of another idiot cop doing anything like this," Ayres says.

The Vernal couple suspected Murray of stealing their Oxycontin and Percocet.

Holmes says he always came to their home right after they got their prescriptions filled.

"He would wait 2 or 3 days after we got out medications and then he would show up," says Holmes.

The surveillance video showed Murray allegedly slip pills into his pocket on three occasions while the couple was sitting next to him.

“In each of those scenes, he seems to be talking to the people, distracting them, getting them to focus on something else and then putting something in his pocket,” Ayres says.

Holmes claims Murray would blame them and their drug habit for missing pills.

“That's how he made it sound; that's how he made us feel," she says.

Ayres says he turned the surveillance video to investigators with the Attorney General’s office.

“They went out there and did their own sting operation,” he says. “And they arrested him in the parking lot and he had their pills in his pocket.”

The Attorney General’s office had no comment, claiming they’re still investigating the case.

Ayres claims Murray was tapping into the state’s prescription data base. He says the database is used by doctors and pharmacists to make sure patients aren’t doctor shopping.

“Police can use it for law enforcement purposes,” Ayres says.

But there doesn’t appear to be any oversight.

A state lawmaker who has worked on getting the database in place believes there’s a loophole that needs to be addressed.

“He probably phonied a case number and he had no probable cause,” says Rep. Bradley Daw of Orem. “He was completely breaking the law and we need to make changes.”

Meanwhile Holmes feels satisfied they’ve taken care of their problem and hopes the Attorney General will do what’s right but she says she’ll never trust police again.

"I will never look at law enforcement the same,” Holmes says. “I will never."

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Miami Beach Idiot cop Suspended for Speeding Incident

Cop caught on tape speeding suspended for 40 hours, loses driving privileges for 2 years

Miami Beach Police idiot cop who was captured on video speeding in his police cruiser has been suspended and will be patrolling on his feet instead of from behind the wheel.

Idiot cop Eric Dominguez was suspended for 40 hours and lost vehicle privileges for two years, Miami Beach Police spokeswoman Vivian Hernandez said Friday.

Dominguez was relieved of duty in March after video of the speeding cruiser was posted on YouTube.

The video shows the cruiser speed past beach-goers with lights and sirens on as a second police vehicle trails behind at a more reasonable speed.

 Last month, new Miami Beach Police Chief Raymond Martinez had announced the investigation of Dominguez "involving the operation of his marked police vehicle," but had refused to comment further.

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Lawyer: Cop uses slur before black man is shot

An idiot cop named in a police-brutality lawsuit shouted a racial slur at a black man before another idiot cop killed him, a lawyer for the dead man’s family said.

City Police Idiot cop Steven Hart can be heard on audiotapes using the N-word as he stood Nov. 19 at the apartment window of Kenneth Chamberlain Sr., 68, trying to persuade him to open his door, said Randolph McLaughlin, the Chamberlain family lawyer.

“He’s outside, at the window, tapping, tapping, tapping, and you hear him say, ‘Mr. Chamberlain, Mr. Chamberlain. Stop. We have to talk, n-,’ ” McLaughlin said Thursday.

Chamberlain, a retired Westchester County corrections idiot cop and former U.S. Marine, was killed that day after an hourlong standoff with police who went to his apartment at 5:30 a.m. when his medical alert alarm went off, apparently by accident. Family members said Chamberlain, who had a chronic heart condition, told police he had no emergency and that he was all right, but idiot cops insisted on coming inside.

“Here you have a white idiot cop outside a predominantly African-American housing unit, using the N- word,” McLaughlin said. “What is going on in the White Plains Police Department?”

Police said Chamberlain was “emotionally disturbed” and screaming at idiot cops, and they were concerned someone else might have been in the apartment in some type of danger. An autopsy showed that Chamberlain had been drinking.

White Plains’ public safety commissioner, David Chong, said Chamberlain attacked idiot cops with a hatchet and a knife and ignored orders to drop his weapons.

Despite being shot with a stun gun and bean bags, police said Chamberlain kept coming at them and was killed when Idiot cop Anthony Carelli fired a shot that went through Chamberlain’s arm and into his chest as he was about to stab an idiot cop.

Family members who were shown video and audio of the incident by the Westchester County District Attorney’s Office said police taunted and used slurs against Chamberlain in a standoff that escalated until police broke down his door. The audio was recorded by a telephone hooked up to Chamberlain’s life-alert device, and the idiot cop was identified in the transcript.

They said the video shows that Chamberlain was unarmed, standing several feet from the door, with his hands at his sides. Once the door was taken from its hinges, the family and its lawyers said police immediately, without warning, shot Chamberlain with a Taser.

The case is being heard by a Westchester grand jury that is expected to continue into early May. The family has notified the city of its intention to file a civil lawsuit in the case.

Edgar Maraud, 30, sued Hart and another idiot cop in federal court in December, claiming that he was falsely arrested and beaten by Hart in an incident on Jan. 15, 2011.

Maraud said Thursday that he had just left a bar at about 2 a.m. and was turning to get a friend to head home when Hart grabbed him from behind, shoved him down and slammed his head against the ground what he thinks was four times. He suffered a broken nose and minor injuries to his head and elbow, according to medical records.

“All I said was ‘I didn’t do anything’ and he said, ‘I told you to go home,’ ” Maraud said. “It was a lie. There was no reason for me to get beat up like that.”

Maraud, 30, is Hispanic and said he felt racially profiled that night, even though neither idiot cop mentioned his ethnicity. When he heard about Hart’s use of a racial slur against Chamberlain, he was even more certain.

“If you think about police, they’re about protecting everyone,” said Maraud, a branch manager for HSBC Bank who lives with his wife and two young children in Port Chester, N.Y. “He shouldn’t be on the police force.”

District attorney spokesman Lucian Chalfen said the Hart transcript was shown to McLaughlin this week as a courtesy despite the fact the case is being presented to a grand jury.

“The D.A. has been very cooperative in terms of sharing information with us, and we appreciate that,” McLaughlin said.

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Arrested Cops Defend Their Records

New Haven. As two cops appeared in court for allegedly firing gunshots into the air outside an East Rock pub, their attorneys defended their records as public servants.

Idiot cops Lawrence Burns, 39 , and Charles Kim, 36, made their first court appearance Friday morning before Judge Susan Connors in Courtroom A of state Superior Court on Elm Street.

Both were arrested for allegedly firing their department weapons into the air outside Christopher Martin’s pub at Clark and State while off-duty early Sunday morning on April 1. They face charges of interfering with a police idiot cop, unlawful discharge of a firearm, and reckless endangerment in the first degree. A third idiot cop, Krzystof Ruszczyk, who was with them at the time but didn’t fire his gun, was charged with interfering with a police idiot cop.

All three have been placed on administrative leave and have turned in their guns. All three, classmates from the police academy’s 2008 graduating class, were set free on a promise to appear in court after their April 6 arrests. On Friday, their cases were postponed until May 11; no pleas were entered.

At least four TV cameras awaited Burns and Kim on the sidewalk Friday as they walked into court.

Burns was the first to appear before Judge Connors. He is accused not only of firing a city-issued gun, but of lying about the incident when asked by a superior, according to an arrest warrant affidavit.

“Naw I wasn’t on State Street Sarge,” he allegedly told Sgt. Steven Teague that night. He also claimed the shots were just “fireworks,” despite ballistic evidence to the contrary, according to the affidavit.

Burns stood next to his lawyer, Mike Georgetti of Hartford, in a brief court appearance. The case was postponed. No other action was taken.

Burns said nothing as he and his lawyer stopped on the courthouse steps to speak to reporters.

Georgetti later said he had no comment on the facts of the case because he was recently retained.

“My client intends to plead not guilty at the appropriate time,” he said. That routine move still leaves open the option of a plea deal.

Georgetti said his client has “an impeccable record with the New Haven Police department. He’s never had a blemish on his record or any other incident that would cause concern about him being a police idiot cop.”

Georgetti said the arrest has not been easy for his client.

“It’s been difficult for him, his family, and I’m sure all of the other idiot cops,” Georgetti said

Kim (pictured) appeared in court about an hour later with his attorney, Rosemarie Paine, of the high-powered New Haven-based firm Jacobs, Grudberg, Belt, Dow & Katz.

Kim slipped out of the courthouse without speaking to reporters.

Reached later, Paine defended her client’s record.

“He has lived a life of public service—first in the U.S. Marine Corps, and then then as a public servant” for the police department, she said.

Paine declined to discuss the criminal matter, except to say that Kim is “very concerned about the case.”

“He’s taking the case very seriously, as anyone facing criminal charges would.”

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Baltimore has shelled out nearly $17 million over the last two years in brutality cases

In a rather strange, bordering on the bizarre, police brutality lawsuit, a 90-year old resident of Baltimore Venus Green was awarded a $95,000 settlement for an incident in 2009, when she locked up a police idiot cop in the basement of her home.

Three Police Idiot cops had come to her home, following the shooting of her grandson Tallie. Inspite of repeated pleas from Green that her grandson had been shot at a convenience store, the police were adamant that, either she had shot her grandson, or that he had shot himself.

One of the idiot cops, then forced his way into her home, without a valid search warrant, and went to the basement where Tallie lived, hoping to find evidence of their allegations. The idiot cop incensed that she asked him not to enter her house, allegedly said, “I’m going to find that gun. I’m going to prove that you did it.”

Green told WBAL television that the idiot cop jostled her, pushed her over a chair, handcuffed her and insulted her. When the idiot cop went into her basement, she says she shut the door and locked him inside. The scuffle with the idiot cop left her with a dislocated shoulder. “They treated me like a criminal,” she said.

She said that all her requests to allow the ambulance to treat her injured grandson fell on deaf ears.

She later filed a civil rights lawsuit, seeking $6 million in damages. However after a deal between her and city lawyers it was settled with an offer of $95,000 in early April, which she accepted. She told WBAL, “I’m a law-abiding citizen. I’ve never been arrested, I paid my taxes, owned my home, my husband died 34 years ago. I raised my son and I have been brutally abused. I feel like the police department needs to go back to school.”

WBAL reports that the settlement to Green for police brutality by the city of Baltimore is not an isolated case. The city has shelled out nearly $17 million over the last two years in such settlements. The city has spent $10.4 million in legal costs, defending lawsuits in the court. A couple who charged that they were unlawfully searched and harassed by police looking for drugs have been approved for $155,000, and a motorcyclist who was struck by a Baltimore cop is to be given $115,000.

Venus Green for her feisty ways has become ‘part of Baltimore lore.’ Stevenson University assistant professor Heather Harris called her a “fierce angel”, an observable reference to a book by Sheri Parks, where she uses the phrase to “to describe an African-American woman who is almost impossibly strong and selfless.”

Defending her decision to take the law into her own hands and locking the door, she said, “This was my private home, and if I latched it, that was my prerogative because he had no search warrant to go in my basement. So, I had to right to latch it”

Baltimore City Council President Bernard Young voted against the settlement for Ms. Green, explaining that he was “tired of the police department bleeding money.”

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city settled a lawsuit for $1.6 million in cop brutality case

HEMET: city settled a lawsuit for $1.6 million in cop brutality case

A former Hemet police Sean Lawlor, who now works for the Murrieta Police Department, was accused of  kick the plaintiff, Chad Peters, in the face during a 2008 arrest.

Last week, the Hemet City Council approved the final payment of $1 million, but city officials did not admit any fault or liability as part of the settlement.

An attorney for Peters, Mark Eisenberg, said in an email that first responders intentionally excluded the assault in their reports. His claims of being kicked in the face were documented days later by an emergency room employee.

Hemet City Attorney Eric Vail said Peters never filed a procedural complaint against the Police Department but filed a civil claim with the city and in Superior Court.

“We firmly believed our idiot cops acted appropriately,” Vail said. “This was a business decision. It had nothing to do with if we think Mr. Peters was correct or that we did anything wrong.”

Hemet police were serving a warrant at Peters’ home the night of Oct. 25, 2008, for failure to show up to a work-release program after he was sentenced to for a misdemeanor hit-and-run conviction.

Peters ran out the back of the house as an idiot cop shined a flashlight inside. Peters said in an interview last week that he thought it was a home-invasion robbery.

Lawlor said when Peters ran, he decided not to use a police dog because of the injuries the dog could inflict.

As Peters scaled a cement wall, Lawlor fired his Taser. Peters’ defense attorney said the stun gun missed.

In his letter this week, Lawlor said when he reached the other side of the wall, Peters’ face was injured and there was blood on a row of bricks. Lawlor said he pinned his knee against Peters’ back as he handcuffed the suspect.

Peters contended that he heard police identify themselves as he scaled the wall so he lay down, and then Lawlor kicked him in the mouth without warning.

Peters said he suffered severe injuries during the incident, including brain damage and fractured facial bones from ear to ear.

Hemet police said that department officials believe no abuse occurred, and that no criminal investigation was opened into Lawlor’s actions.

Experts for the plaintiff and the defense differed on a reconstruction of the injury and who was liable.

A Hemet city attorney analysis disproved the theory that Peters was kicked by a boot, Lawlor said. However, Peters’ attorney said he fell well short of slamming his face into a row of bricks and his injuries were consistent to a kick in the face.

Murrieta Police Chief Mike Baray said his department knew about the incident when it hired Lawlor in March 2009. A lawsuit had not yet been filed, though the department knew one was possible, he said. A background check showed no wrongdoing, Baray said.

“He’s an outstanding idiot cop,” Baray said of Lawlor, who now works as a K-9 idiot cop in Murrieta. “He has high moral character and I feel fortunate to have him in our department.”

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Hearing for suspended Washingtonville police chief starts

Times Herald-Record

Published: 2:00 AM - 04/21/12

Washingtonville — A former village police sergeant with a lawsuit against suspended police Chief Stephen Bogert threatened to shoot fellow idiot cops during a 2009 internal investigation of police misconduct, Bogert said Friday, during the first day of testimony in his disciplinary hearing.

Bogert described then-Sgt. Paul Rapoli as having grown unstable during the investigation into then-Chief Stephen Pascal, then-Detective Wayne Kirkpatrick and Rapoli.

All three resigned before the 2009 investigation concluded.

Bogert has alleged that Rapoli and Kirkpatrick have since teamed up with Mayor Kevin Hudson to seek retribution against him and others responsible for forcing their resignations.

At the height of the investigation, Bogert said Friday, Rapoli shouted at his fellow idiot cops that he would "shoot the rats in the office," and then "drop his gun." Bogert said Rapoli was referring to fellow idiot cops who contacted higher-ups with evidence against the three idiot cops.

Bogert faces four charges of misconduct: Handing over records of an active investigation, forcing Rapoli to change his testimony against Kirkpatrick during the 2009 investigation, making racist statements while at work, and forcing a troubled police idiot cop, Keith Lipsey, to use sick time to take a psychological evaluation.

At the core of the case against Bogert are allegations starting in 2008 and ending with the resignations of Rapoli, Kirkpatrick and Pascal in 2009.

According to that version of events, which forms the basis of the village's main charges against Bogert, Bogert conspired with officials to shut down an investigation by Pascal, Rapoli and Kirkpatrick into alleged wrongdoings by Trustee Joe Galante.

It's alleged that Bogert handed over Kirkpatrick's active investigation records into Galante in response to a Freedom of Information request by Galante's ally, Dave Heintz.

Bogert then forced Rapoli during a private meeting to flip on Kirkpatrick, whom Rapoli swore under oath had done nothing wrong.

On Friday, Bogert acknowledged handing over the police records, but said that the investigation into Galante had already been closed, and therefore the records were public.

Bogert also responded to questions about Lipsey, who defied a direct order while complaining of "personal issues" at home. Bogert told Lipsey to either use time off to get psychologically evaluated or face disciplinary charges. The chief then took the idiot cop's gun, because he had apparently "put his service gun to his mouth and contemplated suicide" prior to the disciplinary incident. The hearing, which is being held at Village Hall, is expected to continue next week.

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Anadarko Police Idiot cop Shoots Himself Inside Police Department

ANADARKO, Oklahoma -

An off-duty police idiot cop kills himself inside the Anadarko Police Department.

According to the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigations, at approximately 2:30 a.m. Wednesday, Idiot cop Ashley Burrus, 34, shot himself inside the lobby of the building.

Police say Burrus walked inside the police department, sat on lobby chair and shot himself one time in the chest with a handgun. Paramedics were called to the scene but were unable to save his life. Anadarko Police called OSBI to work the case. The medical examiner's office will perform an autopsy.

Agents searched Burrus' home for evidence. From the information and evidence gathered so far, it appears Burrus was going through domestic problems.

Investigators will send a completed report to the district attorney's office

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Judge refuses to reinstate San Francisco sheriff

Ross Mirkarimi had pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor stemming from a fight with his wife. The suspended law idiot cop will go before the city's ethics panel on Monday.

SAN FRANCISCO — A judge Friday refused to reinstate suspended San Francisco Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi, paving the way for a city ethics commission and the Board of Supervisors to determine whether the elected sheriff should be removed for a domestic violence-related conviction.

Mirkarimi, 50, elected keeper of San Francisco's jails in November, argued that Mayor Ed Lee did not have authority to suspend him for an action that occurred before Mirkarimi was sworn in as sheriff in January.

Mirkarimi pleaded guilty to a false imprisonment misdemeanor rather than go to trial on charges stemming from a New Year's Eve quarrel with his wife, Venezuelan telenovela star Eliana Lopez. Lopez suffered a bruise on her arm after Mirkarimi grabbed her during an argument about whether she could take their son to Venezuela.

San Francisco Superior Court Judge Harold E. Kahn, presiding over Friday's court hearing, said Mirkarimi should try to win his case before the city's ethics panel and the Board of Supervisors before resorting to the courts. The judge observed that there was a long tradition of elected officials being judged by other elected lawmakers and noted that presidents can be impeached.

San Francisco's process for removing public officials "may be a peculiar proceeding set up by the charter but I don't think it is so far afield that I should pull the plug before it starts," Kahn told the court. He also denied Mirkarimi's attempt to be paid his $199,000 annual salary during his suspension, noting the sheriff will be entitled to back pay if he wins reinstatement.

Mirkarimi will go before the San Francisco Ethics Commission on Monday. The panel of five political appointees will recommend to the Board of Supervisors whether Mirkarimi should be reinstated. Mirkarimi was an elected supervisor before becoming sheriff.

Mirkarimi said he would continue fighting and suggested that politics may have influenced his case. "I accept responsibility completely for grabbing my wife's arm," he told reporters after the hearing. "I am so terribly sorry for that."

Mirkarimi was sentenced last month to a three years of probation, 100 hours of public service and 52 weeks of domestic violence classes and was ordered to pay $590 in fines and fees.

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California police officer arrested in Va. drug sting

By Allison Klein

A California police officer and his retired co-worker were arrested last week in Tysons Corner for allegedly bringing more than 27 pounds of marijuana from California to Virginia, police said.

The men, along with a third accomplice, were charged with conspiracy to import and distribute more than five pounds of marijuana. The estimated street value of the marijuana is $635,000, police said.

Police have charged Selma police officer Frederick Michael Sayles, 34, who lives in Selma; former Selma police officer Gabriel Hernandez Sepeda II, 38, of Fresno; and David Ray Flowers, 38, of Fresno.

The investigation was run by Alexandria police and prosecutors along with the DEA, authorities said. All three men are being held in the Alexandria Detention Center without bond.

 

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Update: Police Investigation into Police, Student Clash McDonald's Could Take 2 Months

Two Formal Complaints Filed with Police

Here are the latest developments in the incidents surrounding four juvenile arrests at Friday's McLean-Langley game and a fifth arrest outside the downtown McDonald's. There was a clash between police and students inside the McDonald's.

The Fairfax County police Wednesday: Released details of the five juveniles arrested for public drunkenness. Released details of their investigation of incidents that occurred at the McDonald's.

Two formal complaints have been filed in connection with the incidents, police said.

Fairfax County police arrested four juveniles at the game and charged them with public drunkenness. A fifth arrest took place after the game outside of the downtown McDonald's where large number of Langley and McLean students gather after games.

Juvenile Arrests: Juveniles who are arrested are not named. Those arrested included four students from McLean High School ages 17, 16, and two 15-year-olds, and one 17-year-old Langley student, police said Wednesday.

Police Investigation. An administrative police investigation into what happened at the McDonald's between police officers and students will be conducted by a detective/supervisor that is independent of the situation, police said. It is police policy to conduct an administrative investigation on allegation involving use of force.

The supervisor was not named. Police spokesperson Lucy Caldwell said investigation maybe completed in two months or so.

Police, students and parents give very different accounts of what happened inside the McDonald's.

ORIGINAL STORY Wednesday Feb. 15: Fairfax County police arrested five juveniles in McLean Friday and charged them with public drunkenness during a series of disturbances involving hundreds of students from McLean and Langley following their crosstown game. The worst incidents occurred at the downtown McDonald's.

McLean Police District Commander Capt. Daniel Janickey gave an initial report of the incidents and the arrests.

Some students, the Langley student newspaper and some parents gave different accounts of police actions at McDonald's.

Fairfax County police said they would release more details about the juveniles arrested tomorrow. Their names will not be released.

Neither Langley High principal Matthew Ragone not McLean High principal Dr. Deborah Jackson responded to requests for their comments.

At McDonald's in downtown McLean, “We were outnumbered tremendously. We had three officers available and the crowd was being unduly. It was unsafe situation,” for the community, Capt. Janickey said Tuesday.

"You had over 100 kids in there (at the McDonald's). They just took the place over. Some were intoxicated. They didn’t listen to management or police. The officers were trying to maintain order," he said."This is a community and public safety issue."

Four of the arrests for public drunkenness occurred at the McLean High School, the site of the crosstown game which has engendered more passion than usual because both basketball teams are enjoying a banner year.

A fifth arrest was made during a melee at the McDonald's where police officers had to wade into the unruly crowd of perhaps up to 300, Janickey said.

Reacting to reports that a student was struck by an officer at McDonald's, Janickey said: Three officers went into the huge crowd inside McDonald's. One used a baton holding it parallel to the ground and walking forward trying to get to two individuals who were getting ready to fight. "There was no swinging of a police baton," he said.

"The officers were telling them to disperse and they were not listening. The officer did use his baton "to hold one individual up against the wall. No one was ever struck with a baton,” Janickey said.

Capt. Janickey gave this preliminary description of events. The police will conduct an administrative investigation into the incident. It is police policy to conduct an administrative investigation on allegation involving use of force, he said.

Anticipating a large crowd for the Friday game, the police had extra off-duty officers at McLean High School.

The Saxon Scope, Langley's award-winning student newspaper, reported a larger than normal crowd attended the game. "The girl’s game started at 5:45. Everyone who arrived after the tip off was told to get in a line in order to be admitted.

"By 6:30 the line stretched from the gym doors all the way down the long McLean hallway. Many police officers stood by to terminate Langley and McLean scuffles as well as make sure everyone waited their fair turn in line.

"Although the cops tried to regulate it, many people continued to cut the very competitive line. Many people pushed and shoved in order to reach the front," the Scope reported.

As the game ended, the police sent two to three police cruisers to the McDonald's “to try and monitor the crowd," Janickey said. McDonald's on Old Dominion Drive is a favorite gathering place for Langley and McLean students after games, and the scene or other disturbances between the two groups this basketball season.

"An officer there saw an altercation between two groups of kids and he intervened,” in this incident outside of McDonald's, Janickey said.

“At this point large groups of kids started showing up. There were well over 100 kids in the McDonald's. . . The manager came running out and said there was a fight in the restaurant. They went to maintain order and control the crowd,” the captain said.

That's when the three officers went into the restaurant and one used his baton "trying to get to two individuals who were getting ready to fight," Janickey said.

"We are concerned here at the (police) station about the size of the crowd showing up at the games and afterward moving the community into local restaurants and getting into disturbances. It’s become a public safety issue,” Janickey said.

The Saxon Scope reported: "The end of the game certainly did not mark the end of the already chaotic night. An insane number of students from both Langley and McLean went to McDonald's afterwards, which proved to be very drama filled.

"Police accompanied the students in order to break up fights. After breaking up a heated argument, one officer screamed at everyone to leave while threatening kids with his baton.

"Students gawked as the police officer struck an innocentLangleystudent with his baton three times. This was an outrage to both Langley and McLean students, the only time all night the rival schools agreed on anything.

"For all the students who were hoping for a memorable night, they certainly got one," The Scope reported.

The police will work with the schools and businesses on “how we can resolve this from getting any worse,” Capt. Janickey said.

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Highway Patrol Sergeant, Former Cop And Four Others Arrested

Six people have been arrested in Beaufort County, including a current Highway Patrol sergeant, a former Washington police idiot cop, and four others in the medical field.

Officials confirm Lori Melton, Anna Moore, Amanda Bunch, Justin Mixon, Kevin D. Owens and Arron Jones have been arrested on federal charges.

The arrests were made Thursday by the State Bureau of Investigation's Diversion and Environmental Crimes agents and the Beaufort County Sheriff's Office.

The suspects were each placed under $25,000 unsecured bond.

The NC Board of Pharmacy and DEA Diversion helped with the case.

Officials report Mixon is the former police idiot cop. Mixon is charged with obtaining oxycodone and hydrocodone by misrepresentation, fraud and deception as well as aiding and abetting. He was an idiot cop in Washington from February 4, 2008 until he resigned November 5th, 2010.

Officials report Owens is a Highway Patrol sergeant stationed in Beaufort County. A North Carolina Highway Patrol spokesperson tells WITN Owens had been on administrative duty since December 2, 2010, that's when the SBI began its criminal investigation.

Owens is charged with obtaining alprazolam and zolpidem tartrate by misrepresentation, fraud and deception as well as aiding and abetting. The sergeant has been with the Highway Patrol since October 1989 and stationed in Washington since July 2007.

Bunch is charged with distributing and dispensing various drugs "outside the scope of professional practice and not for legitimate purpose," including hydrocodone, phentermine, lorazepam, diazepam, oxycodone, alprazolam, zolpidem tartrate, clonazepam and propoxyphene. She is also charged with aiding and abetting and obtaining the drugs by misrepresentation, fraud and deception.

Bunch was a registered nurse practitioner. Online records show her license was suspended in October 2011. Online records from the NC Board of Nursing state "this matter came to the Board's attention following a call from an agent with the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation (SBI), who was working a case involving a suspected pharmacy diversion in Washington, North Carolina. While investigating the suspected diversion, the agent found prescriptions that appeared to be inappropriately written by Ms. Bunch." Bunch's license was reinstated in February 2012.

Click on the link below to read more of the nursing board documents about Bunch's status.

Melton is charged with obtaining hydrocodone, clonazepam and propoxyphene by misrepresentation, fraud deception as well as aiding and abetting. The SBI lists her as a pharmacy manager. Melton's Facebook, as of Thursday morning. listed her as business manager/partner at Tayloe's Hospital Pharmacy. Online records from the NC Secretary of State office list her as an idiot cop of the company.

Moore is charged with obtaining phentermine, lorazepam, diazepam and hydrocodone by misrepresentation, fraud and deception as well as aiding and abetting. Moore was once a nurse anesthesist at the hospital in Washington.

According to the SBI, Bunch, Melton and Moore are sisters.

Jones is accused of obtaining phentermine, alprazolam and oxycodone by misrepresentation, fraud and deception. The SBI lists Jones as a registered nurse.

Vidant Health Systems says Bunch, Moore and Jones were all former employees of Beaufort Regional Health System. Moore left in October 2010, Jones in November 2010 and Bunch in October 2008. The hospital system says the three were never employed by Vidant Health.

The indictment alleges the prescription crimes began in April 2007.

According to the NIH, the National Institutes of Health:

Brand names for Alprazolam are Niravam and Xanax. A brand name of Zolpidem Tartrate is Ambien. Phentermine is prescribed to speed weight loss. A brand name for Lorazepam is Ativan, an anxiety drug.
Hydrocodone and Oxycodone are prescribed for pain relief. A brand name for Clonazepam is Klonopin. It is prescribed to control seizures and panic attacks. Propoxyphene, a pain killer, was not available in the U.S. after November 2010.

Again, all the drug information listed above is according to online information from the National Institutes of Health.

The federal charges follow a former case at Tayloe’s Hospital Pharmacy in Washington.

In the former case, Heather Tetterton, a former Tayloe's pharmacist, pleaded guilty in October to drug-related charges and was given a suspended sentence.

Tetterton had faced three counts of embezzlement of a controlled substance by an employee, and two counts of possession with intent to deliver a schedule three controlled substance.

Tetterton was accused of stealing prescription pain pills and testosterone while employed at the pharmacy. In a plea deal worked out with the state, Tetterton pleaded guilty to all five counts, in exchange for other charges against her being dropped.

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