This weeks list of drunk and drugged up cops

Beaumont police officer charged with felony DWI

 Richard Rovera, a Beaumont police officer is charged with driving while intoxicated, and 12News has learned that he has been suspended with pay pending an investigation. DPS Sergeant Chuck Havard says Rovera is charged with felony DWI because he had three children with him at the time, all under the age of 15. Sergeant Havard says Rovera, 38, failed a field sobriety test.

Police officer arrested on DUI charge with two children, 7 and 10, in the car

Off-duty Baltimore cop  Shawn Bryon Johnson, 40, of West York, was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence along the 1400 block of Detwiler Drive in Manchester Township on May 24. Johnson’s blood-alcohol level was 0.276 percent, court documents indicate. The legal limit is 0.08 percent. Johnson explained to police at the scene that he had just come from his ex-wife’s house and had his two children, ages 7 and 10, with him when he crashed. The children were in the back seat of the vehicle and were not injured, police said.

Police officer charged with drugs, child endangerment is 5th Macon officer arrested this year

MACON, Georgia — Kontrina Lanette Toomer, a Macon police officer has been placed on administrative leave following her arrest on drug and child endangerment charges.Kontrina Lanette Toomer is the fifth Macon police officer to be arrested in 2013. Police Chief Mike Carswell issued a statement Friday saying his department has "no tolerance for even a single arrest." Police say Toomer was arrested Thursday after a raid at her home turned up more than 11 ounces of marijuana packaged for sale. Police say children were found in the house at the time of the raid.Toomer is charged with possession of marijuana with intent to distribute and child endangerment. Internal affairs officers took her gun and badge. It was not known Saturday if Toomer had an attorney.

Glo. Twp. Cop Sentenced to Year on Probation

Thomas Eden Jr., arrested last spring while illegally purchasing prescription pills, must also complete drug counseling and forfeit A Gloucester Township police officer accused last April of illegally buying prescription drugs while on duty was sentenced on Thursday to one year on probation and forfeiture of his ability to hold public office in New Jersey. Thomas E. Eden Jr., 31, must also complete drug counseling as part of the sentence, according to Camden County Prosecutor's Office spokesman Jason Laughlin.

Washington Park police officer charged with bringing narcotics to female jail inmate

WASHINGTON PARK, Illinois — A Washington Park cop named Douglas Young has been accused of smuggling narcotics to a female jail inmate. Young was arrested Thursday morning in his police uniform at the Washington Park Police Department. He has been charged with official misconduct for bringing narcotics and prescription drugs to an inmate of the St. Clair County Jail.

Beaumont police officer charged with felony DWI

 Richard Rovera, a Beaumont police officer is charged with driving while intoxicated, and 12News has learned that he has been suspended with pay pending an investigation. DPS Sergeant Chuck Havard says Rovera is charged with felony DWI because he had three children with him at the time, all under the age of 15. Sergeant Havard says Rovera, 38, failed a field sobriety test.

Mayor Renner: Public needs to know about police misconduct

BLOOMINGTON — The public can expect to know more about incidents of alleged misconduct by Bloomington police in the future, Mayor Tari Renner said Tuesday after the release of documents related to the Oct. 3 traffic accident involving Assistant Chief Bob Wall.

Renner supported disclosure of documents initially withheld from the public after an opinion by City Attorney Todd Greenburg that the materials were exempt from the state’s Freedom of Information Act. Citizens should know about the details of discipline imposed on officers — even if a formal investigation is not launched, said the mayor.

Previously, former Police Chief Randy McKinley said his review of Wall’s conduct that led to a five-day suspension was informal.

The probe into the crash included an interview with a bartender who served drinks to Wall at Reality Bites and five interviews conducted by  Normal police Lt. Paul Smith.

All the witnesses put Wall at the downtown bar about 6 p.m. — two hours before Wall struck a utility pole on the city’s east side. One of the patrons, State Rep. Dan Brady, told Smith he saw Wall talking with several local bar owners, but he did not go there with the police official.

Brady said Tuesday the conflicting accounts represent “some minor confusion” by police. The matter was “thoroughly reviewed — they left no stone unturned — and adjudicated by the courts,” said Brady.

Brady suggested to Smith “the city should probably reimburse Bob for the drinks he bought” guests while listening to bar owners’ concerns about downtown because he was on his own time. 

The sanction imposed by McKinley on Wall was significantly lighter than past punishment handed to some lower-ranking officers.

For example, a drunk driving citation that was later dismissed against patrol officer William McGonigle in 2009 netted an immediate paid leave and a 30-day suspension.  Detailed disciplinary reports indicate the officer was read portions of the BPD code of ethics and admitted his conduct violated those standards.

Wall remained on the job during the review of his conduct.

The more than 50 pages of documents on Wall’s case contain no reference to him being asked similar questions about ethics. McKinley’s disciplinary report notes Wall should be held to a higher standard than other drivers and his actions created a traffic hazard.

Lawsuit: BSO detective wrongfully arrested woman

The ex-wife of a local attorney is suing her former husband and a Broward Sheriff's detective over what she says was her wrongful arrest following a June 2009 traffic stop. Marcy Romeo alleges Detective Jeff Poole arrested her for possessing her teenage son's medications and that her ex-husband, Douglas Bates, lied to help Poole justify taking her to jail. The federal lawsuit filed Thursday accuses Bates of using her arrest to gain the upper hand when it came to obtaining custody of their son.

The federal lawsuit filed Thursday accuses Bates of using her arrest to gain the upper hand when it came to obtaining custody of their son.

Poole made news in January when one of newly elected Sheriff Scott Israel's first acts in office was to suspend the detective with pay. At the time, Israel said an outside agency was investigating Poole, but declined to elaborate.

Franklin Park cops pepper-sprayed, beat man at son's 1st birthday party

Jesus Alamo and his brother, Primitivo Alamo Jr., filed a lawsuit against the Village of Franklin Park and four of its cops. 

Shortly after midnight July 1, 2012, an officer responded to a separate noise complaint near the Alamo residence then came to the Alamo home and shone a flashlight over the backyard fence and yelled “police,” the suit states.

The Almos claim the flashlight was too bright to tell whether the person was actually a police officer, and when the officer jumped over the fence into the yard Alamo yelled for him to get off of his property. The officer then pepper-sprayed Jesus Alamo in the face, the suit alleges.

When Jesus Alamo’s sister helped him inside his home to rinse out his eyes, officers allegedly followed him into his home, the suit claims. One officer then punched him and the other beat him with a flashlight and pepper-sprayed him a second time before placing him under arrest.

When his brother arrived and walked in the front door, an officer told him he was under arrested for throwing a beer can at him, which he denied, according to the suit. Two other officers then allegedly threw him to the ground, pepper-sprayed him in the face and arrested him before leaving him in an unventilated squad car for an extended time.

According to the suit, both brothers were taken to hospitals for treatment after the incident. The suit also claims that the pepper spray inside the home caused Alamo’s then-1-year-old son to require medical treatment for a heart condition.

However, Franklin Park Mayor Barrett Pedersen said the only report the village has about the Alamos came when officers executing a narcotics search warrant in the 3000 block of Houston Street recovered 250 grams of cannabis on Jan. 17, 2012.

Officers arrested Primitivo, who allegedly admitted to growing and selling marijuana from the residence, Pedersen said. The report does not mention Jesus Alamo or the use of force.

Pedersen said there was no information on the alleged June 12, 2012 incident.

The 10-count suit includes charges of excessive force, hate crime, false arrest and assault and battery, among others. The suit is seeking more than $700,000 in damages.

Alamo was charged with battery, resisting arrest, boisterous use of premise and aggravated assault to a police officer as a result of the incident. Alamo Jr. was charged with battery, obstructing and resisting arrest. All charges against both men were dismissed at their respective trials, according to the suit.

Howard County police officer indicted on assault charge

Howard County police officer indicted on assault charge, suspended with pay…in the middle of the summer..so basically the cop got a paid vacation at the tax payers expense

COLUMBIA, Md. — Lawrence Cameron Cook, a Howard County cop has been indicted on a charge of second-degree assault. Cook, a 7-year veteran with the department, has been suspended with pay.The indictment against Cook was returned Wednesday, according to online court records. The charge stems from a March 18 incident, but McMahon did not provide details. The court records did not list a lawyer for Cook.

Cop sued for home invasion

A lawsuit has been filed against the Henderson, Nev., police department over an incident in which its officers allegedly demanded to use a private home as a lookout for an investigation, then arrested the resident when he refused.

Anthony Mitchell is suing Henderson, North Las Vegas and a long list of police officials and officers including Jutta Chambers, Garret Poiner, Ronald Feola, Ramona Walls, Angela Walker, Joseph Chronister and Christopher Worley.

Joining as plaintiffs are his parents, Michael and Linda Mitchell, who live nearby and also allegedly were physically rousted by police from their home.

 According to the complaint, “At 10:45 a.m. defendant Officer Christopher Worley (HPD) contacted plaintiff Anthony Mitchell via his telephone. Worley told plaintiff that police needed to occupy his home in order to gain a ‘tactical advantage’ against the occupant of the neighboring house. Anthony Mitchell told the officer that he did not want to become involved and that he did not want police to enter his residence. Although Worley continued to insist that plaintiff should leave his residence, plaintiff clearly explained that he did not intend to leave his home or to allow police to occupy his home. Worley then ended the phone call.”

The complaint then explains that members of the police departments “conspired among themselves to force Anthony Mitchell out of his residence and to occupy his home for their own use.”

According to a report in Court News, “Defendant Officer David Cawthorn outlined the defendants’ plan in his official report: ‘It was determined to move to 367 Evening Side and attempt to contact Mitchell. If Mitchell answered the door he would be asked to leave. If he refused to leave he would be arrested for Obstructing a Police Officer. If Mitchell refused to answer the door, force entry would be made and Mitchell would be arrested.’”The lawsuit explains at least five police officers banged on Anthony Mitchell’s front door and demanded he leave, then broke down the door and pointed their guns at him.

“As plaintiff Anthony Mitchell stood in shock, the officers aimed their weapons at Anthony Mitchell and shouted obscenities at him and ordered him to lie down on the floor. Fearing for his life, plaintiff Anthony Mitchell dropped his phone and prostrated himself onto the floor of his living room, covering his face and hands.”

His parents were lured out of their home and arrested, the lawsuit alleges.

According to the complaint, “Plaintiffs Anthony Mitchell and Michael Mitchell were subsequently transported to Henderson Detention Center and were booked on charges of Obstructing an Officer. Both Anthony and Michael Mitchell were detained for at least nine hours and were required to pay a bond to secure their release from custody.

“A criminal complaint was subsequently filed by the Henderson city attorney’s office … charging them with counts of Obstructing an Officer. All criminal charges against plaintiffs were ultimately dismissed with prejudice.”

The cities are named because they “developed and maintained policies and/or customs exhibiting deliberate indifference to the constitutional rights of United States citizens, which caused the violations of plaintiff’s rights.”

The legal action alleges assault, battery, false arrest and imprisonment, intentional infliction of emotional distress, negligent infliction of emotional distress, conspiracy, defamation, abuse, malicious prosecution, and negligence, and it claims the plaintiffs are due compensation for each offense.

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LEXINGTON — Terrance Smith, a Lexington Police Department officer has been charged with burglary and trespassing while on duty.  Smith, 49, has been charged in Dawson County Court with one count of felony burglary, one count of misdemeanor trespassing and one count of misdemeanor official misconduct relating to a May 19 incident at Landmark Implements Inc. in Lexington.

Online court records outline the case against Smith:

On May 21, the Dawson County Attorney’s office was contacted by the owner of Landmark Implements about surveillance footage showing someone wearing a law enforcement uniform entering the business after hours May 19 and snooping around the area using a flashlight for nine to 10 minutes. The incident occurred at approximately 4:14 a.m.

Nothing appeared to have been stolen during this incident, but the owner said there have been thefts from the business at other times.

The State Patrol was assigned to the investigation June 6 and interviewed employees who said about $700 had been stolen from the office in May and December 2012.

The State Patrol then contacted Lexington Police Chief Tracy Wolf, who viewed the surveillance footage and identified the person in the video as Smith. Wolf said Landmark Implements is not within Lexington’s city limits, and he verified that Smith had been on duty until 7 a.m. May 19.

Wolf did not find any incident report that would explain why Smith was at the business at that hour.

During an interview with the State Patrol, Smith said the last time he’d been near the business was three to four months before the incident when he had noticed an unlocked door and identified himself to an employee. He said he did not file an incident report on the matter.

Smith admitted to entering the business and searching through it, but denied taking anything.

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Chicago Police Officer Facing Federal Charge

FBI Chicago June 24, 2013            •           Special Agent Joan Hyde (312) 829-1199

A long-serving Chicago Police Department (CPD) sergeant was arrested this morning by FBI agents for allegedly attempting to extort a local liquor store worker. The arrest and charge were announced today by Cory B. Nelson, Special Agent in Charge of the Chicago Field Office of the FBI, and Gary S. Shapiro, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois.

Ray M. Ramirez, 49, of the 900 block of North Wood Street in Chicago, who is assigned to the 12th Chicago Police District, was charged in a criminal complaint filed this morning in U.S. District Court in Chicago with one count of attempted extortion under color of official right, a felony offense.

According to the complaint, the liquor store worker notified the FBI that Ramirez had on several occasions taken items from the store without paying, made demands of various store employees for money, and offered to sell police reports and other information to the store worker. The complaint further alleges that Ramirez made offers to speak to the local alderman on behalf of the store worker in exchange for money.

The complaint describes a series of exchanges between the store worker and Ramirez in April and May of this year in which the store worker, at the direction of the FBI and as a ruse, requested criminal background information on a purported new store employee and a license plate check in exchange for money. The complaint further states that Ramirez conducted both of the requested inquiries and that he received $200 upon providing the results of each of the inquiries to the store worker.

Ramirez appeared this afternoon before U.S. Magistrate Judge Maria Valdez, at which time he was formally charged. He was released on his own recognizance pending his next court appearance, which is scheduled to take place June 28th at 3:00 p.m.

Mr. Nelson thanked the CPD’s Bureau of Internal Affairs for valuable cooperation provided during the course of the investigation and for assistance with today’s arrest.

If convicted of the charge filed against him, Ramirez faces a possible maximum sentence of 20 years in prison.

The public is reminded that a complaint is not evidence of guilt and that all defendants in a criminal case are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

Ex-DC Cop Sentenced on Counterfeiting Conviction

Updated: Monday, July 1 2013, 04:09 PM EDT

A former District of Columbia police officer has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for stealing her brother's identity and using it on loan applications.

Jamell Stallings was sentenced Monday in Prince George's County after being convicted of counterfeiting, identity fraud and theft.

Prosecutors say Stallings took out a $5,000 loan using her brother's name and social security number. They say he also used his name on a $13,000 automobile loan.

Stallings must also complete 500 hours of community service, seek treatment for a gambling addiction and serve five years of supervised probation.

Pulaski County Sheriff’s Deputy Indicted on Federal Civil Rights Violations

U.S. Department of Justice June 27, 2013          •           Office of Public Affairs (202) 514-2007/TDD (202) 514-1888

WASHINGTON, DC—United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky Kerry B. Harvey and Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division Thomas E. Perez announced today that Stephen Molen, a sheriff’s deputy with the Pulaski County Sheriff’s Office, was indicted by a federal grand jury on two counts of violating the civil rights of victims by using excessive force in October 2009 and October 2011.

Count one of the indictment alleges that on October 2, 2009, Molen assaulted a victim identified in the indictment as “D.W.,” resulting in bodily injury. Count two of the indictment alleges that on October 7, 2011, Molen assaulted a victim identified in the indictment as “G.C.,” resulting in bodily injury.

If Molen is convicted of these charges, he will face a maximum punishment of 10 years of imprisonment for each count.

The investigation was conducted by the FBI. The case will be prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorneys Pat Molloy and Ron Walker of the Eastern District of Kentucky and Civil Rights Division Trial Attorney Ali Ahmad.

The charges set forth in an indictment are merely accusations, and the defendant is presumed innocent until proven guilty.

Former Essex County Sheriff’s Officer Admits Collecting a Debt Through Extortion

U.S. Attorney’s Office June 24, 2013       •           District of New Jersey (973) 645-2888

NEWARK, NJ—A Monmouth County, New Jersey man admitted today to conspiring to collect a debt using extortionate means, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.

John Balsamo, 49, of West Long Branch, New Jersey, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Katharine S. Hayden to an indictment charging him with using threats of violence and economic harm to collect a debt from the victim, an Ocean County, New Jersey construction contractor.

According to documents filed in this case and statements made in court:

Balsamo and conspirators Timothy Kelly, 37, of Jersey City, New Jersey, and Robert C. Bantang, Jr., 44, of Oceanport, New Jersey, used extortionate means in order to collect $50,000 the contractor owed to Kelly from 2009. The conspirators made the victim believe that the money he had borrowed from Kelly was owed to the “Old Man,” a member of organized crime who would cause physical harm to the victim if the debt was not paid. Balsamo also displayed a key to a construction site where the victim was working in Brick, New Jersey, and warned that the key could be used to gain access to and cause damage to the site, due to the victim’s failure to fully repay the debt. Balsamo and Kelly sent Bantang to the construction site on three occasions to deliver threats purportedly on behalf of the Old Man.

On March 24, 2011, Balsamo and Kelly went to the Brick construction site, which was now a completed restaurant, to confront the victim. Kelly told the victim that if he had brought his “boys” that it would have gotten “done right in here, right in this place, right like this, in front of everybody...and your wife gets it too.” Kelly also told the victim that he deserved “a beatin’ just out of f-—kin’ principle.” Balsamo warned that the Old Man wanted to “beat the s—t” out of the restaurant owner due to the victim’s failure to repay the debt, which Balsamo and Kelly now stated had grown to $70,000. Balsamo also advised the victim that the Old Man has been “promoted,” implying that the Old Man now possessed a higher position in organized crime.

During the course of the conspiracy, Balsamo received a Rolex watch and $2,500 in cash from the victim towards payment of the debt.

Kelly and Bantang previously pleaded guilty in February 2012 to conspiring to collect a debt from the victim using extortionate means, before U.S. District Judge Katharine S. Hayden. The two men are scheduled for sentencing on September 10, 2013.

Balsamo faces a maximum potential penalty per count of 20 years in prison and a fine of $250,000. Sentencing is scheduled for October 8, 2013.

Fishman credited special agents of the FBI, under the direction of Special Agent in Charge Aaron T. Ford in Newark, and special agents of the New Jersey State Commission of Investigation, under the direction of Executive Director Philip James Degnan, for the investigation leading to today’s guilty plea.

The government is represented by Senior Litigation Counsel Leslie F. Schwartz of the U.S. Attorney’s Office Economic Crime Unit in Newark.

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

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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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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

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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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