Man
dubbed 'Cannibal Cop' Gilberto Valle says he is looking for 'non-judgmental'
partner on online dating site
Bayonne
Police Officer Domenico Lillo has been charged with beating a city man during
an arrest and then falsifying reports to conceal it,
authorities said.
Bayonne
officer charged with civil rights violation
Tuckerton
officer faces additional charges in dog attack
Retired
cop from N.J. commits suicide in NYC courthouse, report says
Detroit
police officer commits suicide outside parents home in Sterling Heights
Veteran Stamford cop arrested for misdemeanor
Man
dubbed 'Cannibal Cop' Gilberto Valle says he is looking for 'non-judgmental'
partner on online dating site
Former cop who was later cleared of kidnap
charges was found guilty of trawling police records for information on women
Andrew Buncombe
It is notoriously challenging
to come up with an online dating profile that feels right. People worry about
how their picture looks, whether or not they will seem sufficient interesting
and even whether potentials suitors might hold some prejudices that might put
them off.
That certainly appears to have
been the case for Gilberto Valle, 30, when he created his profile for
Match.Com. He stressed that he was looking for a “non-judgmental” partner and
lists cooking as his favourite hobby.
Being non-judgmental could well
be a useful characteristic for anyone arranging a date with Mr Valle. The man
was dubbed the Cannibal Cop by the US media after being convicted in March 2013
of plotting to kidnap, torture, kill and eat women.
Reports said at the time that
the outcome on the trial had hinged on the subtle distinction between reality
and fantasy. Mr Valle’s defence lawyers had claimed the policeman had been
convicted of “thought crimes” and that he had not taken concrete steps to harm
women.
Last summer, a federal judge
overturned the jury’s conviction, saying there was insufficient evidence to
show he was guilty of the conspiracy to commit kidnap charges that could have
seen him spend a life behind bars. Judge Paul Gardephe did however, uphold his
conviction of a lesser charge, that of using the New York Police Department's
database to obtain information on woman he ‘intended to target’ and sentenced him
to time served.
“The depraved, misogynistic
sexual fantasies about his wife, former college classmates and acquaintances
undoubtedly reflected a mind diseased,“ the judge wrote. But, he added,
prosecutors failed to prove he had entered into genuine agreements to kidnap
the women and taken concrete steps to carry them out.
After being released from
custody on a bail of $100,000 to what was termed home detention, Mr Valle said:
“I want to take this opportunity to apologize to everyone I hurt, shocked and
offended with my infantile behaviour.”
The New York Post reported that
Mr Valle’s dating profile also specifies he is looking for someone “a little
kinky”.
He writes of his ideal partner:
“You appreciate the simple things and can make the best out of a situation that
is less than ideal. You’re non-judgmental. You can generally see the good in
people and you are kind and generous. You appreciate and laugh at bad jokes.”
The newspaper said the former
policeman declined to talk to its reporter. Mr Valle has not made any
statements concerning the issue.
Bayonne
Police Officer Domenico Lillo has been charged with beating a city man during
an arrest and then falsifying reports to conceal it,
authorities said.
Jonathan Lin | The Jersey
Journal
BAYONNE -- Police officer
Domenico Lillo was charged today with beating a city man during an arrest and
then falsifying records to conceal the beating, federal authorities said.
Lillo, 44, was arrested at his
home this morning in connection with the arrest of Brandon Walsh, who later
sued Lillo and the Bayonne Police Department. Lillo was arraigned earlier this
afternoon before U.S. Magistrate Judge James B. Clark III in Newark federal
court and released on a $100,000 unsecured bond, authorities said.
Officially, Lillo was charged
with the deprivation of civil rights under color of law and falsification of
records. The use of excessive force count carries a maximum penalty of 10 years
in prison, while the charge of falsifying records carries a maximum penalty of
20 years in prison.
Bayonne Mayor Jimmy Davis, a
former police officer, said Lillo was immediately suspended without pay as soon
as city officials were notified that he had been charged.
Davis said Lillo's arrest
didn't come as a surprise.
"This was something that
you knew sooner or later was coming. And when you're going to do something like
that, this is what gives all police officers a black eye," he said.
City spokesman Jeff Meyer said
the city would be fully cooperating with the FBI "in every way possible to
assist in their efforts."
Walsh was arrested on Dec. 27,
2013 by Lillo and other Bayonne police officers on a warrant out of Sussex
County.
Police said that Walsh resisted
arrest and struggled with officers. In his lawsuit, Walsh said that Lillo repeatedly struck him in the
face with his flashlight while he was handcuffed, causing permanent
disfigurement. Walsh
also said in the lawsuit that other Bayonne police officers at the scene did
nothing to stop the beating.
Federal authorities said Lillo
falsified a Bayonne Police Department Use of Force Report related to the arrest
with the intent to impede an investigation into the case.
Lillo "knowingly
concealed, covered up, falsified, and made false entries on a Bayonne Police
Department Use of Force Report about the arrest ... by not checking the box
marked 'Strike/Use of Baton or other object,'" according to the
indictment.
One of the lawyers representing
Walsh in his lawsuit against the Bayonne Police Department, Joel Silberman,
commended the agencies who arrested Lillo on behalf of himself and co-counsel
Aymen Aboushi.
"Officer Lillo's assault
of Mr. Walsh can only be categorized as vicious and cowardly," he said.
"His arrest sends a clear message that this type of abuse will not be
tolerated."
Lillo was one of several
Bayonne police officers named in a police brutality lawsuit that resulted in a
$100,000 settlement for the two men who brought the lawsuit, The Jersey Journal
reported in 2011.
U.S. Attorney for New Jersey
Paul 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 U.S.
Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of the Inspector General,
under the direction of Special Agent in Charge Christina Scaringi, with the
continuing investigation leading to today's arrest.
Managing Editor Ron Zeitlinger
contributed to this report.
Bayonne
officer charged with civil rights violation
NEWARK, N.J. – A Bayonne police
officer faces federal charges for allegedly using excessive force during an
arrest.
The U.S. attorney’s office
announced an indictment against Domenico Lillo on Friday.
The 44-year-old Bayonne
resident is charged with deprivation of civil rights under color of law and
falsification of records.
Lillo made a court appearance
Friday and was released on $100,000 unsecured bond.
Prosecutors
allege Lillo struck a handcuffed suspect with a flashlight at a Bayonne
apartment in December 2013. They allege he also falsified a police report about
the incident.
The excessive force count
carries a maximum 10-year sentence upon conviction, while the charge of
falsifying records carries a maximum 20-year sentence.
Lillo’s attorney didn’t
immediately return a phone message Friday.
Tuckerton
officer faces additional charges in dog attack
Steph Solis,
A Tuckerton police officer was
indicted Tuesday on charges that he let
his K-9 dog "Gunner" attack a 58-year-old Barnegat woman and then
falsified the arrest record to cover his action.
The grand jury charged Justin
M. Cherry, 32, with false swearing, tampering with public records and hindering
his own apprehension, in addition to second-degree official misconduct and
third-degree aggravated assault charges in the attack on Wendy Tucker on Jan.
29, according to a statement from the Ocean County Prosecutor's Office.
Cherry, a nine-year veteran at
the time of the incident, earned a salary of $77,120 in 2013, according to
pension records. He is currently suspended from the force without pay.
The indictment charges that he
released his German Shepherd, named Gunner, and allowed the canine to attack
Tucker after she had already been apprehended by two Barnegat officers.
According to the indictment, Cherry then falsified records and swore out an
affidavit for Tucker's arrest containing false information.
Cherry was initially arrested
on charges of official misconduct and aggravated assault April 9. He was
released after posting $15,000 bail.
On the day of the incident,
Cherry and another Tuckerton officer were called to a private home on the
allegation that Tucker was an unwelcome guest at that home. Tucker agreed to
leave the residence, but police later discovered that she was driving a car
even though she was on the suspended drivers list.
Tuckerton police asked Tucker
to take the bus home from the residents and she agreed.
Several minutes later, though,
police said they saw her driving a vehicle. Cherry tried to get her to stop,
but she refused. She was later stopped by Barnegat police officers, who were
alerted of the pursuit, according to authorities.
That's when the indictment
charges that Cherry arrived and sicced Gunner on the woman.
The dog attack case was
involved in a lawsuit filed by open government activists against the Ocean
County Prosecutor's Office.
Judge Vincent J. Grasso ruled
that law-enforcement must make police dash-cam videos available to citizens if
requested under the Open Public Records Act.
Ocean County Prosecutor Joseph
D. Coronato vowed to appeal the ruling by Superior Court Judge Vincent J.
Grasso.
Tucker was initially charged
with driving with a suspended license and third degree eluding. The eluding
charge has been dismissed. Tucker could not be reached for comment.
If convicted, Cherry faces five
to 10 years in prison for the second-degree misconduct and hindering
apprehension charges. The third-degree aggravated assault and tampering with
public records charges carry a weight of three to five years imprisonment. The
fourth-degree swearing charge could lead to 18 months incarceration. Cherry's
lawyer declined to comment on the indictment.
Retired
cop from N.J. commits suicide in NYC courthouse, report says
Jeff Goldman
Screen Shot 2015-01-23 at
9.56.21 AM.pngA retired New York City cop from Hazlet killed himself on
Thursday, according to a report.NYPD
A federal court officer from
Monmouth County committed suicide in a courthouse in New York on Thursday
morning, reports said.
Robert Newell, 50, shot himself
once in the head in a basement locker room at the Thurgood Marshall U.S.
Courthouse in Lower Manhattan, the Post and the Daily News reported separately.
The shooting took place just after 5:30 a.m.
The retired New York City
police officer and father of two from Hazlet recently divorced his wife, the
Post said.
Newell joined the NYPD in 1986
but had to retire in 2000 after seriously injuring his neck and spine in an
off-duty accident, according to the Post.
Two years earlier, a suspect in
a stolen vehicle crashed into Newell's patrol car.
Newell later got a job with the
U.S. Marshals Service.
Detroit
police officer commits suicide outside parents home in Sterling Heights
By Gus Burns
STERLING HEIGHTS, MI -- A
veteran Detroit police officer committed suicide with a handgun outside his
parents home in Sterling Heights Thursday morning, Sterling Heights Police Lt.
David Smith tells MLive Detroit.
"Officers arrived and
found a 35-year-old black male deceased in a vehicle with a gunshot wound to
the head," he said. "At this point, it's believed to be
suicide."
The Detroit News identified the
officer as Detective James Napier, who
is the target of an FBI investigation into criminal activity within the Detroit
Police Department Narcotics Unit.
Detroit Police Chief James
Craig suspended four officer and restructured the unit last year when an
internal investigation revealed wrongdoing. The department has not released
details regarding the nature of the infractions.
The FBI has refused to discuss
the ongoing investigation. No officers have been charged.
Veteran
Stamford cop arrested for misdemeanor
By STEVE KOBAK
Hour Staff Writer The Hour
Publishing Company
STAMFORD -- A veteran Stamford
Police officer has entered an inpatient program for alcohol treatment after he
was arrested over the weekend for allegedly
placing his wife in a headlock.
Silas Redd Sr., 54, of Norwalk,
was scheduled to be arraigned on a misdemeanor breach of peace charge Tuesday
at Stamford Superior Court, but his case was continued until March 3 to
accommodate his alcohol treatment.
As a condition of his release,
Redd Sr. has been ordered not to contact his wife and to stay away from the
couple's home until he is arraigned. He also had to hand over his service
weapon and any other weapons he may possess.
The allegations against Redd
Sr. came to light on Saturday, Jan. 17 at 11:30 p.m. when his wife came into
police headquarters, alleging Redd Sr. had assaulted her.
The complainant told police
that she and Redd Sr. had been communicating via text messages, and Redd Sr.
had told her that he was visiting his brother in Stamford, court documents
show.
After Redd Sr. failed to return
to his Norwalk home for an extended period of time, his wife drove to the last
location from which Redd Sr. texted her and waited in her vehicle, police said.
She followed him, as he picked
up a pizza and parked near the intersection of Ann and West Main streets,
police said. She then confronted Redd Sr., who was speaking on his cell phone,
about infidelity issues, believing he was visiting a mistress, according to
police.
She threw his pizza on the
ground and then grabbed his cell phone to see with whom he was speaking, police
said.
Redd
Sr. allegedly grabbed his wife from behind and placed her in a headlock. He put
pressure on her face with a closed fist while she was in the headlock and then
pressed her to the ground, according to police.
She threw his cell phone and
left while he was retrieving it, police said.
Two hours after the alleged
confrontation, she came to police headquarters to report the incident, court
documents show.
The Internal Affairs Division
of the Stamford Police Department investigated the matter and retrieved Redd
Sr.'s service weapon as a matter of protocol, according to court documents.
Redd Sr. voluntarily entered an
out-of-state alcohol treatment program geared toward treating police officers
with substance abuse issues, court documents show.
Redd Sr. is the father of
Washington Redskins halfback Silas Redd Jr., who played locally at King Low
Heyward Thomas before heading to Penn State University and later at University
of Southern California
