Hattiesburg cop, sentenced in attempted murder-for-hire plot, cuts his throat at prison
Suspended SC officer gets in standoff with cops, then sent to psychiatric
Former Wytheville officer charged in South Carolina
Cottageville officer charged with arson
Hattiesburg cop, sentenced in attempted
murder-for-hire plot, cuts his throat at prison
COLUMBIA,
Mississippi (AP) — A former Hattiesburg policeman cut his throat outside the
prison where he was taken to serve a 60-year sentence for paying a former
cellmate to kill his wife and stepdaughter, Pearl River County Sheriff David
Allison says .
Averal
Dan Burnett Jr. is hospitalized and expected to live, Allison told The
Hattiesburg American.
Burnett
was sentenced Friday to 30 years each on two counts of attempted capital
murder. Prosecutors said he was trying to keep his wife and step-daughter from
testifying in a Lamar County case accusing him of sexual crimes.
A
Pearl River County jury convicted him in December.
Guards
had left the transport van outside the Central Mississippi Regional
Correctional Facility in Rankin to secure their weapons before they brought
Burnett into the prison, Allison said.
“When
they came back, he was slumped over with blood on him, and when they asked him
what had happened and what was wrong with him, he said he had cut his throat
with a razor blade,” the sheriff said.
He
said Burnett apparently had kept the razor blade he shaved with in his mouth
all day.
“He
was searched and given a new set of clothes, so we’re just assuming that when
he showered and shaved, he put that blade in the gum of his mouth and had it
there the whole time,” Allison said.
Burnett
had spent most of his 22 years in law enforcement with the Hattiesburg Police
Department. He was working for the Lamar County Sheriff’s Office when he
retired in May after less than a year’s service.
He
was indicted on four counts of fondling, two of sexual battery and one of attempted
sexual battery
WE NEED TO CHANGE THE
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Suspended SC officer gets in standoff with
cops, then sent to psychiatric
SUMMERVILLE,
SC - A Charleston police officer is in a
psychiatric hospital after a 90 minute stand-off with Summerville police --
just days after he was suspended.
It's
the latest development in the case of Officer John Chittwood, who was involved
in a fight with a woman about a toy gun at a park on Sunday.
Chittwood
was suspended after the park incident in which SLED became involved.
An
incident happened this week in which there was a standoff at Chittwood's home
for at least 90 minutes.
WCBD-TV
obtained a 911 call, which is 11 1/2
minutes and begins calm but quickly escalates.
During
the call, John Chittwood's wife told dispatchers her husband was running down
the street in front of their Wilson Drive home in Summerville.
Moments
later, he broke into a window to get back into the house, according to the 911
call. His wife warns the dispatcher there are guns in the house and two small
children.
His
wife and children were able to get out of house and run to neighbors before
police arrived.
According
to police reports, the terrorizing scene was the second call to police Tuesday.
When
police arrived, they used their PA to call him out of the home. They could see
him in the kitchen window, but he wouldn't come out of the house.
After
an hour and a half standoff with police, Chittwood went into back yard where
police told WCBD it was hard for them to
monitor him. Police say he finally opened the gate, and he came to front yard.
When
police cuffed him, he was wearing a skateboard helmet, shorts, cowboy boots, a
City of Charleston police uniform shirt.
In
his pockets they found his cell phone, candy corn, bank cards, nails, a
stethoscope, papers, an exacto knife, and what they reported as “other odd
items”.
Instead
of arresting Chittwood, a judge issued a commitment order, and he was escorted
to Palmetto Behavior Psychiatric Hospital
Inside
the home police reported finding broken picture frames, shards of glass, a rear
door barricaded with firewood, a vacuum, and other items, and an orange liquid
smeared above another rear door. The
liquid appeared to amoxicillin.
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COPS, NOT ENCOURAGE THEIR AWFUL BEHAVIOR
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Level3 Communications,
Verizon
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Serco,
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Grant Thornton,
Prince William Convention and Visitors Bureau and
Booz Allen Hamilton.
Want to change the murderous arrogance and indifference of the
Fairfax County Police? Then fire the
people who hire the cops and watch how quickly things change. Start with tossing Gerry Hyland out of
office. He basically works for the cop’s best interest and not yours.
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Former Wytheville officer charged in South
Carolina
Former
Wytheville officer charged in South Carolina By MILLIE ROTHROCK
A
former Wytheville police officer has been arrested in Horry County, South
Carolina, after leading a South Carolina Highway Patrol trooper on a high-speed
chase, police said.
Bradley
Everett Boggs, 39, turned himself in Wednesday and was charged with reckless
driving and failure to stop for a blue light, said Cpl. Sonny Collins with the
SCHP.
According
to Collins, Boggs’ ordeal began Monday night when a trooper spotted him
speeding in excess of 80 mph on U.S. Hwy 17 south of Myrtle Beach, South
Carolina. The trooper pursued Boggs and attempted to pull him over when Boggs
led him through a residential neighborhood at high speeds. Eventually, Boggs
stopped his vehicle, jumped out and started running, Collins said.
“Mr. Boggs actually jumped into a pond and swam across to the other
side,” Collins said, adding that the trooper did not follow him, but identified
Boggs through his vehicle.
Boggs’
bond was set at $5,445. He was released within an hour of turning himself in,
according to the Horry County Sheriff’s Office.
Boggs
served as a police officer with the Wytheville Police Department from July 30,
2003, to March 23, 2010, according to Wytheville Police Chief Rick Arnold.
Horry County Public Information Officer Lisa Bourcier said Boggs was a patrol
officer with the Horry County Police Department from May 10, 2010, until
Wednesday, the day of his arrest.
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COPS, NOT ENCOURAGE THEIR AWFUL BEHAVIOR
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Reston Limousine,
City of Fairfax, Karin’s Florist,
NOVA Media Services,
Clyde’s Restaurant Group,
Level3 Communications,
Verizon
Globe, Dewberry,
IMC, ESPN 980,
Serco,
Loudoun County,
Grant Thornton,
Prince William Convention and Visitors Bureau and
Booz Allen Hamilton.
Want to change the murderous arrogance and indifference of the
Fairfax County Police? Then fire the
people who hire the cops and watch how quickly things change. Start with tossing Gerry Hyland out of
office. He basically works for the cop’s best interest and not yours.
Bottom line, if politicians don’t fear that you can harm their
careers, then you don’t exist. They don’t see you, they don’t hear you. You
don’t matter.
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Cottageville officer charged with arson
By
GEORGE SALSBERRY
A
member of the Cottageville Police Department appeared in General Sessions Court
earlier this week to face two counts of third-degree arson stemming from a pair
of arson fires set six years ago.
Travis
Balkom, 22, of Cottageville Highway in Cottageville was indicted on the charges
by a Colleton County Grand Jury in late November and ordered to appear in
General Sessions Court on Jan. 20.
When
Balkom appeared in court, his bond was set at $25,000 and he was released after
going through the booking process at the Colleton County Detention Center.
Balkom
was charged as an adult for the two fires that occurred early in 2009, when he
was 16 years old.
He
is charged with allegedly setting fire to a vacant trailer at 1681 Wesley
Chapel Avenue in Cottageville on Feb. 17, 2009, and allegedly setting fire to a
residence that had been abandoned for approximately 20 years that was located
at 1 Sawmill Road in Round O on March 17, 2009.
Balkom
was appointed to the Cottageville Police Department in November. Cottageville
Police Chief Charles Long reportedly told another media outlet that Balkom will
remain a member of the police department as the charges against him proceed.
WE NEED TO CHANGE THE
COPS, NOT ENCOURAGE THEIR AWFUL BEHAVIOR
Boycott the following
companies for hosting the Fairfax 2015 World Police & Fire Games
Apple Federal Credit Union,
LMI,
Noblis,
B.F. Saul Company,
Galls LLC,
Sage Communications,
Macerich,
Glory Days Grill,
Reston Limousine,
City of Fairfax, Karin’s Florist,
NOVA Media Services,
Clyde’s Restaurant Group,
Level3 Communications,
Verizon
Globe, Dewberry,
IMC, ESPN 980,
Serco,
Loudoun County,
Grant Thornton,
Prince William Convention and Visitors Bureau and
Booz Allen Hamilton.
Want to change the murderous arrogance and indifference of the
Fairfax County Police? Then fire the
people who hire the cops and watch how quickly things change. Start with tossing Gerry Hyland out of
office. He basically works for the cop’s best interest and not yours.
Bottom line, if politicians don’t fear that you can harm their
careers, then you don’t exist. They don’t see you, they don’t hear you. You
don’t matter.
Register to vote, form a political action committee. Run a
candidate. Take back your government.
