Board
Upholds Suspension For Facebook Posting cop
The Dothan Alabama Personnel
Board voted Thursday to uphold disciplinary action taken against cop RaeMonica
Carney for posts she made to her personal Facebook account. Carney was
suspended ten days and placed on her on probation for two years.
Carney posted comments
regarding the death of Christopher Dorner, the cop who is believed to have
killed four people and wounded others. Investigators say Dorner shot himself to
death as the cabin in which he holed up burned.
Judge
rejects, condemns plea deal offered to Morris sheriff's officer
Superior Court Judge Edward Gannon said a plea
offer made to suspended Morris County Sheriff's cop Jason Campbell would have
resulted in Campbell pleading guilty to "trivial offenses," while
ignoring arson charges. Campbell is accused of flashing his badge at a state
trooper to beat a drug rap.
For
cops, disrespect is only a one-way street
http://www.trentonian.com/article/20130620/OPINION03/130619604/for-cops-disrespect-is-only-a-one-way-street
Sheriff
to fire narcotics deputy charged with lying about drugs
The L.A. County Sheriff's
Department is seeking to fire Francisco Enriquez, a
narcotics deputy charged with
lying about finding drugs after detaining a couple, whom the county will pay
$550,000 to settle a false-arrest lawsuit, officials said.
Enriquez has pleaded not guilty
to one count of perjury in a probable cause declaration and one count of filing
a false report in connection with the October 2009 arrests of Tatiana Lopezand
Miguel Amarillas. The county Board of Supervisors on Tuesday approved the
settlement for Lopez and Amarillas at the recommendation of the county
attorneys, who cited the "risks and uncertainties" of fighting the
couple's civil rights lawsuit at trial. The couple accused Enriquez, a member
of a narcotics task force, of lying and planting drugs after he claimed he had
driven Lopez to a sheriff's station and discovered several bags
ofmethamphetamine in the patrol car after she was taken out.
Dorner
Review: Rogue Cop's Dismissal Justified
http://www.kabc.com/common/page.php?pt=Dorner+Review%3A+Rogue+Cop%27s+Dismissal+Justified&id=10373&is_corp=0
Judge
dismisses suspended Cliffside Park officer’s harassment complaint against
retired captain
A judge in Hackensack dismissed
a harrassment complaint brought by a suspended Cliffside cop John Lemkinr
against a retired captain and his family. Lemkinr
alleged that retired Capt. Michael Russo and
his children posted libelous comments about him online — including that he was
“mentally deficient,” “a little girl who plays with a fake cop car” and a
“mommys boy.” Central Municipal Court Judge Roy F. McGeady said these were
protected free speech. The judge said, these weren’t part of any type of series
or campaign, which could rise to the level of a criminal offense. Rather, he
said, they were all written the same day.
Lemkin already is appealing an April ruling by Superior Judge Eugene
Austin upholding McGeady’s conviction of him for trying to make his personal
car look like an undercover police cruiser without authorization. The decision
includes an order that Lemkin resign and never hold a public job again,
although that’s on hold while Lemkin appeals it to a higher court.
Lemkin’s lawyer said he aims to
determine “who the real culprit is.”
D.C.
cop to plead guilty in drug ring
A Washington, D.C., cop named Jared
Weinberg charged with laundering money for a California-to-Pittsburgh drug ring
has scheduled a plea for next month. Weinberg was arrested in May at his
precinct house in Washington on a complaint filed by the U.S. attorney's office
in Pittsburgh. Weinberg agreed to plead guilty on July 25 in U.S. District
Court here. He is accused of conspiracy to commit money-laundering for a
cocaine ring that is believed to have sold up to four tons in the last decade.
MPD
cop charged with DUI
Memphis cop Kobena Cash is out
of jail on bond this morning, accused of drinking and driving. Cash was pulled over Saturday night for
running a stop sign and having expired tags.
New
Britain Ct. Loses Police Brutality Suit
A federal jury earlier this
month awarded $80,625 to the man who accused a city cop Jeffrey Walsh of
excessive force during an arrest in 2007. Walsh was subsequently fired, and
then lost a bid to get his job back through arbitration. Christopher Roguz had
accused Walsh of slamming his head into a wall and then hitting him with a
nightstick while he was handcuffed. Walsh has maintained that he was stopping
Roguz from attacking another officer during the arrest. Roguz was satisfied that
the jury sided with him, said David W. Bush, his attorney.
Vegas
police officer facing dismissal in drug case
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Las Vegas
police cop named Ramin Allen Amely is suspended without pay pending dismissal
after being accused of unlawfully obtaining prescription painkillers. Amely was
accused of obtaining Percocet, hydromorphone and hydrocodone from several
doctors between May 2011 and last February.
Cop
charged after leaving accident scene
MIAMI (WSVN) -- A Miami-Dade cop
Alberto Perez has been charged after he allegedly rear-ended a vehicle and left
the scene. The driver of a Honda Civic stopped suddenly after she said she was
rear-ended. According to the Florida Highway Patrol report, the colliding
driver got out of his vehicle and asked if the woman was OK. As both cars were
pulling over to the side, the victim said the black Ford Explorer took off.
Crystal
Lake cop Brian Burr Suspended after Incident
A Crystal Lake cop Brian Burr
has been given a three-day, unpaid suspension for not following department
protocol . Burr did not follow
department procedure when he responded at 2:30 a.m. to Autumn Drive, after a
neighbor reported a suspicious vehicle parked outside a residence. Burr found
Mendoza sitting in the back seat of his Honda Pilot, parked seven houses from
his home, and smelling of alcohol and appearing intoxicated, according to the
article. Burr never gave Mendoza a field sobriety test, gave the school
superintendent a ride home and did not search him before allowing Mendoza into
the squad car, as he should have, the article said.
Charges dropped against officer
charged with DUI
WESTMINSTER, Md. (AP) — Carroll
County prosecutors have dropped DUI charges against aBaltimore County cop.Matthew
McElwee of Hanover, Pa who was cited March 16 when he was stopped at a sobriety
checkpoint in Hampstead. He was accused of driving a vehicle while under the
influence of alcohol and driving while impaired by alcohol. Those charges were
dropped Monday in Carroll County Circuit Court. State's AttorneyJerry Barnes
tells the Carroll County Times (http://bit.ly/17WHAG7) that there was not
enough evidence to prove the charges beyond a reasonable doubt. Barnes said McElwee lawfully
refused to take sobriety tests.
Cop
charged for theft, lying
A Holly Springs cop named Shane
Ladner, has been charged with four counts of misdemeanor theft by deception, as
well as one count each of false swearing and making a false statement, both
felonies under the law. Ladner is accused of using that alleged falsified
document to obtain a Purple Heart vanity plate that exempted him from paying ad
valorem tax on his vehicle between 2009 and 2012.
Memphis
police officer charged with DUI
Memphis police cop Kobena Cash,
38, has been arrested after he was pulled over on charges he was driving under
the influence, ran a stop sign, was driving with tags that expired in 2011 and
that he refused to submit to a field sobriety test.