$462 photograph
Lets see, twelve government workers posing for a photo no one wants, except them, at an average yearly cost to the taxpayers of $80,000 X 12= This worthless photograph costs the taxpayers $462.00....Think about that the next time you're sitting in traffic because we don't have enough money for more roads and recall that 8 out 10 people in this $462 photograph live outside Fairfax County...on your dime.
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Omaha cop ordered by judge to testify
Dyea L. Rowland, an
Omaha cop has been ordered to answer prosecutors' questions about the arrest of
three brothers that was captured on video and posted online, leading to
criminal charges against a fellow police officer.
Douglas County District Judge Peter Bataillon on Friday ordered
Officer Dyea L. Rowland to cooperate with prosecutors in the evidence-tampering
case against fired Officer James Kinsella, Prosecutors sought the order, saying
Rowland likely would refuse to testify based on her right against
self-incrimination.
The case stems from the March 21 arrest of three brothers,
including 28-year-old Octavius Johnson, who was grabbed from behind, thrown to
the ground and punched several times by fired Omaha officer Bradley Canterbury.
Officers can also be seen chasing Juaquez Johnson, who had been recording video
of his brother's arrest, into the brothers' home. Police were unaware at the
time that a neighbor was also recording the arrest.
Prosecutors have accused Kinsella of illegally confiscating
Juaquez Johnson's cellphone memory card and throwing it away. Octavius, Juaquez
and a third brother, Demetrius Johnson, were all arrested in the incident,
which began when officers responded to a parking complaint in the brothers'
neighborhood. Only Demetrius was later charged, but those charges were dropped
last month.
Kinsella and three other officers were fired for their role
in the arrests following an internal investigation.
Kinsella's boss, former Sgt. Aaron Von Behren, is the only
other former officer criminally charged in the case. Von Behren faces
misdemeanor obstruction and accessory to a felony counts for allegedly
conspiring to orchestrate officers' stories in the wake of the arrests.
Cops and the women they abuse: Hampton cop charged with assaulting his mother
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Lawnside police officer charged with misconduct
A Lawnside police lieutenant was charged with
official misconduct after he allegedly failed to notify authorities of a
suspect's confession about his role in a Salem County homicide, the Camden
County Prosecutor's Office said.
Lloyd Lewis, 44, the highest- ranking member of department,
also was charged with tampering with evidence and public records.
The accusation stems from an alleged exchange five years ago
between Lewis and Lee Williams Jr., who was then wanted in connection with the
homicide.
Reached Tuesday evening, Lewis, a 23-year law enforcement
veteran, declined to comment about the charges. His attorney, Jeffrey C.
Garrigan of Jersey City, could not be reached.
Authorities said that on Aug. 20, 2008, Lewis was contacted
by a longtime friend who was related to Williams. The friend asked Lewis to
help facilitate Williams' surrender.
Williams and Lewis waited for Salem County investigators at
the Lawnside Police Department.
Lewis allegedly read Williams his Miranda rights and took
the statement with audio and video equipment. Williams acknowledged being an
accomplice in the homicide, authorities said.
Lewis then wrote a report on the incident that failed to
mention Williams' statement, the Prosecutor's Office said.
Lewis also never told Salem County authorities about the
statement and failed to preserve a recording of it, authorities said.
Police videos in Lawnside are saved 45 days before being
copied over, and Lewis made no attempt to preserve the confession, authorities
said.
Authorities last night did not disclose the name of the
homicide victim or whether Williams had been tried in the case.
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FBI investigates police misconduct
TULELAKE, Calif. -- Siskiyou County Sheriff's Office and the
FBI are investigating allegations of police misconduct involving the Tulelake
Police Department. Siskiyou County Sheriff Jon Lopey said the department is
investigating accusations of misconduct during an arrest on February 3, 2013.
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City Council gives policeman 10-day suspension
City Council on Monday approved a 10-day suspension for cop Christopher
Cortazzo for several offenses, but rejected the 20-day suspension recommended
by Police Chief William M. Heim. Among Cortazzo's offenses was driving a patrol
car at high speed when there was no emergency - he was training a rookie at the
time, conduct unbecoming an officer and prejudice. The latter was for ethnic
and gender slurs Cortazzo allegedly used during roll calls, according to
officials. Council eliminated charges of threatening behavior and disobeying an
order and decided the 20-day suspension was excessive since there was no
evidence of repeat violations.
Cop charged with embezzlement
Steven Orlando Banks, a Newport News police officer was
arrested by Hampton police Thursday on a felony embezzlement charge a week
after pleading guilty to a federal fraud charge in a separate case. Banks was
charged with embezzlement of more than $200, according to records from Hampton
General District Court. Banks, is accused of embezzling $1,975 while on the job
at Fast Auto Loans, according to a criminal complaint filed with an arrest
warrant. On five occasions between May 8 and June 19, Banks allegedly listed
his aunt's name as a referral on new loan entries and pocketed referral money
from doing so, according to the complaint. The complaint referenced a written
statement from Banks to his manager. In January, Banks and his brother Andre
were accused of fraudulently reloading a prepaid Visa debit card account by
misusing Green Dot MoneyPak cards sold in stores. The brothers were accused of
taking advantage of a computer system error that allowed multiple money
transfers from the same purchased MoneyPak card between December 2011 and March
2012, causing a loss of about $46,250 to UniRush Financial Services, the
Ohio-based company that provided the debit card accounts, according to the
indictment.
Fort Wayne cop gets 45-day suspension with no pay
Robert G. Abels has been given a 45-day suspension without
pay for insubordinate behavior toward a supervisor. What started as a
mishandling of an investigation, which would have been a relatively minor
infraction, was followed by some very
inappropriate interactions that the supervisor interpreted as being
retaliatory.
Starting in 1992 Abels'
record shows nine suspensions, including the latest, and five letters of
reprimand. In 1992 he was given a letter of reprimand for a police vehicle
accident. In 1994 he received misdemeanor charges and suspension. In1996 had
had two improper conduct allegations, with two letters of reprimand, and
allegations of disobedience to department policies, resulting in a suspension.
In 1997 there was an allegation of improper conduct and suspension. In 2001 he received
a letter of reprimand after a police vehicle accident. In 2003 there were two
allegations of improper conduct, with a suspension and a letter of reprimand.
In 2011, there were allegations of obedience to department policies and police
vehicle accident, both resulting in suspensions. In 2012 he was given a
suspension for investigative negligence and in 2013 improper conduct and
insubordination led to suspensions
Suspended Whitaker police officer will stand trial
Suspended Whitaker cop William Davis will stand trial on
perjury and other counts. Judge Richard Opiela held for court the perjury
count, as well as charges of false swearing, unsworn falsification to
authorities and official oppression.
“We believe that what
this officer did was wrong, and our office will not condone this type of
behavior by a member of law enforcement,” county district attorney's spokesman
Mike Manko said.
Lang told the district attorney on Dec. 4 that Davis, 36, of
Pittsburgh, arrested her and her son John Michael Scott Jr. and seized her 2008
Chevrolet Cobalt while executing a search warrant at their Frank Street home
last July 6. She said Davis took custody
of her juvenile son and placed him with a relative.
Highland Park cop gets year in prison for one year in extortion case
Craig Clayton, a Highland Park Police officer was sentenced
to a year in prison today for helping three other officers deliver a shipment
of cocaine and pocketing a $1,500 cash payment for his assistance.Craig
Clayton, 55, of Highland Park, was sentenced to 12 months and one day in prison before U.S. District Judge Avern
Cohn after previously pleading guilty to extortion. According to the U.S.
Attorneys office, Clayton had agreed with three other Highland Park police
officers to help deliver a 4-kilogram shipment of cocaine and brought his badge
and gun to protect the drugs. In exchange for his work, authorities said,
Clayton accepted $1,500 in cash from an FBI informant.
cop used unreasonable force
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A cop used unreasonable force when she allegedly
kicked a woman in the groin area while the woman was restrained and partially
inside the backseat of a cruiser, the Los Angeles Police Commission said in a
report.
Alesia Thomas, 35, was transported to hospital and
pronounced dead on July 22 — hours after officers tracked her to her South Los
Angeles home to arrest her on suspicion of child endangerment.
Thomas had abandoned her 3-year-old and 12-year-old children
at a police station at about 2 a.m. Police said she dropped off the children
because she was a drug addict who could not care for them. Officers at the
station learned the children expected their grandmother to pick them up.
An autopsy released in January found that Thomas had cocaine
in her system when she went into cardiac arrest, but it also said it was
unclear why Thomas died, because it was difficult to know how the struggle may
have contributed. Thomas also had a history of bipolar disorder, it said.
According to the report released Thursday, an officer
knocked the 228-pound Thomas to the ground by sweeping her legs out from under
her. Two other officers handcuffed her as they said she was resisting arrest,
and at multiple points Thomas was carried by officers as they tried to lead her
to a patrol car.
Thomas is described as initially "fidgety, wide eyed,
sweating" according to an officer and later "incoherent and kept
asking the officers to let her go and told them on several occasions to kill
her," the report states.
At one point Thomas requested an ambulance, but when
questioned by an officer as to why, asked for a glass of water. No ambulance
was called, the report states.
Officers trying to devise a way to get her into the patrol
car used a restraint device around her ankles. At one point audio captured her
saying "I can't breathe" but officers said they did not hear her,
according to the report.
Thomas who was sprawled across the cruiser's back seat with
her legs restrained was kicking the window. An officer used profanity toward
Thomas including threatening to kick her if she didn't' "knock it
off," the report states. In all, the officer used her feet "seven
times on three separate occasions to push or kick (Thomas) in the upper thigh,
groin and abdomen area," the report states.
The officer states she did this to move Thomas into the
patrol car.
Once Thomas was in the car, video from the cruiser shows her
"eyes roll back" and her body roll toward the driver's seat before
officers reported that she appeared unconscious. Thomas did not appear to be
breathing when she was removed from the back seat. She arrived at the hospital
in full cardiac arrest and was pronounced dead by a doctor there, the report
states.
The commission noted the "apparent indifference"
and comments made by the officer who allegedly kicked Thomas in the groin area.
The commission was unable to determine whether the officer actually kicked
Thomas or was just trying to use her foot to push Thomas into the car. But they
determined that the decision to use her foot or leg to move Thomas into the
cruiser was "ineffective and inappropriate."
The commission also found that three other officers used
appropriate force but that their actions may be deemed misconduct when two
officers did not request an ambulance when asked and another officer possibly
made false statements to investigators. A supervisor may not have exercised
proper control over the situation, according to the report.
The potential misconduct will be investigated by the
department. The Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office is also investigating
the incident.
Meanwhile four of the officers are working administrative
assignments at other stations and one was allowed to return to the field after
her role was deemed minor, said Cmdr. Andrew Smith. The officers are not
identified in the report.
The department has not released the videotape of the
incident and denied a request for a copy from The Associated Press, citing the
ongoing investigation.
Attorney Steven Effres, who represents Thomas' daughter,
said he is still trying to obtain the video and other necessary materials to
"find out the truth and details about what happened that evening."
Greeley cop sentenced to jail work release and probation for lying on timecard
GREELEY, Colo. – Shaun Kelly, a Greeley cop accused of falsifying his timecard will serve jail time and probation. Kelly was sentenced to 60 days in jail on work release and two years on supervised probation. Kelly was accused of stealing $3,000 by submitting false information about the time he had worked. He pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor theft charge. In April, another former officer accused of cheating on a time card was convicted of misdemeanor theft. Former police Sgt. Ken Mickiewicz was sentenced to six months of unsupervised probation and 100 hours of community service.
Fired cop, Corbett's son-in-law, charged with theft
Gerald Gibson, a fired Philadelphia police officer who is a
son-in-law of Gov. Corbett was charged with theft and related offenses stemming
from a sting operation set up to catch him stealing while on duty. Gibson, a narcotics officer, was suspected of
stealing sneakers, clothing, and jewelry from alleged drug dealers' homes
during raids. A three-month investigation allegedly caught Gibson in January
pocketing $140 from a car wired with surveillance cameras during an Internal
Affairs and FBI sting.
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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cop charged with burglary
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.