We called the Fairfax County police for help....the punks they sent threatened to arrest us. One cop tells my wife that if she keeps crying he'll arrest her and the other cop, La Forge or something, says to me "You call the police this what you get"
I said that was wrong and he said
"Go ahead, say more fuck'n thing prick" and I thought "Well if you insist".
A Hornell City Police officer has been arrested in connection the June
theft of $15,000 from the department’s evidence room.
Jennifer A. Speed, 39, of Hornell was charged by the Steuben County
District Attorney with third-degree grand larceny, first-degree tampering with
public records, two counts of first-degree falsifying business records and two
counts of tampering with physical evidence.
According to the district attorney, the cash went missing in June. The
money had been taken into evidence in conjunction with the March 2012 arrest of
Steven Brockway, who was charged with attempted murder.
The money had been forfeited and was to be used to pay the medical expenses
of Brockway’s victim. State Police were called in to investigate the missing
cash and in December, a Steuben County Grand Jury issued a sealed indictment
and arrest warrant.
Speed, currently on leave, was the senior evidence custodian at the time of
the offenses. She was sent to Steuben County Jail without bail and is to be
arraigned in Steuben County Court.
UPPER MARLBORO, Md. (WUSA9) -- A D.C. police officer has been indicted for
attempted murder after officials say he tried to kill his wife.
Officer Samson Lawrence, 45, has been indicted for attempted first and
second degree murder, and related charges for attacking his wife with a metal
lamp post, officials said in a news release.
He was assigned to the 5th District as a School Resource Officer.
On November 24, 2013, Lawrence was trying to hang a projection TV in his
house when he became angry with his wife because she told him she didn't know
where the screws to hang the projector were, according to officials.
Police say Lawrence grabbed a can of Lysol and sprayed it in his wife's
face every time she spoke. When Lawrence's wife refused to make him something
to eat, he allegedly pushed her.
Lawrence's wife tried to call 911, but Lawrence grabbed the phone from her.
She then tried to leave the house, but officials say Lawrence followed her and
pushed her to the floor in their living room.
Police say Lawrence picked up a metal light post and hit her in the head
while she lay on the floor.
When his wife tried to escape, police say Lawrence cornered her and held
two knives by her face and throat and threatened to cut her. His wife was
finally able to escape and called 911 from a neighbor's house.
Lawrence was not home by the time the police arrived, but he was arrested
the next day.
In addition to attempted first and second degree murder, Lawrence has also
been charged with first and second degree assault and wearing and carrying a
dangerous weapon with the intent to injure.
Assistant Police Chief Peter Newsham told the Associated Press that
Lawrence joined the department in 1990.
HARRISON — Two town police officers who were suspended and disciplined for
exchanging lewd, sexual comments about Harrison’s then-supervisor on Facebook
now have been promoted and given hefty raises.
Michael DiLauria and Frank Massaro, part of the “Facebook Four” who also
exchanged racist comments in 2009 about President Barack Obama, have been made
sergeants earning $113,810, a raise of $15,699, effective Friday.
The move didn’t sit well with former Supervisor Joan Walsh, who had pushed
to have DiLauria, Massaro, Detective Richard Light and town code enforcement
officer Ed DiBuono fired following the scandal.
“Given my experiences with them, I am concerned how they treat other
townspeople,” said Walsh, 78. “They felt free to make these totally unsolicited
comments when they had absolutely no interaction with me. Was it to curry favor
with somebody, or is this the kind of thought process that they have all the
time.”
DiLauria, Massaro, Light and DiBuono were suspended with pay Feb. 27, 2009,
and later ordered to do community service and docked pay for the online
exchanges.
In Facebook postings between November 2008 and February 2009, they
ridiculed Walsh and joked about raunchy sex with her.
In one posting, Massaro wrote, “Ed, how about JW and you go out and get
drunk, then on the way home you both can play the game and get nakid (sic)
while you drive. Everything but the cast comes off. Salute!”
Light, who was demoted after the scandal, also commented on Obama’s
election, saying “the rose garden will be turned into the watermelon garden”
and there will be “KFC set up right in front of the white house.”
Police Chief Anthony Marraccini defended DiLauria’s and Massaro’s
promotions Friday, saying “these were very good officers prior to this event”
and that “they were and are stellar officers after the event.”
“I didn’t agree with any of their actions, but they suffered severe
penalties,” he said. “Both of these officers, upon returning to duty, performed
and served this community to the highest of standards. They have both been a
credit and an asset, not only to the town but to the community.”
“It would be unjust to have this item from the past penalize them for their
entire career,” he said.
Harrison Supervisor Ron Belmont did not return calls seeking comment.
The promotions come four days after a Pleasantville police officer was
suspended while that department investigates allegations that he posted a
profane, racist rant against Obama on his Facebook page. Pleasantville Police
Chief Richard Love said the probe of the officer, Peter Burns, “could lead to
his dismissal.”
A Denver police officer under investigation for allegations that he used
cocaine has resigned from the force.
Brian Niven, a member of a Special Crime Attack Team based out of the
District 1 station on the northwest side, was suspended in September while internal
affairs investigated the allegations. Denver police officials have not provided
details about the case, but sources said it involved allegations that Niven
used illegal narcotics and was required to take a drug test before he was
suspended.
Niven's duties on the SCAT team, an elite group of officers handpicked by
their commander to proactively fight crime, often included investigating
narcotics activity.
He had been on the department for seven years. He resigned while awaiting
further discipline in the case.
Yahnick Martin, the Brooklyn man tossed in jail by New York cops for being
a “smart ass,” is getting some measure of satisfaction this week as Roman
Goris, one of the officers who arrested him, becomes the first New York cop to
face an independent disciplinary hearing for taking the city’s controversial
“stop and frisk” policy a step too far.
The city’s Civilian Complaint Review Board, under new powers it assumed
earlier this year, may now take up stop-and-frisk cases on its own,
investigating whether officers abused the policy. Under stop-and-frisk, police
may stop and search anyone they suspect of carrying an illegal object or
substance.
The original intent of the law was to help police curb gun violence by
seizing illegal guns before they could be used. But of the staggering 533,000
people stopped by police under the policy in 2012, only 729 were found to be
carrying guns.
In all, about 29,000 were stopped for possessing marijuana, which is
actually decriminalized in New York. About 5,000 people were arrested for
marijuana possession.
Martin (pictured) filed a $2 million lawsuit against the city for his
wrongful arrest. The suit gives details of the incident for which Goris now
faces disciplinary charges.
A 35-year-old real estate broker and married father, Martin was waiting by
his car, parked in Brooklyn’s Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood, while his wife
delivered Christmas presents on Dec. 23, 2011. He was puffing on a cigar.
Goris and two other cops, saying that they smelled marijuana, asked Martin
if he had any. Martin said he did not and blew out cigar smoke to make his
point.
Goris searched him anyway, emptying his pockets and finding nothing. Then
Martin, perhaps unwisely but certainly not in violation of any known statutes,
thought it would be amusing to make a joke.
"Where's the $100 that was in my pocket?" he quipped.
“You want to be a smart ass and make accusations, you’re going to jail,”
one of the humorless officers replied.
The officers cuffed the real estate broker and took him to the 77th
Precinct Station where he was slapped with disorderly conduct charges — which
were quickly dropped.
Before they hauled him off, Martin asked to shut off and lock his
automobile, which was filled with Christmas presents and still running. The
cops refused to allow him to secure the vehicle.
The car was stolen by the time his wife came out of the building, according
to Martin’s lawsuit.
Martin is African-American. Almost 90 percent of people stopped under the
stop-and-frisk policy in 2012 were black or Latino.
Until the recent reforms, the civilian board was able only to make
recommendations to the NYPD which then conducted internal disciplinary
hearings.
"When it comes to prosecuting police officers accused of mistreating
civilians, it is essential that those cases be handled by someone independent
of the police department," said Christopher Dunn of the New York Civil
Liberties Union, which has frequently challenged the city’s stop-and-frisk
policy.
PHILADELPHIA — A former Philadelphia police officer who sexually assaulted a 14-year-old girl at a suburban motel has been sentenced to six to 20 years in state prison.
The Bucks County Courier Times (http://bit.ly/1dseei1) said 37-year-old Anthony Dattilo wept during his sentencing Friday and apologized for embarrassing his family.
Dattilo will also be a registered sex offender for the rest of his life.
The 12-year police force veteran was arrested in May 2012 after the victim sent text messages to family members saying she was being held against her will at a hotel in Bensalem.
Dattilo pleaded guilty in June to aggravated indecent assault, unlawful contact with a minor and related charges
CHAPEL HILL — A top Orange County probation officer has been charged with
operating a marijuana-growing operation in her Efland home.
Carlisha Lakwan Davis, 38, of 3306 Loganberry Court, Efland, was charged
Dec. 9 with felony maintaining a dwelling for the sale, manufacture or delivery
of a controlled substance, felony marijuana manufacturing and misdemeanor
possession of marijuana, according to court records.
The charges stem from a June break-in, Orange County sheriff’s investigator
Randy Hawkins said. Davis’ arrest was delayed because investigators “were
making sure we had what we needed” to file the charges, he said.
Davis was released from the Orange County Jail after posting a $10,000
unsecured bond. She returns to court Jan. 24. Orange-Chatham District Attorney
Jim Woodall said the N.C. Department of Justice is handling the case.
Davis is southern Orange County’s chief probation and parole officer,
earning $45,914 a year. N.C. Department of Public Safety spokeswoman Pamela
Walker said Davis has been on administrative reassignment since June with a
Guilford County probation office.
According to a search warrant, deputies with the Orange County Sheriff’s
Office responded to a break-in call around 9 p.m. June 18 at the home. Deputies
reported finding “an obvious break-in” and checked inside for any potential
suspects, the warrant states.
In the master bedroom closet, they found what appeared to be the remains of
a marijuana-growing operation, Hawkins said in the warrant. Among the items
seized were plant-growing lights, fertilizers, marijuana, marijuana seeds and
growing media, the warrant states.
Deputies told him the break-in suspect or suspects may have stolen
marijuana plants growing in the house, but it was hard to tell because of the
condition in which they found the closet, Hawkins said.
“It appeared that the suspects got all that they could carry and had to
leave some items behind,” he said.
Deputies found more lights and equipment in the garage, the warrant states.
Court records show Davis was charged with having between 0.5 and 1.5 oz. of
marijuana in the home.
Hawkins said deputies did not know at the time of the break-in that the
home belonged to Jones and her husband, Feltus Juan Jones, 40, who also could
face charges.
Orange County’s 12 probation and parole officers supervise the daily
activities of 667 offenders – roughly 56 per officer – and ensure they comply
with court orders.
Davis joined the Department of Public Safety in 1998. She worked in the
Carrboro office on Laurel Avenue for many years, including as an educational
officer and the unit’s domestic violence officer, and was promoted to chief
probation and parole officer in 2008. Davis supervised six probation officers
and one office assistant, Walker said.
State budget cuts forced the county to close the Carrboro office in recent
years, consolidating the officers in Hillsborough.
If Davis is found guilty, Walker said the Public Safety agency “will take
whatever action is appropriate at that time.”
An off-duty Alpine police officer was charged with driving while
intoxicated after being involved in a motor vehicle accident that injured a
19-year-old man in Linden, authorities said Friday. The officer, Wendell
Simpson, was issued a summons by the Linden police, said a spokesman for the
Union County prosecutor’s office, Mark Spivey. The man who was injured in the
accident, which occurred at 2:30 a.m. Thursday, was taken to University
Hospital in Newark where he was in stable condition Friday night, Spivey said.
Spivey said that he did not have details about the accident and that the Linden
police department was the lead investigative agency in the matter. Linden
police were unavailable to provide information about the accident Friday
evening. The chief of the Alpine police, Chris Belcolle, acknowledged that
Simpson was one of his officers and said that Simpson was off duty in his
personal vehicle at the time of the accident. Belcolle declined to say whether
Simpson will be suspended during the investigation of the accident. Email:
koloff@northjersey.com
By Jeremy Gorner and Patrick SvitekTribune reporters
8:20 p.m. CST, December 21, 2013
A Chicago police officer has been relieved of his police powers after being
accused of breaking a senior citizen's hip when the officer shoved the man
during an argument earlier this month.
David Barrett, a 20-year veteran of the Chicago Police Department, was
ordered held in lieu of $10,000 bond on Saturday on a charged of aggravated
battery.
The incident happened while Barrett was off-duty Dec. 12 at a Shell gas
station, 10601 S. Cicero Ave. in south suburban Oak Lawn, according to court
records and prosecutors.
Frustrated with a gas pump, Barrett went into the station and began
screaming at the attendant, according to prosecutors. The 89-year-old man, who
was standing in line with Barrett, told him to calm down, at which point
Barrett pushed the senior citizen to the ground, prosecutors said.
The 89-year-old man broke his right hip and had to undergo surgery,
according to court records. He also tore his right rotator cuff, a group of
tendons and muscles in the shoulder.
Stuart Goldberg, Barrett's attorney, disputed that account in a bond
hearing, arguing the 89-year-old man attacked Barrett first. Goldberg has asked
that recorded tape of the incident be preserved.
Barrett, 58, who is assigned to the
Chicago Public Safety Headquarters, turned himself in to Oak Lawn police
Thursday, authorities said.
Barrett has been relieved of his police powers, and his further status with
the department is pending conditions of his bond, police spokesman Adam Collins
said in an email.
FAYETTEVILLE, AR (KNWA) -- A former police officer has been arrested and
charged with rape.
According to a press release, on Nov. 10, the Fayetteville Police
Department received a report from a woman who said she had been sexually
assaulted two weeks prior by a uniformed police officer.
A police department supervisor spoke with the victim and forwarded the
report to the Chief of Police through the chain of command.
Investigators spent the next several days investigating the allegation,
conducting interviews, reviewing radio logs, Digital Mobile Video Recorder
data, and metadata from the GPS tracking data from patrol cars.
On Dec. 3, Officer Jamison Stiles was interviewed and relieved of duty for
the remainder of his shift.
The next day, police said Stiles was placed on paid administrative leave
and was relieved of his badge and gun pending the outcome of the internal
investigation. A separate criminal investigation was initiated by the
Fayetteville Police Department Criminal Investigation Division.
Our NBC news partners at WTOC are reporting Chatham County Sheriff's
Deputies along with investigators arrested Lieutenant Rick Hall Friday night.
Hall is the subject of an ongoing criminal investigation, according to the
Sheriff's Office. He was arrested and charged with aggravated child
molestation. A search warrant was conducted at his residence on Wilmington
Island late Friday evening.
According to the Sheriff's Office, Hall is suspended without pay pending
further investigation. He is currently being held at the Chatham County
Detention Center awaiting arraignment.
The investigation was a joint effort between the CCSO and the District
Attorney's Office, with technical assistance from the Georgia Bureau of
Investigation.
Records at the Chatham County jail show Hall is being held without bond.
Hall joined the CCSO in 1985 and has been a lieutenant since 2007.
Chief Deputy Roy Harris and Sheriff Al St Lawrence will speak about the
matter at a press conference on Monday, Dec. 23rd.
U.S. Attorney’s Office December 17, 2013 • Southern District of Ohio (937)
225-2910
COLUMBUS, OH—Stewart A. Miller, 48, of Sunbury, Ohio, pleaded guilty in
U.S. District Court today to one count of receipt of child pornography. Miller
was a Columbus police officer prior to his recent resignation.
Carter M. Stewart, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, and
Kevin R. Cornelius, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation
(FBI), announced the plea entered today before U.S. District Judge Algenon L.
Marbley.
According to testimony provided by the government during the plea hearing,
the FBI began investigating Miller in October 2013 after receiving a tip. They
obtained and executed search warrants at Miller’s residence at the time and a
storage facility he rented, recovering various computers and digital media.
A forensic examination of two external drives located in the crawl space
above Miller’s bathroom revealed the presence of several thousand images and
more than 1,100 videos of child pornography. The images dated back to 2002. The
children in the videos ranged in age from toddler to teenager. The file paths
of some of the images indicated that they were originally downloaded via a
peer-to-peer file sharing network. Images and videos of child pornography were
also located on a laptop computer seized from the basement of the residence.
Additional images of child pornography were recovered from several CDs seized
from the storage facility rented by Miller.
The crime is punishable by at least five years and up to 20 years in prison.
Judge Marbley will set a date for sentencing. The court placed Miller on home
detention with electronic monitoring until sentencing and also prohibited him
from having access to the Internet.
This case is being brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide
initiative by the Department of Justice to combat the growing epidemic of child
sexual exploitation and abuse. Led by United States Attorney’s Offices and the
Criminal Division’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section (CEOS), Project
Safe Childhood marshals federal, state, and local resources to better locate,
apprehend, and prosecute individuals who exploit children, as well as to
identify and rescue victims.
U.S. Attorney Stewart commended the investigation by the FBI and Assistant
U.S. Attorney Heather Hill, who is prosecuting the case.