The cop crime wave continues
Winston-Salem
police officer charged with stealing three tractors
STOKES COUNTY, N.C. — A former
Winston-Salem police officer is accused of stealing three farm tractors in
Stokes County.
Matthew Jordan Riggan, 26, of
Mount Airy, was arrested Dec. 28 and charged with three counts each of felony
larceny and possession of stolen property.
A Surry County Sheriff’s Office
Detective said all the tractors were reported stolen in late December. The
total value of the tractors was estimated at about $70,000.
In one case, he allegedly had
made a key for a tractor. When he couldn’t get it to run, he allegedly called a
wrecker service to tow it to his home.
The suspect admitted to
stealing the tractors, but gave several different reasons why, according to a
detective.
One was that he was simply
being mischievous, another was that he wanted to see if he could get away with
it and the last was that he needed money to buy a plot of land next to his
grandfather’s.
Riggan graduated from the
Winston-Salem Police Department’s police academy in September. An official with
the department said he is no longer an employee there.
Riggan was released from jail
after posting a $125,000 secured bond. He appeared in court on Wednesday and
has his next appearance later this year.
Officer
Charged With Fraud Over Free Tuition
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A
former police officer on a disability pension has been arrested on charges he
fraudulently obtained free tuition for his children at the University of Rhode
Island.
State police say Keith Heroux
of North Smithfield took advantage of a state program that provides free
tuition to the families of police officers injured in the line of duty and can
no longer work as a police officer or at another continuous job.
Police say Heroux worked as a
lawyer while collecting $42,458 in tuition assistance for a son and a daughter.
He had signed an affidavit that he was not employed.
The 52-year-old Heroux was
charged with obtaining money under false pretenses of more than $1,500.
He did not immediately return a
before-hours call to his law office Friday morning
Two
suspended Glen Rock police officers accused of deleting two photos from
department server
GLEN ROCK — Two borough police
officers — suspended without pay pending a departmental hearing — are accused
of deleting two photos from the police department’s server. The photos were
shot during a retirement party at police headquarters in 2005 The statement
does not describe what the photographs depicted in any detail.Officers
Christopher McInerney and Bryan Scott were both suspended by Police Chief Fred
Stahman late last month without pay or benefits. The statement does not include
information on the specific charges filed against McInerney and Scott by the
borough, which also has not made the charges public. The chief, mayor and
council did not reveal at the time what led to the suspensions.
Trial
date set for Charlotte police officer charged with manslaughter
By James Brierton, Web
Producer/Digital Journalist
Charlotte, NC -
Randall Kerrick, the Charlotte-Mecklenburg
police officer charged with voluntary manslaughter in the 2013 killing of
Jonathan Ferrell, will have his day in court in July.
The trial for Kerrick is scheduled
to begin July 20. Superior Court Judge Robert C. Ervin will preside. Kerrick
was indicted by a grand jury in the shooting death Ferrell, a former FAMU
football player.
Former
cop gets jail time for defrauding elderly neighbor
PINOLE, Calif. (KGO) --
A former Pinole police
commander accused of trying to defraud an elderly woman is going to jail.
Wednedsay afternoon,
38-year-old Matthew Messier was sentenced to five years probation and 66 days
in jail.
Prosecutors say he befriended
his 82-year-old neighbor in Pleasanton, then got her to put her $1.5 million
estate in his name.
"I did not anticipate that
he would get any jail time," Heidi Bailey, the victim's conservator said.
"And to me, the fact that the judge gave him that was wonderful. He was a
police officer and he knew exactly what he was doing."
Messier faced 10 felonies,
including grand theft.
Prosecutors reached a plea deal
with a lesser charge of lying during a bankruptcy case because the victim's
failing health kept her from testifying.
"We didn't get a chance to
tell our side of the story because the district attorney dismissed all the
charges regarding elder abuse and elder fraud," Ken Robison, Messier's
attorney said.
Messier will begin his jail
sentence on March 25.
He could apply to become a
police officer again after his probation is over.
This WEEKS rape and sexual assault by your local police
MAS
Officer Accused Of Rape
Moundsville
police officer arrested for sexual assault
Ann
Arbor police officer charged with three felonies
Austin
police officer suspended over sexual assault investigation
Auburn
Police officer suspended for inappropriate text messages
MAS
Officer Accused Of Rape
By Alex Flores, Reporter
A long-time City of Memphis
employee has been arrested and accused of raping a woman back in December 2014.
Forty-four-year-old Jerry
Strong currently works as an animal control officer for Memphis Animal
Services. FOX13 News has learned he used
to be a Memphis Police Officer, where he was suspended for defrauding multiple
city agencies.
According to his arrest
affidavit, a woman claims Strong forced his way on top of her and then raped
her inside of his car back in December.
According to city personnel
records, Strong was police officer from 1994 to 2003 when he resigned. While
with the police force, he was suspended and received several written
reprimands. One suspension was in 2001 for double dipping and defrauding both
the Memphis Police Department and Memphis Housing Authority.
Records show Strong submitted
time sheets showing he was working both jobs at the same time. A statement of
charges reads, "Your action reflected negatively upon the Memphis Police
Department and the law enforcement profession."
Also in his personnel records,
he was reprimanded for failing to file a police report after speaking with a
shooting victim. Again no charges were ever filed in those instances.
As far as these new rape
charges, Strong is due in court Feb. 11. He's still working at MAS, but has
been moved to administrative duties.
Moundsville
police officer arrested for sexual assault
MARSHALL COUNTY, W.Va. – An
officer with the Moundsville Police department has been arrested on charges
surroundings an alleged a sexual relationship with a then 15-year-old girl.
Patrolman First Class Benjamin
Davis, 26, was arrested Tuesday morning and charged with two counts of 3rd
degree sexual assault and two counts of soliciting a minor. He is free on
$40,000 bond.
According to reports, Davis met
a 15-year-old girl on the social media website Whisper, and then he later allegedly
had sex with the girl.
"It creates a black eye
for police, but cases like this are few and far between,” said Sgt. Mathew
Adams with the West Virginia State Police Department. “Our job is always to
help the victims of crimes, and hopefully this will do that."
The victim allegedly went to
Davis' house for sex on at least one occasion after meeting him on “Whisper.”
Reports indicate her mom found out about the alleged relationship, and she took
matters into her own hands, creating a fake account with the picture slogan
“Cops Rule."
"She created this account
and basically Mr. Davis answered that, and she was posing as a 17-year-old
female in the Marshall County area,” Adams said. “They began chatting with each
other and planned to meet at some point."
Police say the women then told
Davis she was the victim's mother and told him, “your actions will make people
trust cops even less." She also threatened him to stay away from her
daughter. Police say they eventually obtained naked pictures from Davis’ and the
victim's cell phone.
On Tuesday he was officially
charged with sexual assault and soliciting a minor.
"It's an extremely
difficult case, especially when you're dealing with someone who does the same
job as you,” Adams said. “(Moundsville Police) Chief (Thomas) Mitchell has been
extremely cooperative."
Davis was on paid suspension,
but that may soon change now that charges are official. Davis must be given his
due process.
Ann
Arbor police officer charged with three felonies
John Counts
A former Ann Arbor police
officer who resigned over the summer amid allegations that he offered young women leniency in exchange for sex is now being
charged with three felonies and one misdemeanor.
Jason Jackson Kitts, 38 of
Westland, was arraigned on three counts of misconduct in office and one
misdemeanor count of unauthorized access of the Law Enforcement Information
Network, according to a release from the Washtenaw County Prosecutor's Office.
"The investigation was the
result of citizen complaints," said Deputy Chief Assistant Prosecutor
Steve Hiller.
The Ann Arbor News obtained
those citizen complaints last month via a Freedom of Information Act request.
On June 12, 2014, a citizen filed
a complaint via email about a traffic stop that occurred on Plymouth Road June
2. In the complaint, the woman said Kitts made "(i)nappropriate remarks
made during a traffic stop (that) were interpreted to be sexual in
nature," though the complaint did not elaborate further.
In another complaint, Kitts
allegedly pulled over a young woman on Plymouth Road in Ann Arbor June 16 and
hinted that he'd get the ticket
dismissed if she had sex with him, according to the complaint.
A second woman was issued a
speeding ticket by Kitts and filed a complaint about the way he behaved in the
hallway of downtown Ann Arbor's 15th District Court when she came to take care
of it.
Kitts
allegedly told the woman that he could get the ticket dismissed, but wanted to
know "what was in it for him," according to the report.
In
her complaint, the woman said Kitts told her, "I want to see how well you
can convince me that I should do this."
Michigan State Police
investigated the complaints with the full cooperation of the Ann Arbor Police
Department, the release says.
"I am saddened by how this
has affected the victims, our community and our department," Ann Arbor
police Chief John Seto said in a written statement. "It is my hope that
our actions following the revelation of his misconduct will allow those
affected to begin to place their trust in law enforcement officers again."
Kitts had been with the Ann
Arbor Police Department for eight years before resigning. City records show he
made $76,861.91 in fiscal year 2013-14.
Misconduct in office is a
felony punishable by up to five years in prison and and/or a $10,000 fine.
Unauthorized LEIN access is a
misdemeanor punishable by 93 days in jail and/or a $500 fine.
Kitts was given a personal
recognizance bond. A preliminary examination is set for Feb. 3.
Austin
police officer suspended over sexual assault investigation
Ciara O'RourkeCiara O'Rourke
An Austin police officer will
be suspended for 16 days next month over how he handled two incidents last
year, including a reported sexual assault.
Officer William Henrichs took
the lead investigating the possible assault of a 5-year-old girl after her
mother called 911 on Sept. 14, according to a disciplinary memo made public
Thursday. After interviewing the mother, Henrichs directly questioned the child
about the assault, the memo says.
The Austin Police Department’s
policy prohibits officers from interviewing sexual assault victims who are 12
or younger.
Henrichs was also cited in the
memo for becoming involved in a civil matter in violation of the department’s
policy. After he was dispatched to a reported disturbance on June 24 that
involved a dispute between roommates over money, Henrichs drafted a contract
that detailed how much was due and when it must be paid, the memo says.
Henrichs agreed to the 16-day
suspension, which starts on Feb. 7. That means that he cannot appeal the
discipline.
Auburn
Police officer suspended for inappropriate text messages
AUBURN — The Auburn Board of
Public Works and Safety has punished an Auburn Police officer for sending
inappropriate text messages. Officer Steven Vallance received a 45-day unpaid
suspension and other penalties from the board at its meeting Thursday morning
in City Hall.
Gerry Hyland killed police oversight after the cops gunned down unarmed citizens...you elected now toss him out
The parade of drunk and drugged up cops continues and no one does anything about it
NOPD
officer suspended after DUI arrest
Officer
charged with public indecency, wearing gun while drunk
Jackson
Township officer suspended
NOPD
officer suspended after DUI arrest
NEW ORLEANS -- A New Orleans
Police Department officer has been placed on emergency suspension after he was
arrested early Friday.
According to police, Officer
Keith Elsensohn was arrested this morning on Interstate 10 near Louisa Street
for driving under the influence.
"Around 3:21 a.m.,
Elsensohn was off-duty and driving eastbound in a department-issued vehicle
when he apparently lost control of his vehicle and struck the guardrail. After
conducting a field sobriety test, officers placed Elsensohn under arrest for
driving under the influence," said a statement from police.
No other vehicles were involved
in the crash.
The Public Integrity Bureau
placed Elsensohn on emergency suspension without pay pending the outcome of a
criminal investigation. He is a six-year veteran of the NOPD and was most
recently assigned to the NOPD Special Operations Division.
Officer
charged with public indecency, wearing gun while drunk
WKYC Staff 3:32 p.m. EST
January 21, 2015
Pillow said Juliano had been on
extended illness leave at the time.
CLEVELAND -- Cleveland Police
spokesman Ali Pillow confirms to WKYC that Cleveland police officer Paul
Juliano, 57, has been charged with misdemeanor public indecency and having a
weapon while intoxicated.
Juliano, who was off-duty at
the time, was a passenger in a car driven by Howard Kennedy, 54, according to
court records.
A Cleveland police officer
witnessed the traffic stop after callers said a vehicle was hitting objects on
Rocky River Drive and Larchwood Drive about 8 p.m. Saturday.
Pillow said Juliano had been on
extended illness leave at the time.
Juliano's hearing is scheduled
for 8:30 a.m. Feb. 4 in Cleveland Municipal Court, according to court records.
Jackson
Township officer suspended
By CantonRep.com staff report
A township police officer has
been suspended following a disorderly conduct conviction.
Jacqueline Ecrement-Fusko, 40,
pleaded no contest Jan. 9 to a misdemeanor charge of disorderly conduct. She
was put on administrative leave the same day, Jackson Township Police Chief
Mark Brink said.
The department is investigating
whether she violated any internal policies, he said.
Ecrement-Fusko
will continue to receive pay — her
annual salary is listed as $48,924.30 — and benefits during her suspension, and
will continue to do so until the investigation is complete.
“I look for it to go pretty
quick,” Brink said.
According to Massillon
Municipal Court records, Ecrement-Fusko verbally fought with another woman Nov.
2 at a township bar. She threatened the
woman, despite being told to stop by an off-duty bar employee, and threw a
plastic cup of liquid at her.
Ecrement-Fusko’s attorney,
Frederick Pitinii, declined to comment.
Her husband, Ty Fusko, said his
wife cannot comment during the investigation, but that the complaint was “only
one side of the story.”
Gerry Hyland killed police oversight after the cops gunned down unarmed citizens...you elected now toss him out,
The epidemic of mentally unbalanced cops in America
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
Cop sent home on paid vacation After Video Goes Viral Of Him Punching Man
A Columbia, S. C., police
officer is under fire after a video surfaced of him beating a suspect over the
weekend.
Tyrone Pugh a South Carolina
police officer, was suspended over the weekend after a video surfaced on social
media, showing him allegedly throwing repeated blows at a man who was lying on
the pavement, according to the State.
The 15-second video shows Pugh
allegedly pummeling a man who is laying on the ground.
The incident reportedly began
about 2 a.m. Sunday in downtown Columbia when about 300 college students
spilled out of a local venue after attending a birthday party and a fight broke
out, the report says. Five off-duty police officers providing security
responded to the scene, the State reports:
A brief cellphone video taken
around 2 a.m. shows a Columbia police officer, his back to the camera, on top
of a man who is lying in the parking lot. He strikes him over and over with
what appears to be his fist and yells, “Stay on the ground!” The young woman
who took the video, identified as Robyn Hogg, is shouting repeatedly, “Why are
you punching him?”
Columbia, S.C., Mayor Steve Benjamin
said the officer was suspended after he spoke to the Police Chief Skip Holbrook
about the video. John O’Leary, a former director of the S.C. Criminal Justice
Academy, said that the incident highlights the importance of police body
cameras, “Body cameras can’t hurt police – it’s just going to reveal the facts,
either good or bad. They will also make the officer think twice before he loses
his temper or overreacts.”
Gerry Hyland killed police oversight after the cops gunned down unarmed citizens...you elected him now toss him out.
This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
Drug War Chronicle » Issue #870
http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/2015/jan/21/weeks_corrupt_cops_stories
A veteran cop gets caught with
his hands in the cookie jar, jail guards go wild, and two different ex-cops go
to prison for growing marijuana. Let's get to it:
In Prescott Valley, Arizona, a
Prescott Valley police commander resigned last Friday as he was being
investigated for stealing prescription drugs that had been turned in by the
public. Commander Arthur Askew is accused of stealing pills from the drug
storage fault in the evidence room, and police had video of him doing it. The
department has asked local prosecutors to conduct a criminal review of the case.
In East Madison, Maine, a
Somerset County Jail guard was arrested last Friday after an investigation into
contraband at the jail. Alexender Jordon, 21, went down after a search warrant
executed at his home turned up evidence he had supplied Suboxone strips to one
inmate and tobacco products to two others. He is charged with trafficking
Suboxone, a felony, and trafficking tobacco, a misdemeanor. At last report,
Jordon was residing at his former place of employment.
In Michigan City, Indiana, an
Indiana state prison guard was arrested last Saturday after he aroused
suspicions during a routine shakedown as he arrived at work. Officer Gordon
Dennis's car was then searched, and investigators found two cell phones, a cell
phone watch, and a substance that appeared to be synthetic marijuana. He is
charged with attempting to traffic with an offender. At last report, he was in
the LaPorte County Jail.
In Lutz, Florida, a former
Florida state prison guard was arrested Tuesday on charges he allowed inmates
on outside work crews to drink, use drugs, and have "conjugal visits in
the woods" with prostitutes. Henry Blackwelder went down after one of his
favored inmates escaped. Blackwelder didn't report the escape for three hours,
but investigators still found empty cans of margarita drinks and malt liquor
and empty packages of synthetic marijuana, as well as a blanket used for
hook-ups. Blackwelder resigned after the escape, but it later emerged that he
was using his work crews and a pair of strippers to smuggle the contraband into
the prison. He now faces charges of official misconduct, unlawful compensation
for official behavior and smuggling contraband into a state correctional
facility. He was released on bail Wednesday.
In Buffalo, New York, a former
Buffalo police officer was sentenced last Wednesday to five years in federal
prison for running a marijuana-growing operation while he was an officer. Jorge
Melendez oversaw a pot-growing operation of more than a thousand plants and
sometimes visited it while in uniform. Prosecutors said he made about $80,000
in the two years the grow was in operation, and he agreed to forfeit a Chevy
Suburban, a Harley-Davidson motorcycle, a speedboat, and seven firearms. He had
copped to one count of conspiracy to grow more than 99 marijuana plants.
In Hagatna, Guam, a former Guam
police officer was sentenced last Thursday to eight years in prison for growing
marijuana while employed as a cop. Roy Pablo had been arrested as part of an
investigation into a grow ring in November 2013 and was convicted on
cultivation charges in October.
Gerry Hyland killed police oversight after the cops gunned down unarmed citizens...you elected him now toss him out.
