National Official Crime Watch

National Official Crime Watch

All persons are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law by a jury of their peers.

The news items listed here were extracted using Google News from internet news sources of unproven accuracy.

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Ione corrections officer arrested for alleged fraud
Amador Ledger-Dispatch, CA - May 26, 2004
A correctional officer at Mule Creek State Prison has been arrested for allegedly bilking the state for $45,000 and then lying about it under oath. ...

Former police officer in court as feds allege ties to Mello ...
Fall River Herald News, MA - 11 hours ago
BOSTON -- The Fall River police officer indicted last week for allegedly lying about shielding convicted local mob boss Timothy Mello from police ...

Former Jail Officer Sentenced For Brining Drugs Into Jail
WFtv.com, FL - 4 hours ago
ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. -- A former Orange County Jail officer got the maximum sentence Thursday in federal court for agreeing to smuggle ...

Former Flint police officer sentenced to a year in prison for ...
Detroit Free Press, MI - 23 hours ago
FLINT, Mich. (AP) -- A former city police officer was sentenced to a year in prison, followed by a three-year supervised release ...

Ex-cop gets 4 years in misconduct plea
New Jersey Journal, NJ - May 26, 2004
The former Jersey City police officer sentenced to 13 months in federal prison for shaking down an illegal gambling business, was sentenced yesterday to four ...

Drug task forces rapped for traffic stops
Wilson County News, TX - May 25, 2004
... We [the task force] collect the raw data, review the data, videotape all our traffic stops, review the tapes, pursue allegations of officer misconduct, and we ...

Cop shoots man in Balboa Park fight
San Diego Union Tribune, CA - 11 hours ago
... minutes. One officer released her dog from her patrol car by accident and the dog bit the arm of the second officer in the struggle. ...

Officer convicted of embezzling from department
Providence Journal (subscription), RI - May 25, 2004
... general's office said. As the officer released the boy, Lough drove up and offered to take the minibike and do the paperwork. He put ...

Former probation officer pleads guilty to embezzlement
Great Falls Tribune, MT - 10 hours ago
By KATHLEEN A. SCHULTZ. Former Cascade County Chief Juvenile Probation Officer Dick Boutilier changed his plea Wednesday to guilty ...

Former police officer pleads guilty to secretly peeping
Durham Herald Sun, NC - 16 hours ago
By Beth Velliquette : The Herald-Sun. HILLSBOROUGH -- A judge fined Billy Apple $64,000 Wednesday in Orange County Superior Court ...

Former Officer Pleads Guilty To Theft
Iowa Channel.com, IA - May 26, 2004
FAIRFIELD, Iowa -- A former Fairfield police officer who is also the son of a police chief pleaded guilty to charges of stealing more than $1,000 from the ...

Suspended Policeman Arrested On Child Porn Charges
WKYT, KY - 2 hours ago
An Elizabethtown police officer suspended from his job for allegedly exposing himself to school children has now been arrested on child pornography charges. ...

Officer suspended after sex allegation
Lexington Herald Leader, KY - 12 hours ago
By Joe Biesk. FRANKFORT - An Adair County Youth Development Center corrections officer has been suspended after a juvenile offender ...

Kentucky Officer Resigns After Indictment For Rape
Officer.com - 4 hours ago
(AP) -- A Louisville police officer charged with rape has resigned just before the department's administrative review of the case, officials said. ...

State Supreme Court, Manhattan
Newsday, NY - 8 hours ago
... 4, Rm. 774, 360 Adams St. Pretrial hearing for Wilfredo Torres, a Seagate police officer charged with sodomizing a 14-year-old boy; Judge sullivan; Pt. 3, Rm. ...

Metro Police Officer Resigns Amid Rape Charges
WAVE, KY - 23 hours ago
(LOUISVILLE, May 26th, 2004, 5 pm) -- Billy Ray White, a Louisville Metro police officer charged with rape, resigned from the department effective May 26. ...

Officer's trial won't move, judge says
Fort Worth Star Telegram (subscription), TX - May 26, 2004
... A judge on Tuesday declined to move the murder trial of a fired white police officer charged with fatally shooting a black teen-ager in the back. ...

Forest Park fires officer accused of assaulting teen
Cincinnati Enquirer, OH - May 26, 2004
FOREST PARK - A police officer charged with assaulting a 17-year-old during an arrest in March was fired from the department, officials said Tuesday. ...

Officer Fired For Alleged Scuffle With Teenage Suspect
Officer.com - May 25, 2004
FOREST PARK, Ohio -- A police officer charged for allegedly roughing up a teenager after a verbal exchange has been fired. Todd ...

Officer Fired, Accused Of Assaulting Inmate
WCPO, OH - May 25, 2004
A Forest Park officer accused of assaulting a teenage boy inside Hamilton County's juvenile jail has been fired. The incident was ...

News in brief from Northern California
San Luis Obispo Tribune, CA - May 25, 2004
SACRAMENTO - The trial for a former Sacramento police officer charged with sexually assaulting women while he was in uniform started with eight women and four ...

California Shootout In Alleged Fake Cop-Drug Ripoff Scheme
Officer.com - 4 hours ago
... At some point, however, one or more of the suspects began firing on police, the station reported, and SWAT team officers fired back, killing one person at the ...

Grand jury blasts police department
San Mateo County Times, CA - 10 hours ago
... There's more: Police leaders don't consistently enforce policies, the report said, and the department continues to hire officers fired from other agencies. ...

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DuPage County Republican official cleared of drunken driving ...
Chicago Daily Herald, IL - 11 hours ago
... A sheriff's deputy arrested Patrick Durante early April 12 after questioning the Addison Township GOP leader about his erratic driving. ...

An influential DuPage County GOP official beat a drunken driving charge Wednesday after a judge ruled police lacked sufficient evidence to make the arrest.

A sheriff's deputy arrested Patrick Durante early April 12 after questioning the Addison Township GOP leader about his erratic driving.

Durante's clout created a predicament for the judiciary. He also serves as the district director for Congressman Henry Hyde, a Wood Dale Republican.

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The sheriff's deputy, Joshua Schindlbeck, a four-year officer, testified he smelled alcohol during the traffic stop. The deputy said he also suspected Durante was DUI because he wouldn't make eye contact, only rolled the car's window down a few inches and quickly called a lawyer. Durante refused to take a Breathalyzer test.

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PBC sheriff's deputy charged with stalking woman
Palm Beach Post, FL - May 24, 2004
By Sonja Isger. Palm Beach Post Staff Writer An 18-year-veteran of the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office was arrested in Sarasota ...

Former Mississippi State Trooper Sentenced For Bank Fraud
Officer.com - May 26, 2004
HATTIESBURG, Miss. (AP) -- A former state trooper who pleaded guilty in January to conspiracy to commit bank fraud has been sentenced to 15 months in prison. ...

DENTON COUNTY: Constable indicted on felony voting charge
WFAA (subscription), TX - 19 hours ago
A Denton County chief deputy constable was indicted Wednesday on a felony charge of illegal voting after being accused of casting a ballot in a Carrollton ...

Russ' lawyer to receive three payments
Gadsden County Times, FL - 2 hours ago
... fees. He said the city is paying the fees only on the part of the charges where Russ was found not guilty: official misconduct. ...

Plainview Daily Herald
Plainview Daily Herald, TX - 2 hours ago
... The arrests led to accusations of racism and official misconduct, eventually resulting in pardons for all the Tulia defendants and a $6 million settlement in a ...

Officers indicted on official misconduct, weapons charge
Lombardian, IL - 4 hours ago
A six-count indictment was returned against James A. Scales, 46, of Lombard, including one count of official misconduct, three counts of obstructing justice ...

Jail Guard Charged With Having Sex With Teenager
NBC5.com, IL - 5 hours ago
Thirty-three-year-old Larry Johnson of Chicago was charged Monday with criminal sexual assault, custodial sexual misconduct and official misconduct. ...

Plumbing inspector admits taking bribes
Newsday, NY - May 26, 2004
... 46, of East Patchogue, pleaded guilty to two counts of third-degree bribe receiving and one count each of defrauding the government and official misconduct. ...

Man sentenced in prison sex case
Oregonian, OR - May 26, 2004
Christopher Don Randall, 33, pleaded guilty to two counts of first-degree official misconduct in the second case this year involving Oregon Department of ...

Ex-sheriff's officer files civil suit
Bridgeton News, NJ - May 26, 2004
... A grand jury convened in 1986 and returned two indictments against Lopez, charging him with bribery and official misconduct in one and perjury in the other. ...

South Broward County news briefs
South Florida Sun-Sentinel, FL - May 26, 2004
... Dade prosecutors and the county's Office of the Inspector General said Embery Byrd, 30, of Miramar, was arrested on seven counts of official misconduct and one ...

Town's Leader Wants State Investigation Of Police Department
WKYT, KY - May 25, 2004
... Godby was convicted of official misconduct and intimidation of a witness. The council voted down Hunley's motion by a 5 to 4 vote. ...

Lawyer moves to grill US attorney
The News Journal, DE - May 24, 2004
... chief, Col. John L. "Jack" Cunningham Jr., who pleaded guilty six months ago to conspiracy to commit official misconduct. And he ...

Convention Hospitality and Police Brutality
FAIR - 6 minutes ago
... Scandals about police brutality and fraud -- plaguing Philadelphia, Los Angeles and other cities -- make headlines from time to time. ...

Amnesty International slates attack on minorities, cop brutality
Matamat.com, Bangladesh - 9 hours ago
The Amnesty International Report 2004 has found widespread human-rights violation, torture, police brutality, arbitrary detention, violence against women and ...

Speaking for the oppressed"
Socialist Worker, IL - 19 hours ago
... Yet the paper won widespread following because it printed what no mainstream paper would--accounts of police brutality, reports on protests and strikes, and ...

Teenagers' arrests lead to filing of complaint
Bradenton Herald, FL - May 26, 2004
... The women's complaint lists allegations of "aggressive and deadly force," "child abuse/unnecessary roughness," "police brutality," "conduct unbecoming of a law ...

When is Prisoner Abuse Racial Violence
Axis of Logic - May 25, 2004
... Only a few people have noted that the photos remind them of prison abuse and police brutality of Black and Brown men in North America, and of American military ...

Agents raid Coyote Valley casino, tribal leader homes near Ukiah
San Jose Mercury News (subscription), CA - 18 minutes ago
... Priscilla Hunter, the tribe's chairwoman, issued a statement that said authorities used "excessive force" to execute a search warrant at her home. ...

Report recommends Kent schools no longer use handcuffs
kgw.com (subscription), OR - 1 hour ago
... million. Nine of the students said they were handcuffed at school by security officers and most said excessive force was used on them. ...
(what the fuck?)

Police arrest city minister after incident
NewsOK.com (subscription), OK - 8 hours ago
... said. Sean Baker has been vocal in the past, speaking out against Oklahoma City police and their alleged use of excessive force. ...

Woodlawn police face inquiry
Cincinnati Enquirer, OH - 13 hours ago
... Jimmie Traylor sued the village, as well as Springfield Township and the village of Evendale, claiming excessive force and false arrest in a 1999 incident in ...

Congressman Grijalva Wants Investigation Of Border Patrol
KOLD-TV, AZ - 21 hours ago
... border. US citizens in border towns claim the border patrol is using excessive force. Who should investigate the border patrol? ...

Family looks for answers to inmate ’ s death
Seguin Gazette Enterprise, TX - May 25, 2004
... Rene Salinas, special agent with the FBI field office in San Antonio, said the FBI is investigating allegations that excessive force might have been used. ...

Sheriff ’ s deputy OK after gun discharges
Kerrville Daily Times, TX - 7 hours ago
... The officer was being tested for his off-duty weapon, according to Hierholzer. “Officers are required to qualify with any weapon ...

Soldier injured in Cuba has checkered past
Pioneer Press, MN - 7 hours ago
... According to a letter written by a former sheriff, Baker's termination was a result of a culmination of incidents while on- and off-duty. ...

Judge imposes prison sentence on ex-deputy
Fairfield Daily Republic, CA - 14 hours ago
... McKee began drinking at 17 and by 24 he was drinking alcohol daily after getting off duty, according to a probation officer's report. ...

Area Briefs
Houston Chronicle, TX - 15 hours ago
... Sheriff's officials said Thompson, of the 3400 block of Walnut Bend, was off duty and with his wife when clocked exceeding 90 mph in a 45-mph zone. ...

Starring in porn flick probably won't get SF cops fired
San Francisco Chronicle, CA - 21 hours ago
... But the appeals court disagreed, saying the tapes were made while the man in blue was off duty and didn't interfere with the Police Department's running an ...


Profiling meeting canceled
York Dispatch, PA - May 26, 2004
... Sheriff's deputies Frederick Nestlerode and Matthew Kerr were accused of racial profiling last August after they pulled over off-duty Pennsylvania State Police ...

Memo: US officials knew of border killings
WFAA (subscription), TX - May 26, 2004
... 913 helped two off-duty Mexican police officers, who were paid $1,000 each for their work, to wrap the victim's feet with duct tape. ...

Three state parks workers fired over appearance policy
Louisville Courier Journal, KY - May 25, 2004
... has forbidden parks employees from speaking to reporters, and he has banned them from staying at their own park as paying guests during their off-duty hours. ...

A Bay Bridge too far? Maybe not, if you plan ahead
Maryland Gazette Newspapers, MD - May 25, 2004
... the funding to catch the abusers? Why are they unable to keep off-duty police from abusing the system? I also understand that HOV ...

Police: Area Officer Exposed Himself To Busload Of Students
Louisville Channel.com, KY - May 25, 2004
... On each occasion, Leasor was in his car on US 62, outside of Elizabethtown city limits, police said. He was off-duty each time as well, Charlton reported. ...

E-Town Cop Charged With Indecent Exposure
WAVE, KY - May 25, 2004
Police say Leasor was off duty on three separate Mondays when he rode alongside students on school buses in his personal car, exposing himself. ...

Former state Rep. Robin Williams indicted
Savannah Morning News, GA - 17 hours ago
... Brockman and administrative manager Jim Points were placed on leave in January 2003 amid then-anonymous allegations of corruption and cronyism reported by The ...

Clarksville chief placed on leave
Paris News, TX - May 26, 2004
CLARKSVILLE — Police Chief Jimmy Townsend has been placed on administrative leave with pay following his arrest last week. And ...

Ex-cop who owned tanning salon pleads guilty, fined $62,000
Durham Herald Sun, NC - May 26, 2004
By Beth Velliquette : The Herald-Sun. DURHAM -- HILLSBOROUGH -- A judge fined Billy Apple $62,000 Wednesday in Orange County Superior ...

Ex-cop's own words used by prosecution in murder-for-hire trial
King County Journal Newspapers, WA - May 25, 2004
A retired Eastside sheriff's deputy will prove by his own words that he hired a hit man to murder four members of his Bellevue family, including his wife and ...

Charges against ex-cop advance
The Express Times, PA - May 25, 2004
By PRECIOUS PETTY. Charles A. Samaha told police March 19 he had not intended to break the law when he changed the fill date on his ...

Greatest Hits
Westword, CO - 6 hours ago
... recently, with the Columbine High School massacre, the football rapes in Boulder, the Jon-Benet Ramsey case, and the repulsive police corruption that stains ...

San Jose councilman vows he'll be cleared of bribery accusation
San Jose Mercury News (subscription), CA - 8 minutes ago
By Mike Zapler. San Jose City Councilman Terry Gregory said Thursday that he is dismayed by the allegations of corruption made against ...

How do you rank world misery?
Christian Science Monitor - 28 minutes ago
... There's the suggestion that stamping out bribery to government officials would save the world $1 trillion a year, or that United Nations intervention in a ...

Summary of the federal-state corruption probes
Columbus Ledger-Enquirer, GA - 2 hours ago
_Former Siegelman Cabinet member Nick Bailey pleaded guilty in 2003 to two counts of conspiracy to commit bribery and one count of filing a false tax return. ...

Federal prosecutors get contract conviction
Gwinnett Daily Post, GA - 13 hours ago
... jury convicted former state Labor Department official Joanna Ediger of mail fraud and wire fraud Wednesday but acquitted her of charges of bribery and lying to ...

Kolb picked as city manager
The Wichita Eagle, KS - May 25, 2004
... Larry Lahaie, director of the Century II Convention Center, also departed after being indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of bribery and lying to ...

Harlandale in for bond battle
San Antonio Express (subscription), TX - May 25, 2004
... Cruz pleaded guilty to bribery charges as part of a public corruption probe of the Alamo Community College District, City Hall and several school districts ...

Former Deputy DA Pleads Guilty to Federal Charge
WBAY, WI - May 25, 2004
... close friend. Tuesday, Milt Schierland was in federal court for his role in a bribery scheme with the former prosecutor. Schierland ...

GOP Judge Tried to Shut Down the Velella Probe
Village Voice, NY - May 25, 2004
ecret, court-approved wiretaps produced much of the evidence that persuaded former Bronx state senator Guy Velella to plead guilty to bribery charges last week ...

Delmont set to plead
Youngstown Vindicator, OH - May 25, 2004
WARREN — Eight months after being indicted on charges of money laundering, theft in office and five counts of bribery, Tony Delmont, the former Trumbull ...

Former Lincoln planning official begins jail term
WLNE-TV (ABC6), RI - May 25, 2004
(Providence-AP) -- A former Lincoln Planning Board member who admitted to bribery charges is now serving his jail sentence. Robert ...

Picerno starts jail term
Woonsocketcall.com, RI - May 25, 2004
... years ago. Picerno avoided trial when he pleaded no contest to seven felony counts of bribery and conspiracy on March 24. Judge ...

Award to recognize Rilling's leadership in city
Stamford Advocate, CT - May 25, 2004
... months. In March, a Norwalk police officer committed suicide, and last month an officer was charged with bribery and extortion. ...

Secret Memos Connect Bush and the Global Campaign of Torture
Infoshop News - 6 hours ago
... In a Pentagon briefing, the US Army acknowledged at least 37 cases where prisoners died in custody -- 32 in Iraq and five in Afghanistan. ...

Uncle Sam Wants You Anyway
Hartford Advocate, CT - 13 hours ago
... amid the fallout from an ACLU lawsuit over his decision to transfer inmates to a notorious Virginia prison (two Connecticut inmates died in custody there), and ...

Siegelman indicted by federal grand jury
Times Daily, AL - 5 hours ago
... program. Bobo is also charged with two counts of witness tampering and one count each of wire fraud, lying to the FBI and perjury. ...

Feds Indict Former Alabama Gov. Siegelman
WJXX, FL - 5 hours ago
... federally funded program. Bobo is also charged with witness tampering, wire fraud, lying to the FBI and perjury. The charges stemmed ...

The Bush Orthodoxy is in Shreds
Common Dreams - 4 hours ago
... If those who are being questioned turn out to be misleading, they can be charged ultimately with perjury and obstruction of justice. ...

Did General Miller Lie Under Oath about the Torture at Abu Ghraib ...
BuzzFlash - May 26, 2004
... oath, Karpinski and Pappas by Army investigator Major General Antonio Taguba, and Miller by the Senate Armed Services Committee, someone has committed perjury. ...

Miller gets 15 months on feeral conspiracy rap
Pascagoula Mississippi Press, MS - May 26, 2004
... Miller's father, former George County Sheriff George Miller Sr., was indicted for perjury and threatening a witness during the civil trial, pleaded guilty to ...

LIAR' TAINTS GOV'T CASE: MARTHA ATT'Y
New York Post, NY - May 25, 2004
May 26, 2004 -- A lawyer for Martha Stewart suggested yesterday that allegations of perjury by a Secret Service agent who testified at her trial cast doubt on ...

FBI apologizes to Mayfield
Oregonian, OR - May 25, 2004
... On Monday, Wax explained the decision by saying he worried his client might step into a "perjury trap" set by the government. "The ...

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