National CrimeWatch: Police : Indybay

National CrimeWatch: Police

Period: Friday, 2004/06/18 through Monday, 2004/06/21

The Usual Suspects:

Officer Suspended For Alleged Drunken Driving Crash
WDIV, MI - 10 hours ago
A Detroit police officer may face charges after he was allegedly drunken driving when he crashed his sport utility vehicle into a car, killing one man ...

Officer suspended after evidence flushed down toilet
Charleston Post Courier (subscription), SC - Jun 18, 2004
GREENVILLE--A Greenville police officer has been suspended without pay for three days after he flushed evidence down a toilet. Chief ...

Ex-officer charged in drunken break-in
Allentown Morning Call, PA - Jun 18, 2004
By Steve Wartenberg. Drunk and angry at his girlfriend, an off-duty Plumstead Township police officer drove to what he thought was ...

Son's death leaves questions
Philadelphia Inquirer (subscription), PA - Jun 20, 2004
... But Payne, 46, said nothing could have prepared him for the sight of the wounds inflicted by the barrage of shots - 28 in all - that the three officers fired. ...

New Questions About Police Shooting In Subway Tunnel
WABC-TV, NY - 15 hours ago
... Shoot me!". It appears the two men had a physical confrontation next to a live third rail and the officer fired once hitting the suspect in the torso. ...

Albany -- Officer fired gun, killing bystander, as car advanced
Albany Times Union, NY - Jun 19, 2004
By MICHELE MORGAN BOLTON, Staff writer. Daniel Reed stood before an Albany County judge Friday and admitted he tried to run over ...

Sampson deputy charged in wreck
Fayetteville Online, Fayetteville NC - Jun 18, 2004
CLINTON - A Sampson County sheriff's deputy was given a citation charging him with failure to reduce speed after his patrol car hit another driver during a ...

Pinellas' Inspector Gadget
St. Petersburg Times, FL - 19 hours ago
... In May, deputies fired 15 times into a pickup truck, killing a 17-year-old black man in an incident that has raised racially charged questions - in part ...

Dogged deputy demanding job
Miami Herald (subscription), FL - Jun 20, 2004
A sheriff's deputy fired twice for dog-related offenses is once again asking to be reinstated. By BILL DOUTHAT. A Palm Beach sheriff's ... (I guess he just can't find honest work...)

Somerset police chief remains free pending appeal
Kentucky.com, KY - 6 hours ago
... the defense. Braden was convicted in May of intimidation of a witness and official misconduct, but acquitted of bribery. Jurors ...

[...]Braden converted Godby's bond to an appeals bond. The former chief has 30 days to file an appeal. The judge said he had received letters in support of Godby and said some were the best he had ever received on behalf of a defendant.

The defense argued Monday that Godby posed no risk to the public and had never received so much as a traffic ticket. Special prosecutor Brian Wright said the Commonwealth opposed probation because the event has had lasting effects on the county and to probate Godby would lessen the violation.

Godby was indicted last fall on charges that he intimidated a witness by threatening a police officer over his statement in an internal investigation and that he committed official misconduct by violating an ordinance against city employees accepting gifts meant to influence their actions.

He was acquitted of a charge of accepting a bribe by taking $1,000 from a local businessman then steering city business to him.

Godby has been on paid suspension since he was charged last October. He became police chief in August 2002.

Police dispatcher implicated in drug ring
Capital News 9, NY - 8 hours ago
... Indian reservation which spans the border. Niles was charged with conspiracy and official misconduct. Investigators said she told her ...

Alleged Victim Speaks Out After Officers' Arrests
Click10.com, FL - Jun 18, 2004
Officer Allen St. Germain and Sgt. George Alvarez have been fired after being charged with battery and official misconduct. Peter ...

PAL leader Fiore pleads innocent
Windsor-Hights Herald, NJ - Jun 18, 2004
... said. Additionally, Mr. Fiore has been indicted on charges of official misconduct and misappropriation of property. According to ...
Two former police officers accused of defrauding the East Windsor Police Athletic League of $50,000 pleaded innocent Monday during bail hearings in state Superior Court in Trenton. John Fiore, 58, of Allentown and Jeffrey Nemes, 38, of Rockaway were indicted by a state grand jury on June 9 on charges of bribery and conspiracy in connection with a PAL building project.

Suspended cops plead not guilty in shooting
Chicago Tribune (subscription), IL - Jun 18, 2004
... Tim Diamond. Scales is charged with official misconduct, aggravated assault, reckless discharge of a firearm and three counts of obstruction of justice. ...

Dispatcher charged with identity theft
Belleville News-Democrat, IL - Jun 18, 2004
... Madison County prosecutors on Thursday charged dispatcher Nancy E. Loston, 31, with official misconduct and two counts of financial identity theft. ...

Work in progress to address Cosby's criticisms
Louisiana Weekly, LA - 3 hours ago
... We take those arguments off the table.". And the program is working, says Davis, who is also president and founder of Black Cops Against Police Brutality. ...

Activists Protest After Police Taser Gun Incident
Kansas City Channel.com, MO - 5 hours ago
... community activists and some of Jones' relatives gathered downtown at the Jackson County Courthouse to voice concern over what they call "police brutality.". ...

Second week of protest
Kentucky.com, KY - 20 hours ago
... About 20 people marched in front of Richmond City Hall yesterday for the second week in a row, protesting alleged racial profiling and police brutality. ...

Winchester Drug Bust Gets Ugly
Winchester Star, VA - 23 hours ago
... officer. An angry crowd of neighbors and relatives congregated at the scene, shouting accusations of police brutality and harassment. ...

Beyond the Protest March
Gotham Gazette, NY - Jun 20, 2004
... These include groups working against police brutality, the NYC Aid Housing Network, WBAI, indymedia, and various groups focusing on immigrant rights and lesbian ...

Police keep eye out for crime--and reporter
Chicago Tribune (subscription), IL - Jun 20, 2004
... the rumor that Zekman, the CBS Channel 2 investigative reporter, is cruising the streets of Chicago hoping to capture incidents of police brutality on camera. ...

Foster parents allege foul play
St. Petersburg Times, FL - Jun 20, 2004
... The abuse and neglect charges are the culmination of a vendetta that began when the Allains complained of police brutality in January, they said. ...

Police brutality suit not a case of bully vs. victim
Fort Worth Star Telegram (subscription), TX - Jun 18, 2004
Not another lawyer suing the city, as one did two weeks ago, charging police brutality and claiming that police operate in "a culture of violence.". ...

Mayor: Cop brutality claim political
Wilkes Barre Times-Leader, PA - Jun 18, 2004
By KALEN CHURCHER. That's what Mayor Michael Lombardo considers a city councilman's allegations of police brutality against a Jenkins Township man. ...

Gay rights festival set in Manors
South Florida Sun-Sentinel, FL - Jun 18, 2004
... marks the 35th anniversary of riots at Stonewall, a gay bar in Greenwich Village, where hundreds of gays and lesbians fought against police brutality in 1969 ...

Charges Dropped Against Pats' Law
WJLA, DC - 5 hours ago
... traffic stop. Poston also said one of the officers used excessive force and that Law was considering filing a complaint. Law, a ...

Austin police face NAACP complaint
News 24 Houston, TX - 10 hours ago
Austin-(AP) -- A civil rights group alleges Austin police use excessive force against minorities and abuse their search powers. ...

Former Local Officer Accused Of Threatening Denver Police Chief
WXii 12.com, NC - 12 hours ago
... officer there who's accused of threatening to kill his chief had left a job with the Winston-Salem, NC police when he was accused of using excessive force. ...

Family of 16-year-old may sue over use of Tasers
Seattle Times, WA - 20 hours ago
... training. But Kenneth and his family maintain the police used excessive force, especially the repeated use of the Taser. Nothing ...

Officers Placed on Leave in Shooting
Washington Post - Jun 20, 2004
... A top-to-bottom probe of the department by the Justice Department was completed in January, and the county police agreed to many changes to curb excessive force ...

UT officer disciplined for using excessive force
Toledo Blade, OH - Jun 19, 2004
A University of Toledo police officer is being suspended without pay for allegedly using excessive force when dealing with a suspect in April. ...

City " can ' t just fire " officer
Denver Post, CO - Jun 19, 2004
... Denver city and law enforcement officials say taking immediate action would assume that Raiser, who has been accused of excessive force 21 times in Denver, is ...

City ignored warning signs in hiring Raiser
Rocky Mountain News, CO - Jun 19, 2004
... Raiser, 34, resigned from the police department in Winston-Salem, NC, in 1996 because he was in danger of being dismissed for using excessive force by throwing ...

Richmond settles to end abuse lawsuit
Contra Costa Times, CA - Jun 18, 2004
... The suit contended that in four unrelated incidents in 2001 and 2002 Richmond police officers used excessive force or violated the civil rights of the ...

Father of police shooting victim fears probe bias
Monessen Valley Independent, PA - Jun 18, 2004
... concern. What bothers him most is that his son was shot in the back after a chase he believes never should have been initiated. ...

Man hurt in shootout sues city, police officer
Chicago Tribune (subscription), IL - Jun 20, 2004
CHICAGO -- A man who says he was shot by an off-duty Chicago police officer last year filed a lawsuit Friday against the officer and the City of Chicago. ...

Ex-CIA worker Passaro denies guilt
Fayetteville Online, Fayetteville NC - Jun 18, 2004
... was violent. ''He was in the Hartford (Conn.) Police Department and he got fired for beating a neighbor up off duty," she said. A ...

Two officers suspended for alleged prank calls to 911
The Grand Rapids Press, MI - Jun 18, 2004
... four-year officers. They are accused of placing the hang-up calls from a cell phone while off duty April 30. "We received information ...

Officer on probation for assault, resigns
Milford Daily News, MA - Jun 18, 2004
By Sara Withee / News Staff Writer. BLACKSTONE -- A Blackstone cop placed on leave earlier this year has resigned and is on probation for assault and battery. ...

Burge unit had torture device, ex-cop hints
Chicago Sun Times, IL - Jun 18, 2004
A former Area 2 Chicago Police detective said during his time with the department he saw a shocking device he believed was used to torture suspects, and that ...

The Herald News
Fall River Herald News, MA - Jun 20, 2004
... on the witness list for the trial of Mulcahy who is suing the town alleging that he was retaliated against after he reported suspected police corruption and a ...

Label / No. : FM Records FM 1486
Music From the Movies, UK - Jun 18, 2004
The true story of New York police officer Frank Serpico was a grave indictment of police corruption and links with organised crime. ...

Whistleblower suit moves forward
Providence Journal (subscription), RI - 23 hours ago
... Sedoma was convicted of aiding drug traffickers, bribery, extortion, fraud, corruption and ... have seriously affected his prospective career as a police officer.". ...

Arrested by police, man dies in custody
Duluth News Tribune, MN - Jun 20, 2004
MEQUON, Wis. - The case of a man who died in custody of Mequon police is being reviewed by the Ozaukee County Sheriff's Department. ...

Judge to allocate millions in Tulia settlement
Denton Record Chronicle (subscription), TX - Jun 19, 2004
... in prison. No longer in law enforcement, Coleman faces three charges of aggravated perjury stemming from that testimony. Some of ...

OPENING AND CLOSING DOORS
The Texas Observer, TX - Jun 18, 2004
... district attorney. As for Coleman, the former Texas Lawman of the Year is scheduled to stand trial for perjury later this year.

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