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A former supervisor at the Regional Juvenile Detention Center in Casper will serve six months in jail followed five years of probation after admitting that he groped a female inmate while he was working. District Judge Thomas Sullins sentenced John R. Gallagher Friday morning in Natrona County District Court. Gallagher pleaded guilty in August to … Read more
A federal grand jury has indicted a Camden County police officer who was caught on video punching a man 12 times in the head after stopping him on a Camden street in February. The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced Friday that a grand jury found evidence that Officer Nicholas Romantino, 25, of Egg Harbor Township, violated … Read more
A Toronto police officer who ate a marijuana-laced chocolate bar seized in a pot shop raid has pleaded guilty to attempting to obstruct justice. Const. Vittorio Dominelli says he is remorseful and ashamed of his actions on the evening of Jan. 27. Justice Mary Misener says Dominelli is a “complete idiot” for tampering with evidence. … Read more
MELBOURNE, Fla. – A Melbourne officer is off the job after the city’s SWAT team raided the wrong house. Melbourne police Detective Jonathan Hawk submitted his resignation at the end of October, five months after the raid. According to investigative transcripts, the SWAT team entered a home on Bentwood Court, when they meant to search … Read more
The former Michigan State Police trooper charged in the death of a teenage ATV rider who crashed into a parked truck seconds after being Tased will go back on trial April 1. The first trial for Mark Bessner, accused of causing the 2017 crash that killed 15-year-old Damon Grimes, ended last week in a mistrial … Read more
MURFREESBORO, Tenn – A former sheriff’s lieutenant in Rutherford County has been arrested after he was indicted on allegations of theft and misconduct. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation said Jason Mathis was arrested Thursday after he was indicted on one count of theft and one count of official misconduct. TBI agents began investigating Mathis back … Read more
WASHINGTON — Former Attorney General Jeff Sessions has drastically limited the ability of federal law enforcement officials to use court-enforced agreements to overhaul local police departments accused of abuses and civil rights violations, the Justice Department announced on Thursday. In a major last-minute act, Mr. Sessions signed a memorandum on Wednesday before President Trump fired … Read more
In the morning of March 25, 2017, Elliott Van Fleet was riding his motorcycle westbound on 19th Street in Uptown Oakland. He was wearing a helmet and obeying all laws. He was heading toward Broadway, and the light was green. It was a day like any other, but everything for the 34-year-old Oakland resident was … Read more
An officer with the Salt Lake City Police Department was arrested for child pornography charges Wednesday night. Officer Jonathan Dew was booked into the Davis County Jail just before 8 p.m. for three counts of sexual exploitation of a minor, court documents state. Dew was placed on administrative leave as the incident is pending an … Read more
Tennessee – Nashville voted resoundingly on Tuesday to create a citizen board to review allegations of police misconduct, capping a grassroots campaign that first used a petition drive to get the proposal on the ballot and then won 59 percent of the vote. Amendment 1 will require Metro to create the 11-member review board by … Read more
A Harris County jury Wednesday agreed on a 25-year prison sentence for Terry Bryan Thompson, the husband of a county deputy who last year fatally choked a young Houston father outside a Crosby-area Denny’s restaurant. The high profile murder case triggered street protests and charges of police favoritism after video showed Thompson, with help from … Read more
OKLAHOMA CITY – A former Edmond police officer facing federal drug trafficking and international money laundering charges in connection to an investigation alleging he ran an illegal steroid trafficking ring out of his Edmond home and business fronts pleaded guilty on Tuesday. Christopher Caplinger, 55, a retired Edmond police officer, was indicted by a federal … Read more