Filming Cops 
A part-time Campbell police officer resigned Tuesday morning after a video emerged of him conducting patrols and responding to calls with a video crew from Barstool Sports’ “Rough and Rowdy Brawl” production team. Ryan Young, who until Tuesday had served as a part-time Campbell police officer, resigned after a promotional video for an amateur brawl … Read more
EUNICE, Mo. • The reaction to Danny Ross’ bout with cancer perhaps speaks to what is best about communities such as this one in rural Texas County. After news spread that he was sick, and he’d need to make the long slog to St. Louis for treatment, friends stepped up to help. They mowed his … Read more
Former Newark police officer Joseph Macchia, who drew his service weapon and shot a man to death two years ago while he was off-duty and drinking at a Union Township bar, was sentenced Friday to six years in prison. Macchia, an 11-year veteran of the police department, was convicted last month of of reckless manslaughter … Read more
A Midland Valley High School officer who admitted having a sexual relationship with a student was sentenced to 90 days in jail this week and probably won’t serve half of that. Donald Henry Jr., 57, pleaded guilty Thursday to sexual battery on a student, according to Solicitor Strom Thurmond Jr. Henry, a former Aiken County … Read more
GALION – A Crawford County deputy sheriff accused of pulling a gun on a woman while he was drunk now faces six years in prison, court records show. Jason Michael Tupps, 43, was arrested about 7 p.m. July 9 after Galion police found him pointing his pistol at a woman who was lying face down … Read more
BALTIMORE — Baltimore police said they are reviewing a case involving an interaction between an officer and a 13-year-old boy in northeast Baltimore this week. The boy said he went into a neighbor’s yard Monday looking for his cat. The neighbor said he thought the boy was trying to break into his home. Either way, … Read more
A retired Bartholomew County Sheriff’s deputy who worked as a Ceraland security volunteer has been formally charged in Bartholomew Superior Court 1 with child molestation and other charges. Larry L. Scott, 72, of 3281 N. County Road 625E, also a former reserve deputy for the sheriff’s department, is accused of four felonies and a misdemeanor … Read more
A former Las Vegas police officer avoided a grand jury indictment Thursday, but the criminal case in the death of an unarmed man on the Strip might not be over. On May 14, 2017, former Metropolitan Police Department officer Kenneth Lopera shocked Tashii Brown with a Taser seven times, punched him in the head repeatedly … Read more
The federal investigation into a handful of former Biscayne Park police officers accused of framing innocent people widened this week, when another cop was accused of falsifying arrest warrants for two men at the direction of the police chief. Guillermo Ravelo, who was fired from the force earlier this year, pleaded guilty Thursday in Miami … Read more
BENTON HARBOR, Mich. — Dash cam video released today shows a former Benton Harbor Public Safety officer hitting a suspect with his department SUV. PSO Steve Johnson was fired because of the incident and is now facing a charge of Assault With a Dangerous Weapon. The incident happened early in the morning on May 10th. … Read more
Video has been released, showing a Kentucky State Police trooper kicking a Daviess County inmate while he was still handcuffed. The video shows Trooper Joshua Turner kick Nazarene Ingram, Jr. following an arrest on June 24. In the video, the trooper and the inmate appear to be arguing during processing. While seemingly trying to get … Read more
SOUTHPORT, NC – All police operations in Southport have been suspended and the entire force placed on paid administrative leave after the city’s police chief and a lieutenant were arrested Thursday and charged with double-dipping at a second job while on the clock at the police department. Chief Gary Smith, 46, and Lt. Michael Christian … Read more