More than three months after a former San Mateo police officer accused of sexually assaulting five women received a new court-appointed defense attorney, his April 30 jury trial date was delayed Monday to Oct. 9 to provide additional legal preparation time, according to the San Mateo County District Attorney’s Office. The jury date for Noah … Read more
The monthly meeting of the Chicago Police Board was moving along at its usual dry, brisk pace last month with members quickly dispatching with the minutes of the last meeting, the superintendent’s report and a vote on the latest round of officer discipline. Speakers who had registered ahead of time then addressed the board. Two … Read more
Anna was sitting in the parked car with two friends when a charcoal gray van pulled up and flashlight beams momentarily blinded her. The 18-year-old had grown up in south Brooklyn and spent many Friday nights like this driving around the city with friends, looking for places to hang out away from home. On this … Read more
PHENIX CITY, AL – A now former Phenix City Police officer finds himself on the wrong side of the law after a woman in custody accuses him of sexual assault. On Monday afternoon, former five-year veteran Phenix City Police Officer Eldrick Kennedy responded to a shoplifting call at the Piggly Wiggly on the 280 bypass … Read more
SENATOBIA, Miss. — Allegations of questionable behavior with underage girls is what may have led to the firing of a Senatobia Police Officer last month and leads to an active investigation in the matter. Avant was terminated unexpectedly along with former assistant chief Robert Brownlee but at the time, city officials did not discuss the … Read more
A former sheriff’s deputy in southwest Nebraska lured a woman to a remote location, handcuffed her and molested her, according to the Nebraska Attorney General’s Office. The deputy, Charles Thibedeau, 37, was convicted in Dundy County District Court on Thursday of kidnapping, third-degree sexual assault and oppression under color of office. The incident occurred March … Read more
21 Jun 2013 A Lakeland Police Department officer is accused of ordering a woman during a traffic stop to lift her shirt, exposing her stomach, and then telling her to pull her bra away from her body and shake it, according to authorities. The Police Department said officers have used this method to search for … Read more
The Austin Police Department has apologized after a video posted to YouTube showed two of its officers making rape jokes while in a patrol car. The video, dated May 24, was posted Oct. 30 by Austin lawyer Drew Gibbs, who told Austin TV station KXAN he obtained the footage via an open records request. In … Read more
Last June, a jury found former Milwaukee police officer Dominique Heaggan-Brown not guilty of first-degree reckless homicide. Now, Heaggan-Brown is taking a plea deal over separate sexual assault allegations that led the Milwaukee Police Department to fire him. The shooting death of Sylville Smith, a 23-year-old black man, ignited riots in the north side of … Read more
NASHVILLE, TN – A female police officer who said she was raped and strangled by a fellow Metro officer said she’s baffled by the district attorney’s office decision to drop the rape charge. The News 4 I-Team exposed in 2016 that the female officer secretly recorded her ex-boyfriend, Julian Pirtle, when he came to the … Read more
HANOVER COUNTY, Virginia. – A police chief has been arrested and charged with two counts of indecent exposure in Hanover County. Chad Tearne, the 41-year-old is the chief of police for the Defense Logistics Agency in Chesterfield, which is part of the Department of Defense, was charged with two counts of indecent exposure. Investigators said … Read more
EL PASO, Texas – The former El Paso police officer accused of sexually assaulting three victims and visually recording them while on-duty has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for the invasive visual recording charge. “This is an extremely sad and embarrassing day for a lot of people – the complaintants, family, yourself and … Read more