Massachusetts district attorneys on Thursday said they would dismiss more than 6,000 drug convictions due to misconduct by a former drug lab chemist and two former state prosecutors. It marks the second time this year that thousands of drug charges were wiped away due to official misconduct. The latest dismissals follow years of litigation over … Read more
An Ottawa police constable with a history of misconduct is facing more than a dozen fresh charges, including allegations he had sex with someone while on duty and sent sexually explicit photos using police-issued computers. The new charges against Const. Jason Mallett, a former CFL player, are the latest blemishes on the officer’s tenure with … Read more
CLEVELAND – The Ohio Attorney General’s Office announced a lawsuit on Wednesday against the nonprofit organization Cops for Kids. The suit accuses the group’s organizers, Thomas Duffy and Charles Hitzel, of Ashtabula, of defrauding and misleading donors. In the suit, the attorney general’s office asked the court to stop Cops for Kids from soliciting in … Read more
The Massachusetts State Police and the Worcester District Attorney are currently facing 3 separate investigations about why troopers were ordered to alter the arrest report concerning a judge’s daughter’s OUI arrest. Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey (D) is investigating the incident, and Governor Charlie Baker (D) is also investigating. The state Ethics Commission has now … Read more
A cop in Dallas who reeked of alcohol “strolled” out of a Walmart one day ahead of Thanksgiving with more than $800 of unpaid groceries, police said. Officer Christopher Hankins, while wearing a Dallas Police Department windbreaker, spent nearly three hours inside a Denton County Walmart before officers from the Northeast Police Department responded to … Read more
For more than two decades, John Rivera was the ideal of what most cops think a police union president should be: He lied constantly, threw tantrums at even the slightest personal insult, and had zero qualms about blaming black kids for getting themselves shot by the officers he represented. For 24 years, Rivera ran the … Read more
A former Maui Police Department officer is facing federal charges alleging he stole money from a man during a traffic stop two years ago and conspired with others to bribe the victim to withdraw his theft complaint. Anthony Maldonado, 28, of Pukalani was arrested Thursday morning on an indictment handed down Nov. 9 by a … Read more
PATCHOGUE, N.Y. — A police officer has been arrested for allegedly pointing a gun at three women on a Long Island street while he was off-duty earlier this month. Suffolk County Police Officer Gregory Hanrahan pleaded not guilty to three counts of menacing Tuesday. Police say the incident allegedly happened Nov. 5 at about 1:45 … Read more
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Metro-Nashville police say they arrested one of their own Wednesday for allegedly stealing thousands of dollars. According to a press release, Sgt. James Dunaway was charged with felony theft and has been decommissioned of any police authority. Dunaway worked in narcotics with the Specialized Investigations Division. His arrest comes after Metro police … Read more
BOSTON — A former Massachusetts police sergeant has been sentenced to four years in prison for stealing from several disabled veterans whose finances he was appointed to oversee. Federal prosecutors say 62-year-old Glenn Pearson, of Whitman, used some of the embezzled funds to pay his home mortgage. Pearson was also sentenced Tuesday to three years … Read more
RIVIERA BEACH, Fla. – Three Riviera Beach police officers are breaking their silence and talking exclusively to WPTV’s Wanda Moore. They say they are afraid of repercussions from speaking out. “I fear physical retaliation from the chief and his little minions,” an officer said. “I’m personally afraid for my safety and my family’s safety,” another … Read more
Renata Singleton was the victim in a criminal case and served five days in jail. That’s right, the victim. And Orleans Parish District Attorney Leon Cannizzaro is to blame. In the fall of 2014, Renata Singleton and her boyfriend got into an argument at her apartment. He took her phone and slammed it on her … Read more