Ryan Sceviour, a Massachusetts State Police trooper, was halfway through an evening shift on Oct. 16 when a seemingly routine call came in about a car crash. On a highway in Worcester, Mass., Alli Bibaud had slammed her Toyota Corolla into the guardrail. She and her passenger had survived, but Sceviour said the 30-year-old woman … Read more
Watertown, Connecticut – State police have charged a Watertown police officer with stealing donated jewelry from a charity raffle last month while he was off-duty, they said. Officer Christopher Masayda, 26, was charged with fifth-degree larceny and second-degree breach of peace in connection with the early-October theft during a police department sponsored charity golf game … Read more
Over the last 3.5 years, the government of Newburgh Heights has sanctioned a scam that has taken thousands of dollars from insurance companies and drivers. Newburgh Heights is all of a half-square mile total — including the golf course. The average income is around $40,000. Average home values are about $73,000. “You think it’s official. … Read more
Two former members of an elite gun unit with the Baltimore Police Department testified Wednesday about the crimes the group committed. One of the former officers, 34-year-old Momodu Gondo, accepted a plea agreement back in June. Now serving as a government witness, Gondo took the stand Wednesday and talked in detail about how the Gun … Read more
A sheriff’s deputy in Florida, who was caught on home surveillance video last month reportedly stealing from a recently-deceased man, was arrested by authorities on Thursday. Deputy Jason Cooke of the Palm Beach Sheriff’s Office was charged with burglary and grand theft with a firearm, WPBF reported. He was released on house arrest after paying … Read more
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — A Palm Beach County deputy who asked the community for donations when his child was sick is now behind bars accused of stealing from the people he swore to protect. Rod Mattino enjoys his retirement spending time with his three grandchildren. “My priorities are scheduling my life with my grandkids, … Read more
HONOLULU – In an extraordinary scene three years in the making, former Police Chief Louis Kealoha and his deputy prosecutor wife stood before a federal judge Friday after being arrested and indicted in a public corruption probe that also netted the arrests of three current police officers and a retired major this week. Stories on … Read more
HONOLULU – A Honolulu Police Officer and Former Honolulu Police Major have been arrested in the much anticipated federal investigation into public corruption at some of the highest levels of law enforcement. The police chief and his wife, a high-ranking deputy prosecutor, are fighting off allegations of civil rights violations and abuse of powers. Officer … Read more
A Chicago police officer who is accused of framing at least 51 people for murder will now face a new allegation: A former drug dealer says he paid Detective Reynaldo Guevara at least $1,000 a week in exchange for protection from arrest. The payments went on for two years, his lawyer told a Cook County … Read more
An off-duty Wichita police officer is suspected of drinking and driving and sideswiping another car and then driving off despite shouts from the other driver to pull over, records say. The department covered up the incident, a detective who worked in internal affairs at the time has said. The department changed a police report to … Read more
A Boston police officer has been indicted after officials say that he stole money from a file of a closed bank robbery case within the police department’s evidence room. Authorities say Joseph Nee, 44, stole about $2,000 and was attempting to launder the money at Plainridge Park Casino. Nee was indicted by a Suffolk County … Read more
BALTIMORE – A fourth Baltimore City Police officer charged in a federal racketeering conspiracy, plead guilty Thursday. Momodu Gondo admitted to conspiracy and drug distribution charges. Gondo is among eight officers, part of an elite gun squad, federally indicted on racketeering charges stemming from allegedly unlawfully arresting and robbing people, and participating in an overtime … Read more