When it was all over, only $238.47 was left in Chicago police Officer Steven Segura’s bank account. Segura pocketed $300,000 in bogus income tax refunds, only to burn through the money in less than a year with extravagant spending on a convertible Jaguar, nightclub excursions and airline travel, according to federal prosecutors. On Thursday, Segura … Read more
BLANDFORD, MA — The entire police department of a small town in the southwestern part of the state resigned Monday evening. The residents of Blandford – all 1,233 of them, according to a 2010 census – were advised to call State Police should they need emergency services. The Blandford Police Department posted on Facebook shortly … Read more
On August 3, 2001, a McDonald’s film crew arrived in the bustling beach town of Westerly, Rhode Island. They carried their cameras and a giant cashier’s check to a row of townhouses, and knocked on the door of Michael Hoover. The 56-year-old bachelor had called a McDonald’s hotline to say he’d won their Monopoly competition. … Read more
For years, deputies at the Weber County Sheriff’s Office — trained to detect people on drugs — reported that their evidence room technician was high on methamphetamine. They pointed to numerous times she struggled to maintain balance; how she could never find evidence; her profuse sweating or inaudible rambling; the white residue pooling in the … 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
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
A former Dane County sheriff’s deputy who served as treasurer of the deputy sheriffs’ union pleaded guilty Thursday to three felonies for stealing from the union. Joel M. Wagner, 54, of Sun Prairie, pleaded guilty to one count each of felony theft, unauthorized use of the Dane County Deputy Sheriff’s Association’s identifying information and theft … Read more
A Nassau County cop who lied about drug tests and locked up innocent people won’t serve any time in jail. Kyle Tholl, a former Dallas police officer before coming to Nassau County, pleaded guilty to four charges of perjury and one charge of a false statement under oath. He was sentenced to 100 hours of … Read more
MURFREESBORO, TN – According to officials with the Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office, a veteran detective has been fired while under two separate, ongoing investigations into his misconduct. Detective Lt. Jason Mathis, leader of the county’s narcotics division, is currently under an internal investigation by the Rutherford Co. Sheriff’s Office as well as a separate probe … Read more
May 18, 2018 DETROIT – A former Detroit Police Department Officer was sentenced Thursday to 20 months in prison for accepting a bribe from the owner of an automobile collision shop in exchange for referring stolen and abandoned vehicles. According to the indictment, the plea hearing and in sentencing briefing, Jamil Martin accepted cash payments … Read more
A San Antonio police lieutenant with a long history of disciplinary problems — including four firings and 11 suspensions — is in trouble again, accused of making a homophobic remark about Police Chief William McManus. Lt. Lee Rakun, a 25-year veteran of the force, was indefinitely suspended twice, just days apart in June. Once was … Read more
A Georgia police department is in hot water over the purchase of a Hellcat muscle car. Fox 5 reports that the U.S. Department of Justice has asked the Gwinnett County Sheriff’s Office to pay back $69,258 that it received from a federal program that distributes seized drug money to law enforcement agencies, which was used … Read more