Manslaughter Conviction Overturned For Man Arrested by Corrupt Baltimore Gun Trace Task Force Officer

A Baltimore judge vacated the manslaughter conviction of a man for the killing of an 86-year-old while fleeing police eight years ago, the result of new evidence uncovered through a corruption investigation into a Baltimore police gun unit. For 47-year-old Umar Burley, the move finally cleared his record of charges for which he wrongly spent … Read more

Cascade of Overturned Cases May Emerge In Wake of Philly DA’s ‘Bad Cop’ List

In 2012, Gilbert Narvaez was convicted on drug-dealing charges and sent to a Pennsylvania prison for a three- to eight-year sentence. Narvaez maintained his innocence and argued that he was the victim of a bad cop named Christopher Hulmes, who claimed that in 2011 he had seen Narvaez in Philadelphia’s Fairhill neighborhood peddling narcotics. “He … Read more

Whistleblower Dishes on NYPD Turning Blind Eye to Drugs and Hookers

Soon after Sgt. Steven Lee was assigned to the 109th Precinct in Queens, he realized some of the cops there were oddly protective of “the karaokes.” These gaudy nightclubs of neon and mirrors, clustered on, and just off, Northern and College Point boulevards, offered pay-by-the-hour private rooms where tipsy patrons, mostly Chinese and Korean, could … Read more

California Police Officer Arrested For Burglary and Stalking

California – A former Carlsbad police officer has been arrested on charges of residential burglary and stalking, according to a statement released by the Oceanside Police Department. On Thursday, Carlsbad police told Oceanside police that a Carlsbad police officer had possibly committed a crime in Oceanside. Detectives from the Oceanside Police Department conducted a follow-up … Read more

WATCH: California Officer Arrested on Suspicion of Stealing $100K in Public Funds

California -A Simi Valley police officer was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of stealing more than $100,000 in public funds by allegedly lying on his time sheet about overtime. Officer Robert Longdon, 44, turned himself in to authorities at the Ventura County District Attorney’s Office and was subsequently arrested then booked into jail, said Simi Valley … Read more

WATCH: How An Extra GPS Tracker Took Down Baltimore’s Gun Trace Task Force

It was a case that would rock Baltimore to its core. An elite police squad robbing its own citizens, stealing thousands of dollars and re-selling confiscated drugs. There were homeless men and construction workers who were robbed, prisoners who claimed they were framed, and a shed where ecstasy and heroin were stored. What sounds like … Read more

WATCH: Louisiana Cop Recorded Saying No Need For Probable Cause Because Anything Found Will be Reported as Being in Plain View

BATON ROUGE- An internal investigation is underway after a Baton Rouge Police officer was recorded on body camera video suggesting that, despite not having probable cause to search a vehicle, she would report whatever was found during a search as being found in plain view. The WBRZ Investigative Unit learned of the investigation and obtained … Read more

Alabama Police Officer Charged With 2 Felony Crimes

Alabama – A Birmingham police officer was arrested late Friday after he was charged with two felony crimes. The Jefferson County District Attorney’s Office issued warrants against Officer Tony Noble Williams for first-degree theft of property and ethics law violation, police said. No details of his alleged crimes have been released. Jail records indicate the … Read more

Cocaine Dealer Tells Cop’s Trial: ‘He’d Always Helped Me Out’

Ontario – A cocaine dealer who allegedly initiated a “pay for protection” scheme with a Hamilton police officer testified Wednesday the detective constable was someone he could rely on in a pinch. “He’d always helped me out in the past,” said the man, who cannot be identified due to a court-ordered provisional publication ban. “There … Read more