A pair of cops from Paterson, New Jersey face federal corruption charges for stealing from motorists during traffic stops. Officers Jonathan K. Bustios, 28, and Eudy Ramos, 31, were led away in handcuffs Wednesday by agents with the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The conspiracy to violate civil rights charges stem from the February 20, 2018, … Read more
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
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
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 – 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
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
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
Baltimore police have seized more than $10 million from people during drug and gambling investigations over the past five years — but rarely return it. Data presented to the Baltimore City Council this week showed that police keep about 94 percent of the cash they seize from residents, even though conviction rates are much lower. … Read more
A few years ago, when Redinel Dervishaj, a violent Albanian gangster, was running protection rackets in Astoria, Queens, he had a secret weapon in his arsenal: a New York City police officer who occasionally worked as his enforcer. In 2013, for instance, after the owner of a social club in the neighborhood had failed to … Read more
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 – 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
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