MELBOURNE, Fla. – A Melbourne officer is off the job after the city’s SWAT team raided the wrong house. Melbourne police Detective Jonathan Hawk submitted his resignation at the end of October, five months after the raid. According to investigative transcripts, the SWAT team entered a home on Bentwood Court, when they meant to search … Read more
WASHINGTON — Former Attorney General Jeff Sessions has drastically limited the ability of federal law enforcement officials to use court-enforced agreements to overhaul local police departments accused of abuses and civil rights violations, the Justice Department announced on Thursday. In a major last-minute act, Mr. Sessions signed a memorandum on Wednesday before President Trump fired … Read more
An officer with the Salt Lake City Police Department was arrested for child pornography charges Wednesday night. Officer Jonathan Dew was booked into the Davis County Jail just before 8 p.m. for three counts of sexual exploitation of a minor, court documents state. Dew was placed on administrative leave as the incident is pending an … Read more
Tennessee – Nashville voted resoundingly on Tuesday to create a citizen board to review allegations of police misconduct, capping a grassroots campaign that first used a petition drive to get the proposal on the ballot and then won 59 percent of the vote. Amendment 1 will require Metro to create the 11-member review board by … Read more
SPRINGFIELD — Bail was set at $100,000 Wednesday for a suspended city police officer accused of child rape. The lawyer for Daniel Cintron asked for his client’s bail to be set at a total of $10,000. A prosecutor asked to set the bail at $250,000. Hampden Superior Court Judge Daniel W. Wrenn ultimately set bail … Read more
LOUISVILLE, KY – A federal grand jury has returned a seven count federal indictment against a former Louisville Metro Police Department officer. “No man is above the law,” U.S. Attorney Russell M. Coleman said during a press conference Wednesday. Kenneth Betts was charged with three counts of enticement, one count of attempted enticement, one count … Read more
It’s been more than five years since Andrew Henderson had his camera seized by a Ramsey County deputy after Henderson refused to identify himself or stop recording law enforcement’s conduct outside his Little Canada apartment. He says he’s still reeling from it, though, and has now taken steps he says are aimed at ensuring no … Read more
MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — A former school resource officer and Berkeley County Sheriff’s Department deputy may have to register as a sex offender for life as part of a plea agreement. The Herald Mail reports Thomas Carroll, 44 of Martinsburg, worked at Musselman High School when allegations rose in December 2016 that he shared sexually explicit … Read more
A lawsuit filed by an Atlantic County man who was shot by police and left paralyzed in 2013 can go forward only against two of the three officers who fired on him, a U.S. District Court judge ruled Monday. The ruling in Camden by Judge Robert B. Kugler dismissed all remaining counts against a former … Read more
HOUSTON – A jury found Terry Thompson guilty of murder in the death of John Hernandez. Thompson is the husband of former Harris County Sheriff’s deputy Chauna Thompson, who is also charged with murder. The jury reached a verdict during its second day of deliberations. At lunchtime, Thompson left the courtroom and had a meal … Read more
A Passaic County jury, after almost three days of deliberations, convicted police officer Jose Urena, Jr. in the fatal Temple Street hit-and-run that left Jaquill “Jake” Fields dead. Urena was found guilty of both counts — knowingly leaving the scene of a fatal vehicle accident and endangering an injured victim – on Monday afternoon. He … Read more
The Arlington police lieutenant who is taking over as head of the Massachusetts Police Association has been relieved of duty and placed on paid administrative leave from his police department after writing columns railing against criminal justice reform and progressive policing practices. Rick Pedrini was placed on paid leave and relieved of duty Tuesday, according … Read more