AMHERST, Virginia – A Madison Heights man and former Liberty University police officer was sentenced to two years in jail Friday after entering Alford pleas in a sexual battery case involving two minor girls in Amherst County. Jeffrey Mark O’Brien, 57, was scheduled for a jury trial next Wednesday in Amherst County Circuit Court but … Read more
Body camera footage from two Cincinnati officers showed they never left their patrol car to investigate the 911 calls about a teen being stuck in a minivan last week. Kyle Plush, 16, called 911 twice on April 10, 2018, from inside a minivan begging for help and providing a dispatcher with a description and location … Read more
New Jersey – Rafael Martinez Jr., the now-former Camden County cop who had a sexual relationship and fathered a child with a girl when she was 15, was quiet at his sentencing Friday. Judge Edward McBride accepted a negotiated plea to sentence Martinez to five years probation. As part of the agreement, Martinez pleaded to … Read more
A New Jersey State Police trooper accused of improperly pulling over women repeatedly to ask them out was indicted Thursday on a half dozen charges, including official misconduct, the state attorney general’s office announced. An internal investigation found that in November and December 2016, Eric Richardson, 32, of Camden pulled over female drivers and threatened … Read more
A police officer forcefully arrested 16-year-old Tiffany Rodriguez at Por Vida Charter High School on Wednesday, according to San Antonio’s Fox 29. The San Antonio Police Department said the incident first happened because Rodriguez was cussing and raising her voice. The cop was called to the school to remove a lady from the office. Rodriguez … Read more
New York – A former Ogdensburg city police detective is going to prison for sexually exploiting a child. Harry McCarthy, age 58, was sentenced Wednesday in federal court in Syracuse. He will spend 15 years behind bars. He was also fined $10,000. McCarthy’s sentence also includes a lifetime term of supervised release and a requirement … Read more
A former 911 operator in Houston, Texas has been found guilty of hanging up on emergency calls. Crenshanda Williams, 44, was sentenced to 10 days in jail and 18 months of probation for interfering with emergency telephone calls. The Harris County district attorney’s office said Ms Williams systematically hung up on emergency reports. Calls she … Read more
SAN DIEGO – A family of a mentally ill man who died while in custody wants policy changes by San Diego law enforcement agencies. The family addressed the death of 39-year-old Paul Silva Tuesday afternoon during a news conference. San Diego police received a call February 20 from Silva’s family regarding a mental health emergency. … Read more
ALPHARETTA, GA – According to a memo written within the Alpharetta Police Department, officers are supposed to charge drivers with a criminal misdemeanor anytime two cars bump into each other within city limits. This applies to car accidents where the damage is minor and there are no injuries. Officers do not have the discretion to … Read more
On April 30, 2015, William Aubin Jr. was at home with his wife in Livingston Parish, Louisiana when a patrol car from the sheriff’s office pulled onto his street. The deputy, William Durkin, was there to investigate a reckless driving complaint. Aubin wasn’t involved in the incident but he knew about it and went outside … Read more
SEATTLE – King County Sheriff Mitzi Johanknecht announced Monday a five-day suspension without pay for a detective who was caught on camera last summer pointing a gun at a motorcyclist during a traffic stop. In a news conference, Johanknecht said she was disappointed in Detective Sgt. Richard Rowe’s behavior during the traffic stop – including … Read more
A Tennessee Highway Patrol trooper accused in a lawsuit of sexually harassing a Campbell County motorist has a history of policy violations since he was hired in 2015, including shoddy evidence handling, failing to record his interactions with motorists and dangerous decision-making, records show. In one case, State Trooper Isaiah Lloyd accused his lieutenant of … Read more