CROWLEY, La. – A Crowley man was arrested yesterday afternoon as the result of an investigation into child pornography. In November 2017, Louisiana State Police Detectives initiated an investigation into the possession of child pornography in Acadia Parish. The investigation led Troopers to obtain a search warrant for a computer belonging to Damon Broussard, 42. … Read more
New Jersey – An Edison police officer accused of slashing someone’s tires in a domestic dispute Monday night has been stripped of his gun and badge. Paul Pappas, a 15-year veteran of the force, was arrested in New Brunswick and charged with criminal mischief, specifically slashing a tire, municipal court records show. The arrest happened … Read more
For years, the Civilian Complaint Review Board, a New York City agency that investigates abusive police behavior, has documented every instance it believes it has caught an officer lying. The cases rarely present much of a mystery: Often they involve officers who deny throwing a punch or who downplay the force used during an arrest … Read more
The commander of the Massachusetts State Police says an internal audit has found possible cases of troopers being paid overtime for shifts they did not work. Col. Kerry Gilpin said the missing overtime shifts were as few as one and as high as 100 per trooper. She could not put a dollar amount on the … Read more
They came before the sun rose, about a dozen cops in plainclothes who broke down the door to an East New York building and burst into a first-floor apartment. Inside — sound asleep — were Luis Vargas, 54, his sister, Lillian Vargas, 53, their elderly mom and a 5-year-old niece. They were jolted awake as … Read more
WEST VALLEY CITY — Tevin Evans and Maryssa Estrada had been home for less than 10 minutes — the tragic death of their 2-month-old son still very fresh on their minds — when a West Valley police officer knocked on the door. What followed was a chaotic scene that started with an officer kicking the … Read more
Law enforcement officials were captured on video posing for photographs and pretending to scale a border wall prototype on Tuesday. Many called the display insensitive, given the seriousness of the immigration debate. The footage shows three officers, who appear to be wearing San Diego Police Department uniforms, modeling in front of the prototype at Otay … Read more
VALLEJO, Calif. — A couple reached a $2.5 million settlement with a Northern California city and its police department after investigators dismissed the woman’s elaborate and bizarre kidnapping as a hoax. Police in the city of Vallejo initially discounted a report by Denise Huskins and her boyfriend, Aaron Quinn, that a masked intruder drugged them … Read more
DENTON, Texas – Officials revealed Wednesday that a sergeant with the Denton County Sheriff’s Office has been arrested on child sex charges. In a press release statement Sheriff Tracy Murphree said Patrol Sergeant West Jordan was arrested on Tuesday by the Tarrant County Sheriff’s Office Internet Crimes Against Children Unit. The action came after a … Read more
South Carolina – A rural Berkeley County police chief is being sued by a woman who claims she was unlawfully arrested and imprisoned despite blowing 0.00 on a breath alcohol test. The legal limit is 0.08 for a driver to be considered impaired. Wendy Iacobucci of Aiken filed a federal lawsuit in Charleston on Feb. … Read more
Texas – A former Harris County sheriff’s deputy plead guilty Thursday to producing and possessing child pornography, according to a Southern District of Texas U.S. Attorney’s Office press release. Andrew Craig Sustaita, 31, of Spring, was indicted February 2017, on the child pornography charges following an arrest for online images depicting sexual contact with a … Read more
California – After releasing an inmate who’d been bound naked in a restraint chair for 46 hours, sheriff’s deputies at the San Luis Obispo County Jail watched as the man writhed on the floor, lost consciousness and later died, video obtained by The Tribune shows. The footage contradicts county officials’ version of events leading to … Read more