SPARTA, Tennessee. – White County Sheriff Oddie Shoupe and his department have been sued at least 50 times since he took office in 2006. Shoupe has faced national criticism ever since NewsChannel 5 Investigates reported disturbing comments he made on a body camera following a deadly police chase. We discovered Shoupe’s department has a long … Read more
CONCORD, North Carolina – The Concord Police officer charged with raping his adopted daughter plead guilty to several charges in a plea bargain agreement. Douglas Buckwell, 42, is in a medium security prison after pleading guilty to charges stemming from a felony rape case involving his adopted daughter, according to court and prison records. The … Read more
14 Sep 2012 A Texas police department is defending an officer who is seen on a dashcam video pulling a 77-year-old woman out of her car during a traffic stop. Sgt. Gene Geheb, an officer from the Keene Police Department, pulled Lynn Bedford over Aug. 19 for driving 66 mph in a 50 mph zone. … Read more
A former Arkansas judge who dismissed cases for “community service” where he took pictures of boys and young men masturbating and as he spanked them has been sentenced to five years in federal prison. O. Joseph Boeckmann, 71, of Wynne, Ark., was sentenced after admitting in a plea agreement to the seven-year-long fraud and bribery … Read more
Three teenagers were taken into custody Wednesday after a confrontation at Des Moines’ downtown bus station hub prompted a police officer to use pepper spray, authorities said. The incident, about 40 seconds of which was captured by a nearby teenager’s cellphone, occurred at about 2:15 p.m. at DART Central Station, 620 Cherry St., where an … Read more
A Bronx cop accused of having sex with a 15-year-old prostitute refused to admit that he knew his victim — even when he was shown pictures of the two of them in bed together, investigators said Thursday. In fact, Police Officer Raul Olmeda wouldn’t admit that he was the man having sex with the teen … Read more
An Oregon man has been awarded $7 million by a federal jury which found that officers were negligent in shooting him during a confrontation at his front door. On March 13, 2012, Adalberto Flores-Haro was at the North Portland home he shared with his wife and five children when he saw unknown figures lurking in … Read more
In January, Republican state senators in Alabama introduced legislation to reform civil forfeiture. The bill makes the radical suggestion that property rights cannot be taken away without due process. (Under current practice, property can be seized without charge, let alone conviction, and the defendant needs to prove innocence at great cost to get it back.) … Read more
GONZALES, Louisiana — A former Ascension Parish sheriff’s detective admitted Thursday to having sex with a 14-year-old girl in a plea agreement with prosecutors that will garner him one year in state prison. William Lanoux, 33, pleaded guilty to one count of carnal knowledge of a juvenile as prosecutors agreed to drop a malfeasance in … Read more
The narcotics officers from the 83rd Precinct didn’t get much when they set up outside the J & C Mini Market on Irving Avenue in Brooklyn on an autumn afternoon four years ago. Moving in on what seemed to be a crack deal, they seized two packets, which turned out to contain little more than … Read more
Two girls got into a fight on the school bus on their way to East Salisbury Elementary School in Salisbury, Maryland. The bus driver suspended them both from the bus for three days, but the school decided more was needed. They called their school resource officer, sheriff’s deputy Rosemary Dolgos, who spoke with both girls. … Read more
NILES, Mich. – A video that captures the actions of some Niles City Police officers has received more than 15,000 hits on Facebook. The number of views is now greater than the number of people living in Niles (11,257 according to the 2016 census). “It’s just unfortunate that a lot of people don’t understand how … Read more