A former NYPD officer who was branded the “cannibal cop” after allegedly plotting to kidnap, kill and eat women has penned an “extremely violent” horror novel that explores themes similar to those that landed him behind bars. Gilberto Valle spent 21 months in prison on charges that he schemed to abduct, slaughter and dine on … Read more
The wife of a disgraced Pennsylvania police chief has broken her silence after her husband was arrested on Friday for trying to solicit sex from an undercover officer posing as a 14-year-old girl, KDKA reports. Leechburg Police Chief Michael Diebold made headlines earlier this year when he lost part of his left arm in a … Read more
CLEVELAND, Ohio – A federal appeals court panel on Friday upheld a verdict awarding $4 million to the family of an aspiring musician who was shot to death by a Cleveland police officer in 2012. Three judges at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit in Cincinnati affirmed a jury’s 2015 finding that … Read more
Bruce Redwine says that he has watched Fairfax County parking enforcement officer tickets his customers’ cars for expired tags or inspection stickers for several years now. Finally, he says that he has had enough and is speaking out. In almost all cases, he explains, the vehicles are waiting at his garage for state inspection or … Read more
Days after Gov. Bill Haslam exonerated a Wilson County man who was wrongfully convicted of rape and burglary, his lawyers have asked the state for $1 million in damages. Lawrence McKinney, 61, was convicted in Memphis in 1978 and spent more than 31 years in prison before new DNA evidence led the court to overturn … Read more
A suburban Chicago resident who was offering up “slumber parties” in his basement for homeless people in his neighborhood during dangerously cold weather says city officials have given him an ultimatum. Stop the “slumber parties” or the house will be condemned. Greg Schiller, of Elgin, said he began letting a group of homeless people sleep … Read more
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. – Kalicia Battle, a former Lauderhill Police Department officer who worked for the Miami Gardens Police Department, filed a complaint against the City of Miami Gardens Thursday, claiming her hiring process included a visit to Tootsies, a strip club in Miami Gardens. “Out of uniform and dressed in a suit, [Miami Gardens … Read more
Leechburg police Chief Mike Diebold has been accused of soliciting sex from an undercover agent posing online as a 14-year-old girl. Diebold was arrested and charged with unlawful contact with a minor and criminal attempt to commit involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, according to the state Attorney General’s Office. Diebold, 40, of Forks Church Road, Gilpin, … Read more
NASHVILLE, TN – A former Metro police officer who referred to himself as “the Hulk,” in secretly recorded audio with his alleged victim, has pleaded guilty to aggravated assault. As part of the plea deal, a rape charge against Julian Pirtle was dropped. A News 4 I-Team investigation revealed secretly recorded audio between Pirtle and … Read more
Two teenage girls who were sexually molested by Dustin Bingham, an extended family member and former Santa Fe County sheriff’s deputy, asked a state district judge for leniency at his sentencing hearing Wednesday, District Attorney Marco Serna said. Serna said such behavior is not uncommon among victims of sexual molestation within families; the girls’ mother … Read more
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – A man who swore to serve and protect the public molested the daughter he adopted for years as he climbed the ranks of the Louisville Metro Police Department. Retired LMPD Lt. Sean Jackman was sentenced to 15 years in prison Wednesday in a Louisville courtroom. He pleaded guilty last October to a … Read more
A cop allegedly violated a teenager’s Fourth Amendment rights by asking him to ‘make his penis erect’ in order to take a photo, according to a Virginia judge. Trey Sims was 17 years old when he was accused of sending pictures of his genitals to his then 15-year-old girlfriend in 2014. That same year, Sims, … Read more