JOPLIN, Missouri. – A former Joplin police officer has been arrested for Sexual Exploitation of Children. JPD released a statement this afternoon: “We take these types of crimes and the safety of children in our community very seriously. We will always insure that we do the right thing to intervene in these cases, regardless of … Read more
DALLAS – High school students in Texas public schools are now required to watch a video that demonstrates how they should interact with police. The Texas Education Agency released the 16-minute video to fulfill a law that the Texas Legislature passed last year. The Community Safety Education Act requires teens and new drivers to be … Read more
ROSWELL, GA – Already under fire after a coin-flipping app was used to decide to arrest a woman, Georgia’s Roswell Police Department faces an investigation into footage showing a different officer leave a 13-year-old in an unheated car on a freezing cold night. The unidentified 13-year-old boy was driving a golf cart down the highway … Read more
CLEVELAND – A judge ordered a convicted robber’s mouth taped shut during his sentencing in Cleveland court Tuesday. During the sentencing for 32-year-old Franklyn Williams, convicted for three armed robberies, Judge John Russo ordered him to be silent multiple times. Video shot inside the Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court shows Williams apparently complaining about his … Read more
HONOLULU – A former military police officer was sentenced Monday for the production of child pornography. Christopher Ernest Fox, 21, was stationed at Schofield Barracks. According to court documents and information presented in court, in August 2016 Fox began corresponding with a 12-year-old female in the United Kingdom using social media applications, including Instagram and … Read more
A former Clackamas County probation officer was sentenced Friday to 35 years and one month in prison for repeatedly raping two girls beginning when they were 5 and 7. Clackamas County Circuit Judge Michael Wetzel sentenced Gordon Mead Jr., 69, for first-degree rape, first-degree sexual abuse and first-degree sodomy of the two girls, which occurred … Read more
A part-time Campbell police officer resigned Tuesday morning after a video emerged of him conducting patrols and responding to calls with a video crew from Barstool Sports’ “Rough and Rowdy Brawl” production team. Ryan Young, who until Tuesday had served as a part-time Campbell police officer, resigned after a promotional video for an amateur brawl … Read more
GALION – A Crawford County deputy sheriff accused of pulling a gun on a woman while he was drunk now faces six years in prison, court records show. Jason Michael Tupps, 43, was arrested about 7 p.m. July 9 after Galion police found him pointing his pistol at a woman who was lying face down … Read more
A retired Bartholomew County Sheriff’s deputy who worked as a Ceraland security volunteer has been formally charged in Bartholomew Superior Court 1 with child molestation and other charges. Larry L. Scott, 72, of 3281 N. County Road 625E, also a former reserve deputy for the sheriff’s department, is accused of four felonies and a misdemeanor … Read more
SOUTHPORT, NC – All police operations in Southport have been suspended and the entire force placed on paid administrative leave after the city’s police chief and a lieutenant were arrested Thursday and charged with double-dipping at a second job while on the clock at the police department. Chief Gary Smith, 46, and Lt. Michael Christian … Read more
ROSWELL, Ga. — Two Georgia officers have been terminated after they were seen on video using a coin-flip app to determine whether a speeding driver would be arrested, reports CBS affiliate WGCL-TV. The video of the April traffic stop in Roswell was obtained by WXIA-TV. The footage shows Roswell police Officer Courtney Brown asking driver … Read more
Dothan, Alabama – A former Dothan police officer is headed to trial on three felony charges following his most recent indictment for having sex with students. 34-year old Adrian Alexander Folmar’s first two arrests came last December. Then, he was arrested in February for fondling another student. Folmar is charged with violating Alabama’s School Employee … Read more