At least one Anaheim policeman panicked over the Manuel Diaz civil trial in October before it ended with a federal jury finding officer Nick Bennallack liable for excessive force when he gunned the unarmed Latino down in 2012. Three years ago, a verdict in the case rejected such claims filed on behalf of Genevieve Huizar, … Read more
BOSTON — Authorities say a Boston police officer accused of lying about her contact with a man charged with killing a motorcyclist on Interstate 93 and a woman in a home has been suspended without pay. Prosecutors allege 37-year-old Officer Monicka Stinson had been aware that Lance Holloman was being sought in connection with the … Read more
Back in April, we reported on Mats Järlström, an Oregon resident who was fined $500 for using math to challenge the state’s traffic cameras. This week, The Oregonian reported that the Oregon state board admitted it violated Järlström’s First Amendment rights when issuing the fine. Though Järlström’s $500 was returned, he and the group at … Read more
CHICAGO — Aldermen were scheduled to vote next week on a $31 million settlement with the “Englewood Four,” who spent years in prison for rape and murder before DNA evidence pointed to a different suspect. Six years ago, a Cook County judge threw out the convictions of Terrill Swift, Vincent Thames, Michael Saunders, and Harold … Read more
A former police officer from Live Oak was recently convicted of various child pornography charges. He was arrested back in October of 2015 after sexually explicit images of children in his patrol car. According to the justice department police searched Sergeant Kyle Kirby’s computer as a result of a online child exploration investigation, and found … Read more
SAN JOSE — Authorities this week arrested a Santa Clara County correctional deputy they say requested illicit images from a 17-year-old girl he became friends with through a youth program. The deputy, identified as Blaine Hopper, 23, also allegedly sent illicit images and videos of himself to the teen, police said. “The images and videos … Read more
FRESNO, Calif. – Video from a teenager’s bedroom may be the key to a sex abuse case against a former Fresno County Sheriff’s Deputy. A Fresno teenager came to her dad in 2015 with one of the worst things a father can hear from his daughter. “She told me, she goes ‘Dad, Papa’s been touching … Read more
New Jersey – A handcuffed man wearing a jacket and no pants was sitting on the ground outside a home he was allegedly trying to burglarize when a Penns Grove police officer kicked him in the face, according to newly-obtained video of the incident. Officer George J. Manganaro, 29, was charged Nov. 28 with aggravated … Read more
BAYONNE, New Jersey – A city man who recently had part of his foot amputated has filed an internal affairs complaint alleging a Bayonne police officer pulled him over, had his car towed and then heartlessly left him on the side of the road. The complaint stems from a Nov. 27 incident in which Kieran … Read more
FRANKLIN, Tenn. – Two former Franklin police officer face misconduct charges after an investigation by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation. TBI agents began investigating allegations of misuse of information against Britton Cornell and Ryan Dugger, who were police officers at the time, on April 26. During the course of their investigation, agents developed information that … Read more
If Lori Pettit Rieman isn’t in over her head as Cattaraugus County district attorney, she’s doing a very good job of pretending to be. The prosecutor who took on the case of an Erie County inmate who died after rough treatment by jail workers has not only dragged her feet in the investigation, but treated … Read more
A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday in favor of a Virginia man who, as a teen, was once ordered by a lower court to be photographed while masturbating in the presence of armed police officers. That warrant was ostensibly part of an ongoing sexting investigation into the then-teen, Trey Sims, who had exchanged explicit messages … Read more