University Hospital nurse Alex Wubbels has agreed to a $500,000 payment to settle a dispute over her arrest by a Salt Lake City police officer after she barred him from drawing blood from an unconscious patient, her attorney said Tuesday. Attorney Karra Porter said at a news conference that the agreement with Salt Lake City … Read more
Marcellus White, the former New Orleans police officer and youth karate instructor once accused of more than a dozen sex crimes against young boys, was sentenced to 25 years in prison Monday (Oct. 30) as part of a plea agreement. White, 46, resolved his case by pleading guilty to five counts of sexual battery against … Read more
WEST PLAINS, Mo. – A Missouri State Highway Patrol trooper has been placed on unpaid leave, after being charged with four felony counts of sexual exploitation of a minor. Justin Watson, 46, also umpires high school baseball games for the Mountain View-Birch Tree School District. He faces an additional felony charge of sexual contact with … Read more
A jury has convicted a former Cumming Police Sergeant of accepting bribes and computer fraud. Nathan VanBuren, 35, responded to a 911 call to a home where he arrested a citizen. In July and August of 2015, it was discovered that VanBuren had additional communications with the citizen he arrested. During those communications, VanBuren asked … Read more
A news report from Alabama offers two textbook cases of how sweeping powers of civil asset forfeiture allow police to seize people’s property with near impunity. Under civil asset forfeiture laws, police can take property suspected of being connected to criminal activity, even if the owner is not charged with a crime. Law enforcement and … Read more
A Houston Police Department officer will serve three life sentences after a jury found him guilty of three first-degree offenses of sexually assaulting a child. Abel Diaz Rodriguez forced the 14-year-old girl to choose between physical or sexual abuse in 2014, Galveston County District Attorney Jack Roady said in a press release. He also showed … Read more
A Brooklyn grandmother says NYPD cops held her hostage inside her own apartment for 10 hours during an investigation of her children. Police did not allow Rolinda Walls to leave her home in the Van Dyke Houses for so long that one of her sons — who lives in Pittsburgh — drove overnight to find … Read more
A retired New York City Police Department lieutenant has been indicted on a total of 82 counts of child sexual abuse. Nicholas McAteer, who hails from the New York City suburb of Orange County, is accused of a shocking array of child sexual abuse and incest after two victims have come forward to detail years … Read more
A California Highway Patrol officer has been accused of storing more than 600 pornographic images of children and sharing some of them on social media, officials said Friday. Robert Tamayo, 37, was charged Thursday with one count each of distribution and possession of child pornography, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office said in a … Read more
A Broward Sheriff’s deputy was arrested after being accused of sexually assaulting a minor starting when she was 15. Investigators said he had sex with the girl multiple times, once involving a whip and putting her in a collar on a leash, over the course of more than two years. Leon Campbell, 36, was charged … Read more
Law enforcement are looking for a former Waynesville police officer is charged with child molestation, stalking and furnishing pornographic material to a minor following an investigation by the Camden County Sheriff’s Office. The man, Leonard Jerome “Lenny” Wilson, was a deputy with the Camden County Sheriff’s Office during the time of the allegations. According to … Read more
POMONA — Three officers with the Pomona Police Department were indicted Thursday for alleged civil rights violations that occurred during the arrest of a teenage boy at the Los Angeles County Fair two years ago, as well as an alleged cover-up by the senior officer. Sgt. Michael Neaderbaomer, Officer Chad Jensen and Officer Prince Hutchinson … Read more