EDISON – A suspended township police officer accused of scheming to set fire to his captain’s house avoided prison Friday after agreeing to testify against a former cop convicted in a series of vengeful plots. Christian Pedana, 45, was fined $1,125 for obstructing the administration of law as part of a deal that Superior Court … Read more
SNOQUALMIE PASS, Wash. – An Idaho woman who acted as a good Samaritan when a child was stuck inside a burning truck could face charges – all over a fire extinguisher. “I’m in absolute shock,” said Tequila Isaacson who jumped in to help when the pickup truck went up in flames. It happened near the … Read more
AKRON, Ohio- A Summit Metro Parks ranger is on paid leave, accused of following a pair of senior citizens back to their home, and roughly arresting them, after they honked their horn at him. On Newton Street in Akron, veteran and longtime Akron resident, Carl Wilson, was driving with his wife, Margaret, when they came … Read more
An ex-cop, who moonlighted as a pimp, will spend more than five years behind bars for peddling a 16-year-old girl’s flesh. Eduardo Cornejo, was still working for the NYPD when he started running a prostitution ring of at least 10 women — including a girl Brooklyn federal prosecutors say was turning tricks for him when … Read more
A University of Nevada, Reno officer has been placed on administrative leave after making comments about shooting a graduate student during a traffic stop Sunday. In a body camera video posted online, two officers can be seen speaking with people outside of a car. About 4 minutes and 20 seconds into the video, an officer … Read more
GROVELAND, Fla. — A Florida trooper is in custody after authorities say he sexually battered a juvenile. According to the Lake County Sheriff’s Office, Florida Highway Patrol Trooper Chad Corriveau sexually battered the female child in November and December of 2016. Authorities were alerted to the incident when a relative of Corriveau’s said she was … Read more
The family of an Iowan who died nearly four years ago while being forcibly arrested by an off-duty Texas police officer has been awarded $6.3 million by a federal judge. William Livezey Jr., 70, died from a heart attack he suffered while in handcuffs on the side of a highway in Malakoff, Texas, on Dec. … Read more
Salt Lake City – The detective at the center of the controversial arrest of a University of Utah nurse made his final plea to keep his job as an internal affairs investigation concludes. The ultimate decision of whether or not Detective Jeff Payne loses his job will soon rest with Salt Lake City Police Chief … Read more
TAVARES, Fla. – A Florida Highway Patrol trooper was arrested Saturday in Lake County on sex-related charges involving a child. The victim told police that in November 2016, Trooper Chad Corriveau showed her pornography on his cellphone, the affidavit said. The next month, the victim told police that Corriveau complained about his lack of sexual … Read more
Nearly one-half of one whole dozen pro-police protesters swarmed Pi Pizzeria’s Kirkwood location Friday night in a show of force against owner Chris Sommers’ recent criticism of St. Louis police tactics. The action was planned by a Facebook group called Boycott Pi Pizza St Louis, which blasted Sommers for his criticism of police aggression in … Read more
Mercer University’s police chief is reportedly investigating calls for murder allegedly made on Facebook by one of its own police officers. The Facebook page has Mercer University Atlanta Officer Mark Teems’ image as the profile picture, reported 11Alive. The account that bears his image and name commented on a local news story shared to the … Read more
Richard Hy, a Buffalo police officer, has been suspended again for posting outrageous videos on social media. Hy was suspended in February 2016 for posting on a Vine, a video-sharing site, with his “Angry Cops,” videos parodying his experience as a police officer. His videos featured topics like Hy pretending to snort cocaine, then crazy … Read more