Fred Watson won a small victory in what has been a long battle Monday. More than five years have passed since the Navy veteran was held at gunpoint by a Ferguson police officer before being arrested, having his car towed and being jailed. More than two years have passed since Watson was featured, without being … Read more
ST. LOUIS, Mo. – A burglar was caught on camera stealing from a popular Central West End restaurant. The business’ security system immediately called police but police didn’t come. Why? Because the business owed a $50 fine to the city. “It was definitely a shock,” said Travis Howard, owner of Retreat Gastropub. The crime was … Read more
GREENSBURG, Ind. — A former state police officer was arrested Thursday after an investigation alleged he engaged in sexual misconduct with a minor and sexual battery. Jack R. Hewitt, 54, of Greensburg, was arrested at the Decatur County Sheriff’s Department and charged with two felony counts. A law enforcement officer notified state police of the … Read more
Francis Rawls has remained in prison since 30th September 2015 for refusing to abide by the judicial order of decrypting two hard drives owned by him. These hard drives supposedly contain crucial evidence of child-porn and were confiscated from Rawls’ residence. Rawls, who served as a cop for Philadelphia police before being sacked and imprisoned, … Read more
Federal auditors on Thursday criticized the Tennessee Department of Safety & Homeland (DSHS) for improperly spending over $110,000 on catering and banquet tickets with forfeiture funds. The money spent came from equitable sharing, a federal forfeiture program partially revitalized by the U.S. Attorney General, which allows local and state law enforcement agencies to seize and … Read more
Footage from Salt Lake City police detective Jeff Payne’s body camera appears to confirm the police chief’s claim that he ordered his officers not to push for a blood test from a car accident victim. The video features Payne’s discussion with officers after he violently arrested nurse Alex Wubbels for refusing to draw blood from … Read more
Seattle Seahawk Michael Bennett’s public statement, featuring a vivid, emotional description of his being handcuffed and threatened by Las Vegas police on the morning of August 27 during a chaotic scene on the strip, was disturbing enough. As video and photographic evidence shows, he was put on the ground by the Vegas police and handcuffed … Read more
SALT LAKE CITY — A Salt Lake police detective whose arrest of a University Hospital nurse sparked a worldwide outcry was fired Tuesday from his part-time position at Gold Cross Ambulance. Gold Cross officials said Jeff Payne’s termination was effective immediately. “Although Jeff was not working for Gold Cross Ambulance at the time of the … Read more
Investigators with the Collier County Sheriff’s Office says that Deputy Michael McNeely was responsible for covering up sex crimes against children and failing to properly investigate the charges. It’s claimed that 24 of a total of 35 cases assigned to Deputy McNeely were never followed through with proper investigating, and there’s potential that McNeely was … Read more
The University of Utah Hospital, where a nurse was manhandled and arrested by police as she protected the legal rights of a patient, has imposed new restrictions on law enforcement, including barring officers from patient-care areas and from direct contact with nurses. Gordon Crabtree, interim chief executive of the hospital, said at a Monday news … Read more
An Idaho police department on Friday revealed that the patient in a Utah hospital is one of its reserve officers and thanked the “heroic” nurse who informed law enforcement that it was against hospital policy to draw blood from an unconscious patient without a warrant. The Rigby Police Department in a statement on Facebook identified … Read more
