KUSA – A deputy with the Weld County Sheriff’s Office has been placed on unpaid leave after accusations of ongoing child abuse arose last week. Derek Kinch, 32, was arrested Tuesday on charges of second-degree assault and child abuse. On July 21, the Weld County Sheriff’s Office was made aware of possible child abuse in … Read more
CITY HALL — The city should pay a woman who suffered a miscarriage after being shocked with a stun gun three times by a Chicago police officer $500,000, a City Council committee recommended Monday. The full Council is expected to approve the settlement Wednesday, the latest in a series of large payments approved by aldermen … Read more
POCATELLO, Idaho – A Chubbuck man claims the Pocatello Police Department violated his First Amendment rights when officers arrested him while recording video from outside the FBI office. “I stopped directly across the street and filmed vehicles entering the FBI complex for approximately 10 minutes before a police car drove up behind me,” Sean Johnson … Read more
As one Lake County police officer was found guilty Thursday of his disciplinary charges, another was suspended without pay as his disciplinary proceedings begin. The Lake County Sheriff’s Police Merit Board found Guy Mikulich, 38, guilty of all eight disciplinary charges he faced in connection with an alleged hit-and-run at last year’s Gary Air Show. … Read more
TOMBALL, Texas – A Harris County Sheriff’s K-9 dog is still on duty, as is his handler after the dog was sent in after the wrong person in Tomball. The dog attacked Tim Young during a search for a car thief, leaving him with serious wounds in the May 5 incident. The sheriff said the … Read more
The Los Angeles police officer at the center of a scandal roiling the department’s cadet program has been charged with sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl who was a cadet, prosecutors announced Friday. Robert Cain, 31, was charged Thursday with two counts each of oral copulation of a person under the age of 16, lewd acts … Read more
BEE COUNTY – A correctional officer from Beeville was arrested and is now being held on charges of alleged aggravated sexual assault of a child. In a press release, Bee County Sheriff’s Office reported that an investigation led to the arrest of Robert Henley, 50 of Beeville for alleged aggravated sexual assault of a child. … Read more
REIDSVILLE, N.C. – A Triad police officer has been fired after a judge said he had a “reckless disregard for the truth.” Sgt. Lynwood Hampshire worked at the Reidsville Police Department but was officially terminated July 14th, according to a statement from the Department. RPD says Hampshire violated Department policy/general order: Operational Duties and Responsibiliities, … Read more
Despite the defense raising serious questions about the handling of evidence, a judge on Wednesday found enough cause for former Grover Beach police officer Alex Geiger to stand trial on charges he failed to control his retired police dog before it killed one neighbor and seriously injured another. “There is an inherent danger (with keeping … Read more
Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Monday said he’d be issuing a new directive this week aimed at increasing police seizures of cash and property. “We hope to issue this week a new directive on asset forfeiture — especially for drug traffickers,” Sessions said in his prepared remarks for a speech to the National District Attorney’s … Read more
A former Pennsylvania police officer will be sentenced this week after accepting a plea deal in a child rape case — three years after his father was sentenced for abusing one of the same boys. David Turkos pleaded guilty last month to misdemeanor charges after investigators accused him of violently raping two brothers over a … Read more
Former Covert Township police officer Erich Fritz was sentenced today to spend a year in the county jail and then five years on probation. Newschannel 3 was in the courtroom as he was led away in handcuffs after the sentence was handed down. Fritz was originally charged with rape and kidnapping, after pulling over a … Read more