ADAMS CO., Ind. (WANE) – A judge sentenced the son of Berne’s police chief, Tim Taylor, to three years home detention and five years probation. This came after 23 year-old Andrew Taylor pleaded guilty to molesting the family’s 13-year-old foster child. The family of Taylor seemed content with the sentencing, smiling as they left. As … Read more
A Florida deputy has been busted after at least 30 porn videos and pictures of children were found on his laptop and phone, according to authorities. Adam Godbey of the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office was hit with two dozen child porn charges. West Palm Beach police officers searched his home on Wednesday and found … Read more
Police nationwide shot and killed 492 people in the first six months of this year, a number nearly identical to the count for the same period in each of the prior two years. Fatal shootings by police in 2017 have so closely tracked last year’s numbers that on June 16, the tally was the same. … Read more
A federal corruption probe targeting several Maui police officers has netted its first guilty plea. Sgt. Walter “Kepa” Ahuna, 35, pleaded guilty Wednesday in Honolulu Federal Court to a single count of conspiring to commit witness tampering. Ahuna, a 15-year MPD veteran, admitted that in October 2015 he gave a ride to a fellow police … Read more
A charge has been dropped against the only official to face a criminal indictment related to the arrest of Sandra Bland, a black woman who was found hanged in her Texas jail cell three days after her arrest and whose name became a rallying cry in protests against racial bias in policing. Former State Trooper … Read more
It looks like cell phone privacy really is a thing of the past as New York prepares to pass a bill allowing police to steal people’s cell phone data. A bill currently working its way through the New York state legislature that would allow cops to search through drivers’ cell phones following traffic incidents, even … Read more
Yesterday, the New York City Civilian Complaint Review Board (CCRB) released a report on hundreds of complaints and incidents of NYPD officers interfering in civilians’ Constitutional rights to film public police activity during the first 3 years of the de Blasio administration. Such interference by officers to block New Yorkers observing and documenting policing, the … Read more
A devastated young mother was forced to pick up her dead baby son’s ashes from the floor after police allegedly ‘ripped open’ a teddy bear containing his remains. Chelsea Wright, 23, and her partner James, lost their 10-month-old son on April 1 2014. Despite being born prematurely at 34 weeks, Nathan was a ‘happy and … Read more
Simpsonville Police say they have arrested a man in connection to an armed robbery at Bank of America. Police say a middle-aged male entered the Bank of America located on Fairview Road Saturday morning and handed the bank teller a note that stated he was armed. After demanding money and obtaining an undisclosed amount of … Read more
A viral video posted to Facebook last week shows a Jacksonville sheriff’s officer threatening a young black man with jail time after he crossed the street without a walk signal. The video shows Officer J.S. Bolen detaining Devonte Shipman and threatening to take him to jail for “disobeying a direct order” and “resisting without violence” … Read more
A New Mexico deputy was arrested and fired for allegedly stealing meth on the job. “I’m very surprised. I’m very shocked. I didn’t think that could be happening in such a small town like this,” said Reginald Beacham, Clovis resident. People in Clovis are surprised to hear about the case against the now-former Curry County … Read more
More than 100 weapons, including sawed-off shotguns, were seized at the home of the Los Angeles Police Department officer accused of having sex with an underage police cadet, a source close to the investigation said Friday. The latest development in the cadet program scandal came a day after the arrest of 31-year-old Officer Robert Cain, … Read more