A police woman and her married PC lover have been jailed over a drug-fuelled affair in which she was pictured with a line of cocaine on her breasts. WPC Kerry Reeve, 36, and fellow constable Adam Jackson, who both worked for Greater Manchester Police, sent each other text messages boasting about the amount of drugs … Read more
Thomas McWain once received accolades for his work helping drug addicts get help. A grand jury has now indicted the West Deptford cop on charges he filed false arrest reports and referred a drug offender to a rehab program in which he had a financial stake. McWain, 31, of Woodstown, was charged last November with … Read more
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Authorities say a New Mexico State Police officer has been arrested on federal drug trafficking charges. Prosecutors say 33-year-old Daniel Capehart of Bloomfield was taken into custody by the FBI last Friday. He was assigned to patrol duty in Farmington and San Juan County and is on administrative leave. A criminal complaint … Read more
A partial settlement has been reached in federal lawsuits filed by a Buffalo Township couple whose flowering hibiscus plants were mistaken for marijuana last fall. Edward Cramer and his wife, Audrey, both in their 60s, sued township police and a Nationwide Insurance agent. The couple allege they were handcuffed and forced to sit in the … Read more
TOMS RIVER, N.J. — The former commander of the Ocean County Sheriff’s Department’s canine unit who stole cocaine that was meant to train the dogs has been sentenced to three years in prison. John Adams had pleaded guilty last December to official misconduct and theft. He must serve at least two years of the sentence … Read more
PORT JEFFERSON STATION, Suffolk County – A drug bust led to the arrest of three Nassau County police officers, two for their alleged involvement in a drug ring and the third for allegedly conspiring to rob a patron of a local casino and an armored casino truck. Suffolk County District Attorney Timothy Sini said officers … Read more
Marijuana is legal in Colorado… at least if the police decide to treat it as legal. But recently, Aspen police have attacked a teenager who had the herb. Now, the department is doubling down and defending their extreme use of force against the teen who allegedly rolled a joint at a bus stop. The arrest … Read more
On multiple occasions, in the presence of Minneapolis police, Hennepin Healthcare EMS workers injected suspects of crimes who already appeared to be restrained and the ketamine caused heart or breathing failure, according to a new city report. Minneapolis police officers have repeatedly requested over the past three years that Hennepin County medical responders sedate people … Read more
COLLEGE PARK, Ga. – Investigators said that, while they raided a home at which people were suspected of selling drugs, they found an Atlanta police officer who was not assigned to the investigation. On Monday afternoon around 2:30 p.m., the College Park Special Operations team raided a unit in the Alexandria Landing apartment complex on … Read more
CENTRAL ISLIP – Two active-duty officers in the Nassau County Police Department have been arrested in connection to a drug investigation, News 12 sources say. News 12 learned that nine people, including the officers, were arrested Monday by DEA agents. The accused were allegedly involved with the distribution of drugs – including heroin, cocaine, marijuana … Read more
There’s nothing inherently wrong with doing drugs — as long as you’re not in the business of arresting other people who do drugs. This has been the dilemma for Miami-area cops since the city’s cocaine explosion began in the ’70s and ’80s: Getting paid to bust people for drugs is never quite as fun as … Read more
Darlington, MD— On May 11, a man named John Garrison posted a public photo on Facebook showing morel mushrooms he had gathered while foraging with his girlfriend Hope Deery, and wrote of his plans to “sautee them with brown sugar and cinnamon and see how that turns out.” Garrison went on to claim that his … Read more