Hialeah
cop accused of illegal gun trafficking assigned to desk duty
A Hialeah cop Rafael Valdes is charged with selling guns
illegally has been sitting behind a desk in an administrative job instead of
sitting at home since being indicted in December. Valdes,and his wife Tammy, a
former cop for West Miami and Golden Beach, were charged with dealing firearms
without a license, according to an indictment handed down by a federal grand
jury in West Palm Beach. They surrendered to police on Dec. 14.
Arrested
for DUI, claims it was case of ‘Driving While Black’
SURPRISE, Ariz. Jessie Thornton, a 64-year-old retired
firefighter from Ohio, said that cops told him that they didn’t need a
breathalyzer to give him a DUI, ABC 15 reports. Police on the scene reportedly
told Thornton that they knew he was drunk merely by looking at him, even though
he was completely sober. A breathalyzer test revealed that the man was sober,
with a blood-alcohol content of 0.000.
Cop
lies……so this is news?
Holly Springs cop Shane Steven Ladner, of Canton Ga. Told
people he was a Purple Heart recipient after being wounded in December 1989,
when he was a 17-year-old soldier in the U.S. Army. But the Army, which does
have a record of his service, has no record of Ladner’s Purple Heart, the
Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office. Ladner is facing criminal charges that he
lied about the medal following a six-week investigation into his military
records. Ladner was arrested shortly after noon Wednesday and was charged with
four counts of theft by deception, one count of false swearing and one count of
false statement to a police officer, Baker said. Shortly before 5 p.m., Ladner
was released from jail after posting $23,100 bond. Ladner allegedly claimed for
several years that he was a Purple Heart recipient. He used the honor to obtain
a free license plate for several years. The theft by deception charges stem
from Ladner receiving free Purple Heart license plates in 2009, 2010, 2011 and
2012, Baker said.
P.G.
parking officer charged with issuing $2,600 worth of false tickets
A Prince George’s County parking enforcement cop Antoine
Budd issued $2,600 worth of false parking tickets this year in an attempt to
meet unofficial agency quotas, according to officials investigating the
citations. Budd was indicted Tuesday on 14 criminal counts, including charges
of perjury, forgery and counterfeiting, issuing of false documents, and
misconduct in office, according to the Prince George’s County state’s
attorney’s office. He was fired from his position with the county’s Revenue
Authority in May as a result of the investigation into complaints about the
citations, which claimed vehicle owners had illegally parked in fire lanes.
Bribery
A Greenville Miss.cop, Burney Alfred Peacock is scheduled for trial on July 29 in federal
court in Aberdeen on charges of accepting payments from a local nightclub owner
in exchange for warning the businessman when state liquor law enforcers were in
town.
Chesterfield
Va. cop charged with embezzlement
Co Joshua Hill is charged with embezzlement after
investigators say he stole jewelry from a woman having a medical emergency. Authorities
found out about it because a family friend came asking for the missing jewelry.
Hill took jewelry from a victim- and instead of turning it in, kept it- and
sold i to a pawn shop.
Allegations
of police department corruption
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. – Allegations of police department
corruption and cover-ups continue to surface despite the fact that the Calhoun
County Prosecutor has cleared the department in a prior investigation. The
latest complaint came up at Tuesday night’s commission meeting.During the
public comment portion of the meeting, Autumn Smith, a Battle Creek resident
presented documents obtained by the Freedom of Information Act that she says is
proof that police officers tried to cover-up a car crash involving Officer
William Gensch on his way into work back in 2012.
Sentenced
a Miami cop Nathaniel Dauphin to 14 months in prison for taking bribes
U.S. District Court Judge Marcia Cooke Wednesday sentenced a
Miami cop Nathaniel Dauphin to 14 months in prison for taking bribes to protect
an illegal Liberty City gambling parlor. Dauphin, who has been cooperating with
an FBI investigation of police corruption surrounding the gambling operation
for more than a year, could have his sentence reduced further before he reports
to prison on Sept. 3. Dauphin pled guilty in February to a single charge of
extortion conspiracy for his role in guarding a sports betting ring that
operated out of the Player’s Choice Barber Shop at 6301 NW Sixth Ave. Dauphin
is one of 11 Miami cops facing criminal charges or internal disciplinary
measures related to the gambling ring. Another cop, 29-year-old Harold James,
got a 15-month prison sentence in April after his conviction in federal court.
NYPD
Cop Convicted Of Falsifying Paperwork
Isaias Alicea a New York City cop has been convicted of
official misconduct for faking paperwork to conceal his involvement in a
wrongful search and arrest of two men. Alicea was convicted by a jury on 10
counts. Last year, he stopped and arrested two men in Harlem, later falsely
telling his supervisors he saw them engaged in a drug transaction.Surveillance
images showed no transaction occurred and the charges against the men were
dropped.
