Month: May, 2008
31 May, 2008 (11:08) | Bad Cops, Good Cops Gone Bad, News | No comments
PROVIDENCE — Michael Ciresi, a suspended North Providence police sergeant, will serve a minimum of 20 years in prison after being sentenced today for several crimes, including two burglaries.
Ciresi, who had been on home confinement since February, was ordered to the Adult Correctional Institutions in Cranston by Judge Robert J. Krause.
On Feb. 11, a jury […]
31 May, 2008 (11:06) | Bad Cops, Good Cops Gone Bad, News | No comments
LOS ANGELES, May 29 (UPI) — A federal grand jury has indicted a Bell, Calif., police officer for violating the civil rights of a motorist, the U.S. Justice Department said Thursday.
The indictment handed down in Los Angeles alleged police officer Feliciano Sanchez sexually assaulted the motorist during a traffic stop, the department said in a […]
31 May, 2008 (11:00) | News | No comments
FULLERTON — Weapons and narcotics charges against a teacher at Sunny Hills High School have been dropped.
Police say the teacher was the victim of an elaborate set-up by someone who planted drugs and a weapon in his car.
His estranged wife and one of her acquaintances have been named as persons of interest but have not […]
31 May, 2008 (10:56) | Bad Cops, Good Cops Gone Bad, News | 3 comments
MIAMI — Authorities Friday provided details in the arrests of two Miami police officers accused of extortion and drug trafficking.
Officer Geovani Nunez and Detective George Hernandez were arrested Thursday by the FBI.
Nunez and Hernandez, both 13-year veterans of the Miami Police Department, are accused of conspiring and attempting to commit extortion by accepting bribes to […]
31 May, 2008 (10:54) | News | No comments
SAN ANTONIO — A Boy Scout leader convicted of sexually assaulting one of his Scouts will have to serve at least 30 years in prison before he is eligible for parole, a Bexar County jury decided late Friday afternoon.
James Hiatt was convicted Thursday on nine of 10 counts related to his fondling and sexual contact […]
31 May, 2008 (00:23) | Bad Cops, Good Cops Gone Bad, News | No comments
One of Chicago’s Special Operations cops caught in a scandal reportedly admitted in a 60 Minutes interview that he stole money from suspects and was taught how to lie on reports by supervisors.
Keith Herrera, one of six officers charged in the scandal, was interviewed by Katie Couric for the report that will air Sunday. A […]
31 May, 2008 (00:17) | Bad Cops, Good Cops Gone Bad, News | No comments
The State Law Enforcement Division charged an Atlantic Beach officer with misconduct in office in October after a woman accused him of sexual assault inside the town’s police department.
Tuesday, the 15th Circuit Solicitor’s Office offered Wiggins a plea and Wiggins accepted it, but circuit court judge Michael Baxley refused to accept the plea.
Prosecutors offered Wiggins […]
31 May, 2008 (00:12) | Bad Cops, Good Cops Gone Bad, News | No comments
LOCK HAVEN — A former state trooper who had been charged with raping a female acquaintance pleaded guilty to four misdemeanors and was sentenced to 10 years probation the day before his trial.
Richard Keener, 40, of Bellefonte, pleaded guilty Wednesday to simple assault, unlawful restraint, indecent assault and disorderly conduct, the Clinton County Court Administrator’s […]
31 May, 2008 (00:06) | Bad Cops, News | No comments
WOODLAND ― A recent confrontation with police left a mental health patient dead on a Woodland street. Witnesses say the man did not appear to be armed, but police said he was uncooperative and did have a weapon — a pencil.
Police approached the man just outside of the Safe Harbor Mental Health […]
30 May, 2008 (11:40) | Medicine, News | No comments
ATLANTA — Police said a man posing as an emergency room doctor, even fooling his wife, was arrested last week at Piedmont Hospital.
“He told me he was a doctor as well as an electrical engineer,” Tammi Perteet told WSB-TV Channel 2 reporter Diana Davis in an exclusive interview.
Tammi said Eric Perteet seemed like a dream […]
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