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[h=2]National Police Misconduct NewsFeed Daily Recap 02-20-14[/h]February 21, 2014 @ 1:31 PM by Tim Lynch
Here are the 11 reports of police misconduct tracked for Thursday, February 20, 2014:
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Here are the 11 reports of police misconduct tracked for Thursday, February 20, 2014:
- Rising Star, Texas: A now-former police chief has been indicted by federal prosecutors, who say he sold and pawned $4 million worth of equipment, including a machine gun, he fraudulently obtained through a federal program. ow.ly/tPaB3
- Livingston Parish, Louisiana: A sheriff’s deputy has been fired after being arrested on accusations of tampering with narcotics evidence and illegally firing a weapon at his home. ow.ly/tP50y
- Iota, Louisiana: A police officer has been arrested, following an investigation into weapons that were reported missing from the Police Department’s evidence room. http://ow.ly/tPkzg
- Update: Prince George’s County, Maryland (Previously reported 08-19-13): A former deputy sheriff has been sentenced to one year in prison for having sex with an inmate. A judge him a three-year sentence, with all but one year suspended. He’ll also be on probation for 18 months after his release. http://ow.ly/tPkX3
- El Paso, Texas: A police officer has been suspended after being arrested on suspicion of driving while intoxicated, a police spokesman said. http://ow.ly/tPlj9
- Update: Manatee County, Florida (First reported 11-05-13): A now-former sheriff’s deputy, who was charged in an undercover steroids investigation, was sentenced to two years’ probation. He was federally charged for possession with intent to distribute anabolic steroids. http://ow.ly/tPnly
- Springfield, Massachusetts: A city police officer was arrested. He was one of 11 men arrested in a prostitution sting and has been placed on desk duty while the department conducts its own internal investigation. http://ow.ly/tPnM2
- Update: Glendive, Montana (First reported 08-16-13): A now-former police officer has been sentenced to 32 years prison with 24 suspended on four counts of sexual intercourse without consent and one count of sexual abuse of a child, all felonies. The sentence was significantly longer and more than agreed to in a plea agreement signed because since that time he violated the terms of therapy. http://ow.ly/tPrft
- Craig, Colorado: A police officer was arrested for disorderly conduct and disrupting government operations. The police department released a statement saying, “The Craig Police Depart­ment has initiated an internal investigation of the incident to determine any department policy violations and potential disciplinary action. Any internal action will be in addition to any criminal penalties he may face.” http://ow.ly/tPs2P
- Columbus, Ohio: A State Trooper is accused in a case of extreme drunk driving. Police say he plowed into two parked cars, and then attempted to drive away. http://ow.ly/tPsXs
- Broward County, Florida: A woman spent one night in jail after she used a cellphone to record a sheriff’s deputy during a traffic stop. “All I knew was I was trying to keep my phone,” she said. “I knew I couldn’t give him my phone, because I didn’t know why he was acting the way he was if he didn’t plan on doing something wrong.” She spent the night in jail but was never charged. She now has two attorneys and says she gave notice that she plans to sue the agency. http://ow.ly/tPtHE
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