Tag: cops and crime
A Lowell corrections officer, who is one of four officers being investigated for beating and paralyzing an inmate, has been arrested for child molestation.
Keith Mitchell Turner, 34, was arrested Wednesday and charged with two counts of Lewd or Lascivious...
A Marion County Sheriff’s Office deputy, who was allegedly in the FTO program, was fired after he was arrested for domestic battery.
Jaime Lopez, 22, was arrested Tuesday following reports that he, on several occasions, physically abused and threatened a...
Fort Smith, Arkansas -- Attention continues to grow surrounding the Aug. 24 drowning of Debra Stevens, a Fort Smith newspaper delivery woman, who was battered by a 911 dispatcher right before she drowned.
Debra was delivering papers at 6 a.m....
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department detective Neil Kimball, 45, who pleaded not guilty to raping a child and guilty to unlawful sexual intercourse in Ventura County in 2017, was only sentenced to three years in prison on August 8.
While...
Clermont, Fla. -- In conjunction with a criminal investigation, the Florida Department of Corrections’ (FDC) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) announced the arrest of Correctional Captain Milton Gass, Correctional Officer Hunter Lingo, and Correctional Officer Joshua Petersilge.
The three...
Lake County -- Inmates at the Lake Correctional Institution say they are in fear of their lives.
Inmates say that a recent video, which was allegedly recorded from inside the correctional facility on a contraband phone, shows how they are...
A former Marion County Jail corrections officer who resigned in 2011 after he smuggled marijuana into the jail has been arrested.
According to inside sources, Joseph Charles Jones, 38, was arrested and charged with Having Sex with a Minor.
The 16-year-old...
22-year-old Lorraine Gardner died Friday while in the custody of the Marion County Jail.
According to MCSO, Gardner was found unresponsive and could not be revived.
This is the third death of an inmate at the jail this year.
Diana Lynn Eldredge,...
Marion County -- The Florida Highway Patrol is currently investigating a May 15, two-vehicle crash caused by a Marion County sheriff's deputy.
FHP said Deputy Joseph Soucey, 25, was "running code" (lights and sirens on) headed south on Southwest 140th avenue.
Troopers...
A Miami-Dade police officer, Raymond Rosario, 44, was suspended with pay after he was arrested for hitting his daughter on a school campus.
The incident was caught on school surveillance video.
Rosario arrived at Pinecrest Cove Preparatory Academy after a teacher...
Marion County Sheriff's Deputy Christopher Schanding and Detention Deputy Dustin Lay resigned during an investigation into their conduct at the Marion County Sheriff's Office.
According to records, the two men, who were good friends, violated department policies.
The investigation started in...
Ocala, Florida -- Federal corrections officer Wayne Matthew Intihar, 40, was arrested Tuesday after he was pulled over by an Ocala police officer for speeding and reckless driving.
As the officer was doing a drivers license check, Intihar took off...
Ocala, Florida -- A federal corrections officer was arrested in Ocala Tuesday and charged with Federal Bribery by a Public Official.
Federal agents say, Albert Larry Harris, 27, worked at the Coleman Federal Correctional Complex in Sumter County.
An undercover investigation...
Lakeland Police Chief Larry Giddens suspended the department's K-9 unit in its entirety after an internal investigation revealed they were excessively speeding while on a trip.
Chief Giddens said that witnesses called and reported that they saw multiple officers speeding...
Orange County Sheriff Jerry Demings announced Friday that he will run for Mayor.
Many Orlando residents are not happy about the announcement .
"The first thing he did was play the race card", Mary Hall said in a Facebook message. "Demings'...
A Jacksonville Sheriff's Office deputy was arrested Saturday after he beat a handcuffed teenager who was sitting in the back of his patrol car.
Deputy Timothy James said he struck 17-year-old Elias Campos because spit on him. It was...
Ocala, Florida -- An internal affairs investigation found that A Marion County Jail corrections officer violated two Marion County Sheriff's Office directives.
The corrections officer, Deputy Wancarlos Sanchez, resigned before the investigation could be complete.
The investigation was initiated after two...
A Marion County Sheriff's deputy is out of a job after he "spent time" with a woman while on duty.
An internal affairs investigation showed that Cpl. David Patterson was at the woman's house for approximately five hours on December 5,...
Former Marion County Sheriff's deputy Jesse Alan Terrell, was found not guilty Wednesday afternoon. He was facing felony battery charges.
Terrell, 33, is just one of five deputies accused of beating suspected drug dealer Derrick Price, 44, during an arrest...
A Sarasota County Sheriff's Office deputy was arrested Monday on numerous felony charges.
Deputy Frankie Eugene Bybee, 46, is accused of befriending an elderly woman and then trying to kill her.
Bybee befriended the 79-year-old after he responded to a call...
