Tag: cops and crime
Marion County -- A former corrections officer at the Lowell Correctional Institution turned himself in at the Marion County Jail Tuesday and was charged with two counts of Sexual Misconduct with an Inmate.
Dustin Allen Johnson, 26, was fired from...
West Milton, Ohio -- Police Officer and Navy Veteran Kevin C. Wright, 32, has been charged with three felony counts of rape on a child under 13.
Wright was arrested and transported to the Miami County Jail Monday following the...
An Orlando police officer was indicted on three counts of battery Thursday after it was discovered that he shoved and choked a man during a September 8 unlawful arrest.
Cpl. Frank Sikos, who according to state records, is no stranger...
A corrections officer arrested Saturday at Lowell Correctional Institution accused of trying to poison an inmate has been identified as Qualesha Quayshaun Williams, 28, of Ocala.
According to the Florida Department of Corrections, Williams was putting a "chemical compound, namely...
On September 19, 2019, Ocala Police Department police officer, Daniel Wagner, was killed after he was involved in an off-duty motorcycle crash.
A report released by the Florida Highway Patrol following a nearly four-month-long investigation, states that Wagner was intoxicated...
Ocala Police Department Sgt. Lonnie Freeman was suspended after it was discovered he falsified reports following an unlawful arrest.
In addition to falsifying reports, Freeman is also accused of misleading dispatch and violating the department's excessive force polices.
On August 27,...
On Wednesday, January 1, 2020, Sanford Police Officer Adam Feldman was relieved of duty and placed on unpaid Administrative leave pending the outcome of a Criminal and Administrative/Professional Standards Investigation.
During the early morning hours on Wednesday, the Sanford Police...
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...
