Tag: cops and crime
A lawsuit has been filed against the Florida Department of Corrections after a Lowell corrections officer attempted to poison an inmate.
The corrections officer, identified as Qualesha Quayshaun Williams, 28, of Ocala, was arrested on Saturday, January 25, at Lowell...
Elsa, Texas —Documents for what attorneys are calling an unlawful and horrific arrest that occurred in April are now being released to the public. The lawsuit was uploaded on October 5.
On April 12, 2020, deputies responded to a mobile...
Marion County Sheriff Billy Woods believes that there is no real evidence that wearing a mask lessens the spread of COVID-19.
On August 11, the same day Woods had a phone conference with President Donald Trump, Woods sent out a...
UPDATE: On July 2, 2020, at approximately 8 a.m., less than 24 hours after this article was published, Judge Anthony Tatti signed an Order Releasing Defendant on His Own Recognizance with Conditions of Release.
Gainesville Attorney Adam Stout said that...
On June 11, 2020, The Louisville, Kentucky, Metro Council unanimously passed Breonna's Law -- named in honor of police-shooting victim Breonna Taylor -- outlawing "no-knock" warrants. Additionally, all officers will be required to wear body cameras and they will...
Port of Seattle Police Officer Greg Anderson said three hours after he was told by his department they were in full support of his video that he got a call instructing him to take down the video ...which he...
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Two Polk County sheriff's deputies, whose names have not yet been released, are under review after a video clip surfaced that shows one of the deputies punching a handcuffed man...
A Marion County Sheriff’s Office detective resigned following an internal affairs investigation that revealed he had sexually harassed several women within the agency.
MCSO Detective Travis O’Cull, after being interviewed by an Internal Affairs Sgt., admitted that he had sent...
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...