Tag: cops and crime
Marion County, Florida --Florida Department of Corrections Officer Rayschella A. Forbes, 25, was arrested in Marion County on December 11, 2013.
Forbes was hired by the DOC in September of 2009 and she worked at the Marion Correctional Institution, according...
Ocala, Florida -- Corrections Officer, Charles Craig Broaderick, 41, was charged with battery after he slammed the head of inmate James Duckworth,33, into a concrete wall while he (Duckworth) was handcuffed. Duckworth was arrested and transported to the Marion...
Winter Haven, Florida -- Polk Fire Rescue Paramedic Warren "Nick" Nichols, 49, was arrested after authorities were made aware of a sexual relationship he had been having with a 17-year-old female.
The mother of the 17-year-old girl found text messages...
New Mexico — The New Mexico State Police Officer, who fired shots at a minivan full of children during a hectic traffic stop, has been fired.
On October 28, 2013, New Mexico State Police Officer Tony DeTavis stopped Oriana Farrell,...
Volusia County, Florida -- An off-duty public safety telecommunications officer with the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office who was arrested after she pointed a gun at a reporter that had went to her house to try to interview her for...
New Smyrna, Florida -- Following an internal investigation that resulted in the sustaining of several departmental policy violations, Sheriff Ben Johnson has fired Deputy Stephanie LeClerc. Deputy LeClerc, 37, was served with the notice of termination on November...
Orlando, Florida -- On Thursday November 14, 2013, the Orange County Sheriff’s Office responded to a residence located at 4524 Nikki Court in Orlando, after someone reported a gun shot.
When deputies arrived at the address they observed a pregnant...
Dillingham, Alaska -- Alaska state troopers had been investigating accusations that a police officer with the Togiak Village Police Department had sex with a minor in his patrol car for several days when the man confessed.
Police officer Daniel...
Tampa, Florida -- A Tampa Police Department Officer has been arrested and fired from her job. LaJoyce Houston, 47, was a sergeant with TPD.
Also arrested was Rita Girven, 31, of Tampa, of whom was already in the Hillsborough County Jail...
Ocala, Florida -- The Marion County Sheriff’s Office received a call on Monday, October 21, 2013, from an Ocala woman claiming that she had caught her “significant other” molesting her daughter in the child’s bed.
According to reports, the mother...
New Smyrna, Florida -- On Saturday, October 19, 2013, Sergeant MacDonald was advised that a Volusia County Sheriff's Office patrol vehicle was driving north on SR 415 in a very erratic manner. MacDonald was also advised that the...
On October 1, 2013, the Marion County Sheriff’s Office Bureau of Special Investigations began looking into a case involving an incident concerning Marion County Sheriff’s Office Corrections Officers Richard C. Smith, 51, and Dustin Allen Lay,32, who were employed...
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The Justice Department will allegedly investigate a report that the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is covering up facilitated spying tactics on Americans, White House press secretary Jay Carney told reporters Monday.
Reuters reported Monday that the...
