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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 7, 2017

Judge Rules Former SC Officer Slager Committed Murder in 2015 OIS

U.S. District Judge David Norton will announce the amount of time Slager will serve within the range of 19 to 24 years later today. The former officer could have faced life in prison.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 6, 2017

Defense Focuses on Taser Grab in Former SC Officer's Sentencing Hearing Over Walter Scott Shooting

An audio expert contended that an eyewitness video captured Slager shouting, “Let go of the Taser, or I’ll shoot you,” moments before the then officer pulled his .45-caliber pistol and fired eight times. Slager has said he did so because Scott took the stun gun.

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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 25, 2017

MO Trooper Gets 10 Days in Jail for Accidental Drowning of Handcuffed Suspect

The weekend after Memorial Day, he arrested Ellingson for allegedly boating while intoxicated. Ellingson fell overboard while Piercy was driving the MSHP boat back to shore for processing. Piercy tried—unsuccessfully—to hook Ellingson with a pole.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 18, 2016

Former Baltimore Officer Sentenced to 12 Years in Shooting of Suspect

A former Baltimore Police officer was sentenced Friday to 12 years in prison in the shooting of an unarmed burglary suspect in East Baltimore.

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Newsby Staff WriterOctober 28, 2016

Former CO Officer Gets 16 Years for Fatal On-Duty Shooting

A little more than two years after authorities say former Rocky Ford, CO, police Officer James Ashby fatally shot a man, he was sentenced on Thursday to 16 years in prison.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 27, 2016

Former L.A. County Undersheriff Sentenced to 5 Years for Obstruction of Justice

Former Los Angeles County Undersheriff Paul Tanaka was sentenced to five years in federal prison Monday after being found guilty in his corruption trial.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 23, 2016

Former Wisconsin DARE Officer Gets 2 Years in Prison for Stealing from Program

A former Brown County, WI, DARE officer Kevin Vanden Heuvel grew so accustomed to the money he was stealing from the program that he volunteered to keep working for the program after his retirement.

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