Tag: Corruption

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Former Indiana Sheriff Sentenced to 15 Years for Corruption
"You've tarnished the badge and failed everyone in law enforcement," the judge said just before he issued the sentence,
October 16, 2024
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CA Sheriff Faces Accusations of Corruption Over Concealed Carry Permits
“If you want to get a CCW to carry a firearm, you should be treated fairly and equally,” District Attorney Jeff Rosen said. “One of those standards cannot be are you supporting the Sheriff or the Sheriff’s reelection. And that’s what this bribery investigation was about.”
December 16, 2021
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Alabama Sheriff Seeking Trial Delay Claims to Have Contracted Coronavirus
Attorneys for an embattled Alabama sheriff—who is currently facing felony theft charges—falsely claimed in court documents that he was being tested for COVID-19, also known as coronavirus.
March 11, 2020
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FBI Agent Shot Arresting Kentucky Constables
The constables conspired to violate the civil rights of people through bogus searches and by taking their property without proper cause, a federal grand jury charged.
March 6, 2020
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Report: Detroit Police Oversight Commissioner Abused Authority
A report by the City of Detroit Inspector General says that the Board of Police Commissioners in that city abused its authority in hiring and other practices.
October 16, 2019
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Baltimore to Use Fingerprint Scanners to Track Officer Work Hours
The move comes as the department struggles to control ongoing overtime spending of nearly a million dollars a week, and amid the ongoing federal trial of two Gun Trace Task Force officers whose colleagues have admitted to rampant overtime fraud by the unit.
February 1, 2018
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L.A. County Deputy Charged With Operating Drug Trafficking Operation
A Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy has been charged with operating a large-scale drug trafficking operation in which he boasted that he hired other law enforcement officers to provide security to drug dealers and could assault people for his clients, according to court records.
January 16, 2018
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FBI Arrests 46 Georgia Correctional Officers in Drug Trafficking Sting
The probe found that prison guards and staff were smuggling contraband such as liquor, tobacco, and cell phones into the cell blocks for money. Inmates used the illegal cell phones to commit wire fraud, money laundering, and identity theft.
February 11, 2016
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Nine Former Officers Sentenced for Protecting Drug Dealers
Nine former law enforcement officers and four civilians are going to jail after a widespread police corruption case in the Atlanta area. U.S. Attorney Sally Yates spoke with WSBTV about their sentencing. Read More Here.
August 6, 2014
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Former N.C. Chief Charged with Embezzlement
The former Cherryville (N.C.) Police chief will plead guilty to embezzlement by funneling city monies into a slush fund he later raided to purchase personal firearms, according to the FBI.
June 23, 2013
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Former Philly Cop Who Planned Drug Robbery Faces Life In Prison
Alhinde Weems, a former Philadelphia police officer, has been charged with conspiracy to commit robbery, drug distribution, and other charges, U.S. Attorney Michael Levy announced.
November 4, 2009
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Officer Indicted in "Ace Capone" Drug Case
A Philadelphia police detective is being charged with obstruction of justice for using an FBI-issued cell phone to make the call that he knew would warn a drug kingpin that a law enforcement raid was about to go down, and then lying about it to investigators.
June 17, 2009
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