Rocco Parascandola New York Daily News Investigators are looking into the possibility the shocking shooting death of a 51-year-old Queens mother is linked to her works as a tarot card reader, police sources said Thursday, Anna Torres, the mother of an NYPD officer, was shot twice — including a bullet to the head ― in the doorway of her home on 109th...
John Archibald al.com Mike Jones, former police chief in the troubled Alabama town of Brookside, was arrested today on felony charges of impersonating a peace officer during a traffic stop in south Alabama. Jones, accompanied by his lawyer, Corey Bryan of Andalusia, turned himself in at the Covington County Jail on Monday, Covington County Sheriff Blake Turman said. Jones was stopped on April 12 by a Covington County deputy after being clocked...
Maddie Capron The Charlotte Observer A man impersonating a police officer flipped on red and blue flashing lights on the grill of his car, officials said. He accidentally pulled over a real cop. The 27-year-old man from Greenfield, California, pleaded no contest Tuesday, April 26, to impersonating a police officer and driving under the influence. He will spend two...
Graham Rayman New York Daily News A New York City Correction Department captain out on sick leave used a phony funeral announcement complete with pictures of a man in a coffin to fend off a woman asking to know what happened to $40,000 he scammed her into investing, officials said Monday. Steve Francois, 43, is charged with...
Sgt. Scott Lunger Nate Gartrell, Bay Area News Group OAKLAND — In a Thursday court hearing packed with friends and family of both men, Oakland resident Mark Estrada was formally sentenced to 50 years to life in state prison for murdering Hayward police Sgt. Scott Lunger in 2015. Estrada, 27, pleaded no contest to first degree murder with the use of a...
The Charlotte Observer A fake cop ended up in a real Florida jail this week after he tried getting a law enforcement discount on his Wendy’s order, according to the Bunnell Police Department. It happened Monday, April 11, in Bunnell, about 70 miles southeast of Jacksonville, the department said in a news release. “Officers responded to the Wendy’s restaurant on Commerce Parkway regarding a disturbance...
Ken de la Bastide The Herald Bulletin, Anderson, Ind. Apr. 4—ANDERSON — A vacation trip to Florida ended up in a domestic dispute that involved Capt. Brian Bell of the Madison County Sheriff’s Department. According to a police report filed by the Escambia County Sheriff’s Department, deputies were dispatched to a Pensacola condominium at 8:16 p.m. March 17. When they arrived, they found Bell, who...
Lieutenants being sworn in during a ceremony in 2017. Pictured left to right: Lt. Joseph Cocuzza, Lt. Qiana Brown, Lt. Benjamin Niewinski, Det. Lt. David Rodeo, Lt. Matthew Cove and Lt. Angelo Lomonte. Kevin Shea, nj.com A lawsuit filed by a Black police officer who said she’d endured years of racial and gender discrimination on the job...
An Alameda County judge ordered three men to stand trial on murder and robbery charges resulting from the October 2021 shooting where a retired police captain opened fire on three men allegedly robbing him, killing one, before they shot and injured him.
Flint McColgan Boston Herald A New York state doctor who specializes in looking under the skin of patients has pleaded not guilty to charges he was looking and recording under the clothes of women shopping on Newbury Street. Dr. Damon DeTeso, 49, an imaging and radiology doctor living in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. is accused of following women on Newbury and Fairfield...
