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...
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New York NBC local news anchor caught allegedly trying to meet underage boy
A TV news anchor affiliated with NBC was caught in a sting after he attempted with what he thought was a fifteen-year-old boy - and then dismissed the interception as an act of bigotry.
Virgin Islands Premier and port director arrested in Miami, charged with smuggling cocaine
British Virgin Islands Premier Andrew Alturo Fahie and the Caribbean territory’s port director, Oleanvine Maynard, were arrested on drug trafficking and money laundering charges Thursday after they went to a Miami airport to check on a huge cash payment that was promised them by an undercover operative pretending to be a Mexican cartel member.
Fake cop going to prison after accidentally pulling over real cop
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...
Teen arrested for felony assault and elder abuse after attack on California footpath
An 18-year woman was arrested on suspicion of assaulting an elderly man with a large rock while he was walking along the Bear Creek footpath in Merced on Tuesday morning, according to police.
NYC Correction Department captain uses phony funeral announcement to scam co-worker out of $40,000
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...
Man sentenced for shooting police sergeant in head, killing him in 2015
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...
Florida man posed as undercover DEA agent to get a discount at Wendy’s
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...
Deputy attacked by intoxicated girlfriend after he tried to take her keys while on vacation in Florida
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...
Black officer who claimed white men were promoted over her loses lawsuit
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...