Nashville, Tennessee: A police officer was decommissioned
after an investigation into his use of force during the arrest of a woman
suspected of driving under the influence. He had been an officer for 23 years
at the time of the incident. http://ow.ly/hCcpM
From Police Misconduct.
veteran officer, who was jailed twice last year on allegations of domestic violence
•Orlando, Florida: A veteran officer, who was jailed twice
last year on allegations of domestic violence, has been fired. He violated two
department policies. http://ow.ly/hC8YB From Police Misconduct.
Sexual battery and the growing problem of mentally unstable cops
Lafayette, Louisiana: A police corporal has been indicted by
a grand jury on charges of sexual battery and malfeasance for allegedly
battering a woman while he was on duty. http://ow.ly/hvwV0
South Salt Lake, Utah: An cop has been charged with stalking
a former girlfriend and hacking her computer accounts. He is on extended
administrative leave. http://ow.ly/hvDZq
Cobb County, Georgia: Another deputy was arrested in
connection with alleged sexual assault of a female inmate. ow.ly/hrcQ1
Orient, Ohio: An cop has been accused of sexual assault on
a female staff member at a prison. He has been placed on indefinite leave.
http://ow.ly/hnXtY
East
St. Louis, Illinois: An cop who lied to federal agents about demanding sex from
a traffic violator was vilified in federal court as a prime example of poor law
enforcement that fosters rampant crime in his community. He was ordered to 30
months in prison, which is 2 ½ times the maximum recommendation under
sentencing guidelines. He pleaded guilty to lying about the encounter.
http://ow.ly/hoVbe
Unified cop charged with stalking
SOUTH SALT LAKE — A
veteran officer of the Unified Police Department has been charged with stalking
a former girlfriend and hacking her computer accounts.
Neil Poff, 41, was charged last week in 3rd District Court
with stalking, a third-degree felony; computer crimes, a third-degree felony;
electronic communications harassment, a class B misdemeanor; and illegally
obtaining records, a class B misdemeanor.
Poff has been on extended administrative leave since August.
Both an internal investigation and a criminal investigation being conducted by
the Utah Attorney General's Office are ongoing.
Poff was involved in a romantic relationship with a woman
who was a part-time Unified police employee from 2010 to 2012, according to
charging documents. At one point the two lived in the same house.
During the last few months of their relationship, the woman
told investigators that "Poff became very jealous" of her male
friends. Ultimately, the woman claimed Poff gained access to her phone records
and Facebook page, and continued to send her criminal history information about
many of her male friends, the charges state.
In one incident, Poff allegedly questioned the woman about
why she and another man exchanged 112 texts. He confronted her with a mugshot
and criminal record of the man he believed she was texting, the charges state.
It turned out that man was the previous owner of the cellphone number and not
the man she was texting. But prosecutors say Poff's knowledge of the woman's
texting "reveals that he was accessing her private information."
On July 23, 2012, the woman received notification that her
AT&T account password had been changed, even though she did not request a
change. She changed it, and it was changed again the next day without her
knowledge, court records state. On Aug. 1, 2012, her Facebook password was
changed without her knowledge.
Poff was placed on administrative leave Aug. 1. In the days
that followed, the woman received numerous threatening emails from anonymous
addresses saying nude pictures of her would be distributed, the charges state.
Friends and relatives of the woman also received texts asking if they wanted
pornographic pictures of her. The woman told investigators that Poff was the
one who took the pictures. He also allegedly threatened to post them on public
websites.
Poff made posts on his own Facebook account suggesting
possible violence, according to court records.
"The behavior linked to Poff has created fear, anxiety
and uneasiness with (the woman), and she has been nervous about what could
happen to her and her children," the charging documents state.
Unified Police Lt. Justin Hoyal said Poff has been with the
department for 18 years.
Cop allegedly punches in girlfriends face
Memphis
police officer suspended, charged
A warrant was taken out for 53-year-old Lee Potts on
Wednesday. The Shelby County Sheriff's Office was called Friday and found a
37-year-old woman who had visible injury to her face.
Cop kills wife with shot to the head and then kill self
Cop
Commits Murder-Suicide, New Butcher Opens, Alleged Car Burglar Caught
Murder, Suicide Ruled in Deaths of Ex-Cop, Wife
A Caldwell Police sergeant committed suicide and his
wife was murdered inside their Parsippany home, the Morris County Prosecutor's
Office said. Chester Andraka, 46, committed suicide with a single gunshot wound
and his wife, Rosaria Andraka, 43, was killed by "gunshot wounds
inflicted upon her," according to a brief statement released Tuesday
evening by Acting Morris County Prosecutor Fredric Knapp.
Brewster cop sentenced to jail
Former Brewster Cop Pat Frezza, who last year fired three
rounds from a .45 caliber handgun inside his Mahopac home following a dispute
with his wife, has been sentenced to 18 months in jail.
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