National Police Misconduct NewsFeed Daily Recap 02-12-13

Here are the 10 reports of police misconduct tracked for Tuesday, February 12, 2013:

• Atlanta, Georgia: Ten current and former law enforcement officers [Atlanta Police Officer Kelvin Allen, 42; DeKalb County Police officers Dennis Duren, 32, and Dorian Williams, 25, of Stone Mountain, Georgia; Forest Park Police Sergeants Victor Middlebrook, 44, and Andrew Monroe, 57; MARTA Police Officer Marquez Holmes, 45; Stone Mountain Police Officer Denoris Carter, 42; contract Federal Protective Services Officer Sharon Peters, 43. Agents also arrested former DeKalb County Sheriff’s jail officers Monyette McLaurin, 37, and Chase Valentine, 44] across several metro Atlanta agencies have been charged in an undercover police corruption investigation. Federal agents made most of the arrests. The officers are accused of taking thousands of dollars in payoffs to drug dealers. ow.ly/hEVbw
• Irvington, New Jersey: An officer [Herne Lacoste] was found guilty of kidnapping, aggravated assault, hindering apprehension, and official misconduct. He was sent to jail to await sentencing. http://ow.ly/hE4p7 [co-defendant Shanikah Daniels; Markeesa Coleman accepted plea agreement earlier]
• Jackson, Mississippi: Bond was denied for a police officer [Natyyo Gray, 36] who was charged with capital murder in connection with the death of his one-year-old daughter [Aubrey Brown]. An autopsy confirmed that she died of internal hemorrhage after suffering blunt-force trauma to the abdomen. http://ow.ly/hE5AJ
• Rushville, Indiana: A police officer [Cale Worley, 28] has been arrested after state police say he had an inappropriate relationship with a teenage girl. According to court documents, he sent the 15-year-old girl messages on Facebook and via text. http://ow.ly/hE8qB
• Update: Boulder, Colorado: A police officer [Christian McCracken] accused of stalking and plotting to kill a fellow officer pleaded guilty in a county courthouse. He faces one to three years in prison and remains free on a $500,000 bond. http://ow.ly/hE983
• Maplewood, Minnesota: A police officer [Joseph Tran, 24] is scheduled to appear in court on allegations he provided alcohol to juvenile girls at his home. He has been reinstated to active duty, but will not interact with the public until the incident is resolved. http://ow.ly/hEaTT
• Douglas County, Colorado: A sheriff’s deputy [Robert "Mike" French] has been fired after being tied to a child sex exploitation investigation. Investigators received information about inappropriate text messages involving a juvenile, and determined a deputy was alleged to be involved. ow.ly/hDWd6
• Plattsburgh, New York: A state trooper [Trevor Donah, 32] charged with raping two women has been charged with attacking a third woman. http://ow.ly/hEh7k
• Bonita Springs, Florida: A man [Maytham Mahmoud, 47] is suing the sheriff [Kevin Rambosk] and a deputy [Gaines Myers], alleging excessive force, and that his civil rights were violated, when he was arrested after questioning why his 5-year-old son couldn’t bring a lime green toy gun to the county fair. ow.ly/hDZKK
• Haines City, Florida: A police officer [Demetrius Lamar Condry, 27] who was arrested in an investigation of underage prostitution has pleaded guilty and received 10 years in prison. The report says that the man, Paul Aaron, who ran the prostitution ring, exploited runaway girls younger than 18; one of them was forced to have sex with the officer for free so Aaron could receive favors from him in the future. ow.ly/hDZiX

National Police Misconduct NewsFeed Daily Recap 02-12-13 is a post from PoliceMisconduct.net



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