National Police Misconduct NewsFeed Daily Recap 04-30-14

Here are the 9 reports of police misconduct tracked for Wednesday, April 20, 2014:

• Chicago, Illinois: A man [Ortiz Glaze] claims he was unarmed and posed no threat when police officers shot him from behind after a cookout. ow.ly/wlJpM
• Tyler, Texas: A now-former trooper [Trooper Joe Don Abernathy] pled guilty to driving while intoxicated and was sentenced to 30 days in jail. ow.ly/wlq9n
• Update: Plattsburgh, New York (First reported 02-12-13): A former state trooper [Trooper Trevor Donah] twice acquitted of rape charges involving two ex-girlfriends has accepted a plea deal in a case involving a third woman who claimed he had raped her. ow.ly/wlkBn
• Astoria, Oregon: A state police trooper [Trooper David Charles Corkett] has been arrested and jailed on child pornography charges. The officer, who served as a senior trooper until his resignation was arrested for 27 counts of second-degree encouraging child sex abuse. ow.ly/wlk0s
• Greene, New York: An officer, who is listed as the “officer in charge” ["Officer in Charge" Steven Dutcher] on the Greene Police website, has been charged with harassment in the second degree and petit larceny. ow.ly/wl3Rl

• Update: Yuba County, California (First reported 03-25-14): A sheriff’s deputy [Deputy Nelson Ned Magana] was arraigned for allegedly attacking a man. He is charged with felony counts of battery with the serious injury of unconsciousness, assault by means likely to produce great bodily injury and dissuading a witness from reporting a crime. ow.ly/wl3dE
• Mingo County, West Virginia: A state police trooper [Trooper Brandon Moore] who was implicated in a political corruption scandal has resigned from his position. ow.ly/wkWQx
• Jacksonville, Florida: The former second in command of the Jacksonville Fraternal Order of Police [police union VP Robbie Freitas] pled guilty to illegally structuring financial transactions and running an illegal lottery as part of the Allied Veterans of the World public corruption scandal. ow.ly/wkUbv
• Buffalo, New York: Police have suspended one officer [Officer John Cirulli] without pay pending an investigation into an incident that was captured on video. Five others [Officer Nicholas A. Militello, Officer Dennis R. Gilbert, Officer Brian O. Griffin, Lamar M. McCulley, Lindsay A. Laracuente-Zgoda] were placed on administrative leave [victim: John T. Willet]. ow.ly/wjBdJ

National Police Misconduct NewsFeed Daily Recap 04-30-14 is a post from PoliceMisconduct.net




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