A California sheriff’s investigator has admitted to raping a 15-year-old girl in 2017, after she reported being sexually assaulted and he was assigned to her case. The Ventura County District Attorney’s Office announced that Neil David Kimball, 46, pleaded guilty last week to a lewd act with a child and unlawful sexual intercourse. The Los …
Police in Missouri are speaking out days after video surfaced apparently showing officers arrest a man as he holds an infant. The Riverfront Times reported that the footage was first posted to Facebook Sunday but a repost of the two-minute video quickly went viral. In it, two St. Louis County police officers are seen trying …
A jury will reconvene deliberating whether a former Minnesota officer is guilty of murder and manslaughter for the July 2017 shooting death of a dual U.S.-Australian citizen. Ex-officer Mohamed Noor, 33, was accused of fatally shooting Justine Ruszczyk Damond, 40, after she called 911 about a possible sexual assault occurring behind her home. Noor was …
A Florida police officer was handed a 20-day unpaid suspension for a taped arrest in 2018 during which he allegedly allowed the suspects to perform sex acts on one another while in the back of his police cruiser. A recently-released internal affairs report stated that Fort Pierce officer Doug McNeal arrested Zachery Moellendick, 23, and Krista Leigh, …
Authorities in North Carolina say a Fayetteville police officer was found dead of an apparent suicide only days after prosecutors filed a criminal complaint alleging unspecified criminal charges involving a minor. According to People, internal affairs had launched a probe into the claims in conjunction to a criminal investigation by the Youth Services Unit. The …
Officials have released footage of an Indiana officer shooting his female colleague in the back, reportedly leaving her in serious but stable condition. The Journal & Courier reported that the Lafayette Police Department released three body cam videos showing officer Aaron Wright’s shooting of officer Lane Butler. The shooting occurred on Tuesday while the three officers were entering …
On Friday, a Philadelphia judge reinstated appeal rights to Mumia Abu-Jamal, a former Black Panther who has been imprisoned since 1982 for fatally shooting an officer. According to WHYY, Philadelphia Common Pleas Judge Leon Tucker agreed with Abu-Jamal’s lawyers that Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice Ronald Castille shouldn’t have presided over the 64-year-old’s multiple appeals. Castille was a …
On Wednesday, Michigan officials released two dash cam videos showing a police cruiser running over an armed murder suspect as he fled on foot on the interstate. According to The Grand Rapids Press, police said Adam Nolin, 33, shot and killed his girlfriend, Tia Randall, 27, at their Kent County home on September 27 then lead them …
A bodycam apparently captured the tense moments when a Nebraska police officer pulled over a suspect who brandished his gun and shot him in the shoulder. In a detailed account released to the public, the Omaha Police Department said Ken Fortune, 42, a member of the department’s Gang Unit, and two other officers conducted a traffic …
Witnesses’ accounts reportedly contradict the story a Dallas police officer gave investigators after shooting Botham Jean after allegedly walking into his apartment by mistake. Jean’s family lawyer told the New York Daily News that they’ve received information regarding officer Amber Guyger’s statements to police following her arrest. The lawyer went on to describe Guyger’s account as …
A Texas security guard is out of a job after she reportedly recorded a police officer as he struggled to arrest a teen suspect possibly involved in an earlier shooting. According to KHOU, Houston Police Officer’s Union President Joe Gamaldi announced the unnamed security guard’s firing. calling her alleged actions “disgraceful.” “She was completely oblivious to everything that was going on …
A Texas sheriff’s deputy who has been jailed since June for allegedly sexually assaulting a 4-year-old girl was found dead in his jail cell Monday of an apparent suicide. According to The New York Times, former Bexar County Deputy Jose S. Nunez, 37, was found dead in his cell at Karnes County Correctional Center at 5:45 …
