Man pleads to accessory charge in killing of police officer

BILOXI, Miss. (AP) — An 18-year-old man has pleaded guilty to helping another man who is charged in the shooting death of a Mississippi police officer. News outlets report that 18-year-old Andre Anderson Sullivan of Gulfport waived a grand jury investigation and pleaded guilty Monday to accessory after the fact to capital murder in the... Read More

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December 2, 2019

Witness to Laquan McDonald’s fatal shooting settles lawsuit

CHICAGO (AP) — A woman who witnessed the fatal 2014 shooting of Laquan McDonald by a Chicago police officer has settled her lawsuit against the city. Alma Benitez alleges in the federal lawsuit filed in 2016 that investigators tried to pressure her into changing her account of the shooting. Benitez was in a fast-food drive... Read More

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Laquan McDonald

November 27, 2019

Judge denies jury pool request in fatal shooting case

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee judge has denied a defense request to move the murder trial of a white police officer out of Nashville, saying a jury in that city will be “fair and impartial” in considering charges in the fatal shooting of an armed black man. Earlier this month, the defense for Officer... Read More

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Andrew Delke

November 26, 2019

Suspect in sheriff’s death appears in court

HAYNEVILLE, Ala. (AP) — A teenager accused of killing an Alabama sheriff is himself the son of a law enforcement officer and made his first court appearance Monday and was ordered held without bond. Shackled and wearing a black-and-white striped jail uniform, 18-year-old William Chase Johnson was brought under heavy security to the Lowndes County... Read More

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William Johnson

November 26, 2019

Former sheriff sentenced to 18 months for food fraud

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — A judge on Monday sentenced a former Alabama sheriff to 18 months in federal prison after he pleaded guilty to scamming a food bank and his own small-town church to obtain inexpensive jail food and boost his personal income. U.S. District Judge Liles Burke sentenced former Pickens County Sherriff David Abston... Read More

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David Abston

November 22, 2019

Jury to deliberate in officer’s fatal shooting of black man

OZARK, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama jury is expected to begin deliberations soon in the trial of a white police officer charged with killing an unarmed black man in 2016. News outlets reported that testimony concluded Thursday with Montgomery police Officer Aaron Cody Smith taking the stand to describe the fatal shooting of 58-year-old Gregory... Read More

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Aaron Smith

November 20, 2019

Judge refuses to expunge record of officer in fatal shooting

CHICAGO (AP) — A white former Chicago police officer who was acquitted of fatally shooting an unarmed black woman failed Tuesday to get his record expunged by a judge. Dante Servin had asked that his records tied to the 2012 death of Rekia Boyd be stricken from police and court databases. In rejecting the request,... Read More

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Dante Servin, Rekia Boyd

November 19, 2019

Jury convicts Oklahoma man of murder in officer’s death

SHAWNEE, Okla. (AP) — A jury deliberated for less than an hour before convicting a man of first-degree murder in the shooting death of a police officer in central Oklahoma. The Pottawatomie County jury on Monday convicted 38-year-old Byron James Shepard for the 2017 killing of Officer Justin Terney, who was shot during a traffic... Read More

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Byron James Shepard, Justin Terney

November 15, 2019

Ex S. Carolina police chief sentenced for drug, gun charges

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A former South Carolina police chief was sentenced to 30 months in prison for using drugs and illegally owning guns. News outlets report former Columbia Police Chief Randy Scott was sentenced Wednesday. He pleaded guilty in August to drug and gun charges. Scott was chief from 2011 to 2013 but resigned,... Read More

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Randy Scott

November 15, 2019

US: Detective broke ranks, helped expose brutality cover up

For more than a year after a Long Island police chief slugged a handcuffed man who stole sex toys and other items from his department SUV, federal investigators found themselves up against a blue wall of silence – unable to get anyone beside the victim to say what happened. Then, a detective who was in... Read More

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Thomas Spota

November 14, 2019

Officer charged in fatal shooting seeks different jury pool

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Attorneys for a white Nashville police officer who fatally shot an armed black man from behind in July 2018 argued Wednesday that the officer’s murder trial needs a jury from outside the city because media coverage has influenced prospective jurors. During the Nashville criminal court hearing, defense attorney David Raybin argued... Read More

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Andrew Delke

November 13, 2019

Powerful ex-prosecutor on trial for police beating cover-up

NEW YORK (AP) — A powerful former prosecutor in the New York suburbs is going on trial this week for allegedly helping cover for a former protege who, as police chief, punched a handcuffed man suspected of stealing embarrassing items from his police department SUV, including sex toys and pornography. Thomas Spota, the longtime district... Read More

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Thomas Spota

November 5, 2019

New charges for ex-trooper accused of sexually assaulting 6

EATON, Ohio (AP) — A former Ohio state trooper accused of sexually assaulting motorists is facing additional charges after more people have come forward. Former trooper Christopher Ward is accused of sexually assaulting five people while he was on the job and a sixth person who is a minor, according to court records. He’s now... Read More

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Christopher Ward

November 5, 2019

Oklahoma officer convicted of 2nd-degree murder in shooting

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A jury on Monday found an Oklahoma City police officer guilty of second-degree murder in the shooting death of a suicidal man who was threatening to set himself on fire. The jury deliberated about 5½ hours before finding Sgt. Keith Sweeney guilty in the Nov. 15, 2017, death of 29-year-old Dustin... Read More

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Keith Sweeney

Man pleads to accessory charge in killing of police officer

Witness to Laquan McDonald’s fatal shooting settles lawsuit

Judge denies jury pool request in fatal shooting case

Suspect in sheriff’s death appears in court

Former sheriff sentenced to 18 months for food fraud

Jury to deliberate in officer’s fatal shooting of black man

Judge refuses to expunge record of officer in fatal shooting

Jury convicts Oklahoma man of murder in officer’s death

Ex S. Carolina police chief sentenced for drug, gun charges

US: Detective broke ranks, helped expose brutality cover up

Officer charged in fatal shooting seeks different jury pool

Powerful ex-prosecutor on trial for police beating cover-up

New charges for ex-trooper accused of sexually assaulting 6

Oklahoma officer convicted of 2nd-degree murder in shooting

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