UPDATE: Airport police chief resigns, arrested


Freedom Communications, News Herald, newsherald.comBYLINE: CHRIS SEGAL / News Herald WriterLink to ArticleBay County, FLTony WalkerFormer deputy faces gun theft chargesWEST BAY — The former airport police chief was arrested a...

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Ex-West Melbourne police chief sues city over termination

Cox Media Group, WFTV 9, wftv.comLink to ArticleWest Melbourne, FLWEST MELBOURNE, Fla. —The former West Melbourne police chief is suing the city and several council members over his firing last week.The council voted 5-2 to t...

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Sheriff's Office beefs up security for evidence room

The Gainesville Sun, gainesville.comBYLINE: Chad Smith, Staff writer, to ArticleAlachua County, FLAlachua County Sheriff Sadie Darnell is shown next to a new, reenforced firearms locker during a t...

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Sheriff's Office evidence could be tainted

The Gainesville Sun, gainesville.comBYLINE: Chad Smith, Staff writerLink to ArticleAlachua County, FLEvidence from a 2010 drug bust at the Alachua County Sheriff's Office. gainesville.comCharles Allen Smith, the former eviden...

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Editorial: Breach at ASO

The Gainesville Sun, gainesville.comBYLINE: Link to ArticleAlachua County, FLWho has been watching the watchers in the Alachua County Sheriff's Office evidence room?It's disturbing that the question even has to be asked. Ther...

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Sheriff’s Office clerk resigns after grand theft arrest

Bradenton Hearld, bradenton.comBYLINE: LAURA C. MOREL — to ArticleManatee County, FLMANATEE - A Manatee County Sheriff’s Office property clerk resigned late last month after he was arrested for taking...

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Lyons: Police evidence room report raises questions

The Sarasota Herald-Tribune, heraldtribune.comBYLINE: Tom LyonsLink to ArticleSarasota, FLA local attorney called last week to say he had a newsworthy report in hand, but didn't want to say where he got it, and wanted to rema...

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Boynton Beach police evidence hard to find in tight space

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The Palm Beach Post, palmbeachpost.comBYLINE: Eliot Kleinberg, Palm Beach Post Staff WriterLink to ArticleBoynton Beach, FLEvidence Detective Daniel Cline looks for an item inside the evidence room at the Boynton Beach Police...

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Fired ex-Bunnell cop denies drug charges

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The Daytona Beach News-Journal, news-journalonline.com/BYLINE: FRANK FERNANDEZ, Staff writer, to ArticleBunnell, FLBUNNELL -- Former Bunnell police Lt. John Murray denied he took some marijua...

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State investigates problems in Ormond police evidence room

The Daytona Beach News-Journal, news-journalonline.comBYLINE: LYDA LONGA, Staff writer, Beach, FLCorey FontanaFor more than two decades, Ormond Beach police's evidence unit was fraught with so m...

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Former Flagler deputy who swapped napkins for cash gets plea deal

The Daytona Beach News-Journal, news-journalonline.comBYLINE: FRANK FERNANDEZ, Staff writer: Link to ArticleFlagler County, FLKoenigBUNNELL -- Former Flagler County Sheriff's Deputy Matthew Koeni...

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Spartanburg County businessman Lanford sentenced to more than 4 years

GoUpState.com, goupstate.comBYLINE: Jenny Arnold, to ArticleWoodruff, SCA federal judge turned down a real estate developer's request for a lighter sentence on drug conspiracy charges based on his ...

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Former Flagler deputy who swapped napkins for cash gets plea deal

The Daytona Beach News-Journal, news-journalonline.comBYLINE: FRANK FERNANDEZ, Staff writer: Link to ArticleFlagler County, FLKoenigBUNNELL -- Former Flagler County Sheriff's Deputy Matthew Koeni...

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First ever DNA profile of Ted Bundy could close unsolved murder cases

NEWS CHANNEL 7, wjhg.comBYLINE: Meredith TerHaar, to ArticlePanama City, FLPanama City - Twenty-two years after his execution, the FBI now has a DNA profile for serial killer Ted Bundy. A lab tec...

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Evidence in criminal cases requires extra care

News Herald, newsherald.comBYLINE: CHRIS SEGAL / News Herald WriterLink to ArticleBay County, FLBay County Sheriff's Office Crime Scene Investigator Chris Reynolds takes fingerprints from a piece of paper in Lynn Haven Wednes...

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In Manatee, a turf battle over evidence

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Bradenton.com, bradenton.comBYLINE: LEE WILLIAMS - to ArticleManatee, FLSheriff, administrator at odds over where to house MSO’s ever-growing pile of physical evidence, propertyMANATEE -- For more ...

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FDLE: Guns and drugs missing from Windermere Police Department

Orlando Sentinel, orlandosentinel.comBYLINE: Henry Pierson Curtis, Orlando SentinelWindermere, FLPhoto of the Windermere evidence room. Windermere Police Department, Windermere Police Department / March 22, 2011Evidence locke...

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Flagler Co. Deputy Accused Of Grand Theft

Jacksonville News, news4jax.comFlagler County, FLFLAGLER COUNTY, Fla. -- A Flagler County Sheriff's deputy was arrested Wednesday afternoon on charges of grand theft and official misconduct in connection with missing funds fr...

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Skull won't reveal secrets

The Bradenton Herald (Florida)BYLINE: RICHARD DYMOND; , FLBRADENTON -- As cameras clicked inches from it and questions reverberated all around it, the mysterious human skull discovered at the Bra...

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OFFICIALS: DEPUTY SWIPED SEIZED CASH,

Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, Florida), Online EditionBYLINE: Barbara Hijek Flagler County, FLSWAPPED WITH PAPER TOWELSFlagler County Sheriff's Deputy Matthew Koenig, 40, was arrested Wednesday, accused of stealing thousands...

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Former cop faces felony charges

Pinellas Park Beacon, tbnweekly.comBYLINE: JULIANA A. TORRESLink to ArticlePinellas Park, FLBradley SerataPINELLAS PARK – Former Pinellas Park police Officer Bradley Serata stood on the opposite end of a mug shot photo at the...

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Missing evidence stirs accusations

My FOX Tampa Bay, myfoxtampabay.comBYLINE: Doug Smith, FOX 13 Investigative reporterLink to ArticleDownload VideoManatee County, FLBRADENTON - The news came as a shock and embarrassment: the Manatee County Sheriff's Office ha...

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Department Money Given To Ex-Police Chief

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WFTV, wftv.comAudit ReportFruitland Park, FLAudit Finds Drugs, Money Missing From Police DepartmentLAKE COUNTY, Fla. -- A new audit from the Lake County Sheriff’s Office reveals many issues inside the Fruitland Park Police De...

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Missing evidence halts man's trial;

Florida Times-Union (Jacksonville), SECTION: Pg. A-1BYLINE: Teresa StepzinskiCamden County, FLT-shirt murder suspect had on at time of his arrest was seized, but appears goneWOODBINE - A judge abruptly recessed Larry Nathanie...

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Bunnell Police Miscues Helping To Lessen Case Against Ex-Cops John and Lisa Murray

News-Journal, FlaglerLive, flaglerlive.comLink to ArticleBunnell, FLThe case pits ex-cops Lisa and John Murrays against Bunnell Police Chief Arthur Jones, center.Shoddy and inexplicable police work, a running theme through a ...

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Ex-Spartanburg County official sentenced for drugs

The Associated Press State & Local Wire, STATE AND REGIONALApril 20, 2011Spartanburg County, SCA former Spartanburg County magistrate has been sentenced to a year and a half in federal prison for his role in a drug scandal th...

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Files: Ex-chief upset, angry over arrest

Orlando Sentinel (Florida), LOCAL & BUSINESS; FLORIDA; Windermere scandal; Pg. B1BYLINE: Henry Pierson Curtis, staff writerWindermere, FLFormer Windermere police Chief Daniel Saylor reacted with dismay and anger at his arrest...

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DNA Match Leads to Arrest for 12 Auto Burglaries, Vandalism

Multimedia Holdings Corporation, First Coast News, firstcoastnews.comLink to ArticleSt. Augustine, FLChristopher Charles Craft-Mitchell ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. -- Police investigating 15 automobile burglaries in one day have trac...

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Florida Department of Law Enforcement Rearrests Joseph Graves for 41 Additional Counts of Drug Trafficking

WTVY-TV, wtvy.comPensacola, FLPENSACOLA, Fla. – Inspectors with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement rearrested former FDLE Pensacola crime laboratory chemist Joseph Graves on additional charges of drug trafficking Wedne...

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Exclusive: Evidence Stolen In Officer Road Rage Investigation

CBS Miami, CBS4 News, miami.cbslocal.comBYLINE: Gaby Fleischman, CBS MiamiOne VideoMiami-Dade County, FLMIAMI (CBSMiami) — A search warrant has emerged, shedding new details into a road rage incident involving a Miami-Dade Po...

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BSO: Deputy Stole Drugs From Dead Man, Lied About It

CBS Miami, miami.cbslocal.comBYLINE: Carey CoddBroward County, FLBroward Sheriff’s OfficeFORT LAUDERDALE (CBSMiami) — Broward Sheriff’s Deputy Eduardo Mesa is facing several felony charges — including grand theft and armed tr...

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Former Darien police lieutenant charged in theft of narcotics from evidence storage

Florida Times-Union, jacksonville.comBYLINE: Terry DicksonDarien, GANicholas "Nick" O. Roundtree charged with theft of more than $1,500 in drugsFormer Darien police lieutenant Nicholas "Nick" O. Roundtree who is charged with ...

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Sebastian police officer arrested on drug-related charges

Scripps Interactive Newspapers Group, tcpalm.comBYLINE: Elliott JonesSebastian, FLWilliam GrimmichSEBASTIAN — Police arrested one of its veteran sergeants on charges of trafficking in oxycodone and tampering with evidence, a ...

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Atlantic Beach police chief resigns under criminal investigation

St. Augustine Record, staugustine.comBYLINE: DEREK GILLIAM, Beach, FLAtlantic Beach Police Chief Michael Classey resigned Tuesday after being suspended Friday because of an active crimin...

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Marion County Sheriff’s Office implements policy changes for evidence

Ocala Star-Banner, ocala.comBYLINE: Austin L. Miller, Staff writerMarion County, FLThe Marion County Sheriff’s Office has implemented some new policy steps for evidence handling and storage. The changes were prompted after so...

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