Former Arkansas police chief pleads guilty to drug charge

Jonesboro Sun, Arkansas Television Company, THV11, thv11.comBYLINE: The Associated PressTrumann, AR(Photo: Thinkstock)HARRISBURG, Ark. (AP) - Former Trumann Police Chief Tony Rusher has pleaded guilty to a drug charge as part...

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Officer Charged With DUI And Tampering With Evidence

CBS Local Media, CBS 4 HD DenverBYLINE: Associated Press Colorado Springs, COOfficer David Rosenhoff em>(credit: Colorado Springs Police)COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — A policeman is being investigated for felony tampering af...

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Creek County Property Officer arrested for embezzlement

Neighbor News, mannfordeagle.comBYLINE: McCracken, Managing EditorCreek County, OKCCSOA Creek County Sheriff’s deputy is now on the other side of the law.Former Creek County Sheriff’s Office Captain Leslie Ruhman surrendered ...

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DA: 'Dozens of items are being looked at' after audit

WKBT News8000, news8000.comLa Crosse, WILa Crosse Police Dept. audit ongoing due to actions of Brian ThomsonLA CROSSE, WI - La Crosse County District Attorney Tim Gruenke says dozens of items are being looked at and some may ...

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Pinellas jail clerk stole prescription drugs from inmates

Tampa Bay Times, tampabay.comBYLINE: Weston Phippen, Times Staff WriterPinellas County, FLPinellas County sheriff's deputies arrested a property clerk who worked at the jail, accusing him of taking prescription pills from inm...

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Ex-wife of McMinn Co. deputy faces drug and theft charges

WorldNow and WRCB, wrcbtv.comBYLINE: WRCB StaffMcMinn County, TN MCMINN COUNTY, TN (WRCB) - The ex-wife of a McMinn County deputy is facing drug and theft charges.The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation arrested Marquita Price ...

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Ansonia officer under investigation

Connecticut Post, ctpost.comBYLINE: Michael P. Mayko, , CTANSONIA -- A city police officer is under investigation for the possible mishandling or theft of painkillers seized in local drug arrests and k...

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Denver police officer under investigation after drug evidence goes missing

FOX31 Denver KDVR-TV, kdvr.comBYLINE: Justin JosephDenver, CODENVER — A Denver police officer is under investigation after evidence from a drug bust went missing.The investigation focuses on Officer Brian Niven who we found a...

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Cash missing from Macon police evidence room

The Augusta Chronicle, chronicle.augusta.comBYLINE: Associated PressMacon, GAMACON, Ga. — Records show that more than $1,500 has disappeared from an evidence safe in the Macon Police Department’s crime lab.The Telegraph repor...

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DA: La Crosse police find 'manipulated' items in evidence room

WKBT News8000, news8000.comBYLINE: Martha Boehm, Crosse, WIPolice dept. underwent an auditLA CROSSE, WI - La Crosse County District Attorney Tim Gruenke says La Crosse police have identified a number of item...

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Sunrise PD Arrests Employee For Alleged Theft Of Drug Evidence

CBS Miami, Local Media, a division of CBS Radio Inc., miami.cbslocal.comSunrise, FLSunrise PD arrested Norma Currlin and charged her with six counts of felony theft for allegedly taking narcotics from evidence. (Source: Sunri...

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Port Chester police probe missing cash, drugs,

The Journal News, lohud.comBYLINE: Will DavidPort Chester, NYtrustee says: "Evidence theft occurred in July."PORT CHESTER — An internal investigation is underway after money and drugs went missing from the Port Chester Police...

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Special judge assigned to evidence vault theft case

Capital City Press LLC, The Advocate, theadvocate.comBYLINE: Jim Mustian, Baton Rouge Parish, LALa. high court move resolves potential conflicts of interestWilliam ColvinThe Louisiana Supreme Cour...

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Team Recovers Guns Stolen from Stonewood Police Dept.

WDTV 5News (CBS), wdtv.comBYLINE: 5News TeamStonewood, WVDominic Sutherlin - WVRJA.comCLARKSBURG, W.Va. (AP) - At least three weapons stolen during a break-in at the Stonewood Police Department have been recovered through an ...

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Police: Employee turned $200,000 from evidence vault cocaine

Capital City Press LLC, The Advocate New Orleans Edition, theadvocate.comBYLINE: Jim Mustian, Baton Rouge Parish, LAThe fired East Baton Rouge Parish Clerk of Court’s Office employee charged with ...

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Ludlow police lieutenant arrested for drug possession, stealing evidence

LIN Television Corporation, WWLP-22News, wwlp.comBYLINE: Matt Caron & Anthony FayLudlow, MALt. Thomas Foye to be arraigned in courtLUDLOW, Mass. (WWLP) - A Ludlow police lieutenant has been arrested; accused of cocaine posses...

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Regina cop charged with theft resigns from force

CBC/Radio Canada, CBC News, cbc.caBYLINE: Regina, SaskatchewanDarryl Blampied, seen here at the courthouse in 2012, will be back in court Sept. 9 to deal with charges of theft and possession of stolen property. (CBC)A Regina ...

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Police dept. evidence room break-in investigated

WMUR-TV, Associated Press, seacoastonline.comEast Kingston, NHEAST KINGSTON (AP) — The police chief and a corporal in East Kingston are on paid administrative leave as the state attorney general's office investigates concerns...

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DA requests recusal in case of judge's son accused of stealing cocaine from evidence vault

Worldnow and WAFB, WAFB 9 News (CBS), bayoubuzz.comBYLINE: Media SourcesBaton Rouge, LABATON ROUGE, LA (WAFB) -The case against a judge's son and former clerk employee, who is accused of stealing cocaine from a police evidenc...

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Outside firm to probe police handling of East Kingston trusty program

Union Leader, unionleader.comBYLINE: JASON SCHREIBER Union Leader Correspondent, Kingston, NHEAST KINGSTON — The town will have an outside agency conduct an internal investigation after an inmate t...

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Former Stillwater Police officer enters drug rehab facility

Stillwater NewsPress, stwnewspress.comBYLINE: Megan Sando Stillwater NewsPressStillwater, OKSTILLWATER, Okla. — A former Stillwater Police sergeant is in rehab at a Colorado drug treatment facility after being accused of stea...

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Inmate left alone at East Kingston police station stole heroin,

Union Leader, unionleader.comBYLINE: Jason Schreiber, Union Leader CorrespondentEast Kingston, NHbroke into locker containing gun, drove police cruiser say officialsJarred Brisbois is suspected of breaking into the police dep...

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Former Celina PD Officer of the Year fired for alleged theft

WFAA 8 ABC, wfaa.comBYLINE: JOBIN PANICKER, , TXCELINA -- He was the Celina Police Department's Officer of the Year in 2010. He was interim chief, but then demoted to patrol.Now, he’s out of a job.The ...

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UPDATE: Tosa Detective Suspected of Stealing Drugs From Evidence Room

Wauwatosa Patch, wauwatosa.patch.comBYLINE: Mark Maley (Editor)Wauwatosa, WIPolice chief confirms investigative officer is under arrest and in jail with charges pending after WISN 12 News reports she is suspected of stealing ...

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West Valley police officer accused of stealing painkillers from a dead person

Nexstar Broadcasting, Inc., ABC 4 UTAH, abc4.comBYLINE: Brian Carlson West Valley City, UTWEST VALLEY CITY, Utah (ABC 4 Utah) - Another West Valley police officer is being accused of some serious wrong-doing. In recent months...

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Corrupt SLOPD narc officer pleads guilty to extortion

New Times, newtimesslo.comBYLINE: MATT FOUNTAINSan Luis Obispo, CAA San Luis Obispo police department detective caught pilfering the station's evidence locker, not reporting confidential informants, and who inspired a Distric...

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Probe: Police 'negligent'

The Sun Chronicle, thesunchronicle.comBYLINE: GEORGE W. RHODES SUN CHRONICLE STAFFAttleboro, MA ATTLEBORO - A year-long probe into the theft of drugs from the police evidence locker came up empty, but an investigator slammed ...

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Southboro's cache of seized drugs stretches back to 1992


BYLINE: Shaun Sutner TELEGRAM & GAZETTE STAFF, to ArticleSouthboro, MAWATCHDOGSouthboro Police Chief Jane Moran says she has been directed by town officials to defer to a lawyer for the town on all ma...

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Carolina Public Press: New Asheville police evidence manager sizes up ‘huge undertaking’

Carolina Public Press, mountainx.comBYLINE: Jon EllistonTim Scapin Performance ReviewsAsheville, FLWritten by Jon Elliston on June 19, 2013 in APD Evidence-Room Audit, Buncombe, Crime and Justice, Documents, Information, Spec...

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13 guns used as evidence stolen from Cebu court

INQUIRER.net, newsinfo.inquirer.netBYLINE: Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Inquirer VisayasCebu City, PhilippinesCEBU CITY—Thirteen firearms that are being kept as evidence have been stolen inside a court here.An inventory made by Lys...

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Pennsylvania lacks uniform rules for control of evidence

Trib Total Media, Inc., triblive.comBYLINE: Bobby Kerlik, County, PAPennsylvania's judiciary lacks uniform rules on how judges deal with evidence in criminal cases — a problem, legal experts said...

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Newport Office Evidence Technician Arrested Following Alleged Theft Of Cash From Evidence Room

Albany Tribune, albanytribune.comBYLINE: Albany TribuneNewport, ORPaula Diane BellOregon State Police (OSP) arrested one of their evidence technicians Wednesday following the alleged theft of money from the Department’s evide...

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Trucker pleads guilty for hauling heroin later stolen from evidence locker

Sun-Times Media, LLC, Southtown Star, southtownstar.suntimes.comBYLINE: JANET LUNDQUIST County, ILA California man set to go to trial this week in Will County for allegedly hauling heroin in ...

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Defense attorney: Ex - Pa. judge cooperating with investigators in cocaine evidence theft case

The Republic, therepublic.comBYLINE: JOE MANDAK Associated PressWashington, PAFormer Washington County Judge Paul Pozonsky heads into Washington County Court in Washington, Pa. on Thursday, May 23, 2013. Online court records ...

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Former drug agent sentenced to 14 years in prison

The Fresno Bee, cbs8.comBYLINE: The Associated PressOakland, CAOAKLAND, Calif. -- A disgraced former head of an elite Northern California drug task force was sentenced Monday to 14 years in federal prison after pleading guilt...

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Former state trooper faces additional charges

KNOE 8 News, knoe.comMonroe, LAMONROE, La., (KNOE 8 News) - A former state trooper arrested back in March of this year, has now been rearrested on additional charges.As part of an ongoing investigation, Ronald Thomas was rear...

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Property Room Supervisor Accused of Theft No Stranger To Trouble


Sinclair Broadcast Group, CBS News, local12.comHamilton County, OHMichael Esposito, property room supervisor for the Hamilton County Sheriff, is accused of stealing from the property room. (Hamilton County Sheriff, WKRC-TV) T...

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Fayette Co. DARE Officer Resigns Amid Questions About Funds, Missing Property

WBNS-TV, 10tv.comFayette County, OHCOLUMBUS, Ohio - A DARE officer and deputy in Fayette County has resigned after being interviewed over a fund discrepancy and missing items from a property room.Deputy Dennis Cotner cited "p...

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PD audit reveals money shortage

Sequoyah County Times, sequoyahcountytimes.comBYLINE: Sally Maxwell Senior Staff WriterSallisaw, OKAn audit of the Sallisaw Police Department was given to City Manager Bill Baker on March 4.The audit was prompted by accusatio...

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Union: Drugs missing from Southampton Police Department

Newsday, newsday.comBYLINE: DAVID M. SCHWARTZ, , NYSouthampton Town Police Department in Hampton Bays. (May 17, 2012) Photo credit: Randee DaddonaCrack, marijuana, prescription painkillers...

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State police: Sergeant arrested for selling large amounts of cocaine

WWL-TV, Inc., wwltv.comBaton Rouge, LABATON ROUGE, La. -- A Louisiana State Police sergeant is behind bars after allegedly selling large amounts of cocaine and taking evidence, according to Col. Mike Edmonson, the superintend...

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Former APD evidence room manager pleads guilty to embezzling drugs

Mountain Xpress, mountainx.comBYLINE: David ForbesAsheville, NCWilliam Lee Smith, the former evidence room manager, showing citizens around the room in 2009.Former Asheville Police Department evidence room manager William Lee...

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Ex-SF crime lab tech accused of taking cocaine from lab pleads guilty to misdemeanor theft

FOX News Network, LLC, foxnews.comBYLINE: Associated PressSan Francisco, CASAN FRANCISCO – A former San Francisco police technician accused of skimming cocaine from a crime lab pleaded guilty on Friday to misdemeanor theft.De...

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Deputy Pleads Guilty In Painkiller Theft At Jail

CBS 62 Detroit, detroit.cbslocal.comSt. Joseph County, MIPAW PAW (WWJ/AP) - A sheriff’s deputy in southwestern Michigan who authorities say stole a prescription pain reliever from a jail while on duty has pleaded guilty in th...

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Officer Pleads Guilty

The Post-Journal, post-journal.comBYLINE: Michael Rukavina (), The Post-Journal Jamestown, NYCity Detective Pleads Guilty In Evidence Tampering CaseA 14-year veteran of the City of Jamestown Police D...

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Michael Palmer, West Columbia Police Chief, Accused of Stealing Drugs from Ongoing Cases


Houston Press, houstonpress.comBYLINE: Casey MichelWest Columbia, TXIf found, please contact the Brazoria County DA's office.After being accused of swiping pills from his department's ongoing investigations, West Columbia Pol...

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8News Investigates: Do Police Agencies Comply With Drug Destruction Laws?

Young Broadcasting of Richmond, WorldNow and WRIC, ABC 8News, wric.comRichmond, VARichmond, VA—Virginia law requires illegal drugs and paraphernalia seized by law enforcement officials to be destroyed. But after several offic...

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Investigators probe cash missing from Hollywood Police Department’s evidence room

The Miami Herald, miamiherald.comBYLINE: JULIE K. BROWN, CARLI TEPROFF AND MELISSA SANCHEZ, , FLNevins in '94 copy / Hollywood Police DepartmentBroward County and state law enforcement authoriti...

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Ga. deputy sentenced for trading stolen drugs

Gwinnett Daily Post, gwinnettdailypost.comBYLINE: Associated PressTattnall County, GASTATESBORO — Officials in the U.S. Attorney's office say a former Tattnall County sheriff's deputy has been sentenced to nine years in priso...

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Burglary


WWL-TV, Inc., Crime News, wwltv.comBYLINE: Ashley Rodrigue / Eyewitness News, , LAKENTWOOD, La. - Kentwood Police Chief Greg Newton turned himself into authorities Wednesday morning after an investi...

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