Lost treasures

Ocala.com, www.ocala.comBYLINE: Austin L. Miller, Staff writerLink to ArticleOcala, Marion County, FLSue Livoti, property room manager for the Marion County Sheriff\'s Office, displays a wedding dress and other items turned i...

Continue reading
Tags:
1428 Hits

TBI: Former policeman stole weapons, sold them

The Tennessean (Nashville, Tennessee)BYLINE: Nicole YoungNashville, TNThe Tennessee Bureau of Investigation arrested a former Gainesboro police officer Monday on charges of theft and official misconduct.Investigators said tha...

Continue reading
1659 Hits

40,000 drug cases could face review;

The San Francisco Chronicle (California), FINAL EditionBYLINE: John Wildermuth and Nanette Asimov, Chronicle Staff WritersSan Francisco, CASFPD CRIME LABAs many as 40,000 San Francisco drug cases handled by Deborah Madden, th...

Continue reading
1458 Hits

Police Upgrade Evidence System

www.wnep.com The News StationBYLINE: Jim HamillLink to ArticleOne VideoWilliamsport, PAPolice in have a new way of handling evidence thanks to a new system that was recently installed.Williamsport Police investigate hundreds,...

Continue reading
Tags:
1753 Hits

Zeno sentenced to life in prison


Leesville Daily Leader, leesvilledailyleader.comLink to ArticleLeesville, LaDistrict Attorney Asa Skinner and Vernon Parish Sheriff Sam Craft display $13,000 worth of crack cocaine and $40,000 in cash that was confiscated in ...

Continue reading
2916 Hits

TBI Arrests Two in Jackson County on Separate Cases

Targeted News ServiceNashville, TNThe Tennessee Bureau of Investigation issued the following news release:The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation today arrested two people on unrelated charges after they were each indicted by t...

Continue reading
2564 Hits

Stolen data on 3.3 million loans is found;

Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN), METRO EDITIONBYLINE: PAUL WALSH; STAFF WRITER, STAR TRIBUNE (Mpls.-St. Paul)Minneapolis, MNDespite publicity about the theft, the stolen data sat in a Minneapolis police evidence room for three...

Continue reading
Tags:
1439 Hits

Making the move

Sioux City Journal, siouxcityjournal.comLink to ArticleSioux City, IAThe Sioux City Police Department's new evidence storage system, which is similar to those used in physicians' offices, will more than double the current cap...

Continue reading
Tags:
2012 Hits

Ex-sheriff's employee jailed for drug thefts

The St. Augustine Record, staugustine.comBYLINE: RICHARD PRIORLink to ArticleEx-sheriff's employee jailed for drug theftsPosted: April 16, 2010 - 12:12amSt. Johns County, FLA former evidence custodian at the St. Johns County ...

Continue reading
1512 Hits

Evidence storage expansion

Sioux City Journal, siouxcityjournal.comBYLINE: Dolly A. Butz - to ArticleSioux City, IASioux City Police Department property and evidence clerk Jeff Paulsen is shown through a secure evidence p...

Continue reading
Tags:
1807 Hits

DA says W. Pa. police had missing money, evidence

The Associated Press, Lebanon Daily NewsLink to ArticleLebanon, PAA prosecutor says officers at a western Pennsylvania police department should be made to take lie detector and drug tests after money and evidence was found mi...

Continue reading
1633 Hits

Audit finds detachments mishandled evidence:

Charleston Daily MailBYLINE: Ry RivardCharleston, WVTroopers at four W.Va. locations unable to prove they destroyed drugsApr. 13 -- CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Some State Police detachments in southern West Virginia have failed to m...

Continue reading
1735 Hits

Officer put on leave pending investigation

The Advocate (Baton Rouge, Louisiana), Main EditionBYLINE: RIVER PARISHES BUREAUAssumption Parish, LAAssumption Parish Sheriff Mike Waguespack said he placed a 17-year-veteran lieutenant on administrative leave and called for...

Continue reading
1717 Hits

‘Mishandled’ evidence leads to deputy’s suspension

DailyComet.comBy Raymond Legendre, Staff WriterLink to ArticleAssumption, LATHIBODAUX — An Assumption sheriff’s deputy in charge of storing and maintaining the agency’s criminal evidence has been suspended over allegations he...

Continue reading
2001 Hits

Former Scranton detective pleads guilty for stealing drug money from evidence room

The Scranton Times Tribune, thetimes-tribune.comBYLINE: Joe McDonald, Staff WriterLink to ArticleScranton, PAA former Scranton detective accused of stealing drug money from an evidence room seven years ago pleaded guilty to t...

Continue reading
2607 Hits

Burglars break into Prichard evidence lock-up;

Press-RegisterBYLINE: David FerraraLink to ArticlePrichard, ALThis photo taken Friday, April 9, 2010, shows a storage building at Prichard City Hall in Prichard, Ala. A room at the facility that was recently broken in to was ...

Continue reading
Tags:
1974 Hits

Unclaimed property flooding SFPD evidence room

San Francisco ExaminerBYLINE: Katie Worth, Examiner Staff Writer, Francisco, CAOld cases: Boxes of evidence, some dating back to the 1940s, are stored in a Police Department warehouse. Cindy Chew/The ...

Continue reading
1870 Hits

Riley commits to evidence room arrests

www.fox8live.comBYLINE: Rob Masson, Reporter, Orleans, LANew Orleans acting police chief Warren Riley talks with reporters in New Orleans Monday Oct. 10, 2005. Riley spoke about the personal loss of many...

Continue reading
1646 Hits

Man gets 36 years for stealing guns from police warehouse

Howard County Times, www.explorehoward.comBYLINE: Kellie Woodhouse, to ArticleBaltimore City, MDJudge: 'You set in motion a chain reaction that worries me'Howard County Circuit Court Judge Timothy ...

Continue reading
2094 Hits

Investigation into missing money continues

News and Sentinel, newsandsentinel.comBYLINE: NATALEE SEELYLink to ArticleWood County, WVPARKERSBURG - An investigation into nearly $8,000 of missing forfeiture money from the evidence room of the Wood County Sheriff's Office...

Continue reading
1601 Hits

Confiscated-gun law is truly unfortunate

The Jackson Sun, jacksonsun.comJackson, TNWe fail to see the advantage of a new state law forcing police agencies to sell confiscated weapons, putting them back on the street. Many law enforcement officials don't like the ide...

Continue reading
1577 Hits

Confiscated guns get melted down

The Herald Palladium, heraldpalladium.comBYLINE: SCOTT AIKEN - H-P Staff Writer, , MIContributed photo Berrien County sheriff's Deputy Jason Haskins shows some of the firearms currently held by the dep...

Continue reading
2004 Hits

Gascón probes whether $7.1 million in vault is safe

The San Francisco Chronicle, FINAL Edition, Metro; MATIER & ROSSBYLINE: Phillip Matier and Andrew RossSan Francisco, CASan Francisco Police Chief George Gascón is calling in a team of auditors from the Los Angeles Police Depa...

Continue reading
1200 Hits

County, city spar over seized guns


The Journal Gazette, journalgazette.netBYLINE: Holly Abrams, The Journal Gazette, Wayne, INSheriff says parts salable; chief favors total destructionFort Wayne officials are still undecided on what to do wi...

Continue reading
1456 Hits

Officers stole handguns, officials say

Patriot News (Harrisburg, PA), FINAL EDITION, LOCAL/STATE; Pg. A03BYLINE: Of the Patriot-News MATTHEW KEMENYHarrisburg, PAAs a patrol sergeant working his way through the Harrisburg police force in the early 1990s, Chief Pier...

Continue reading
1900 Hits

Marijuana raids continue;

Lincoln Journal Star (Nebraska)BYLINE: ZACH PLUHACEKLincoln, NEPolice's pot stash growsMore than two dozen yard waste bags filled with drying marijuana - evidence of 11 recent raids on pot-growing houses in Lincoln - are neat...

Continue reading
1791 Hits

Trustee Attempts Jail Break-in

Eyewitness News, 10 KLFY,- WorldNow and KLFY, klfy.comLink to ArticleLink to VideoEunice City, LAWhen an inmate is caught trying to break out of jail it adds more time to their sentence, but one prisoner in the Eunice City Ja...

Continue reading
Tags:
1923 Hits

Pot piling up in Lincoln police warehouse


Lincoln Journal Star, JournalStar.comBYLINE: ZACH PLUHACEK / Lincoln Journal StarLink to ArticleOne VideoLincoln, NEPaper lawn bags filled with mar­i­juana dry in a police prop­erty room on March 18, 2010. (ERIC GREGORY / Lin...

Continue reading
2347 Hits

Two Harrisburg police officers accused of stealing guns from evidence room

The Patriot-News, PennLive LLC, pennlive.comBYLINE: MATTHEW KEMENY, The Patriot-NewsLink to ArticleHarrisburg, PAA veteran Harrisburg police officer and a retired city cop are accused of stealing firearms from the department'...

Continue reading
2883 Hits

Mold-covered kit found in Ford Heights evidence room links inmate to 2006 rape

Chicago Sun-Times, SUN-TIMES MEDIA WIREFord Heights, ILA convicted felon eligible for release next week may spend more time behind bars after a mold-covered criminal sexual assault kit from four years ago was discovered in an...

Continue reading
2230 Hits

Search IAPE

Become an IAPE Sponsor

If you are interested in advertising with the IAPE then use the below link to get started.

Sponsorship Request Form