A Tulare Police Department evidence technician was arrested on suspicion of tampering, embezzlement and drugs. 8:53 a.m. PDT April 30, 2016 Police department command staff initiated an investigation into evidence logging and efficiency earlier this year. After hiring a third-party company to dig into their evidence policy and procedures, the compan...

Billings Gazette, billingsgazette.comBYLINE: ASHLEY NERBOVIG, , MTCoby James Lewis, 25, pleaded not guilty Friday to felony criminal possession of dangerous drugs and misdemeanor theft. Ga...

The Oregonian, The Bulliten, bendbulletin.comBYLINE: Associated PressBend, ORNicholsA judge says missing evidence won’t prevent the trial of a Bend man accused of pushing his girlfriend off a cliff.The Oregonian reports that ...

THE BILLINGS GAZETTE, billingsgazette.comBYLINE: THE BILLINGS GAZETTE EDITORIAL BOARDBillings, MTThe autopy room at the Montana State Crime Lab in Missoula, Montana photographed in October 2015.KURT WILSON, MissoulianA contin...

The Chaffee County Times, chaffeecountytimes.comBYLINE: Ryan Fitzmaurice, Leadville HeraldLake County, COHartmanFormer Lake County Sheriff’s Sgt. Jeffrey Hartman was sentenced on Feb. 4 to two years of supervised probation fo...

The Oregonian/OregonLive, oregonlive.comBYLINE: Laura Gunderson | The Oregonian/OregonLivePendleton and Bend, OR Oregon State Police have halted drug testing at two labs in the wake of allegations that a forensic analyst stol...

Idaho Falls Post Register (Idaho), A SECTION; Pg. A1BYLINE: By LAURA ZUCKERMANLemhi County, IDSALMON - Before he quit in August, a Lemhi County deputy told investigators he took home guns that were meant to be placed in the c...

Peninsula Daily News, peninsuladailynews.comBYLINE: Paige Dickerson, Peninsula Daily NewsLink to ArticleClallam County, WAPORT ANGELES -- The trial of a former Clallam County Sheriff's Office evidence technician on first-degr...

Peninsula Daily NewsBYLINE: Rob Ollikainen, Peninsula Daily NewsLink to ArticleClallam County, WASEQUIM -- A former Clallam County evidence technician charged with stealing $8,644 from the Sheriff's Office property room becam...

Idaho Falls Post Register (Idaho), THE WEST; Pg. B1BYLINE: By LAURA ZUCKERMANNovember 2, 2010 Lemhi Co. prosecutor wants AG investigationLemhi County, IDSALMON - Lemhi County Prosecutor Bruce Withers on Monday asked the Idaho...

heraldnet.comBYLINE: Bill Sheets, Herald WriterLink to ArticlePublished: Tuesday, May 4, 2010Marysville, WAMARYSVILLE — Someone, or possibly someone's pet, could wind up spending eternity in the evidence room at the Marysvill...

City News ServiceLos Angeles, CAThe Los Angeles Police Department announced today it would temporarily close four evidence rooms because of budget cuts, a move the president of the union representing the department's officers...

States News ServiceBYLINE: States News ServiceRoosevelt County, MTThe following information was released by the FBI:The United States Attorneys Office announced that during a federal court session in Great Falls on May 25, 20...

Great Falls Tribune (Montana)BYLINE: Tribune StaffRoosevelt County, MTA 20-year-old Wolf Point man pleaded guilty in federal court Tuesday on drug charges after he was found to be stealing drug evidence from the Roosevelt Cou...

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...

The Billings Gazette - Billings, MT - billingsgazette.comLink to ArticleBYLINE: KAHRIN DEINES Of The Gazette StaffMusselshell County, MTMusselshell County Sheriff Woody Weitzeil, shown in July 2009, is accused of misusing pro...

Aspen Daily News, aspendailynews.comLink to ArticleCarolyn Sackariason, Aspen Daily News Staff Writer , COComplete inventory being taken of three decades’ worth of evidenceAfter an independent audi...

The Associated Press, The Salt Lake Tribune, KSL BroadcastingLink to ArticleMoab, UTMOAB, Utah (AP) -- A 43-year-old former Utah police officer has been sentenced to 30 days in jail for stealing $900 from his department's und...

Fresno Bee (California)BYLINE: Pablo Lopez / The Fresno BeeFresno County, CAFifteen years after two men were gunned down in Parlier, the man accused of killing them is off the hook -- because authorities destroyed much of the...

Los Angeles Times, latimes.comBYLINE: Maura Dolan, Los Angeles Times, to ArticleLos Angeles, CAState hopes DNA break in Grim Sleeper case will persuade judges to allow its program of collecting gen...

Lewiston Morning Tribune (Idaho), Tribune Publishing Co.BYLINE: JOELYN HANSENBonneville County, IDKKK robe, guns, drugs, burglary tools are just a few of the thingsIDAHO FALLS - The Bonneville County Sheriff's Office has no c...

Monterey County The Herald, montereyherald.comBy DANIEL LOPEZ, Herald Staff WriterLink to ArticleMonterey, CAMonterey: County's first DNA-backed arrest warrantMonterey police say they used DNA evidence to obtain an arrest war...

Los Angeles Times, latimes.comBYLINE: Andrew Blankstein, Los Angeles TimesLink to ArticleLong Beach, CAThe veteran police officer allegedly stole four guns that had been turned over to the department by a local business, pros...

The Wenatchee World (Washington), STATE AND REGIONAL NEWSDistributed by McClatchy-Tribune Business NewsBYLINE: Dee Riggs, The Wenatchee World, Wash.Wenatchee, WAAug. 26 -- EAST WENATCHEE -- An official at Eastmont Junior High...

KCRA-TV, kcra.com, Hearst Stations Inc.Link to ArticleOne Video Sacramento, CAWorker Dropped Evidence Envelope, Authorities SaySACRAMENTO, Calif. -- A Sacramento police property clerk was wounded by bullet shrapnel Thursday m...

KONP NEWSRADIO AM 1450, konp.comLink to Article Clallam County, WA(Port Angeles) -- The trial for a former evidence technician accused of stealing from the Clallam County Sheriff's department evidence room has been delayed.St...

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 ...

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...

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...

KSL Broadcasting Salt Lake City UT, ksl.comBYLINE: Pat ReavyPark City, UTSOUTH SALT LAKE — A former Park City police officer convicted of embezzling money from the department's evidence room and the Fraternal Order of Police ...

The Oregonian, oregonlive.comBYLINE: Rebecca Woolington, The OregonianBeaverton, ORBeaverton Police Chief Geoff Spalding determined two captains violated department standards when they failed to take timely action last year a...

The Register-Guard, registerguard.comBYLINE: Jack Moran, The Register-GuardEugene, ORThe criminal investigation into three Eugene Police Department property control employees continuesA criminal investigation of three Eugene ...

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...

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...

The Oregonian, oregonlive.comBYLINE: Rebecca Woolington, The OregonianCornelius, ORKen Summers Cornelius Police DepartmentThe Cornelius Police Department on Tuesday completed the first full inventory of its evidence room in a...

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...

Casper Star-Tribune Online, trib.comBYLINE: CHRISTINE PETERSON Star-Tribune staff writerCasper, WYInvestigators wrap up one of Wyoming's largest poaching casesA room at the Wyoming Game and Fish Department Casper office sits ...

KTLA-TV, ktla.comBYLINE: KTLA 5 Web StaffLos Angeles, CALOS ANGELES — Citing an immediate public health threat, the city of Los Angeles is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a lower-court ruling preventing the random s...

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...

Marin Independent Journal, marinij.comBYLINE: Gary Klien, County, CAMarin County's drug squad has tightened its evidence handling policies in the aftermath of allegations that a former detective used c...

The Salt Lake Tribune, sltrib.comBYLINE: Janelle Stecklein | The Salt Lake Tribune, Lake County, UTReview » Some of nearly 100 dismissed felony cases could be refiled in court as misdemeanors; attorn...

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...

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 ...

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...

BYLINE: KBAK - KBFX - Eyewitness News - BakersfieldNow.comLink to ArticleVentura County, CAJohn Clark Russell is seen in a Ventura County Sheriff's booking photo. Russell was arrested Thursday, July 26, 2012, on allegations h...

Enterprise Media, The Press-Enterprise, pe.comBYLINE: KEVIN PEARSON, STAFF WRITER, to ArticleBanning, CATwo Banning police officers had to be taken to the hospital this week after PCP fumes escaped from an...

The Billings Gazette, billingsgazette.comBYLINE: Associated PressLink to ArticleRock Springs, WYROCK SPRINGS — Three teens were arrested Friday in connection with the death of a 17-year-old boy whose body was found buried nor...

The Huffington Post, huffingtonpost.comBYLINE: The Associated PressLink to ArticleOakland, CAOAKLAND, Calif. — A disgraced former California police officer involved in the sensational "Dirty DUIs" scandal in which he acknowle...

North County Times, nctimes.comBYLINE: TERI FIGUEROA, to ArticleCarlsbad, CADefendant Michael Koch, center, stands with his attorney, Raymond Gomez, at his sentencing at the Vista courthouse Wednesda...

The Daily Herald Co., heraldnet.comBYLINE: Rikki King and Eric Stevick, Herald Writers, to ArticleGranite Falls, COAbout $2,000 was returned after an investigation of Tony Domish's time leading the Gra...