PORTLAND, Ore. March 9 2019 A jury has found a Fred Meyer loss prevention manager guilty of stealing nearly $230,000 from self-checkout machines at a Portland store. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports 37-year-old Emily Tallman would enter the Northeast Portland store using her badge outside regular operating hours, block store surveillance cameras with a clipboard and scoop […]
Charlotte NC March 9 2019 A Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officer was arrested and charged with a felony Friday after police say he lied on his time card, according to CMPD. Officer Todd Beltrone, 48, was charged with obtaining property by false pretense and placed on unpaid administrative leave, police said. Beltrone allegedly falsified his time card at […]
DENNIS TOWNSHIP NJ March 9 2019— The scene at the Dennis Township Primary School on Feb. 28 evoked feelings of nostalgia as the school’s gymnasium was transformed into a classic drive-in movie theater. Students created automobiles out of cardboard boxes, and parked these creations in front of the school’s big screen where they enjoyed a […]
Washington DC March 9 2019 The owner of a local tow truck company was sentenced to 16 months in prison for bribing three D.C. government employees. The owner of Able Towing Admitted paying tens of thousands of dollars in bribes to employees at the Department of Public Works and the Department of For-Hire Vehicles, which regulates […]
MICHIGAN CITY IND March 9 2019 – A longtime employee of the La Porte County Sheriff’s Department has been terminated after being arrested Wednesday on a charge of possession of child pornography, according to police. Michigan City Police on Thursday confirmed that Joseph J. Lopez, an 18-year-county employee who worked security at the La Porte County […]
Ocean County NJ March 9 2019 The former president of an elementary school’s parent-teacher organization (PTO) is facing theft charges after prosecutors allege she stole thousands from the school and deposited it into her personal bank account. Jennifer Maguire, 48, was arrested and charged Tuesday with one count of third-degree theft by unlawful taking. The Ocean […]
CHICO CA March 9 2019 — A man Wednesday allegedly stole an jet fuel tanker truck and drove it on a runway at the Chico airport before he was detained, police said. The man — whose name was not released — appeared to have been suffering from a mental health episode and was ultimately taken to […]
MARTIN COUNTY, Kentucky March 9 2019 — Before making a wave of cutbacks across his department, Martin County Sheriff John Kirk delivered a grim warning to residents of this hardscrabble Appalachian community. “Law enforcement as we have known for the last four years will not exist,” he posted on Facebook last month. “WE ARE BROKE… LOCK […]
Washington DC March 7 2019 They call it “policing for profit” and opponents of police powers to seize and sell anything that was used in connection with a criminal enterprise got the US Supreme Court to buy their argument. In a recent unanimous decision, the high court ruled that the constitution limits the ability of states […]
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. March 7 2019– A security guard is facing charges after confronting a drunk customer at a gas station. Police said the security guard, Frankie Garcia, was also drunk during the confrontation. “Two drunks together is not a good thing,” said Jim Cusic, who is the branch manager of Signal 88, the company Garcia […]