Kerrville, Texas
Former state trooper Jeff Jerman was sentenced Friday to 30 to 180 days in prison and three years of probation after admitting that he sold $800 worth of steroids to a Kerrville police officer from his patrol car.
Saturday, March 12, 2011
Suspended Lubbock ISD Chief of Police resigns, after being drunk with badge and gun
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| Mark Hinshaw |
Lubbock, Texas
Lubbock ISD Superintendent Karen Garza has accepted the resignation of Mark Hinshaw, former LISD Chief of Police.
Hinshaw was placed on paid administrative leave last month, following an incident at La Diosa cellars. Lubbock police reported that Hinshaw was intoxicated while carrying his gun and wearing his badge. Officers responded and took his weapon, but Hinshaw was not arrested.
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Thursday, March 3, 2011
Mesquite officer accused of stealing cash in federal sting
Dallas, Texas
A Mesquite police sergeant who was the head of the department's narcotics unit was arrested Thursday morning by federal authorities on charges that he stole $2,000 during an undercover money courier operation.
Mesquite Police Sgt. John David McAllister, 42, faces one charge of theft of government money.
If convicted, McAllister faces a maximum of 10 years in federal prison and a $250,000 fine.
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A Mesquite police sergeant who was the head of the department's narcotics unit was arrested Thursday morning by federal authorities on charges that he stole $2,000 during an undercover money courier operation.
Mesquite Police Sgt. John David McAllister, 42, faces one charge of theft of government money.
If convicted, McAllister faces a maximum of 10 years in federal prison and a $250,000 fine.
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Tuesday, March 1, 2011
McAllen cop on unpaid leave after DWI arrest
McAllen, Texas
A McAllen police officer has been placed on unpaid leave after being arrested in Cameron Country last month on charges of driving while intoxicated.
Officer Oberlin Cortez Jr., 26, was arrested by Harlingen police about 2 p.m. Feb. 9 after leaving Rack Daddy’s, a local bar, according to an arrest report from the Harlingen police department.
McAllen Police Chief Victor Rodriguez said Cortez has since been placed on leave without pay, pending a decision by the court. Attempts to reach Cortez were unsuccessful Monday and Tuesday.
“This is unexpected conduct from police officers,” Rodriguez said. “We do not look at this favorably at all.”
Cortez, who was just beginning his career as a law enforcement officer, was hired by the McAllen police department in March 2010.
“These things tend to end careers for law enforcement personnel and I expect no different,” Rodriguez said. “That’s just the way it is.”
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A McAllen police officer has been placed on unpaid leave after being arrested in Cameron Country last month on charges of driving while intoxicated.
Officer Oberlin Cortez Jr., 26, was arrested by Harlingen police about 2 p.m. Feb. 9 after leaving Rack Daddy’s, a local bar, according to an arrest report from the Harlingen police department.
McAllen Police Chief Victor Rodriguez said Cortez has since been placed on leave without pay, pending a decision by the court. Attempts to reach Cortez were unsuccessful Monday and Tuesday.
“This is unexpected conduct from police officers,” Rodriguez said. “We do not look at this favorably at all.”
Cortez, who was just beginning his career as a law enforcement officer, was hired by the McAllen police department in March 2010.
“These things tend to end careers for law enforcement personnel and I expect no different,” Rodriguez said. “That’s just the way it is.”
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Houston Police Officer Accused In Tear-Gas Attack At Barbecue Cookoff
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| Officer Mike Hamby |
Houston, Texas
A Houston Police officer has been relieved of duty and faces a criminal investigation after tear-gas was lobbed into a crowded tent at the barbecue cookoff event at the Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo, Local 2 Investigates reported Tuesday.
A senior ranking officer within the Houston Police Department then received information that the tear gas was set off inside the tent by a rodeo committee member and HPD officer, who was off duty and partying in a neighboring tent.
HPD sources familiar with the investigation said Officer Mike Hamby, 51, then admitted to that senior ranking HPD officer that he had set off the tear gas to retaliate against people inside that tent, whom Hamby felt had made remarks against the military.
He was relieved of duty with pay, with the department saying he is accused of criminal wrongdoing.
An elected board member of the Houston Police Officers' Union, Hamby wrote on his online profile that he served 10 years as a Marine reservist. His profile also mentioned that he "loves hunting and barbecuing." He wrote that he serves on the union's barbecue team, as well as another group comprised mostly of military personnel.
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Monday, February 28, 2011
Another Goof By Houston Police Department?
Houston (KTRK) -- Tonight we learn how some of that money Houston made from red light cameras has been spent. And you'll be seeing red after we tell you.
None of us want drunks on the road driving next to our family, so spending money on a weapon to catch them sounds like a good idea. Red-light money paid for half of HPD's mobile fleet of breath vans. Now we are investigating, because the price tag is on your tab.
Friday, February 25, 2011
Dallas police spokeswoman reprimanded after another gun-waving incident
Dallas, Texas
Dallas police commanders have issued a written reprimand to a department spokeswoman accused of flashing a gun at a motorist in an off-duty road rage incident in Allen last year.
Senior Cpl. Janice Crowther remained in her current assignment Friday as a police spokesperson, one of the most publicly visible assignments in the 3,600-member police force. It is unclear if she may be transferred to a different unit in the near future.
Crowther has denied flashing her gun and Allen police declined to charge her in the case. Dallas police officials did not rule on whether Crowther flashed a gun, but said she violated a departmental rule that states, “No employee, when acting outside the course and scope of his duties, shall precipitate, cause, or escalate a disturbance or police incident to his discredit.”
Crowther did not immediately respond to a request for comment. A written reprimand is the most serious form of documented discipline and remains in an officer’s file permanently.
The October incident in Allen followed a similar case in which she was accused of flashing a gun at another motorist six years earlier while off duty and driving north of Dallas, according to records obtained by The Dallas Morning News.
Crowther, 49, was also accused of berating and threatening a NorthPark Center security officer in an incident in the mall parking lot in 2002, according to the records, which were obtained in response to Public Information Act requests.
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Dallas police commanders have issued a written reprimand to a department spokeswoman accused of flashing a gun at a motorist in an off-duty road rage incident in Allen last year.
Senior Cpl. Janice Crowther remained in her current assignment Friday as a police spokesperson, one of the most publicly visible assignments in the 3,600-member police force. It is unclear if she may be transferred to a different unit in the near future.
Crowther has denied flashing her gun and Allen police declined to charge her in the case. Dallas police officials did not rule on whether Crowther flashed a gun, but said she violated a departmental rule that states, “No employee, when acting outside the course and scope of his duties, shall precipitate, cause, or escalate a disturbance or police incident to his discredit.”
Crowther did not immediately respond to a request for comment. A written reprimand is the most serious form of documented discipline and remains in an officer’s file permanently.
The October incident in Allen followed a similar case in which she was accused of flashing a gun at another motorist six years earlier while off duty and driving north of Dallas, according to records obtained by The Dallas Morning News.
Crowther, 49, was also accused of berating and threatening a NorthPark Center security officer in an incident in the mall parking lot in 2002, according to the records, which were obtained in response to Public Information Act requests.
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