National Police Misconduct NewsFeed Daily Recap 12-11-12

Here are the 11 reports of police misconduct tracked for Tuesday, December 11, 2012:

• Charleston County, South Carolina: A lawsuit has been filed against the sheriff’s office and three deputies [James Howard, Christopher Davis, Gilbert Baldwin] that alleges the use of excessive force in a traffic stop [victim: Devante Pittman, 19]. ow.ly/g0Tru
• Berry Hill, Tennessee: A police officer [Robert White, 56] was arrested on five counts of sexual exploitation of a minor. According to the police report, he was found to be in possession of child pornography, and the report suggests that more charges are pending. ow.ly/g0Tih
• Nassau Bay, Texas: A police officer [Theresa Relken , 41] was accused of stealing cash and tampering with narcotics evidence from the department’s property room. ow.ly/g0Sob
• Little Rock, Arkansas: Prosecutors say that a former officer [former Helena-West Helena Police Sgt. Marlene Kalb, 49] took money from a drug trafficker and escorted him from an east Arkansas town to a bridge linking the state to Mississippi. “There are good cops and there are dirty cops,” said the federal prosecutor, adding that evidence would show the officer was the latter. ow.ly/g0OWZ
• Coxsackie, New York: A police officer [Kenneth Rosimini, 45]was arrested for pointing a loaded handgun at an acquaintance. ow.ly/g0J8O
• Update: Princeton, West Virginia: The officer [Christopher Winkler, 27] who pleaded guilty to meeting a 17-year-old boy in a parking lot, while in uniform, and tried to get the youth to perform oral sex to pay off a debt was sentenced. He was given five years of home confinement. The judge agreed to the lightened sentence because there was no evidence of actual sexual contact between the two. ow.ly/g0FL1
• Mahoning County, Ohio: A deputy [William N. Horn] engaged in a physical altercation with an inmate [Duniek Christian]. He was suspended for three days without pay because he didn’t seek help from another deputy in dealing with the unruly prisoner. ow.ly/g0Cx9
• Update: Sacramento, California: Federal officials charged an officer [Bryan Benson] with civil rights violations. The officer was accused of raping an arrestee, while on duty, before transporting her to jail. ow.ly/g0pDL
• Monicks Corner, South Carolina: An officer [Robert Carlton Shirer, 44] who resigned has been charged with exploitation of minors after authorities say they found child pornography on his computer. ow.ly/fZwvu
• Charleston, West Virginia: An officer [Cpl. Steven "Matt" Webb] was arrested on drunken driving charges. He is on administrative leave along with another officer [Sgt. Michael Pridemore] who was in the vehicle with him. ow.ly/fZ6Br
• New Hanover County, North Carolina: An officer [Harold Fletcher, 37] was charged with one count of secret peeping and one count of indecent liberties with a minor. He has been terminated from the sheriff’s office. ow.ly/g17yO

National Police Misconduct NewsFeed Daily Recap 12-11-12 is a post from PoliceMisconduct.net



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