Two Puerto Rican Police Officers Accepted $50,000 in Bribes

On November 29, 2012, the Department of Justice announced that Abimael Arroyo-Cruz from Rio Grande, Puerto Rico, and Josue Becerril-Ramos from Carolina, Puerto Rico, were charged with accepting bribe payments of $50,0000 and attempting to extort the commonwealth of Puerto Rico.   Both of the men were charged for one count ...

Settlement Leads to Reform at East Haven Police Dept

On November 20, 2012, the Department of Justice announced that it reached a settlement with the town of East Haven, Connecticut, to resolve complaints about the East Haven Police Department (EHPD).  The complaints stated that the EHPD discriminated based upon race, color, and/or national origin, used excessive force, conducted unconstitutional ...

Statistics on Law Enforcement Officer Deaths Released

On November 19, 2012, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) released the 2011 report, Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted (LEOKA).  In 2011, 72 officers were killed during duty, and 53 died in accidents while in the line of duty.  A total of 54,774 officers were assaulted with on duty.   Statistics ...

NM Police Officer Receives over 4 Years for Sexual Abuse

On November 6, 2012, the Department of Justice announced that a former police officer with the Navajo Police Department (NPD) was sentenced to four years by a federal court for an incident that occurred on January 25, 2009.  The former police officer’s name is Lawrence Etsitty.  He pleaded guilty earlier in the year and ...

Retired Officer Gets 19 Years for Sexually Exploiting Minor

On November 1, 2012, David M Ketchmark, the Acting US Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a retired police officer from Springfield, Missouri was sentenced for sexually exploiting a minor and videotaping the minor for child pornography.  The police officer was employed with the Springfield Police Department ...

Georgia Police Chief Assaulted Restrained Inmate

On October 22, 2012, the Department of Justice announced that Walter Young, the former police chief for the Omega Police Department in Georgia, was sentenced for assaulting a man who was restrained and in his custody.   Young was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Hugh Lawson and received 24 months in prison for “violating ...

Three Former Jackson Police Officers Accepted Bribes

On October 17, 2012, the US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Mississippi announced that two former police officers for the Jackson Police Department, Monyette Quintel Jefferson and Terence Dale Jenkins, pleaded guilty to accepting bribes for accepting bribes from an FBI undercover agent.  Former officer Anthony ...

Puerto Rico Officers Indicted for Civil Rights Charges

On October 15, 2012, the Department of Justice announced that Puerto Rico Lieutenant Erick Rivera Nazario and Officer Jimmy Rodriguez Vegas were charged for violating civil rights after using excessive force on two men.  Rivera was also charged with perjury for making false statements in an investigation into the civil rights violations ...

St Louis Sergeant Guilty of Drug Charges

According to the US Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Missouri, Larry J Davis received 57 months in prison for seizing packages of marijuana and then diverting and distributing the same packages for sale.  He is believed to have distributed about 60 to 80 kilograms of seized marijuana.   When Davis ...

NYPD Officers Sentenced for Distributing Firearms/Stolen Goods

On October 10, 2012, the US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York announced that three former NYPD officers were sentenced for conspiring to transport firearms and stolen goods across state lines.  Eddie Goris was sentenced to 36 months in prison, and Richard Melnik and John Mahoney both received 21 months ...

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