May 2012
15 posts
Sheriff's supervisor sentenced for sexual assault... →
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May 25th
Researchers: More than 2,000 false convictions in... →
May 21st
Retired LAPD homicide detective charged with... →
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May 17th
7 deputies placed on leave in 'Jump Out Boys'... →
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May 17th
Ex-L.A. County sheriff's deputy convicted of... →
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May 15th
Jail deputies acted like gang members,... →
Two retired Los Angeles County sheriff’s supervisors Monday painted a violent picture of life inside Men’s Central Jail, recounting for a county jails commission tales of deputies beating prisoners, ignoring bosses, forming cliques and engaging in off-duty misconduct. via latimes.com 
May 15th
Ex-detective accused of rape to blame attack on... →
Anthony Nicholas Orban, a former Westminster police detective, listens as a woman recalls an alleged sexual assault in 2010. (Allen J. Schaben, Los Angeles Times / May 14, 2012) via latimes.com
May 15th
Ex-LAPD Det. Stephanie Lazarus gets 27 years to... →
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May 11th
New charges against Long Beach officer held in... →
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May 10th
Tattoo in sheriff's deputy clique may have... →
Officials suspect smoke is added to this tattoo when a member of the deputies’ clique is involved in a shooting. (Handout / May 9, 2012) via latimes.com 
May 10th
Fire captain testifies police did 'nothing' to... →
A fire department captain testified Monday in a hearing for two Fullerton police officers charged in the beating death of Kelly Thomas that when he first arrived on scene “nothing was being done” to help the mentally ill homeless man. Capt. Rob Stancyk of the Fullerton Fire Department testified that seven or eight Fullerton police officers were standing around a bus depot when...
May 9th
Chest compression cut off homeless man's oxygen,... →
A coroner’s pathologist explains how Fullerton police officers piling on Kelly Thomas caused his death last summer. She says the situation was aggravated by facial and nasal bleeding. via latimes.com 
May 9th
'Bait Car' sting turns tables on detective →
Miranda rights were improperly read to suspect, then deputy sheriff testified in court that he properly advised the defendant…case dismissed. Side issue here: anyone have a problem with the possible safety issue?  What if the guy steals the “bait car” and gets in a chase, killing someone?
May 9th
Video portrays violent death of Kelly Thomas →
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May 8th
DEA apologizes to student who says he drank his... →
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May 2nd