Grand jury recommends abolishing Alabama police department because of a ‘culture of corruption’
A grand jury recommended abolishing a small Alabama police department because of a “rampant culture of corruption” after charging five officers with a variety of crimes, officials announced Wednesday.
Cullman County District Attorney Champ Crocker announced Wednesday that a grand jury had indicted Hanceville Police Chief Jason Marlin and four of his officers on a variety of charges that included accusations of mishandling or removing evidence from the department’s evidence room.
“This is a sad day for law enforcement, but at the same time it is a good day for the rule of law,” Crocker said during a news conference.
The grand jury also issued a series of scathing findings about the department following an investigation that included looking at video of the department’s evidence room.
“There is a rampant culture of corruption in the Hanceville Police Department that has recently operated as more of a criminal enterprise than a law enforcement agency,” the grand jury reported. Hanceville is small city of 3,200 people about 45 miles (72 km) north of Birmingham.
Crocker said one of the most concerning things was that there was “unfettered access” to the department’s evidence room. He showed photos of a hole in the wall and a green broomstick that was used to “jimmy open” the door.
The grand jury found that the departmental negligence played a role in the 2024 death of a dispatcher who was found dead at work from a suspected drug overdose.
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Some More Cops Who Need to be Fired
Officer ‘smashed’ through ex-boyfriend’s door, assaulted him and another woman before threatening to burn down his home: Police
A 32-year-old police officer in New Jersey has been arrested for allegedly breaking into her ex-boyfriend’s house and violently assaulting two individuals inside.
Rebecca Sayegh, a nine-year veteran of the Toms River Police Department, was taken into custody Friday and charged with one count each of first-degree home invasion burglary, terroristic threats, and resisting arrest, authorities announced.
Sayegh was also charged with two counts each of assault and criminal mischief.
According to a news release from the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office, officers with the Berkeley Township Police Department at about 11:20 p.m. on Friday responded to a call about a domestic disturbance at a residence on Evernhan Avenue. The home is about 65 miles south of Newark, New Jersey.
Upon arriving at the address, first responders quickly located an adult female — later identified as Sayegh — who they said had “smashed the front glass door of the residence, entered the residence, and then assaulted and threatened two victims inside the residence,” prosecutors wrote. Sayegh was said to be off-duty at the time of the alleged incident.
“It was also determined that Sayegh damaged the hood of a vehicle belonging to one of the victims which was parked in the driveway of the residence,” the release states. “Sayegh was taken into custody at the scene — after having resisted efforts to peacefully place her under arrest.”
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A 32-year-old police officer in New Jersey has been arrested for allegedly breaking into her ex-boyfriend’s house and violently assaulting two individuals inside.
Rebecca Sayegh, a nine-year veteran of the Toms River Police Department, was taken into custody Friday and charged with one count each of first-degree home invasion burglary, terroristic threats, and resisting arrest, authorities announced.
Sayegh was also charged with two counts each of assault and criminal mischief.
According to a news release from the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office, officers with the Berkeley Township Police Department at about 11:20 p.m. on Friday responded to a call about a domestic disturbance at a residence on Evernhan Avenue. The home is about 65 miles south of Newark, New Jersey.
Upon arriving at the address, first responders quickly located an adult female — later identified as Sayegh — who they said had “smashed the front glass door of the residence, entered the residence, and then assaulted and threatened two victims inside the residence,” prosecutors wrote. Sayegh was said to be off-duty at the time of the alleged incident.
“It was also determined that Sayegh damaged the hood of a vehicle belonging to one of the victims which was parked in the driveway of the residence,” the release states. “Sayegh was taken into custody at the scene — after having resisted efforts to peacefully place her under arrest.”
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NYPD cop arrested for taking $1,700 ‘loan’ from Queens driver he pulled over
An NYPD cop was arrested Thursday for taking a $1,700 “loan” from a driver he pulled over during a car stop, prosecutors said.
Officer Armando Silvestre, 29, was in uniform and behind the wheel of a police cruiser the morning of March 1 when he turned on his emergency lights and siren and pulled over a man driving a Toyota Highlander on Hillside Ave. near 160th St. in Jamaica, a police source said.
“I have a question real quick,” Silvestre said after approaching the passenger side window to talk to the driver, according to the criminal complaint against him. “Can you park right there?”
The officer then pulled his patrol car up alongside the Highlander, the complaint says.
“Can I borrow $1,700?” Silvestre asked, the complaint said.
The driver complied, the source said. The deal, according to a second source, was that Silvestre would pay the driver back, with interest. But that never happened and a complaint was made to the NYPD’s Internal Affairs Bureau.
At no point during the interaction did Silvestri turn on his body-worn camera, as required during cart stops, nor did he document the interaction.
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An NYPD cop was arrested Thursday for taking a $1,700 “loan” from a driver he pulled over during a car stop, prosecutors said.
Officer Armando Silvestre, 29, was in uniform and behind the wheel of a police cruiser the morning of March 1 when he turned on his emergency lights and siren and pulled over a man driving a Toyota Highlander on Hillside Ave. near 160th St. in Jamaica, a police source said.
“I have a question real quick,” Silvestre said after approaching the passenger side window to talk to the driver, according to the criminal complaint against him. “Can you park right there?”
The officer then pulled his patrol car up alongside the Highlander, the complaint says.
“Can I borrow $1,700?” Silvestre asked, the complaint said.
The driver complied, the source said. The deal, according to a second source, was that Silvestre would pay the driver back, with interest. But that never happened and a complaint was made to the NYPD’s Internal Affairs Bureau.
At no point during the interaction did Silvestri turn on his body-worn camera, as required during cart stops, nor did he document the interaction.
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Manhunt launched for ex-police chief known as 'Devil in the Ozarks' after his escape from prison
As law officers search Arkansas' rugged Ozark Mountains for a former police chief and convicted killer who escaped prison this weekend by impersonating a guard and walking out through a gate a guard opened for him, the sister of one of his victims is on edge.
Grant Hardin, the former police chief in the small town of Gateway near the Arkansas-Missouri border, was serving lengthy sentences for murder and rape and became known as the “Devil in the Ozarks.”
Hardin escaped Sunday from the North Central Unit — a medium-security prison also known as the Calico Rock prison — by impersonating a corrections officer “in dress and manner,” according to a court document. A prison officer opened a secure gate, allowing him to leave the facility.
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As law officers search Arkansas' rugged Ozark Mountains for a former police chief and convicted killer who escaped prison this weekend by impersonating a guard and walking out through a gate a guard opened for him, the sister of one of his victims is on edge.
Grant Hardin, the former police chief in the small town of Gateway near the Arkansas-Missouri border, was serving lengthy sentences for murder and rape and became known as the “Devil in the Ozarks.”
Hardin escaped Sunday from the North Central Unit — a medium-security prison also known as the Calico Rock prison — by impersonating a corrections officer “in dress and manner,” according to a court document. A prison officer opened a secure gate, allowing him to leave the facility.
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