New York authorities’ massive search ended in tragedy Thursday after the body of a missing NYPD detective was reportedly discovered in the waters of a local beach. Sources told the New York Daily News that dozens of officers with bloodhounds had been combing the Sheepshead Bay area on Thursday in search of Joseph Calabrese, 57, …
A former police officer in Hawaii who admitted to sexually abusing a 5-year-old girl recently learned he will not spend a day behind bars. In 2017, an Oahu grand jury indicted Teddy O. Van Lerberghe, 45, formerly with the Honolulu Police Department, on seven counts of sexual assault. According to the Star Advertiser, the assaults …
Authorities in Georgia say a fellow officer was caught on surveillance camera inside a convenience store as he beat a homeless woman. According to the Associated Press, Phillip Larscheid, a 29-year-old DeKalb County police officer, was initially investigated and cleared of the June 2017 incident, which occurred as he attempted to arrest the victim, Katie …
Authorities in Texas say a fellow law enforcement officer is facing criminal charges related to allegations that he engaged in bribery and a drug-smuggling scheme. According to the San Antonio Express News, 30-year-old Armando Trevino was a sergeant in the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office and had been with the agency for five years at the …
A New York City officer testified Tuesday that he exaggerated the criminal charges against Eric Garner, who died after his chokehold arrest was caught on camera in 2014, to make it appear as he was committing a felony. From the Associated Press, NYPD officer Justin Damico said—while in the ambulance with the dying 43-year-old—he filled …
A New York police officer could reportedly face a 10-year prison sentence if convicted of the murder-for-hire plot she is accused of hatching earlier this year. As CrimeOnline previously reported, police believe 34-year-old Valerie Cincinelli was arrested on suspicion of trying to hire a hitman to kill her estranged husband and the daughter of her …
Authorities in New York say a fellow law enforcement officer has been arrested on suspicion of attempting to hire a hitman to kill her estranged husband and a child. According to WNBC, 34-year-old Valerie Cincinelli is accused of approaching her boyfriend to find someone willing to murder her ex. One source told the network that …
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An ex-Minnesota officer was convicted of murder for the 2017 shooting death of a woman who had called 911 and reported a possible sexual assault occurring behind her home. On Tuesday, a jury found Mohamed Noor, 33, guilty of third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter in July 2017 slaying of Justine Ruszczyk Damond, 40, a dual …
For the first time, the public has been given access to the 911 call a Texas officer placed after she fatally shot her upstairs neighbor in his own apartment last year. Ex-Dallas police officer Amber Guyger, 30, is heard saying, “I thought it was my apartment,” 19 times in the 911 call obtained by WFAA. …
A jury will reconvene deliberating whether a former Minnesota officer is guilty of murder and manslaughter for the July 2017 shooting death of a dual U.S.-Australian citizen. Ex-officer Mohamed Noor, 33, was accused of fatally shooting Justine Ruszczyk Damond, 40, after she called 911 about a possible sexual assault occurring behind her home. Noor was …
A young Virginia boy reportedly gave a police officer Easter dinner, leading the officer to return the gesture to him and his classmates days later. According to a Facebook post by the Newport News Police Department, a boy named Jeremiah delivered the dinner to officer Beganovic and his partner while they patrolled his neighborhood last …
