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Quincy, MA
Police & Fire
Ex-Weymouth Officer Facing Decertification For Punching Suspect Several Times On Camera
A former officer with the Weymouth Police Department might never serve again after gruesome footage caught him assaulting a suspect during an arrest last year, leading his superiors to determine that he used excessive force multiple times while serving with the department. Justin Chappell is facing decertification for “a pattern of unprofessional conduct” during his time with the Weymouth Police Department, according to a letter from the Massachusetts POST Commission dated March 28, 2023, obtained by Daily Voice. The first cited incident occurred on January 23, 2022, where it is alleged …
Springfield, MA
Police & Fire
Western Mass Officer Suspended After Assault Charges Announced:
Post
The agency responsible for state police standards announced it had suspended a Springfield officer after he was charged with assault, authorities said. Jeffrey Alicea was among four officers suspended on Thursday, May 4, by the Peace Officer Standards and Training Commission. That brings the total of Massachusetts officers removed from duty to 28. Alicea was accused last month of assaulting a family member while off duty but wearing his police uniform, according to court records and police officials. Alicea is the second Springfield police officer to be suspended by …
Towson, MD
News
Cops Indicted For Selling Drugs, Fatal Crash In Separate Cases: Baltimore State's Attorney
A pair of Baltimore police officers who may have acted in bad faith have been indicted in two separate cases, the state’s attorney announced. Officers Cejus Watson and Alexis Acosta are being prosecuted by the agency’s Public Trust and Police Integrity Unit for charges that range from manslaughter to theft. Baltimore City State’s Attorney Ivan Bates announced on Thursday, May 4, that a grand jury indicted Watson for theft and misconduct in office after he was charged with distribution of Controlled Dangerous Substances last year. The officer allegedly stole payroll funds and left his post…
Cambridge, MA
News
Hopkinton Deputy Police Chief Charged With Repeatedly Raping 15-Year-Old: DA
A former deputy police chief is facing charges for allegedly assaulting a 15-year-old student multiple times while working as a school resource officer, authorities say. John “Jay” Porter, a former Hopkinton deputy chief of police, was indicted on three charges of rape of a child on Monday, May 1, according to Middlesex County District Attorney Marian Ryan. Porter allegedly assaulted a 15-year-old student while working for the Town of Hopkinton school system as a school resource officer between 2004 and 2005. Deputy Chief Porter marked 30 years of service on Thursday, July 14. His …
Cambridge, MA
News
Racial Slurs Allegedly Shouted By Hingham Police Officer At Stoneham Driver: DA
A Hingham Police Officer is accused of potentially using racial slurs and threatening a driver with a weapon in Stoneham at the end of last year, officials said. Joel Salituri, age 43, of Stoneham, was arraigned on the charge of assault with a dangerous weapon in Woburn District Court on Wednesday, April 26, the Middlesex County District Attorney's Office reports. The charge stems from an incident that happened on December 26, 2022, in which Salituri allegedly showed a gun during an argument with a man on Main Street in Stoneham. Salituri reportedly followed the man's car down …
Egg Harbor Township, NJ
Police & Fire
Bombshell
: NJ Jail Officers Charged With Manslaughter In Inmate's Death, Local Police Involved
UPDATE: What began as the investigation of three correctional officers following the death of a New Jersey inmate took a dramatic turn with manslaughter charges filed against two of them and new counts brought against five police officers who dropped him off at their jail. A state grand jury in Trenton charged Atlantic County Correctional Sgt. Eric Tornblom and Correctional Officer Mark Jenigen with manslaughter in the September 2019 death of Mario Terruso, 41, of Mays Landing, New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin said. The grand jury also returned charges against five Hamilton T…
Newark, NJ
News
Wrong Home: Police Raided NJ Family's Home At Gunpoint In Address Mixup, Suit Says
A family has filed a lawsuit against the Bloomfield Township after its police officers apparently wrongfully raided their home at gunpoint in response to reports of a murder suicide. Authorities eventually realized they had the wrong address, the lawsuit reads. The suit was filed by Emmanuel Martinez, Solamyra Criado and their child last month in Superior Court of New Jersey, Essex County. They are seeking unspecified damages. Police broke down the family's door around 7 a.m. on March 29, 2021, entering the home with their guns drawn and pointed at the family, according to the lawsuit…
Towson, MD
News
Baltimore Police Officers Indicted By Grand Jury In Separate Cases: State's Attorney
Two Baltimore police officers and a third civilian have been indicted on criminal charges in separate cases, according to the state’s attorney’s office. Officers Kevin Hilton and Unique Sheppard, as well as Breshawn Webb, have been indicted and will be prosecuted by the office’s Public Trust and Police Integrity Unit for their roles in a pair of incidents. Last month, while suspended from the department, it is alleged that Sheppard was involved in a car accident in Baltimore, during which she was reported found with drugs, paraphernalia, and a loaded Glock handgun. She was charged by the…
Jersey City, NJ
Police & Fire
Jersey City Officer Fired For Hitting Jogger Hopes To Be Reinstated, Lawyer Says
Supporters are rallying for a Jersey City police officer who they say was unfairly fired for hitting a jogger while responding to an emergency in February 2022. A GoFundMe for officer Edwin Hernandez says he is suffering "extreme punishment" as a result of his termination. Dashcam footage published by Real Garden State captured the Feb. 8, 2022 incident in which a jogger, later identified as Douglas Salom, ran directly in front of Hernandez's Crown Victoria on Jersey Avenue. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Real Garden State (@rea…
Towson, MD
News
Officer Who Threatened To Choke, Kill Teen During Struggle In Baltimore Convicted Of Assault
A Baltimore Police Department officer who threatened to choke and kill a minor during an altercation could spend up to a decade behind bars with some of the criminals he helped lock up. On Wednesday, March 29, former BPD officer Maxwell Dundore was convicted by a Baltimore City judge of second-degree assault and misconduct in office following a 2020 incident involving then 17-year-old Bobby Adams. Baltimore City State’s Attorney Ivan Bates said that while on duty, in uniform on April 27, 2020, Dundore was working for the department when he was called to the 2800 block of Mayfield Avenue wit…
Bristol, PA
Police & Fire
Former Bucks Cop Convicted Of Sexually Abusing Teen Boys Learns Sentence
The former Warminster police officer who was convicted of sexually abusing five boys will spend the next several decades behind bars, authorities say. James Carey, 54, will serve 24.5 to 55 years in prison, said Bucks County District Attorney Matthew Weintraub in a statement. Carey, during his tenure with the Warminster Township Police Department in the 1980s and 1990s, was a D.A.R.E. officer working with school students, a volunteer firefighter, and ran a "troubled youth" program, according to the DA. Prosecutors argued that Carey used these positions and his status as a…
Highland Lakes-Vernon, NJ
News
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: NJ Officer Admits Using Authority On Duty To Pressure Women Into Sex
UPDATE: A Vernon Township police officer who was accused of groping a Bergen County woman during a domestic violence call admitted abusing his authority on duty to force women to submit to his sexual advances. Emanuel Rivera, 38, acknowledged the “imbalance of power” between him and the women he was hitting on, New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and Acting Sussex County Prosecutor Annmarie Taggart said in a joint statement. This left them unable to consent, he admitted, because of the “coercive, intimidating nature of such requests” coming from a uniformed police officer," the s…
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