Thursday, July 16, 2009

Officer Cleveland Reynolds Arrested for Rape and Sodomy

A West Precinct officer has been charged with rape and sodomy, Birmingham police announced this evening.

A 23-year-old woman told police that Officer Cleveland Reynolds, who has been with the department for a year, sexually assaulted her while he was on duty.

Reynolds, who works the 11 p.m. to 7 a.m. shift, is being held at the Jefferson County Jail on bonds totaling $120,000.

Police said the assault happened on July 9 in the western part of the city. Police spokesman Sgt. Johnny Williams declined to provide additional information about the incident.

Williams said he did not know if Reynolds has an attorney.

Reynolds is on paid administrative leave.
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Howard Goldstein Arrested on Child Sex Charges

A 10-year-veteran advanced medical technician at the Nassau County Police Department tried to seduce an investigator posing as a 13-year-old girl through chats over the Internet, Nassau police said, adding that he sent explicit pictures and sexually graphic language during the exchanges.

Howard Goldstein, 38, is charged with eight counts of first-degree attempted disseminating indecent material to a minor and 11 counts of attempted endangering the welfare of a child.

He was being held on $82,500 cash bail or bond after he was arraigned in First District Court in Hempstead Thursday.

He pleaded not guilty. He was represented by the Legal Aid Society and is due back in court Monday.

Investigators said Goldstein thought he was communicating with a 13-year-old girl, but was actually corresponding with an officer.

The exchanges began in July last year with a New York State Police investigator in Albany. Nassau police arrested Goldstein Wednesday night.

"They were posing as a 13-year-old female and they got hits on this person," said Nassau police spokesman Det. Lt. Kevin Smith. "This particular unit scans the Internet for child predators. . . . That individual made sexually explicit comments via the Internet."

Goldstein, police said, eventually tried to arrange for the girl to take a Greyhound bus to Penn Station and then a Long Island Rail Road train to Rockville Centre.

He never followed through on the plan to meet the girl Tuesday, police said, but officers arrested him the next day.

"Subsequently that individual was locked up" after his ambulance bureau shift was finished and while he was on his way home from work, Smith said.
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Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Probation Officer Armando Mora Arrested for Cocaine Trafficking

A federal probation officer is expected to a face a judge after being arrested in a cocaine trafficking and bribery case.

U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents arrested Armando Mora on Wednesday.

Authorities said the 36-year-old Edinburg man worked as a federal probation officer in Rio Grande City.

Federal prosecutors told Action 4 News that Mora is accused of taking thousands of dollars in bribes to conduct background checks on truck drivers for a local drug trafficking organization.

Investigators believe that Mora told drug traffickers not to hire two drivers because they were undercover agents.

A third truck driver was not hired because he was an FBI informant who was on probation and supervised by Mora.

Investigators believe Mora worked for the drug trafficking organization between February and June 2009 allowing them to move 738 pounds of cocaine.

The 36-year-old man remains in custody where he is expected to appear before U.S. Magistrate Court Judge Peter Ormsby on Thursday morning.

If convicted, Mora could 10 years up to life in prison and millions of dollars in fines for the drug trafficking charge.

The bribery charge is punishable up to 15 years in prison and thousands in fines.

Officer David Kass Arrested for Trying to Lure 14-year-old

An Omaha police officer has been arrested and accused of using the Internet to lure what he thought was a 14-year-old girl.

Twenty-5-year-old David Kass was arrested at his Omaha home Wednesday on suspicion of online enticement.

La Vista detectives say on Tuesday Kass initiated an online conversation with an undercover investigator posing as a 14-year-old girl. Detectives say the conversation was of a graphic, sexual nature.

Kass has been placed on administrative leave. He has been with the department since 2006.

Online enticement carries a felony charge.
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Officer Donald Greer Arrested on Weapons Charge

A veteran Stamford police officer was arrested Tuesday by the Chief State's Attorney's Office on weapons charges related to pending criminal charges from a domestic dispute.

Donald Greer, 46, of Stratford, was charged with one count of illegally transferring a pistol or revolver, a felony that carries a maximum prison term of five years, the Chief State's Attorney's Office said in a statement.

Greer was arrested by Stamford police in March on threatening and disorderly conduct charges stemming from a domestic dispute. He was a police officer at the Stamford Police Department for 24 years before being arrested in March.

The department suspended Greer, and he turned in his badge and gun. He was put on administrative leave pending the domestic dispute charges.

John Whalen, an assistant state's attorney who works in the Statewide Prosecution Bureau, said investigators learned about the alleged firearms violations while looking into the domestic dispute.

In February 2007, Greer allegedly transferred a pistol to an acquaintance for their protection, the Chief State's Attorney's Office said in a statement. A warrant says the transfer was illegal because Greer did not submit the proper written statement to the State Police Special Firearms and Licensing Unit before the transfer.

Whalen would not offer more details about the arrest or how it was related to the domestic dispute.

Greer was arrested Tuesday by an inspector from the Chief State's Attorney's Office at state Superior Court in Stamford. He was released on a promise to appear in court and will be arraigned July 28.

Prosecutors from the Statewide Prosecution Bureau at the Chief State's Attorney's Office will handle the case, the office said in a statement.

Stamford Police Lt. Sean Cooney, a department spokesman, said Greer will remain on paid leave pending the outcome of the criminal charges against him.

An internal police investigation will follow once the court case gets resolved, he said.

Officer Anthony Rollins Arrested for Sexually Aaaaulting Woman While on Duty

A decorated Anchorage police officer has been accused of sexually assaulting multiple women while he was on duty.

Anthony Rollins, a 13-year veteran and former department spokesman, was indicted by a grand jury and arrested Wednesday. He's being held on a $100,000 bond.

"Let me stress that Rollins' alleged actions are aberrant and detestable," Police Chief Rob Heun said at a press conference. "Officers are compelled to function independently within the confines of the laws they are sworn to uphold and have the authority to enforce. They are and should be trusted to protect life, to protect property and maintain order."

Rollin, 41, is charged with four counts of first-degree sexual assault, six counts of second-degree sexual assault, four counts of criminal use of a computer and six counts of official misconduct.

A local group that supports victims of sexual assault — Standing Together Against Rape — brought one woman's allegations to the police department's attention in April.

Authorities said that police, with assistance from the FBI, then began investigation Rollins' past contact with women, and found five more alleged victims as far back as March 2006. Heun would not elaborate on how Rollins met the women, saying only that Rollins encountered them during field interviews.

Details of the assaults were sketchy in the indictment documents. Police and prosecutors also gave few details, saying the investigation is ongoing.

Rollins, who is married, has been honored by police several times. Last year, he received the department's Medal of Valor for rescuing a man from a burning building. In 2004, he received the department's Meritorious Conduct award for his role in an anti-bullying program in local schools.

Nancy Haag, executive director of Standing Together Against Rape, said the group does not comment on specific individuals or cases.

"Any sexual assault is traumatic and I'm sure an authority figure only compounds that trauma, fear and hopelessness," she said. "In general the issues that need to be recognized here is those who perpetrate these crimes need to be held accountable and the survivors need deserve to be heard, believed and offered support."

Rollins is set for a court appearance on Friday.
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Officer Michael Smith Arrested for Stealing Beer


Vicksburg police have arrested one of their own. Officer Michael Smith, 27, is accused of breaking in to a tour boat and stealing beer from inside.

Deputy Chief Richard O'Bannon says Smith was one of several other people charged with burglarizing the Sweet Olive tour boat, which was docked at Vicksburg, around 5:00 Sunday evening.

Smith has been on the Vicksburg police force for about a year. He was released on $10,000 dollars bond.

Former Deputy Stephen Thomas Sentenced to 210 Months for Receiving Child Porn


FT. PIERCE, FL

A former deputy with the Indian River Sheriff's Office will spend 210 months in federal prison followed by life time supervision.

Stephen Guy Thomas was sentenced in federal court in Ft. Pierce for receiving child pornography.

Federal investigators say that Thomas, who worked for IRCSO, was living on the grounds of the Rosewood Magnet Elementary School in Vero Beach.

An investigation found over 100 video clips and over 50 pictures of children on a laptop that he had in his residence as well as on a computer that he had in his assigned sheriff's vehicle.

Thomas' arrest, according to prosecutors, is part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide crackdown on child predators.

The Indian River County Sheriff's Office assisted the U.S. Attorney's Office in the case.

Stephen Guy Thomas will also be registered as a sex offender.

Former Officer Gary Cahoon Arrested for Attempted Murder


A former Redding Police officer was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder late Sunday afternoon after police said he shot a man with a shotgun.

Gary Cahoon, 60, of Anderson, fired one round from a shotgun at Brandon Rhodes, who is in his 30s, at about 5:14 p.m. on the 21900 block of Reading Drive, said Detective Wes Collette of the Shasta County Sheriff’s Office.

The two men had been involved in an earlier argument about visitors to Cahoon’s home at about 3 p.m. and Rhodes came back to confront Cahoon at his house, Collette said.

Redding Police Chief Peter Hansen said Cahoon was a Redding Police officer about 30 years ago, resigning in the late 1970s. He said he didn’t know why he resigned.

“He was a police officer for a short period of time,” Hansen said.

Cahoon was an officer for seven years, Collette said. Cahoon and Rhodes were “long-time acquaintances,” he said.

Several pellets from the shotgun blast hit Rhodes and his pickup, Collette said. Rhodes has been treated for his injuries and released.

Cahoon admitted to the shooting, Collette said. He was being held this morning at the Shasta County Jail on $500,000 bail.

Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Man Dies of Broken Neck After Deputy Chris Sturdivant Pulls Him Over

A 42-year-old Louisiana man has died, apparently of a broken neck, after being pulled over by a police deputy.

A dash cam video shows Deputy Chris Sturdivant of the Livingston Parish Sheriff’s Office with his arms around Adam Stogner’s neck after the officer suspected the man of putting a small quantity of drugs into his mouth.

Stogner died along Interstate 12. Preliminary results from the coroner show that Stogner died from “severe coronary artery disease, an enlarged heart, and a fracture of the hyoid bone in his neck.”

According to CBS affiliate WAFB, the sheriff’s office says Stogner did not put his truck in park when he was pulled over. This may have led the officer to believe Stogner was planning to flee the scene. And the deputy believed Stogner was impaired.

A substantial portion of the dash cam video can be seen here.

Sgt. Robert Trowbridge Arrested for Giving False Report


Greece police Sgt. Robert Trowbridge, who was suspended by town officials last week, was arraigned today after being arrested by State Police.

Trowbridge has been charged with the felony of offering a false instrument in the first degree.

Trowbridge was arraigned in Riga Town Court this afternoon and pleaded not guilty.

Read the felony complaint

A felony complaint filed in Riga Town Court alleges that in April 2002, Trowbridge falsified information in a background check of former Officer Gary Pignato, who was convicted this year of coercing a woman into sex. The complaint says he attributed the information to several Rochester Police Department command officers, including Chief Robert Duffy, now the Rochester mayor, and former deputy chiefs Vincent Faggiano and James Sheppard.

The filing of a false report by a police officer can be the basis of a criminal charge.

Faggiano and Sheppard declined to comment today. Duffy said that he has talked recently with investigators about the Pignato background report. Duffy said he did not provide any information to Trowbridge or Greece police for a check into Pignato’s background in 2002.

“There was no way I would ever give a positive job recommendation (for Pignato),” said Duffy, who noted that Pignato unsuccessfully sued the city in 1997 over his firing from Rochester police.

Prosecutors say Trowbridge admitted falsifying the background report, and said he did so at the direction of now-suspended Police Chief Merritt Rahn.

“We believe he was acting at the direction of someone else,” DA Green said today.
Green said the ongoing investigation into the Greece police continues to grow.

“This investigation unfortunately seems to expand every time we turn a corner,” he said. ” … In my mind, my estimation, it is a large investigation, a very serious investigation.”

The disciplinary charges that led to Trowbridge’s suspension stem from an ongoing internal probe of the Greece Police Department by acting Director of Public Safety Joseph Loszynski.

Loszynski said the investigation does not end with Trowbridge’s arrest.

“This will end when I make the determination there are no more viable leads to follow.”

He said he is looking into any role that Rahn may have played in Pignato’s background check.

Town Supervisor John Auberger said the allegedly falsified report “has had very serious implications” for the town and residents.

“If an accurate background had been provided, Mr. Pignato would not have been hired,” he said.
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Officer Charles Dean & David Gaither Terminated for Exposing Themselves

MYRTLE BEACH

Two local officers are no longer with their respective police forces after witnesses said they were intoxicated and exposed themselves in front of families on the Intracoastal Waterway.

Officer Charles Henry Dean, 30, of the Horry County Police Department resigned on Monday, according to Sgt. Robert Kegler. Dean recently was involved in a videotaped beating of a Longs man during an arrest on Bellamy Road in Little River.

Officer David Gaither, 50, was terminated from his position Monday with the Myrtle Beach Police Department as of Monday, according to Capt. David Knipes.

Both police departments conducted their own internal investigations before it was announced the officers were no longer on the job.

It is not known whether charges will be filed against Dean or Gaither in connection with the incident, Kegler said.

Sarah Delosantos of Conway said Tuesday that she saw Dean ``shaking his butt and mooning everybody'' on July 5 near The Boathouse, located Hard Rock Parkway in Horry County.

Delosantos said she was with four children _ ages 7, 10, 12 and 14 _ who witnessed the acts. One of Delosantos' friends took photos of Dean and about 15 other people near him who were ``shotgunning alcohol,'' she said.

``We didn't even know Charles Dean was a cop until we showed the officer the photos and he said `I think he's an officer,''' Delosantos said. ``We know Gaither was a cop.''

Delosantos said one of her friends confronted Gaither at the time of the incident and asked him to stop what he was doing.

On May 18, a video from an officer's dashboard-mounted camera shows Dean punching Krishmer Shamar Bessent, 30, several times in the face and kicking him once in the abdomen, just minutes after the man had taken the officer's Taser and fired it. An internal investigation cleared Dean of wrongdoing.

Dean, a patrol officer, was hired by Horry County police in October, 2006.

Gaither, a traffic officer, was hired by Myrtle Beach police in September, 2000, according to city records.

Officer Anthony Hebert Arrested for 7 Counts of False Imprisonment & Other Charges


From the Sulphur Police Department:

According to Chief of Police Chris Abrahams, on Monday, July 13, 2009 at approximately 9:09 PM, officers of the Sulphur Police Department were dispatched to North Stanford Street in reference to a man with a gun.

Upon arriving, officers were advised that a male subject, later identified as Anthony J. Hebert, 31, an off-duty Lake Charles Police Officer, went to the residence to see a subject concerning a child custody dispute.

After a confrontation in the yard with the subject, Hebert allegedly entered the residence with a handgun. Officers were advised that Hebert then pointed the gun at everyone inside the residence and refused to allow anyone to leave the residence or call 911 and struck one of the victims on the side of the head with the handgun. Hebert later left the residence and was notified that the Sulphur Police were at his home looking for him.

Hebert went home where he was arrested for aggravated burglary, seven counts of false imprisonment with a dangerous weapon, aggravated battery and six counts of aggravated assault.

Hebert was booked into the Sulphur City Jail and later released on $140,000 bond per Judge Mike Canaday.

The Sulphur Police Detective Division is still investigating this incident.

Deputy Barry Taylor Charged with Obstruction of Justice

Lincoln County's second-highest ranking law officer was indicted Monday and charged with helping an acquaintance get out of a drunken driving arrest in 2007.

Sheriff's Chief Deputy Barry Eugene Taylor, 38, is charged with felony obstruction of justice. The alleged incident was investigated by the State Bureau of Investigation, said Gwynn Radeker, senior assistant district attorney for Lincoln and Cleveland counties.

“Regardless of what you do or who you are, we cannot operate under the good ol' boy framework like we did 50 years ago,” Radeker told The Observer on Monday.

District Attorney Rick Shaffer scheduled a news conference for 8 a.m. today at the Lincoln County commissioners' chamber in Lincolnton, Radeker said.

Taylor is accused of intervening on Feb 25, 2007, when Sheriff's Sgt. Steve Dombrowski arrested a man on suspicion of drunken driving and brought him to the detention center for sobriety tests and booking, Radeker said. The driver's name has not been released by investigators.

If convicted, Taylor could be sentenced to probation or up to 10 months in jail, Radeker said.

Taylor couldn't be reached Monday. Sheriff Tim Daugherty didn't have a comment for The Observer on Monday, said spokesman Jon Mayhew. As of Monday evening, Taylor was not suspended and was scheduled for regular duty, Mayhew said.

Daugherty is a first-term sheriff who won election by a slim margin as a Democrat in the heavily Republican county.

The months-old SBI investigation has become well-known in the community with details covered by newspapers and a controversial blog, called the Lake Norman Bath. The blog has pilloried the sheriff and his office with accusations of impropriety.

The blog has posted comments from the sheriff responding to allegations not related to the Taylor case.

Radeker said information from the blog served as tips and was instrumental in the state's investigation and the grand jury indictment.

The news@norman, a weekly newspaper with an online edition, said the SBI investigation involved off-site interviews with deputies who feared for their jobs.

According to Observer interviews and the news@norman, the unidentified driver is a Lincolnton doctor who was arrested in Denver, N.C., by Dombrowski. On his way to jail, he allegedly called his wife who then contacted a third party who knew Taylor.

According to the news@norman, Taylor then met Dombrowski and the doctor at the jail and released the doctor. Taylor later said the doctor wasn't impaired.

Monday, July 13, 2009

Officer Martin Montogomery Accused of Misconduct

A hearing date has been set in the case of an Evansville police officer accused of misconduct.

Officer Martin Montgomery, 28, has been suspended after an investigation.

He's accused of neglect of duty and improper conduct.

Monday, the Police Merit Commission spent an hour and a half discussing the case.

A disciplinary hearing open to the public will take place August 3.

No charges have been filed, but the criminal case has been turned over to a grand jury, which will hear it a week from Monday.

Former Officer Ted Smith Wanted for Domestic Dispute

The Gadsden County Sheriff’s Office is on the hunt for a former Quincy police officer, according to Lt. Jim Corder.

This morning at 1:40 a.m. the Qunicy Police Department responded to reports of a domestic dispute.

According to GCSO, Ted Smith drove his van into the bedroom section of his and his wife's home in the Lake Laurie area.

Smith then went inside and chased his wife down the hall, grabbed her and then attempted to strangle her, Corder said.

He then fled the scene in another vehicle.

Corder said that once found, Smith will be arrested on charges of burglary with persons assaulted or injured, domestic battery and felony criminal mischief.
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Update: http://www.wctv.tv/home/headlines/50622127.html

Trooper Derek Loop Arrested for Drunk Driving

The Alaska Department of Public Safety says a 36-year-old Alaska state trooper has been arrested in Soldotna for investigation of drunken driving and weapons misconduct.

Soldotna police say a local officer arrested Derek T. Loop on Sunday. Police declined to discuss details of the arrest.

Public Safety spokesperson Megan Peters confirmed that Loop is a state trooper.

KTUU reports that according to a newsletter on the troopers' Web site, Loop has served as a trooper for nearly seven years.

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Information from: KTUU-TV, http://www.ktuu.com
More Information: http://www.ktuu.com/Global/story.asp?S=10727907

Saturday, July 11, 2009

Former Chief Timothy Boyer Arrested for Sexually Molesting Young Girl


In a shocking case, a former police chief is in jail after confessing to sexually abusing a child for the last eight years--since she was eight years old.

Timothy Boyer was police chief of tiny Wynona from March 17 to June 16, when he resigned. Reports say that during his short tenure, Boyer wasn't popular with the town.

As it turns out, he had a secret: eight years of sexually molesting a young girl, now 16 years old. Boyer voluntarily turned himself in to the Sand Springs police department and admitted the years of abuse. He's in the Tulsa County jail with bond set at $200,000.

He's been charged with rape by instrumentation and lewd molestation of a child under 16. Boyer reportedly told officers that he performed "everything but intercourse" in his sexual acts with the child.

Boyer previously worked in two other Oklahoma police departments, as well as working as a registered nurse.

Officer Wade Langer Arrested for Sexual Assault Against Child


Former Center police officer Wade Langer, 36, was arrested at his home, July 2, by Center Police on a warrant issued out of Mesa County alleging nine counts of sex assault against a child and one count of first-degree sex assault.

After his arrest last Thursday, Langer was taken to the Saguache County Jail. He was handed over to the Mesa County Sheriff’s Office Friday, the Saguache County Sheriff’s Office reported. He is being held without bond.

Later it was determined that the investigation into Langer’s activities is being conducted by the Colorado Bureau of Investigation, (CBI). A CBI spokesperson stated that the warrant in Langer’s case has been sealed until the investigation is concluded.

When asked what circumstances might lead to a sealed warrant, Denver press information officer Lance Clem commented that this often is done to protect the identity of a minor or when the case is still under investigation.

Mesa County records indicate that Langer also was charged with a sexually related offense in 2001 that was later judged to be unfounded.

Background

Langer came to Center from Grand Junction. He resided in Center with his wife and three step-children where he served as a Center Police Officer for two years. Langer resigned last summer after contesting a speeding ticket issued by the Colorado State Patrol. He said he submitted his resignation to accept another position as a police officer.

Charges from Langer’s speeding ticket were successfully contested and later dropped. He was able to prove that he had been called to a family emergency that could have involved a life or death situation.

Langer also is named in a suit filed Dec. 4, 2008 by Maria J. Cisneros. Cisneros alleges that Langer and two fellow officers at that time searched her home without a proper search warrant. The civil action filed in U.S. District Court on Cisneros’ behalf states that, “On May 15, 2008, a notice of claim was submitted to the Town of Center, via registered mail, pursuant to requirements of C.R.S. § 24-10-109, Exhibit E. There was no response to the notice of claim from any of the Defendants or their agents.”

Langer denies that events unfolded as Cisneros states in her complaint. Cisneros cites violations of the fourth and fourteenth amendments to the U.S. Constitution and is seeking damages for emotional injury and the use of excessive force.

In the course of protesting the search, Cisneros says she was treated roughly while being arrested and later sought treatment at San Luis Valley Regional Medical Center. At the time she was recovering from breast cancer surgery.

Deputy Ian Quick Arrested for Burglary


The following is a press release from the Pinal County Sheriff's Office:

On July 10, 2009 Pinal County Sheriff’s Office investigators arrested Pinal County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Ian Quick for charges relating to residential burglary and theft of property in the Florence area reported to the Sheriff’s Office on July 08, 2009.

On June 10, 2009 at approximately 10:00 p.m. deputies were called to the 27000 block of North Aladdin Road in Florence regarding a possible burglary in progress.

When deputies arrived on scene they were approached by a male subject who they immediately recognized as Deputy Ian Quick. Deputy Quick told responding deputies he had permission to be on the property and was picking up some corral panels. Responding deputies inquired as to why Deputy Quick was on the property so late in the evening and he informed them it was his day off and that he had a sick family member at home and was not able to leave the residence any earlier. Deputies reported they had no reason to believe Deputy Quick’s story was not legitimate and cleared the scene.

On July 08, 2009 the victim contacted the Sheriff’s Office to report that several corral panels had been stolen from the residence. The victim reported the panels were valued at more than $2,000. The victim told investigators that Deputy Quick did not have permission to be on her property nor did he have permission to retrieve the panels. She advised she and her husband spoke with Dep. Quick, who denied taking the panels.

After receiving the report from the former resident of the property, Sheriff’s Office Property Crimes investigators opened a criminal investigation into the burglary and theft of the corral panels and Deputy Quick was placed on paid administrative leave.

“Nobody is above the law. I want the public to understand I will not tolerate nor give special treatment to anyone, including my own deputies,” said Sheriff Paul Babeu. “I am confident we have handled this investigation well and justice will be served.”

After conducting their investigation including several interviews, Sheriff’s Office investigators arrested Deputy Ian Quick. Deputy Quick was booked into the Pinal County Adult Detention Facility on charges of burglary and theft. Deputy Quick was released on his own recognizance and ordered to appear in front of Judge Lusk in Apache Junction at the end of July.

Sheriff Paul Babeu commented, “Though it troubles me that a deputy would commit these crimes, we cannot allow his actions to bring discredit to the dedication and commitment of the many men and women of the Pinal County Sheriff’s Office who are honorable servants and protectors.”
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