A Thief River Falls probationary police officer allegedly sold stolen property on Wednesday.
Probationary officer Paul James Kezar, 37, was arrested early Wednesday morning. Authorities are investigating a report of a stolen lawnmower tracked down its current owner on Tuesday, who told investigators it had been purchased from Kezar.
Investigators believe Officer Kezar was involved in the theft and sale of several large ticket items including boats, trailers and all-terrain vehicles.
Kezar has worked as a probationary officer with the Thief River Falls Police Department since January 5, 2009.
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Thursday, October 22, 2009
Tuesday, February 03, 2009
School Resource Officer Jonathan Kelly Arrested for Theft
GREENACRES, Fla.
A Palm Beach County school resource officer is accused of helping himself to other people's property.
Jonathan Kelly was arrested Monday, accused of breaking into homes and cars, stealing credit cards and thousands of dollars worth of electronics.
"The officer has been with the district since 2002," school district spokesman Nat Harrington said of the former Delray Beach police officer. "He has a clean record. He was stationed and assigned to John I. Leonard High School, where he did a good job, so obviously these allegations are very shocking and very disappointing."
Kelly is accused of sending the stolen goods to a high school friend, who sold the loot on the Internet and then wired the money to Kelly. It was that friend who turned Kelly in.
The officer posted bond, but he won't be returning to school anytime soon. Kelly has been placed on administrative leave pending the outcome of the investigation, Harrington said.
"We have two officers at that school, so they will not lose their police protection," Harrington said. "We will likely reassign an officer to that school if and when needed to cover his duties."
More Information:
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/palmbeach/sfl-flpcoparrest0204pnfeb04,0,1790507.story
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Former Deputy Jerrel Tauzin Arrested for Possession of Stolen Property
A former Iberia Parish Sheriff's Deputy has been arrested for theft for the second time in two months.
According to Iberia Parish Officials Jerrel Tauzin has been arrested on new charges of possession of stolen property valued at more than one million dollars.
Tauzin was arrested Nov. 15 after investigators found he was in possession of a laptop computer stolen in September from Breaux Brothers enterprises, containing valuable designs estimated to be worth more than $1 million.
Tauzin was first arrested Oct. 30 after admitting to police he burglarized the home of a vacationing acquaintance.
Sheriff's officials say they are preparing to charge Tauzin with at least 10 additional burglaries.
Tauzin is being held on $150,000 bond.
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Officer Sheldon Cook Accused of Stealing Fake Cocaine in Court
A Peel Police officer accused of stealing 15 bricks of fake cocaine that were supposed to be used in an RCMP sting, was never alone with the entire shipment, a fellow officer told a Brampton court today.
But Sheldon Cook was among three officers from Peel's 12 Division Criminal Investigation Bureau (CIB) who moved more than 100 suspected cocaine packages from a courier van to a CIB minivan and later to a morality bureau van, Peel Const. Robert Bryant testified.
Bryant said he believed the packages – hidden inside boxes of mangoes – contained real cocaine when Cook and others investigated the discovery on the night of Nov. 16, 2005.
The couriers who were transporting the mangoes sought help from Bryant at a Peel Police community station in Mississauga that night because they had become suspicious of the cargo they had picked up earlier from Pearson International Airport.
Two days later, a tracking device hidden in the bricks led RCMP investigators to Cook's Cambridge home.
The dummy drugs were found in a storage compartment of a Sea Doo in his garage. A search warrant uncovered some marijuana and several MP3 players allegedly taken from an unrelated investigation.
Federal prosecutors David Rowcliffe and Ania Weiler contend Cook believed the bricks were real cocaine and that he took some of them while investigating the discovery of the drugs by Bryant at the community station.
It's the Crown's case that Cook was unaware the drugs were fake or that they were to be used in an RCMP-controlled delivery as part of an international drug investigation.
Cook, 40, has pleaded not guilty to seven criminal charges in this Brampton trial in connection with different offences, all in relation to the discovery of the dummy drugs and MP3s at his home.
Bryant today told the court that Cook and two other CIB officers were at the Lakeshore Rd. station for about three hours that night but he never recalled Cook being out of his presence except for when Cook and other officers were searching the cargo inside the courier van. Bryant said he was inside the station at the time.
Before alerting the CIB unit, Bryant said the couriers told him they had been paid cash to deliver the mangoes to an address in Scarborough. While they were en route they got a phone call, instructing them to go instead to a darkened trucking yard in south Mississauga. But when they encountered a vehicle flashing its lights at the yard they headed to a police station.
Believing he had discovered real drugs when he opened one of the boxes, Bryant called 12 Division and three CIB officers were dispatched, two in a minivan and Cook, alone, in a car.
Bryant said Cook told him to remain with the couriers while Cook and the other officers inspected the cargo.
But in separating the mangoes from the suspected drug packages, a device with wires was discovered. Officers thought it was an explosive device so a bomb disposal unit was called, Bryant said.
The officers didn't know at the time that the unit was actually a tracking device hidden in the packages by the RCMP.
While waiting for the bomb unit and morality officers to arrive, Bryant helped Cook and the other officers unload the packages from the courier van into the CIB minivan. Later, he helped them move the packages to a morality bureau van.
Bryant testified under cross examination by defence lawyer Pat Ducharme that he locked the courier van with the suspected drugs and always had the key.
He also admitted several officers were present when the fake drugs were eventually moved from the CIB van into the morality bureau van.
The other two other CIB officers left Cook and Bryant in the station when they went for food for about 20 minutes but Bryant didn't know if they took the CIB van with the drugs or Cook's car to the sandwich shop.
Bryant learned the following day that the drugs were actually decoys being used in an RCMP controlled delivery.
A total of 88 boxes of mangoes containing 146 hidden bricks of fake cocaine arrived at Pearson International Airport from Peru at about 6 a.m. on Nov. 16.
Despite being under surveillance, the shipment went missing about 12 hours later.
The RCMP became aware the next day that the fake drugs had been seized by Peel Police, but when they took possession of the dummy drugs there were 44 missing.
Court previously heard that 23 of the fake bricks were later recovered but that the other 21 have never been located.
The failed RCMP operation was designed to find the Canadian buyers of an international drug smuggling operation based in Lima, the Peruvian capital.
Cook is charged with attempt to possess a controlled substance for the purpose of trafficking, possession of marijuana for the purpose of trafficking, possession of stolen property (MP3 players) from a police investigation and breach of trust as a police officer in connection with the other offences.
The offences were allegedly committed between Aug. 7 and Nov. 18, 2005.
In addition to the tracking device and 15 fake bricks of cocaine found at Cook's Cambridge residence, another tracking device and eight fake bricks, sliced open, were found in a garbage bin behind the Blinds to Go store on Dundas St. near the Mississauga/Oakville border on the same day the search warrant was executed at Cook's home.
Cook remains suspended with pay. The case is also being watched closely by Peel's internal affairs bureau.
As a result of his arrest on Nov. 18, 2005, Justice Canada decided not to prosecute at least six drug cases where Cook was the arresting officer.
As well, a month after his arrest, a Peel judge acquitted former Toronto Argonaut Orlando Bowen of drug and assault charges that were laid by Cook and another officer. Bowen alleged at trial that Cook had planted a small amount of cocaine on him during his arrest.
More Information: http://www.thestar.com/News/GTA/article/544372
But Sheldon Cook was among three officers from Peel's 12 Division Criminal Investigation Bureau (CIB) who moved more than 100 suspected cocaine packages from a courier van to a CIB minivan and later to a morality bureau van, Peel Const. Robert Bryant testified.
Bryant said he believed the packages – hidden inside boxes of mangoes – contained real cocaine when Cook and others investigated the discovery on the night of Nov. 16, 2005.
The couriers who were transporting the mangoes sought help from Bryant at a Peel Police community station in Mississauga that night because they had become suspicious of the cargo they had picked up earlier from Pearson International Airport.
Two days later, a tracking device hidden in the bricks led RCMP investigators to Cook's Cambridge home.
The dummy drugs were found in a storage compartment of a Sea Doo in his garage. A search warrant uncovered some marijuana and several MP3 players allegedly taken from an unrelated investigation.
Federal prosecutors David Rowcliffe and Ania Weiler contend Cook believed the bricks were real cocaine and that he took some of them while investigating the discovery of the drugs by Bryant at the community station.
It's the Crown's case that Cook was unaware the drugs were fake or that they were to be used in an RCMP-controlled delivery as part of an international drug investigation.
Cook, 40, has pleaded not guilty to seven criminal charges in this Brampton trial in connection with different offences, all in relation to the discovery of the dummy drugs and MP3s at his home.
Bryant today told the court that Cook and two other CIB officers were at the Lakeshore Rd. station for about three hours that night but he never recalled Cook being out of his presence except for when Cook and other officers were searching the cargo inside the courier van. Bryant said he was inside the station at the time.
Before alerting the CIB unit, Bryant said the couriers told him they had been paid cash to deliver the mangoes to an address in Scarborough. While they were en route they got a phone call, instructing them to go instead to a darkened trucking yard in south Mississauga. But when they encountered a vehicle flashing its lights at the yard they headed to a police station.
Believing he had discovered real drugs when he opened one of the boxes, Bryant called 12 Division and three CIB officers were dispatched, two in a minivan and Cook, alone, in a car.
Bryant said Cook told him to remain with the couriers while Cook and the other officers inspected the cargo.
But in separating the mangoes from the suspected drug packages, a device with wires was discovered. Officers thought it was an explosive device so a bomb disposal unit was called, Bryant said.
The officers didn't know at the time that the unit was actually a tracking device hidden in the packages by the RCMP.
While waiting for the bomb unit and morality officers to arrive, Bryant helped Cook and the other officers unload the packages from the courier van into the CIB minivan. Later, he helped them move the packages to a morality bureau van.
Bryant testified under cross examination by defence lawyer Pat Ducharme that he locked the courier van with the suspected drugs and always had the key.
He also admitted several officers were present when the fake drugs were eventually moved from the CIB van into the morality bureau van.
The other two other CIB officers left Cook and Bryant in the station when they went for food for about 20 minutes but Bryant didn't know if they took the CIB van with the drugs or Cook's car to the sandwich shop.
Bryant learned the following day that the drugs were actually decoys being used in an RCMP controlled delivery.
A total of 88 boxes of mangoes containing 146 hidden bricks of fake cocaine arrived at Pearson International Airport from Peru at about 6 a.m. on Nov. 16.
Despite being under surveillance, the shipment went missing about 12 hours later.
The RCMP became aware the next day that the fake drugs had been seized by Peel Police, but when they took possession of the dummy drugs there were 44 missing.
Court previously heard that 23 of the fake bricks were later recovered but that the other 21 have never been located.
The failed RCMP operation was designed to find the Canadian buyers of an international drug smuggling operation based in Lima, the Peruvian capital.
Cook is charged with attempt to possess a controlled substance for the purpose of trafficking, possession of marijuana for the purpose of trafficking, possession of stolen property (MP3 players) from a police investigation and breach of trust as a police officer in connection with the other offences.
The offences were allegedly committed between Aug. 7 and Nov. 18, 2005.
In addition to the tracking device and 15 fake bricks of cocaine found at Cook's Cambridge residence, another tracking device and eight fake bricks, sliced open, were found in a garbage bin behind the Blinds to Go store on Dundas St. near the Mississauga/Oakville border on the same day the search warrant was executed at Cook's home.
Cook remains suspended with pay. The case is also being watched closely by Peel's internal affairs bureau.
As a result of his arrest on Nov. 18, 2005, Justice Canada decided not to prosecute at least six drug cases where Cook was the arresting officer.
As well, a month after his arrest, a Peel judge acquitted former Toronto Argonaut Orlando Bowen of drug and assault charges that were laid by Cook and another officer. Bowen alleged at trial that Cook had planted a small amount of cocaine on him during his arrest.
More Information: http://www.thestar.com/News/GTA/article/544372
Monday, November 10, 2008
Const. Sheldon Cook Pleads Not Guilty to Stealing Fake Cocaine
A veteran Peel police officer has pleaded not guilty in a bizarre case that saw 15 kilograms of fake cocaine disappear from an RCMP sting operation.
Police say they found the white powder in a storage area in the Cambridge, Ont., home of Const. Sheldon Cook, along with marijuana and 21 MP3 players. He was arrested in November 2005 and accused of removing the fake cocaine from a truck being used in an RCMP sting.
The truck with fake drugs hidden in its cargo was on its way to a Mississauga warehouse when the driver, who was not involved in the controlled RCMP drug investigation, became suspicious of the cargo he was carrying.
The truck driver called Peel police and Cook allegedly responded, meeting the truck before it made it to the warehouse. Cook then allegedly removed the fake cocaine, which had a GPS tracking device hidden inside.
That equivalent amount of real cocaine was valued at $500,000.
The seven charges against Cook, 40, include an attempt to possess a controlled substance for the purpose of trafficking; possession of marijuana for the purpose of trafficking; possession of stolen property from a police investigation; and breach of trust as a police officer in connection with the other offences. Cook, a 14-year veteran, remains suspended with pay by the Peel force until his case is dealt with through the courts.
As a result of the arrest, the federal justice department decided not to prosecute at least six drug cases involving Cook as the arresting officer.
A month after he was charged, a Peel judge acquitted former Toronto Argonaut Orlando Bowen of drug charges and charges of assaulting police that had been laid by Cook and another officer.
Police say they found the white powder in a storage area in the Cambridge, Ont., home of Const. Sheldon Cook, along with marijuana and 21 MP3 players. He was arrested in November 2005 and accused of removing the fake cocaine from a truck being used in an RCMP sting.
The truck with fake drugs hidden in its cargo was on its way to a Mississauga warehouse when the driver, who was not involved in the controlled RCMP drug investigation, became suspicious of the cargo he was carrying.
The truck driver called Peel police and Cook allegedly responded, meeting the truck before it made it to the warehouse. Cook then allegedly removed the fake cocaine, which had a GPS tracking device hidden inside.
That equivalent amount of real cocaine was valued at $500,000.
The seven charges against Cook, 40, include an attempt to possess a controlled substance for the purpose of trafficking; possession of marijuana for the purpose of trafficking; possession of stolen property from a police investigation; and breach of trust as a police officer in connection with the other offences. Cook, a 14-year veteran, remains suspended with pay by the Peel force until his case is dealt with through the courts.
As a result of the arrest, the federal justice department decided not to prosecute at least six drug cases involving Cook as the arresting officer.
A month after he was charged, a Peel judge acquitted former Toronto Argonaut Orlando Bowen of drug charges and charges of assaulting police that had been laid by Cook and another officer.
Sunday, October 26, 2008
Corrections Deputy Diane Brown Steals Neighbors Maltese
A San Diego County corrections deputy is facing criminal charges after allegedly putting her neighbor's yappy Maltese in the trunk of her car and abandoning it about 20 miles from her Hemet home, authorities said.
Diane M. Brown, 42, was booked into a Riverside County jail Thursday and released on $5,000 bond. A court date has been set for Nov. 20.
Brown works as a corrections deputy at the Vista jail, sheriff's officials confirmed yesterday.
Brown's frustration with her neighbor's fluffy white dog, named Spike, began more than a year ago when she claimed the dog's barking was a nuisance, said Riverside County Animal Services spokesman John Welsh.
Brown took the dog's owner to court, but the judge threw out the case.
On Monday, it appears Brown took matters into her own hands.
Employees at the Cherry Valley Water District in Beaumont said they saw a woman take a dog out her trunk and dump it in front of the building, Welsh said. The woman returned about a minute later, apparently to remove the dog's collar.
Two surveillance cameras captured the incident, and one witness copied down the woman's license plate. The witnesses brought the unharmed dog to a veterinarian, who scanned the dog's microchip and called its owner.
Hemet police later booked Brown into jail on suspicion of being in possession of stolen property. Animal Services officials also are pursuing a misdemeanor charge of animal cruelty for abandoning the dog, which is valued at $2,000, Welsh said.
Diane M. Brown, 42, was booked into a Riverside County jail Thursday and released on $5,000 bond. A court date has been set for Nov. 20.
Brown works as a corrections deputy at the Vista jail, sheriff's officials confirmed yesterday.
Brown's frustration with her neighbor's fluffy white dog, named Spike, began more than a year ago when she claimed the dog's barking was a nuisance, said Riverside County Animal Services spokesman John Welsh.
Brown took the dog's owner to court, but the judge threw out the case.
On Monday, it appears Brown took matters into her own hands.
Employees at the Cherry Valley Water District in Beaumont said they saw a woman take a dog out her trunk and dump it in front of the building, Welsh said. The woman returned about a minute later, apparently to remove the dog's collar.
Two surveillance cameras captured the incident, and one witness copied down the woman's license plate. The witnesses brought the unharmed dog to a veterinarian, who scanned the dog's microchip and called its owner.
Hemet police later booked Brown into jail on suspicion of being in possession of stolen property. Animal Services officials also are pursuing a misdemeanor charge of animal cruelty for abandoning the dog, which is valued at $2,000, Welsh said.
Sunday, August 03, 2008
Milwaukee Officer Accused of Stealing During Sting
MILWAUKEE
A Milwaukee police officer has been suspended after being accused of stealing money.
Jeffrey Buckson has been charged with two felony counts of misconduct in office and misdemeanors of theft and receiving or concealing stolen property.
The department set up a sting after other officers reported misconduct by the five-year veteran. Officers had a person loiter near a vehicle, prompting a search by Buckson and his partner.
A criminal complaint says the 44-year-old is accused of taking $100 from $530 in cash he and his partner found in the vehicle.
The pair seized the money and a gun, but Buckson only placed the gun and $430 in inventory.
The complaint says Buckson admitted taking the cash and said he was having money problems.
A Milwaukee police officer has been suspended after being accused of stealing money.
Jeffrey Buckson has been charged with two felony counts of misconduct in office and misdemeanors of theft and receiving or concealing stolen property.
The department set up a sting after other officers reported misconduct by the five-year veteran. Officers had a person loiter near a vehicle, prompting a search by Buckson and his partner.
A criminal complaint says the 44-year-old is accused of taking $100 from $530 in cash he and his partner found in the vehicle.
The pair seized the money and a gun, but Buckson only placed the gun and $430 in inventory.
The complaint says Buckson admitted taking the cash and said he was having money problems.
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