April 24, 2014
A former police officer accused of rocking out on stage as the lead singer of a metal band called Cousin Sleaze while he claimed he couldn’t work because of an arm injury pleaded guilty to fraud on Tuesday. Christopher Inserra …
March 18, 2014
A former police officer has been sentenced to serve 10 days of weekend imprisonment and three years of supervised probation in an auto insurance fraud case, according to Sanford C. Coats, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma. Clinton …
February 21, 2014
A lawyer wants a federal judge to order Clark County to pay $2.5 million in legal fees on top of the $9 million a jury awarded to a former Vancouver, Wash., police officer who was wrongfully convicted. In a motion …
March 1, 2013
A jury has found that an Ensley, Ala., nightclub and a former Birmingham police officer must pay millions of dollars in damages for their roles in the death of a church music minister killed in a 2009 car crash. WBRC-TV …
February 1, 2013
A former Coeur d’Alene, Idaho police detective has filed a lawsuit against a co-worker who rear-ended the detective’s vehicle while looking at his cellphone, causing injuries that led to his retirement. The Coeur d’Alene Press reports Tracy L. Martin is …
December 26, 2012
A former police officer in a southwestern Illinois village is accused of collecting nearly $190,000 in fraudulent worker’s compensation benefits. A Madison County grand jury indicted 43-year-old Richard Turner of Glen Carbon on Thursday of two counts apiece of theft …
October 19, 2012
A former police officer who accused other officers of illegally accessing her driver’s license information has reached tentative settlements with St. Paul, Minn., and other cities worth $665,000. Anne Marie Rasmusson, who worked for Eden Prairie and St. Paul, claimed …
September 24, 2012
A Louisiana jury has found that a former city police officer used excessive force against a man he had handcuffed in 2007. On Friday a jury awarded $239,000 to Brian Townsend, who claimed he suffered a ruptured bladder when a …
August 10, 2012
A former police officer claims in a lawsuit that Greenville, Miss., officials violated her free speech rights by firing her over comments on a social networking site. The Delta Democrat Times reports that former Sgt. Susan Graziosi was fired May …
July 24, 2012
A former police officer in Lowell, Ark., has filed a lawsuit against the city and the police department that claims he was fired for refusing to carry out what he calls an “unlawful ticket quota” order. The Benton County Daily …