Man charged with assault for “licking” police officer
No word on how lickable Sgt. Newton is….
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Man charged with assault for “licking” police officer
Freeport police Sgt. Jay Newton took a licking from a drunken suspect and now he’s taking a lot of joking from his fellow officers.
It really was just that — a licking.
While Newton was taking items out of the pockets of Ryan Halverson, 18, at the Freeport city jail early Wednesday, Halverson, who had his hands handcuffed behind him, leaned over and licked Newton on the left cheek. He tried to get in a second lick, but the sergeant moved out of range, police chief Jeff Pynes said.
Halverson, who was being booked on a public intoxication charge, was charged with assault on an officer. He remains in the Brazoria County Jail on $10,000 bond.
The licking could be serious, Pynes said, because it could spread various diseases to the officer.
“We want people to like our officers, but not to lick them,” Pynes said.
Since the incident Newton has been talking a lot of ribbing from fellow officers, Pynes said.
“He’s been getting a lot of lollypops in his internal mail,” the chief said.
Cops Use Cell Phone Texts To Lure Break And Enter Suspect Out Of Hiding
Clever!
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There’s one thing no one can deny these days – teens love to talk and text on cell phones. But two kids accused in a series of break-ins may wish they’d left their mobiles at home. The portables led to one of them being delivered straight into the arms of waiting police.
It happened Wednesday in the city of Terrell, North Carolina when deputies caught a 16-year-old suspect wanted in a string of robberies and seized his cell. Not long after, the device went off. A text message had arrived from an apparent friend of the teen, asking him if he’d been caught.
Cops decided to play along and sent back a simple response. “No,” they lied as one of the officers hit “send.”
A few minutes later, the caller sent another text, asking where his friend was, then typed in one last message about coming by to pick him up.
Cops directed him to an area where several burglaries had taken place and he drove up right on time – and was promptly taken into custody by waiting officers.
The 17-year-old texter and his phone carrying pal are both facing a number of charges, including larceny and breaking and entering.
NASCAR’s Tony Stewart donates vests for 40 K9 dogs
Very cool of him!
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INDYSTAR.com
NASCAR driver Tony Stewart is donating bulletproof, stab-proof vests to police dogs in Indiana and four other states.
Stewart, a Columbus native, donated the money to provide 30 vests for the Indiana State Police K-9 unit and 10 for police dogs waiting for vests in Georgia, New Mexico, North Carolina and Minnesota.
The vests cost $695 each, according to Jean’s Web site, meaning 40 vests would total nearly $28,000.
Jean founded Vest ‘N P.D.P. (Police Dog Protection) Inc., a nonprofit group that collects donations to buy bullet- and stab-proof vests for police dogs. So far, the nonprofit has provided 169 vests to police dogs in 22 states, excluding the Stewart donation.
“Police work dogs give everything they have in the service of mankind. How nice it is to be able to give them something in return,” state police Superintendent Paul Whitesell said in a statement issued jointly Monday by the Tony Stewart Foundation and state police.
Stewart will present the vests to state police Thursday at O’Reilly Raceway Park in Clermont
O.C. sheriff reaches outside agency to fill some top posts
Orange County’s newly appointed sheriff reached outside her department to find two of her top five commanders, further distancing the law enforcement agency from the scandal-plagued administration of former Sheriff Michael S. Carona.
During a news conference this afternoon, Sheriff Sandra Hutchens named longtime Los Angeles County Sheriff’s division chief John Scott as her undersheriff. Scott will be second in command in the Orange County Sheriff’s Department. He most recently oversaw jail operations in Los Angeles County.
State trooper honored for bravery
Col. Walter J. Wilson was in Fayetteville on Tuesday to attend his first awards ceremony as the Highway Patrol’s new commander.
Wilson, who took office July 13, presented the Crime Control and Public Safety Heroism Award to Jacksonville Trooper Chris Matos. The award is the patrol’s highest honor.
In March, Matos helped arrest a man who had fired a shotgun inside a Wal-Mart in Jacksonville and held some workers hostage.
Sheriff adding OT to boost patrol ranks
The Harris County Sheriff’s Office plans to pay deputies to work overtime to cover for dozens of vacancies in the patrol division as county administrators begin studying the controversial contract deputy program, according to e-mails obtained by the Houston Chronicle.
A Chronicle analysis of the program earlier this month found the county immediately filled deputy positions paid for by civic associations and municipal utility districts even though about a fifth of the department’s 352 regular patrol slots remained vacant.
Police talk suicidal man off bridge
PORTSMOUTH — Authorities from New Hampshire and Maine successfully talked a man they say was attempting suicide off the Piscataqua Bridge.
At approximately 5:43 a.m., Saturday, New Hampshire State Police received a 911 call reporting a car parked on the bridge in the southbound lane of Interstate 95 in Portsmouth.
State troopers met with Kittery police, who were at the scene. The car was empty. The driver had climbed over the guardrail and was found on a lower bridge support beam.
Kick off for cops cycling for Indiana COPS
INDIANAPOLIS, IN - Cops cycling for C.O.P.S. (Concerns of Police Survivors) kicked off today with a short ceremony in front of the Fallen Officers Memorial outside the Indiana Government Center in Indianapolis this morning.
Indiana C.O.P.S. operates as a peer support network for survivors of line-of-duty death according to federal criteria. Their primary goal is to be there for all survivors on a day-to-day basis, assisting them with anything they need. Indiana Concerns of Police Survivors also provides resources to assist in the rebuilding of the lives of surviving families of law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty. Furthermore, C.O.P.S. provides training to law enforcement agencies on survivor victimization issues and educates the public of the need to support the law enforcement profession and its survivors.
New helicopter arrives for New Hanover County Sheriff’s O
There’s a new sheriff in town, or rather, in the air. And they call it Sheriff Air 1.
Painted a shiny black with the new sheriff’s submarine emblem, the New Hanover County Sheriff’s Office’s new helicopter landed outside the jail complex on Monday.
Sheriff’s Lt. Scott Gerow landed the helicopter, a Robinson R44 police package, on a patch of grass outside Sheriff Sid Causey’s office after a news conference about a heroin bust.
Missouri State Highway Patrol seeking troopers
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. – Troop E Headquarters of the Missouri State Highway Patrol has 11 openings for trooper positions.
There are 89 openings for trooper statewide. The annual salary for a Missouri State trooper is $36,408-$63,792.
Troop E serves 13 counties in southeast Missouri.
