2-year-old killed over spilled milk
Wednesday, Jan. 13 2010 @ 10:00AM
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There is often no need to rush the inevitable -- a fact lost on New Mexico corrections officer Lisa Lloyd.
Apparently, a man by the name of Gary Tesch was being held at the Eddy County Detention Center on charges of sexual penetration of a minor. And it just so happened that Lloyd, who worked at Eddy, was a relative of the child molested by Tesch.
But rather than let the laws of nature -- or at least the pecking order of inmates -- sort themselves out, Lloyd decided she couldn't wait for Tesch to get raped in prison -- the most common welcome for pedophiles entering the system. Instead, Lloyd offered to pay inmate Johnny Rae Brazeal $100 to beat Tesch's ass. And that's exactly what happened the very day that Tesch was convicted and sentenced to 18 years in the slammer.
However, it's not simply the fact that Lloyd paid an inmate to beat up another inmate -- no matter how noble her intentions might have been -- that has earned her the number five spot on our list.
In fact, Lloyd could have probably gotten away with her scheme if she'd just paid Brazeal as promised. But when Lloyd delayed coughing up the cash, Brazeal sent her a note warning that he would take the issue to his lawyer if she didn't pay him soon. The only problem was that the note didn't end up with Lloyd, but the jail's administrators, who quickly launched an internal investigation that ended in Lloyd's firing.
Now it's Lloyd who finds herself behind bars after being charged with criminal solicitation. Sometimes, revenge isn't so sweet.
4. Byron Sieber
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| Byron Sieber |
It's one thing when you hear about a firearms novice or a small child accidentally shooting themselves with a gun. But a veteran police officer?
That's exactly what happened to Byron Sieber last week when he was cleaning his .40 caliber Glock -- a gun he'd carried for over 31 years as a Grand Forks, North Dakota police lieutenant.
It turns out that Sieber, who left the force in January, was cleaning his weapon just after returning from the police department's shooting range, where he'd qualified for a conceal-and-carry permit. As he dismantled his gun, Sieber forget to check the chamber for any live rounds. Now, we're no experts at gun cleaning, but making sure one's firearm is rid of bullets seems like a mighty obvious thing to do.
Instead, Sieber pulled the trigger of his weapon and fired off a bullet that grazed his left thigh and knee before ricocheting around the room.
The good news is that Sieber is fine after being treated for minor injuries at his local hospital.
The bad news: most firearms owners in America aren't half as experienced with guns as Sieber, who, after a lifetime of carrying a Glock, still managed to almost kill himself. Now that's a scary thought.
3. Andrew Gill
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| Justin Mangold |
Abuse of power is a common theme in law enforcement bungling. It's no shock that police officers often take the perks of having a badge a tad too far. But when that abuse is in the name of cutting the line for beer pong, then that's a whole new level of just-plain-wrong.
Take, for instance, rookie officer Andrew Gill. During the wee hours of New Year's Day, Gill found himself at an underage booze fest in the basement of some kid's parents' house in Lancaster, New York. Now, dear reader, you're probably thinking he was there to enforce the law, right? Totally wrong.
It turns out that Gill was simply there to get his party on. And it was when the 23-year-old was standing in line for a game of beer pong that he decided to exert a bit of his police manliness. Apparently, Gill just couldn't wait his turn. But when he tried to cut the line, 17-year-old Justin Mangold called him out and told him he had to wait like everyone else.
That's when Gill lost it. He began screaming that he was a cop and could do whatever he wanted. Mangold just shrugged him off and began walking away when Gill decided to punch the kid in the face. By the time Gill was done with Mangold, he had a chipped tooth, two black eyes, and a broken nose.
On Monday, Gill was charged with one count of misdemeanor assault. If convicted, his short lived career as a cop -- approximately three weeks -- might be over.
2. Gregory Marshall
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It isn't just the sheer perviness of the next two cops that made them our Number One and Two for the week -- it's also their sheer stupidity.
Let's start with Gregory Marshall, shall we? Last week, the 26-year-old Memphis, Tennessee cop was arrested for statutory rape. However, it's not just the fact that Marshall slept with an underage girl that makes him so pathetic -- it's also the fact that he so carefully documented his crime.
The 17-year-old victim says that they had sex on three separate occasions. On at least one of those, Marshall apparently tried to seduce her with his extensive collection of homemade sex tapes. However, the girl wasn't enthusiastic about watching him have sex with other women, so when he suggested they make their own, she refused.
But it turns out that girl really had no choice. After his arrest, police discovered that Marshall had video tapped the two having sex without the girl's knowledge or consent. Police are now analyzing Marshall's other sex tapes to see if the women were also minors and/or unaware that he was taping them.
Since his arrest, Marshall has been fired from the Memphis Police Department. Maybe a career in weird porn awaits him?
1. Brandon Loverde
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| Brandon Loverde |
Our top story of the week is probably one of the creepiest, weirdest tales of police behaving badly that we've ever heard.
Last month, Brandon Loverde -- a 31-year-old police officer in Orlando, Florida -- was moonlighting as a security guard at the Firestone Live night club when he cornered 21-year-old Rachelle Cortez.
Loverde claimed that the club had a "no trespass" order against Cortez for underage drinking and it was his job to kick her out of the club. That's when Loverde escorted the pregnant Cortez outside and ordered her to sit on the ground between two cars. He took down her driver's license information and cell phone number, before he ordered her to stay put while he ran and grabbed something.
When Loverde returned, things got weird. First, he nicely offered Loverde a bottle of water. Then, he proceeded to put a latex glove on, before shoving his had down her shirt and squeezing her breasts until they lactated. At that point, Loverde asked Cortez if he could "suck on them." Cortez said no, and the exchange was over. After letting Cortez go, Loverde panicked and went MIA before his shift was over.
Loverde eventually turned himself in to police, who'd already given Cortez a lie detector test, which she'd passed. It also turned out that the Firestone Live club didn't have a "no trespass" order against Cortez in the first place.
Police booked Loverde into the Orange County Jail and charged him with false imprisonment and battery. Two hours later he was released on $5,500 bail and was told to never contact Cortez again. He was also suspended without pay from the Orlando Police Department.
So fuckin ridiculous, this makes a mockery of the justice system. This is why citizens need to revolt.
This scumbag who is supposed to serve and protect get's busted for false imprisonment and sexual molestation and he get's out on $5,000 bail and suspended from his job!?
People are you fed up with this kind of "justice" system yet?
Posted 01/13/2010 at 02:34:56 PMLash out let your government know how you feel about a corrupt justice system that protects criminals hiding behind badges.
God's Cop: For these 5 low-life police officers, there are a multitude of decent, honest, fair police officers. The few times I've needed police help or have been cited for traffic violations I've only met professional officers of the law.
Are you fed up? Write your mayor, police chief, senator, congress-person. That's their job.
It's your country.
Posted 01/13/2010 at 02:56:59 PMYeah, the citizens need to revolt! If that happens the new cops that are all put in place to replace the old cops will be flawless and perfect in every way. All we need is a revolt.
(Insert eye roll here)
Posted 01/13/2010 at 03:23:02 PMI do agree that there are decent law abiding cops and in some ways the crooked one's are not to blame, but rather it is a broken "justice" system that allows or tolerates the rampant abuse of power that has become so common place in our society.
For example as I pointed out regarding the last story, this guy basically makes a false arrest and tries to molest a woman and basically get's away with it. He spends two hours in jail and get's out on $5,000 bond. Why should someone who is supposed to set an example in our society and is hired to protect citizens get such preferential treatment!? Seriously, what do you think the consequences would have been if it was just an ordinary citizen doing this? Are you people that stupid, naive or in denial to think that anybody would have gotten the same treatment? Yet this so called justice system has just encouraged or failed us (citizens) by basically giving this turd a slap on the wrist and setting an example for other cops to break the law because they know they will get away with it. This is a corrupt system.
As for Larry's comment, I am not that idealistic to think that we could create a perfect society where cops would be "flawless" but I think we could create a more "transparent" society where corruption and government nepotism is minimalized and the justice system is not looked at as an enemy of the common man but there to serve him. Where the playing field is leveled and true justice can flourish and there is no preferential treatment for those who have disgraced and abused the responsibility and power they have been given.
It's unfortunate that a lot of people just like Larry have become apathetic and like sheep led to slaughter just blindly accept this kind of behavior as acceptable in our society. That they just "roll" they're eyes and lack the courage or belief to try to change things. The would rather turn a blind eye to the problem and make no attempt to wake others to the reality around them. However, it is been my experience that it is people like him who cry the loudest when they have been victimized by a corrupt system that they have enabled by their lack of courage or apathetic unwillingness to even try to change things.
America is still the greatest country in the world, but it will not remain that way if people don't grow some balls and start standing up for their beliefs.
Posted 01/13/2010 at 08:26:50 PMWhat kind of sick person wants to suck a random woman's colostrum? It's not even milk if she is still pregnant. That just seems a little off.
Posted 01/13/2010 at 10:16:47 PMBeing bonded and bondable is not 'preferential' treatment. It is guaranteed in the bill of rights for every offence to have a 'reasonable bond' after an arraingnment and before a finding of guilt. I am confident this low-life has none of the respect or sympathies of his former co-workers. and I believe I personally could fondle a tit, be guilty of it, and probably still keep my job, so long as I wasn't at work @ the time.. I wouldn't do that, I'm just saying that preferential treatment implies this guy is getting a sweet deal no one else could get when really he will be judged with more strictness and scrutiny then the average person would ever have to face. He has gotten away with nothing and as a matter of fact probably will spend his life regretting what he did as he tries to figure out which field in construction he wants to pursue because he threw away a career where he could kick it and chill and retire in 20...
Posted 01/17/2010 at 11:25:36 AMFieldday, you're spot on. The amount of the bond is set according to the charge, NOT, as "God's Cop" (as if He needed one to begin with) would have you to believe, the occupation of the offender. Merely bonding out of jail until such time as the State/Defense prepares for the upcoming trial means absolutely nothing regarding the "preferential treatment". And what's with the reference to "nepotism" in his post. I saw no reference to anyone in these five summaries above being relatives of anyone else. I think "God's Cop" just likes to use big words that "the masses" don't know in order to further his agenda of a "revolt".
There's dirty employees in every profession, and yes, even those professions which require one to be "sworn in" or to get licensure to practice/participate in. Have there never been doctors who abuse their powers in the form of illegally prescribing (or even providing) drugs to "patients" (ie-the latest on Jackson's doctor). Have their never been dirty politicians that have abused their power to further their own political careers (see any Chicago politician in the 80s......ok, ok...just kidding....sort of). In short, every profession has their rotten eggs. As a former co-worker of Loverde, I hope he gets what's coming to him. If you did something wrong/against the law, you pay, regardless of your position in society. Wish I could say the same happens for dirty politicians, but that's not the case (see Chappaquiddick).
Where I do agree w/ "God's Cop" (man, I hate even typing that out....) is in his view that the justice system is "broken". It is broken, and it's broken on the side of punishment. How many brutal crimes (rape, murder) are committed by men who have already been convicted of felonies in the past and have had their sentences reduced for any number of reasons ("good" behavior, overcrowding, etc). Most recently, I know of four families in Tacoma Washington that wouldn't have lost the cops in their lives to a convicted felon that walked into the coffee shop and killed them dead right there while they sat working if that scumbag would have been doing the time he had been sentenced to do years before instead of being released early. There are hundreds, or perhaps thousands, of similar incidents across our nation in which the criminals never should have been released to commit additional heinous acts against the public. But this doesn't affect the upper class politicians that legislate, so it'll go on. Another case in point: I chased and arrested one kid 3 times within the same 8 hour shift one night here in Orlando. So, he was arrested, bonded out, arrested a second time, bonded out again, and arrested a third time, all within 8 hours. None of these crimes were felonies, but he was later convicted of other felony crimes for which he was released early. Had he been in jail/prison doing his time for those crimes, he wouldn't have been out to be able to run from the Orange County Sheriff's Office deputies who ended up shooting and killing him in a case of mistaken identity (they thought he was a murder suspect, and they thought he had been reaching for a gun in his waistband). In this instance, it's the criminal (and his four kids) that suffered from the lack of punishment being meted out to him for his past actions. (see http://www.prisontalk.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-51427.html). And why did he get to bond out of jail so many times that evening I chased him? Maybe it was preferential treatment, right "God's Cop"?
Posted 02/09/2010 at 01:30:52 AMOne of the "former co-workers",
I agree with you completely. I responded back to some of the comments that were placed on the story that I copied to show you. I used the example of Doctor's the same as you did; If you get a chance, could you read some of the comments that people have put on that story? I am wondering what a Law Enforcement Office thought.
"Top 5 Police Blunders of the Week The Police Brutality Edition David Smoker"
Posted 02/09/2010 at 02:32:20 AMThank You