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Tuesday, March 5, 2013 at 7:00 am
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Breakfast reading from the Voice Media Empire: A bill that would disband the police force in Colorado City is back again this legislative session. For whatever reasons, legislators ended up killing almost the same exact bill last session, and the allegedly corrupt "marshals" on the Utah/Arizona border -- whom Attorney General Tom Horne contends are still loyal to child rapist Warren Jeffs and his Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints -- still have policing power. Phoenix New Times has the story.

Tags: Arizona, Phoenix New Times
Tuesday, March 5, 2013 at 6:00 am
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Breakfast reading from the Voice Media Empire: A former U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer who let 1,200 pounds of weed roll on into the United States on a truck from Mexico was found guilty of several charges by a federal jury. Luis Vasquez faces a maximum of 40 years in prison and a $5 million fine at his sentencing, which is scheduled for April 29, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office in Arizona. Phoenix New Times has the story.

Tags: Arizona, Phoenix New Times
Monday, February 25, 2013 at 9:30 am

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Michael Palmer was the police chief in the small Texas town of West Columbia. He's also a guy who, according to a lengthy investigation, took drugs from ongoing cases and hospice patients. Drug of choice: oxymorphone pills. The Houston Press has the story.

Friday, February 22, 2013 at 12:07 pm
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Ari Pregen picked the wrong strip club to throw his weight around. On January 26, the Miami-Dade assistant state attorney gained free admission for himself and two pals into downtown Miami's Goldrush by flashing his work badge at the club's executive manager, Jeff Levy. A few hours later, Pregen again whipped out his law enforcement credentials so he wouldn't have to pay a 15 percent credit card surcharge on lap dances he purchased. Miami New Times has the story. 

Friday, February 1, 2013 at 2:03 pm
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It has not been a good two days for Miami police officers. Just yesterday, officer Reynaldo Goyos was fired for killing an unarmed man during a traffic stop while officer Luis Hernandez was arrested on charges of kidnapping and sexual battery.

Now, yet another officer for the department finds himself in hot water. Harold James was arrested today on extortion charges. Miami New Times has the story. 

Monday, January 28, 2013 at 7:30 am

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Breakfast reading from the Voice Media Empire: Ignoring the mission of St. Vincent de Paul Society, a charitable Catholic church group in Missouri, Nancy O'Donnell, the organization's treasurer, decided to open up a sham account to divert donated funds straight to her pocket. The punishment, more than $400,000 later? Riverfront Times has the story.

Monday, December 24, 2012 at 8:30 am

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Breakfast reading from the Village Voice Empire: Angel Dobbs, 28, and her niece, Ashley Dobbs, 24, were pulled over for throwing cigarettes out of their car windows. The backup trooper, Kellie Helleson, aggressively searched the women below the belt and inside their pants. It's frankly pretty disturbing to watch. Houston Press has the story.

Tags: Houston Press, Texas, Village Voice Empire
Thursday, December 13, 2012 at 8:00 am
At Miami International Airport, TSA does not have a sterling reputation. In fact, more agents have been fired at MIA than at any other airport over theft charges. Who exactly is running the show over there? Turns out it's a former Miami city cop who left the force after getting caught trying to buy sex from an undercover cop. Miami New Times has the story. 


Tags: MIA, TSA
Monday, November 12, 2012 at 8:00 am

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Breakfast reading from the Voice Media Empire: A trio of San Antonio cops have been suspended and several more are under investigation for their roles in the cover-up of a police sergeant's allegedly drunken wreck of a city-owned truck. Houston Press has the story.

Tags: Houston Press, Texas, Village Voice Empire
Monday, October 22, 2012 at 12:09 pm
If you're a city official in charge of putting out bids on multi-million dollar development deals in South Beach, a businessman who spent time in the federal pen for trafficking bales of marijuana is probably not the kind of guy you should be hanging out with. He's certainly not someone you should ask for help to fraudulently get your wife financing for a luxury Mercedes. And he's definitely not the type of dude you should feed inside info on a lucrative bid to redo the city's convention center. Gus Lopez, Miami Beach's former procurement director, learned all that the hard way. He's under arrest today on corruption charges because prosecutors say he did all of the above to help Walter Garcia, a local businessman and convicted felon. Miami New Times has the story. 


Tags: Gus Lopez