Here are the 8 reports of police misconduct tracked for Tuesday, June 12, 2012:
- San Diego, California city attorney will brief council members on 12 cases involving former officer Anthony Arevalos, who was sentenced to nearly nine years in prison and a $10,000 fine. There were five women whose encounters with Arevalos during DUI stops led to his conviction on a dozen counts ranging from sexual misconduct to bribery http://bit.ly/L9VEOQ
- NYPD officer will be prosecuted on manslaughter charges in the shooting death of an 18-year-old who was killed by a single bullet after a team of narcotics officers broke into his Bronx home. The officer is being charged with first and second-degree manslaughter http://nyti.ms/KAZpda
- One of the three Havermill, Massachusetts officers suspended without pay for his role in a retired state trooper’s accident coverup is facing another unpaid suspension and possible termination for failing to properly investigate a 2005 hit-and-run automobile accident involving yet another retired high-ranking state trooper http://bit.ly/LviyAw
- Liberty County, Texas Sheriff’s Office is being sued by a couple that claims the sheriff acted on a tip from a psychic about 25-30 dismembered bodies being buried under their house. The couple is seeking damages for defamation, negligence, and unreasonable search and seizure http://read.bi/MoA5Me
- Former Corpus Christi police officer pleaded guilty to solicitation of a minor, using the internet to entice a 14-year-old to engage in sexual misconduct. The officer will be back in court for a hearing on violating bond conditions. He faces 10 years to life in prison http://bit.ly/L027O0
- A North Carolina State Trooper is back on the road after a two-day suspension given after a Winston-Salem motorist says he was shot with a stun gun and repeatedly kneed in the face for calling the trooper a derogatory name. The trooper served his unpaid disciplinary suspension this week, said N.C. Highway Patrol spokesman 1st Sgt. Jeff Gordon http://bit.ly/LnH4Ud
- Portland, Oregon police officer who shot an unarmed man in the back two years ago will not be reinstated. Attorneys argued that rehiring the officer would violate public policy because his use of deadly force was “unjustified and egregious.” http://bit.ly/KsEStb
- Lafayette, Louisiana police chief features prominently in a federal lawsuit, which alleges a cover-up of that chief allegedly choking a homeless man who had cursed at the officer after being arrested. The lawsuit alleges that five officers witnessed the incident, but no formal report was ever made http://bit.ly/LHUhWZ
