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Published: Jan 23, 2009
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Post Date: 2009-01-23 11:00:24 by PSUSA
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Former officer was “stealing and dealing,” jury is told www.commercialappeal.com/...ng-and-dealing-jury-told/ By Lawrence Buser (Contact), Memphis Commercial Appeal Thursday, January 22, 2009 For most of his four years as a Memphis police officer, Arthur Sease IV financed his dream of becoming a record producer by stealing large sums of money and drugs from dealers whose reward was not being arrested, a federal court jury was told Thursday. Federal prosecutors said Sease got greedy, however, taking $32,000 in one stop and on another occasion robbing a particularly dangerous dealer in a white BMW who was so angry he chased Sease's squad car through the streets of Whitehaven. Arthur Sease IV Arthur Sease IV "You're going to hear 16 separate trials about 16 separate robberies," federal prosecutor Steve Parker told jurors. "This case is about a cop, several cops, who instead of doing good work were stealing and dealing." Sease, 31, is one of more than three dozen law enforcement officers charged with corruption over the past five years and is the first to go to trial. Others, including several expected to testify against Sease, have pleaded guilty or are awaiting trial. His 50-count indictment outlines conspiracy charges involving drugs, extortion, civil rights violations, kidnapping, money laundering and illegal use of firearms. Sease faces up to life in prison if convicted in the trial, which is expected to last nearly three weeks. He grew up in Orange Mound, joined the Navy and then, on July 19, 2001, he became a Memphis police officer. He was fired in January of 2005, after state robbery charges were filed, but he continued the shakedowns by directing former colleagues still on the force to make the stops. "His primary goal was the high life," Parker said. "He wanted to be a rap record producer and, in fact, High Life Inc., was going to be the name of his record company. He wanted to raise money for his rap label so he'd get friends who were drug dealers to set up drug deals and then he and other officers would rob them." The prosecutor said that after taking drugs, money and cell phones from the dealers, he would tell them "this is your lucky day" and that he wasn't going to arrest them. In one 2004 case, labeled "The Pop-a-Lock Robbery," Parker said a dealer with drugs and money quickly locked his keys in the car so the officers could not search it. But Andrew Hunt, a reserve officer, called a locksmith and paid him $40 to unlock the vehicle, said Parker, adding that Sease then showed up to share in the money and cocaine. After several dealers finally complained to the police department, a months-long investigation was conducted that ended with the arrest of Sease in an April 2006 sting. Defense attorney Michael Stengel urged jurors to be skeptical of the former police officers, drug dealers and other government witnesses who either were not prosecuted for their crimes or who are hoping for light sentences for cooperating with prosecutors. "That gives these witnesses a powerful motive to slant their testimony," Stengel said. "They have been compensated with freedom." The trial before U.S. Dist. Court Judge Jon McCalla resumes today. Former city officer served with second search warrant www.clevelandbanner.com/i...9B9-E2E2-674995EE0CDE49FB Linda Womack Banner Staff Writer Friday, Jan 16, 2009 The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation continues its investigation into two former Cleveland police officers. A search warrant was served on one of the officers Wednesday. According to reports, agents with the TBI served the warrant on former officer Nathan Thomas. TBI Public Information Officer Kristin Helm said the TBI is conducting an ongoing investigation into the activities of Thomas and former officer Dennis Hughes pertaining to the Nov. 30 shooting of Cleveland officer Chris Mason. According to court records, the findings of the search warrant have been sealed for 30 days. According to reports, on the night of the shooting Mason and former officer Jonathan Hammons -- who were on duty -- were at the home of Hughes, who was off duty. Hughes was employed with the police department during this time. The men were reportedly looking at a .38 caliber revolver which was possibly for sale when the gun discharged. Hughes, who was reportedly under the influence of alcohol, was in possession of the gun when it discharged. Investigators tied Thomas to the investigation because when officers arrived on the scene a pill bottle with Thomas' name was found in Hughes' vehicle. During the ongoing investigation, both Hughes and Hammons gave conflicting information to investigators, according to reports. Hughes resigned in early December. He was arrested on Dec. 18 and was charged with aggravated perjury, filing a false report and two counts of reckless endangerment. Hammons was arrested Dec. 17 and was charged with filing a false report and aggravated perjury. Thomas was arrested Jan. 5 and was charged with prescription fraud, possession of Schedule II and III narcotics for resale and simple possession of a Schedule V narcotic. Thomas was allegedly selling painkillers such as hydrocodones and oxycodones he had received by prescription from Dr. James W. Sego. Sego was arrested by the 10th Judicial Drug Task Force Dec. 18 and was charged with improperly prescribing medications, facilitation to commit drug fraud, and facilitation to sell and deliver controlled substances. Sego is an internal medicine and pain management specialist. Within one year's time Sego reportedly prescribed nearly 6,000 oxycodones, 1,100 hydrocodones and 790 Xanax pills to Thomas. Both Sego and Thomas have been investigated by the Drug Task Force for over two years. Thomas also had a search warrant served on him Dec. 12 by the Drug Task Force. When agents entered Thomas' residence at 152 Winding Glen Drive N.W. on Dec. 12, they took financial documents, "a large cardboard box with extremely large amounts of various drugs, samples, etc. (too numerous to list individually)," weapons, syringes and cell phones according to the inventory on the search warrant. "One white plastic snorting device (ink pen) with yellow residue was found in a the master bedroom in a decorative drawer near the top of the dresser, along with several other items, such as "one prescription box with one glass vial inside labeled DEPO-Testosterone." Among the weapons were two .22-caliber Glenfield rifles, one with a serial number and one without, and a Sig Sauer P2229 .40 caliber. During this time, agents also served a search warrant on Sego's office at 1510 Stuart Road. The search warrant reportedly indicated agents confiscated various medical documents. The documents indicated Sego had also prescribed Thomas hydrocodone syrup and several steroid injections. The records indicated Sego prescribed Thomas 720 oxycodones, 200 hydrocodones and 90 Xanax from Oct. 22 to Nov. 20. Hammons and Thomas were dismissed from the police department Monday. Former Officer Sentenced To Prison In Sex Abuse Case www.wbaltv.com/news/18534862/detail.html POSTED: 8:38 pm EST January 21, 2009 PRINCESS ANNE, Md. -- A former University of Maryland Eastern Shore police officer has been sentenced for sexually abusing a teenager. Naham Perry, 41, of Princess Anne, was sentenced on Wednesday to eight years in prison, with all but four years suspended. He is also barred from having unsupervised contact with the victim and other children. He had been charged last year with seven sex abuse offenses. Authorities said the abuse spanned 18 months to two years. Oakland Police to 11 Officers: You're Fired NBCBayArea.com updated 8:47 p.m. CT, Fri., Jan. 16, 2009 The Oakland Police Department Thursday notified 11 officers, including two sergeants, that they will be terminated for their involvement in the falsification of search warrant affidavits over the past several months, according to the city attorney's office. An internal investigation found that the officers knew or should have known that information in their affidavits about the testing of drugs was false. Officers were also found to have made untruthful statements in response to questions from Internal Affairs investigators, who did determine that allegations against one officer were unfounded, according to the city attorney's office. "These terminations are difficult for the city, but they show that honesty and integrity are non-negotiable for officers in the Oakland Police Department," City Attorney John Russo said in a prepared statement Thursday. Oakland civil rights attorney John Burris filed a complaint in federal court on Nov. 10 that alleged the improper conduct in drug cases involving a total of seven people. The complaint, amended from a lawsuit originally filed by Reginald Oliver on Oct. 29, claimed Oakland police "have repeatedly violated the constitutional rights of citizens by fabricating information in reports (and) providing false and/or intentionally misleading information in warrant affidavits to the court." Assistant Police Chief Howard Jordan said at a news briefing on Sept. 30 that the department discovered the problem itself during a routine internal affairs investigation. Many criminal cases have been called into question because of the improper search warrants, and at least several defendants have had the charges against them dropped or reversed. The suit initially filed by Burris said Oliver, a previously convicted cocaine dealer, was charged with being an ex-felon in possession of ammunition after live rounds were found in his Oakland home in a March 8 search. Prosecutors dropped the charge Oct. 6 after discovering the police affidavit, or sworn statement, used to obtain the warrant from a judge included a false statement. The false statement was that substances allegedly sold by Oliver to undercover agents were illegal drugs. In fact, the substances had not yet been confirmed by a laboratory to be narcotics. Burris said in November he believes that because of the improper search warrants "people were convicted who shouldn't have been." Former officer's sentencing delayed www.pennlive.com/news/pat...32596515101110.xml&coll=1 BY JOE ELIAS Of The Patriot-News Sentencing has been delayed for the former Marysville police officer convicted of sexually assaulting a child. Attorneys for Robert J. Pavlovich Jr., 40, of Gettysburg Road in Lower Allen Twp., filed papers in Perry County Court seeking more time to respond to an evaluation of Pavlovich by the state Sexual Offenders Assessment Board, records state The board assesses certain sex offenders to determine if they qualify for required registration as sexually violent predators. Pavlovich was scheduled to be sentenced Friday by President Judge Kathy A. Morrow. A new sentencing date has not been scheduled. In October, a jury found Pavlovich guilty of 10 counts of corruption of minors and 13 other related offenses, including involuntary deviate sexual intercourse. He is free on $250,000 bail. Poster Comment: Want more? .
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#1. To: PSUSA (#0)
man you must just be a cop hater or a criminal. dont you know they are only there to keep us safe? BACK THE BADGE. !!
Glory to God in the highest, and Peace to His people on Earth. You having a sheeple flashback? LOL! Relax. Breathe in.....out.....in....out... Feel better? .
Click for Privacy and Preparedness files Nehemiah 4:14 And I looked and arose and said to the nobles and to the officials and to the rest of the people, “Do not be afraid of them. Remember the Lord, who is great and awesome, and fight for your brothers, your sons, your daughters, your wives, and your homes.”
Another product of our government's war against the planet.
Law Enforcement Against Prohibition Countries Without a Draft circa 2001 (You'll need this soon if you have kids) RUN SILENT, RUN DEEP I talk to people a lot and try very hard to understand the way they think because only by doing so can we ever break through to them, using the right methods. (that is, assuming the asker gives a shit what they think, lol. It's tempting not to). I been talking to obama supporters lately and listening to them. It's not easy to get from point a to point z. Fascinating prospect though. i been telling black people that the first gun control laws were to control slaves and that anyone who wants gun control is their enemy and leave it at that. i do throw in the halliburton detention camps from cbs marketwatch for good measure. it often leaves them pensive.
Glory to God in the highest, and Peace to His people on Earth. i been telling black people that the first gun control laws were to control slaves and that anyone who wants gun control is their enemy and leave it at that. i do throw in the halliburton detention camps from cbs marketwatch for good measure. it often leaves them pensive. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_dissonance Cognitive dissonance is an uncomfortable feeling caused by holding two contradictory ideas simultaneously. The "ideas" or "cognitions" in question may include attitudes and beliefs, and also the awareness of one's behavior. The theory of cognitive dissonance proposes that people have a motivational drive to reduce dissonance by changing their attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors, or by justifying or rationalizing their attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors.[1] Cognitive dissonance theory is one of the most influential and extensively studied theories in social psychology. Dissonance normally occurs when a person perceives a logical inconsistency among his or her cognitions. This happens when one idea implies the opposite of another. For example, a belief in animal rights could be interpreted as inconsistent with eating meat or wearing fur. Noticing the contradiction would lead to dissonance, which could be experienced as anxiety, guilt, shame, anger, embarrassment, stress, and other negative emotional states. When people's ideas are consistent with each other, they are in a state of harmony or consonance. If cognitions are unrelated, they are categorized as irrelevant to each other and do not lead to dissonance. A powerful cause of dissonance is when an idea conflicts with a fundamental element of the self-concept, such as "I am a good person" or "I made the right decision." The anxiety that comes with the possibility of having made a bad decision can lead to rationalization, the tendency to create additional reasons or justifications to support one's choices. A person who just spent too much money on a new car might decide that the new vehicle is much less likely to break down than his or her old car. This belief may or may not be true, but it would likely reduce dissonance and make the person feel better. Dissonance can also lead to confirmation bias, the denial of disconfirming evidence, and other ego defense mechanisms. It's a wiki, but it seems to be accurate. If you can break thru that, then more power to you. The best I hope for is to get them honestly thinking about things, and I leave it at that. It seems that most cannot bring themselves to let go of the lies when they are shown proof of the true. .
Click for Privacy and Preparedness files Nehemiah 4:14 And I looked and arose and said to the nobles and to the officials and to the rest of the people, “Do not be afraid of them. Remember the Lord, who is great and awesome, and fight for your brothers, your sons, your daughters, your wives, and your homes.”
"I don't know where Bin Laden is. I truly am not that concerned about him"
George W, Bush, 3/13/02 http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2002/03/20020313-8.html
#2. To: Artisan (#1)
man you must just be a cop hater or a criminal. dont you know they are only there to keep us safe? BACK THE BADGE. !!
#3. To: PSUSA (#0)
joined the Navy and then, on July 19, 2001, he became a Memphis police officer
"Corporation: An entity created for the legal protection of its human parasites, whose sole purpose is profit and self-perpetuation." ~~ IndieTx
#4. To: PSUSA (#2)
"I don't know where Bin Laden is. I truly am not that concerned about him"
George W, Bush, 3/13/02 http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2002/03/20020313-8.html
#5. To: Artisan (#4)
I talk to people a lot and try very hard to understand the way they think because only by doing so can we ever break through to them, using the right methods. (that is, assuming the asker gives a shit what they think, lol. It's tempting not to). I been talking to obama supporters lately and listening to them. It's not easy to get from point a to point z. Fascinating prospect though.
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