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Dead Constitution See other Dead Constitution Articles Title: Typical Pig News Couple: "Bruce Willis" Shot by Off-Duty Officer www.nbcphiladelphia.com/n...eir-Dog-Bruce-Willis.html One couple wants an off-duty, out-of-state officer brought to justice after he allegedly shot and killed their dog. Stan never made it out of the lobby of his Upper Gwynned condo complex that night. Bruce was shot dead. As Stan tells it, when he was about to go out the door with Bruce, an Akita mix, another man started to come into the building with his dog. Bruce started barking at the other dog. Stan says he told the other dog walker not to come into the building yet, because he wasn't sure how the two dogs would get along. But the other man -- an off-duty police officer from another state -- did open the lobby door, according to Stan. At that point, Bruce, on a retractable leash, got outside. Stan says the next thing he heard was gunshots. The off-duty officer pulled out his gun and shot Bruce, according to Stan, and explained he was afraid Bruce was going to attack. The Montgomery County Prosecutor's office is trying to determine if a crime was committed. DA Risa Vetri Ferman said as a law enforcement officer, it appears the off-duty officer is permitted to carry a firearm outside of his jurisdiction. Ferman also said that whether or not it's a crime "should not minimize the significance of what happened here." Ferman told NBC10's Deanna Durante that right now it is too early to determine if charges will be filed. . NYPD Pig Wilfredo Rosario, 40, was indicted on charges including rape, official misconduct, and sexual abuse www.nytimes.com/2009/01/2...er.html?_r=2&ref=nyregion By SEWELL CHAN Published: January 22, 2009 A New York City police officer, already facing charges from last year that he sexually abused and threatened three women, has been indicted on similar charges concerning a fourth woman. The officer, Wilfredo Rosario, 40, was indicted on charges including rape, official misconduct, and sexual abuse, the Manhattan district attorney, Robert M. Morgenthau, announced on Thursday. Officer Rosario, who was assigned to the 26th Precinct in Manhattan, has been suspended from the force. He turned himself in on Thursday morning in the First Precinct and was arraigned in State Supreme Court on charges that also included unlawful imprisonment and attempting to commit a criminal sexual act. Officer Rosario, who is married and a father, was indicted in 2008 in two cases involving three women. On April 11, he was charged with sex abuse, official misconduct, unlawful imprisonment and attempted coercion, accused of sexually abusing and then threatening two women. On Nov. 7, he was indicted on misdemeanor charges of sexual abuse, official misconduct and attempted coercion. He was accused of having approached a woman on the street with the false promise of providing her with some information about an after-school program for her children. Those cases are pending. Officer Rosario had been released on bail of $10,000 pending the resolution of the earlier cases. Bail was set at $150,000 in the newest case. The latest indictment asserts that in early 2003, Officer Rosario appeared unannounced, in uniform, at a woman’s apartment after she sought information about an after-school program for her young daughter. “He entered the victim’s apartment, fondled her, then forcibly raped her,” prosecutors said. On two other occasions in 2008, prosecutors said, Officer Rosario stalked the victim at locations near her apartment. In January, he forced her into a marked police car and drove her to Riverside Park, where he led her out of the vehicle and molested her. In March, he cornered her in a Dunkin’ Donuts, drove her in his personal vehicle to Riverside Drive, and forced her to touch him and tried to force her to perform oral sex. Glenn H. Morak, who is representing Mr. Rosario in all three cases, said of the new charges, “Mr. Rosario entered a plea of not guilty to all charges in the indictment, and we intend to fight all of these charges in a court of law until he is vindicated.” On the most serious charge, first-degree rape, Officer Rosario could face 25 years in prison if convicted. Assistant District Attorney Mark W. Crooks, of the Official Corruption Unit in Mr. Morgenthau’s office, is in charge of the case. . Former police officer Gregory Allen Graham, 34, pleaded guilty in Coweta Superior Court Friday morning to charges that include incest, child molestation, possession of narcotics and criminal attempt to suborn perjury. www.times-herald.com/Loca...30-years-in-prison-644117 He admittedly had an ongoing sexual relationship with a female relative that began in November 2007 when the victim was 14 years old. Judge Jack Kirby accepted Assistant District Attorney Kevin McMurry's plea recommendation and sentenced Graham to 30 years with 18 years to serve in prison confinement on the charge of incest. The balance of that sentence will be spent on probation. Upon release, Graham must register as a sex offender. Kirby sentenced Graham to prison time on each of the criminal charges in the 15-count indictment, all to run concurrently. As Graham was ushered -- shackled -- into court, the victim burst into tears. Graham never showed emotion or looked around the room. An elevated police presence was on hand for the plea hearing. Noticeably absent from the proceedings were Graham's mother and father. Graham's father, Charles, a retired captain from the Fulton County Police Department, was arrested on July 10, 2008, and charged with criminal attempt to suborn perjury and false swearing after he helped his son get in touch with the victim. The two have been present at all of Graham's court proceedings, even when Graham wasn't. Graham did not deny the facts in the case as presented by McMurry in court Friday. He listened to McMurry recount those facts while standing beside his lawyer, Atlanta attorney Bruce Harvey. According to McMurry, Graham began having sexual intercourse with the victim three to four times per week in November 2007. On April 4, investigators with the Coweta County Sheriff's Office executed a search warrant at Graham's Sharpsburg home and found items that included more than 500 steroids, sex toys and used prophylactics. He was taken into police custody at that time. The abuse was reported by the victim's mother after she confronted her daughter with her suspicions of the inappropriate relationship. The victim admitted what had happened to her mother and to police. After Graham's arrest, he asked a friend to lie to police to give him an alibi, according to McMurry. Graham also absconded to Florida while out of jail on bond in November. Graham was located over the Thanksgiving holiday because of the efforts of Coweta Sheriff's investigators Jason Fetner and Matt Kee. Graham was extradited back to Coweta County on Dec. 2. The victim's mother told the court Friday morning, "Our lives will never be the same after this past year." "I have witnessed what I would not wish on my worst enemy," she continued. "I watch [the victim] carry guilt for Greg every day of her life." But, she added, "we will survive." The victim shared her emotional testimony and discussed the difficult journey of healing that lies ahead. "I've lost everything I once had," the victim said. "I'm not doing this to prosecute him," she said, adding that she's telling the truth because it's the right thing to do. But the victim told the court that she wonders how she's going to survive each day. "I'm going through the exact same thing [as Graham]," said the victim, adding that the only difference is that she won't be criminally prosecuted. The victim said she got "caught up in what he called love." For a while, she "defended him," but later realized that he "wasn't returning the favor." At one point, Graham asked her to tell the court that she was insane, according to the victim. She concluded by saying that she ultimately seeks to forgive Graham, not hate him. Graham declined to make a comment when given the opportunity to address the court.
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