James Little , a St. Louis
Police cop has been charged with murder, accused of shooting a man to
death outside a north St. Louis home. He is charged with first-degree murder,
armed criminal action and two counts of endangering the welfare of a child.
Little
was dropping off the child he has in common with a woman when an argument broke
out between the officer and the woman's fiancé, Will Dupree. Dupree and Little
began to fight and Little allegedly shot three rounds and fatally wounded
Dupree. The victim was pronounced dead at the scene.
The Minneapolis City
Council
council approved a $3.075 million settlement to resolve a federal law suit
filed by the family of David Smith, a 28-year-eight old Minneapolis man, who
was killed during a struggle with two cops. .The settlement is the second
largest payout for a police misconduct lawsuit in the history of Minneapolis.
It's second only to the $4.5 million paid in 2007 to a Minneapolis officer shot
by another officer.
A Belleville Ill. officer accused of
police brutality is still on the job Thursday while the case against him
remains in court. The alleged victim, Mark Bush, and his family
accused
Belleville cop Sean Harris of excessive force. Bush said Harris grabbed him by
the neck and threw him to the ground in an apparent angry response because Bush
insisted a police report be filled out about harassing phone calls he was
getting.. Prosecutors charged him with misdemeanor battery and felony official
misconduct.
Jason Bryan Holt, a former
Bean Station
cop was charged in the killing of two people at the Down Home Pharmacy. Holt is charged with two counts of
first-degree murder, two counts of criminal attempted murder and a count of
especially aggravated robbery.
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Jury selection for
Little Rock Police cop r Josh Hastings will begin in June. Hastings has been
formally charged with manslaughter, which is a class C felony, in the death of
15-year-old Bobby Moore after Moore was hit with one of Hastings' bullets.
Little Rock Police said Hastings witnessed two people break into a car and
tried to get away with a third person driving. They said Hastings fired fired the
shot because he felt his life was threatened when the suspects' vehicle came
toward him.
Baltimore city approved a $72,000
payout to three family members who accused Baltimore police of assaulting and
falsely arresting them outside of a Federal Hill bar.
The
Board voted to award the money to Rony, Ronnie and Eileen Reyes to settle a $99
million suit brought against the police department after a 2010.
Altoona cop Duane Eichenlaub will
spend no less than 11 months behind bars for his role in a Memorial Day fight
three years ago. Eichenlaub was
convicted in January of badly beating 59 year-old Earl Eshelman in the restroom
of an Altoona bar and also trying to cover up the crime.
Frank
Cartera Laredo Texas cop caught on
his squad car's dash cam beating a handcuffed man was sentenced to 1 year in
federal prison. "According to information presented in court at the time
of the plea, rear facing dash camera audio and video recordings revealed Carter
had yelled obscenities at the victim while he punched the victim in the head
and body. Carter also repeatedly slammed the victim's face into the back of the
seat. The victim remained handcuffed during the entire incident and never
resisted or attempted to harm Carter."