Newport News police officer facing indecent exposure charges fired

Newport News chief terminates cop following charges he exposed himself in home's doorway

NEWPORT NEWS — A Newport News police officer facing criminal charges in an indecent exposure and indecent liberties case was fired Friday by Police Chief James Fox. Officer Christopher Roush, 41, who had been with the police force for nearly 10 years, is planning to fight his termination through the city's grievance procedure, said his lawyer, Robert W. Lawrence. Before his firing, effective Friday, Roush had been on unpaid administrative leave for more than three months. On April 7, he was arrested after people passing by Roush's home on Harpersville Road told police that he had exposed himself to them.

According to the criminal complaint, an officer responded to the home about 9 a.m. and saw a man pointing to Roush's house from across the street.The officer then turned to see Roush standing in his doorway "entirely nude," holding the glass door open and pointing back "at the citizen from across the street," the complaint said. When the officer made a U-turn, the complaint said, "Mr. Roush withdrew into the home and closed both the glass and the wooden door."

According to the complaint, police then spoke with a woman who said she had seen a man standing on the front porch on the same April morning, "holding the door open" with one hand and masturbating with the other.

The woman told police that when she did a U-turn, the man was still masturbating while on the front porch, the complaint said. Through a photo spread, she identified Roush as the man she had seen, the complaint said.

Roush was initially charged with exposing himself to two people and faced three misdemeanor counts.

But 10 additional counts — including a felony charge — were filed in May, after four additional people claimed to have seen Roush exposing himself.

Wyoming cop arrested for pointing gun at Holland police during foot chase

HOLLAND, MI -- A 55-year-old man who allegedly pointed a handgun at officers late Thursday in downtown Holland is a former Wyoming police officer, authorities confirmed. Mark Charles Armstrong was arraigned Friday, July 26, in Holland District Court on two counts of felonious assault and a charge of felony firearms.Armstrong allegedly pointed a gun at Holland officers who wanted to talk to him about alleged threats made to his ex-girlfriend in Wyoming, as well as other acquaintances.

Drunken Off-Duty Cop Wearing Bullet Proof Vest Pulls Gun on Store Clerk for Fun, Loses Job

Booze and guns just don’t ever mix… ever. But especially not if you’re a drunken off-duty cop wearing a bullet proof vest as a shirt at a gas station at 3:00 in the morning. That’s exactly what 23-year-old Kyle James McCartin did early Tuesday morning in Tucson.

McCartin’s friend urged the drunken cop to put the gun down, but he just doesn’t seem to want to listen – or know what’s best for him. Non-drunken, hardworking officers who responded to the incident reaffirmed that there was no reason for McCartin to pull out his gun. He made no demands of the clerk and readily paid for his purchase. Apparently it was just a matter of McCartin showing what a big man with a big gun he is.

McCartin has since been fired from his job as a police officer, which he had only held for about 10 months. Additionally, the ex-officer is now cellmates at the Pima County Adult Detention Center with the very folks he put there.

Deputy Jesus Banuelos of the Pima County Sheriff’s office stated, “We would hope people in the community will not take this incident and hold it against other officers and deputies who are out there working hard.”

Deputy Chief Sharon Allen added, “I think young people still have maturing to do. He’s 23 and sometimes added years allow you to be a more mature person.”

Minneapolis Police Officer David Clifford Sentenced For Bar Assault

Former Minneapolis police officer David Clifford was given a jail term of 43 months after severely injuring fellow patron Brian Vander Lee with a punch on June 16, 2012, at a bar in Andover, Minn. Vander Lee, who fell backwards after being hit, cracked his head on the ground and needed three brain surgeries within weeks after the incident.

On the night of the assault, Clifford approached Vander Lee and told him to curb his loud and abusive language. Clifford, who was off-duty at the time of the incident, stated that Vander Lee, who was drunk, stood up and cocked his left arm and tried to throw a punch. Clifford then hit Vander Lee, who ended up in the hospital for weeks.

Officer arrested, charged with assault after standoff

SAN ANTONIO – Daniel Lopez, an off-duty San Antonio cop has been arrested following a standoff on the Southwest Side Thursday night. Daniel Lopez is charged with Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon and Deadly Conduct. Police said the 42-year-old officer got into an argument with a woman inside a home on Whitecliff Drive, near Loop 410 and Valley Hi, around 11:30 p.m. Thursday. SWAT was called to the scene, and Lopez was later taken away in an ambulance. Everyone else inside the home was taken in for questioning. Lopez's bond has been set at $85,000, and he has been placed on administrative leave.

Suspended cop waives hearing on road rage charges

A suspended Allegheny County cop named Andrew Marculaitis waived his preliminary hearing on charges connected to what police described as three road rage incidents. Marculaitis, 49, of Brentwood, has improved since he began taking medication for likely recurrent depression and intermittent explosive disorder, said his attorney Philip DiLucente.  Officer Marculaitis faces charges of simple assault official oppression and intimidation.  Brentwood police were called to Catskill and Elroy streets about 3:45 p.m. on May 26 for a report that a man on a motorcycle pulled up next to another car and began hitting the window and threatening the people inside the car.  One of the passengers told police the man used a racial slur. People inside the car recorded the incident and investigators saw that the man was wearing a vest that said "Marculaitis."In that case, one witness told investigators that Officer Marculaitis had his gun, a badge and a baton with him at the time and that at least once pointed his baton at the man with whom he was arguing. Brentwood police said they also suspect Officer Marculaitis stopped his car a few feet in front of a woman, walked toward her "in an aggressive manner" while wearing his gun on his hip and gold badge and berated her. He later "acknowledged his involvement in that incident" and later called police to report a suspicious vehicle that had blocked his path, referencing that incident with the woman, according to the complaint.