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Sexual Misconduct Topples Two Oregon Prosecutors by The elected District Attorney of a small Oregon county lost his job after being accused of using his office for sexual misconduct and then trying to cover it up. In August 2010, a female employee of the Umatilla County District Attorney’s office, Dawn …
Article • October 15, 2011 • from PLN October, 2011
Oregon Prison Guard Guilty of Contraband Smuggling by On March 21, 2011, former Oregon prison guard Tara Martinmaas, 34, pleaded guilty to a felony charge of supplying contraband. She was sentenced to a two-year term of probation and ordered to pay over $1,500 in fees and have no contact with …
Article • September 15, 2011
Tenth Circuit Upholds 27-Month Sentence of Utah Guard; Altered UAs and Other Misconduct for Sexual Favors by Tenth Circuit Upholds 27-Month Sentence for Utah Guard; Altered UAs and Other Misconduct for Sexual Favors The Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a former prison guard’s 27-month sentence, finding that an “obstruction …
Prosecutors Who Commit Misconduct Are Rarely Disciplined by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Prosecutors have a great deal of power and discretion. They choose whether to prosecute a case, what charges to file against a defendant and what plea bargain to offer. They can influence the court when imposing sentence …
Article • August 15, 2011
Sexual Misconduct Nets Oregon Jailer 20 Days by Mark Wilson By Mark Wilson An Oregon jail guard was sentenced to 20 days in jail and 18 months of bench probation for sexually abusing three female detainees. As we’ve previously reported, on May 13, 2010, Clackamas County, Oregon Jail Deputy Darin …
California Top Cop Sentenced to 5½ Years in Prison by Gary Hunter California Top Cop Sentenced to 5½ Years in Prison By Gary Hunter "I need a sheriff I can trust. Lying will not be tolerated in this courtroom, especially by the county's highest-ranking law enforcement officer." That's what U.S. …
Insider Trading Charges Against Private Prison Consultant Rejected by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A Florida federal district court has rejected insider trading charges brought against a consultant for Correctional Services Corporation (CSC). The civil complaint, filed in September 2008 by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), charged Dr. …
Federal Guard Convicted, Facing Life for Conspiracy Leading to Prisoner's Death by Michael Brodheim Michael Brodheim In a rare prosecution of a corrections officer, a Florida federal jury convicted 33-year-old Erin Sharma of conspiring with fellow guard Michael Kennedy to deprive prisoner Richard Delano, 40, of his civil rights by …
Article • August 15, 2011
Alabama Sheriff Jailed For Starving Prisoners: States Cut Prisoner Meals by Gary Hunter By Gary Hunter Morgan County Sheriff Greg Bartlett was arrested by federal authorities on January 8, 2009, after he admitted to pocketing $200,000 designated for prisoners' meals in the Alabama jail. Johnny Maynor and Anthony Murphree, prisoners …
Article • July 15, 2011
California: Bringing Medical Marijuana Into Jail Is Not A Felony by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg The California Court of Appeal held that because California’s 1996 voter-approved Medical Marijuana Program Act (Proposition 115) permits a citizen to possess marijuana for medical use, bringing such approved marijuana into jail could …
Article • July 15, 2011 • from PLN July, 2011
Former Deputy Sheriff Gets LWOP for Murder of California Prison Guard by Former Sacramento County Sheriff’s Deputy Chu Vue, 45, was sentenced on November 30, 2010 to life in prison without the possibility of parole for his role in the October 2008 murder of 39-year-old California state prison guard Steve …
Article • July 15, 2011 • from PLN July, 2011
Florida Pre-Release Officer’s Federal Convictions Affirmed by In a January 13, 2011 ruling, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the criminal convictions of Florida pre-trial release officer Shynita Townsend for taking bribes to allow a releasee greater freedom. The appellate court’s decision affirmed Townsend’s convictions for knowingly and corruptly …
Article • July 15, 2011 • from PLN July, 2011
California Prisoner’s Life Sentence Upheld for Tossing Food Tray at Guard by Michael Brodheim by Mike Brodheim On January 3, 2011, the California Court of Appeal, Fifth District, affirmed a “three strikes” sentence of 25 years to life for a prisoner who, while confined in a security housing unit at …
“America’s Sheriff” Begins Serving Federal Prison Sentence by In January 2011, Michael S. Carona, the former sheriff of Orange County, California, turned himself in to prison officials at the Federal Correctional Institution Englewood in Littleton, Colorado to begin serving a 5 1/2-year sentence following his 2009 conviction for witness tampering. …
Six New Jersey Jail Guards Arrested for Assaulting Prisoners by On December 21, 2010, prosecutors charged six guards at New Jersey’s Essex County Correctional Facility with assaulting prisoners. The charges involve unprovoked attacks on three different prisoners in separate incidents. Four of the guards were also charged with falsifying records. …
Article • June 15, 2011 • from PLN June, 2011
Ohio: Mixed Verdicts Against Guards Involved in Prisoner’s Death by Brandon Sample On December 3, 2010, Lucas County, Ohio Sheriff James Telb was acquitted of all criminal charges related to the death of a prisoner. Telb and three sheriff’s employees were indicted after Lucas County jail prisoner Carlton Benton, 25, …
Article • June 15, 2011 • from PLN June, 2011
Wisconsin County Jail Administrator Charged with Stealing Jail Funds by The administrator of the jail in Washburn County, Wisconsin was charged in November 2010 in connection with a scheme to defraud public funds. Bruk L. Sweeney, 37, was arrested on four counts of misconduct in office and two counts of …
Article • June 15, 2011 • from PLN June, 2011
Federal Courts Reject Leniency Pleas from Politically-Connected Defendants by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Despite a prosecutor’s request for a probationary sentence, a Massachusetts federal judge sentenced Patrice Tierney, 60, the wife of U.S. Representative John F. Tierney, to 30 days in prison followed by five months on house …
Article • June 15, 2011 • from PLN June, 2011
New York Ex-Jail Doctor Charged With Selling Prescription Painkillers by The former clinical director of the jail in Nassau County, New York was charged in December 2010 with selling oxycodone, oxycontin and roxycodone without performing patient evaluations or exams. Martin Roginsky, 82, was charged with ten felony counts of criminal …
Three Fulton County, Georgia Jail Guards Sentenced in Prisoner Abuse Investigation by Three guards from Georgia’s Fulton County Jail (FCJ) have been sentenced on federal charges related to an investigation into prisoner abuse at the jail. Two of the guards received prison time; the third received home confinement after assisting …
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