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U.S. National
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Indictment: Crooked deputies sold drugs to
public. -- CNN - 11/02/06
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WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A Virginia sheriff and a
dozen of his deputies engaged in a corrupt scheme to sell drugs they
seized to the public, a federal indictment alleges.
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The indictment, unsealed Thursday, names
Henry County Sheriff Harold Franklin Cassell and 17 others. They were
taken into custody on Thursday morning, the Drug Enforcement
Administration said in a statement.
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Among the schemes alleged in the indictment:
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The theft of drugs and firearms in the
custody of the sheriff's department
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Distribution of cocaine, marijuana and a
date rape drug
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Money laundering
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Obstruction of justice
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The DEA said 13 of the 18 charged are either
current or former employees of the Henry County Sheriff's Office,
located in southern Virginia.
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Officials allege Cassell was advised by
authorities of drug transactions going on in his department but took no
action. Authorities also allege the sheriff covered up several
illegal activities by lying to federal investigators.
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Officer
held in plot to kill Irvin. -- Dallas, Texas - 1996
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"Jealousy over a woman, perhaps even two,
emerged today as one possible motive in the bizarre case of a Dallas
police officer charged with trying to hire a professional killer to
murder Michael Irvin, a marquee player for the Super Bowl-champion
Dallas Cowboys. But law-enforcement investigators said they were ..." --
New York Times - 6/29/96
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Philadelphia
to curb police corruption.
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San
Joaquin County / Stanislaus County, California: Tracy, Stockton, Modesto
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McFall given 10+ years in Lompoc -- Tracy Press - 2/14/07
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"To see the fear the witnesses had on the
witness stand was amazing.” -- Federal Judge Morrison C. England, on
sentencing former deputy sheriff Monte McFall to 10 years in prison for
being the lynchpin in an extortion ring in San Joaquin County. -- Tracy
Press - 12/15/06
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Sheriff Dunn pleads guilty -- Tracy Press - 1/13/05
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Sheriff
Dunn booked -- innocent pleas entered; set to reappear Jan. 13 -- The Record -
Stockton
* San Joaquin * Mother Lode - 12/20/03.
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INDICTED: Five officials accused of 39
crimes -- The Record - 12/19/03
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"Ex-Supervisor Bedford is indicted on
charges of attempted extortion and lying to the FBI. Authorities
allege Bedford used his position as county supervisor to illegally try
to influence a deal between Sunlaw Energy Corp., a power-plant bidder,
and McFall, Dunn, and Sawyer." -- The Record - 12/19/03
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Sheriff Dunn was charged with extortion,
mail fraud and wire fraud. Dunn was also
accused of lying to an FBI agent and attempting to harass a witness.
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Sheriff Dunn launched a criminal investigation into
an FBI agent and the district attorney's investigator during the course
of the FBI inquiry.
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Sheriff Dunn indicted -- County's top cop on leave to fight charges --
The Record - Stockton * San Joaquin * Mother Lode - 12/19/03.
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Detectives under investigation - Two Manteca
officers, one Ripon police sergeant put on administrative leave --
Tri-Valley Herald - 6/4/03
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Dunn
critic probed - The San Joaquin County Sheriff's Office internal affairs
division is investigating one of Sheriff Baxter Dunn's most outspoken
critics. Deputy Gerald Krein Jr. lambasted Dunn, the target of an FBI
civil rights investigation in a letter to the editor -- The Record -
Stockton
* San Joaquin * Mother Lode - 1/18/03.
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Dunn sues county over contract --
Tracy Press - 1/18/03
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...
San
Francisco Bay Area: San Francisco, Oakland, San Jose
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Oakland, CA. "The FBI is investigating
allegations that Poulson, working with an undercover team in April 2000,
kicked a drug suspect, breaking his ribs, the sources said. The suspect,
Jerry Amaro, died about a month later of pneumonia caused by broken ribs
and a collapsed lung, according to a coroner's report. Before
Amaro died, he told several people about the incident, according to
police reports." -
Oakland Tribune - 1/23/09
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"Internal Affairs investigators at the time
found that Poulson ordered subordinate officers to lie about his
involvement, and those investigators called for his firing." -
Oakland Tribune - 1/23/09
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"Officers with knowledge of the matter said colleagues were angry that a
member of the command staff who had been punished for interfering in an
Internal Affairs investigation was later put in charge of Internal
Affairs, and they alerted the FBI. Two senior members of the department
said Thursday that Police Chief Wayne Tucker had been advised last year
not to put Poulson in charge of Internal Affairs because of the Amaro
case." -
Oakland Tribune - 1/23/09
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Mayor removes Fagan as SFPD Chief --
SF Chronicle - 1/18/04
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Former
police sergeant testifies in 'Riders' trial - District attorney suggests
supervising officer was blinded by his subordinates' trickery -- Tri-Valley
Herald - San Joaquin Edition - 1/21/03.
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Oakland's
bad cops leave legacy - Reforms, settlement expected to take toll --
SF Chronicle - 2/24/03
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Top
cops hear details of charges - 'NOT GUILTY': Chief, 9 cops enter pleas --
SF Chronicle - 3/5/03
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SFPD
indictments shock the city - SF
Chronicle - 3/1/03
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Deputy,
Chief, 3 officers indicted - Conspiracy, felony assault charged in S.F.
off-duty fracas -- SF Chronicle - 2/28/03
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SFPD
scalded by report - Report hits SFPD for hindering complaint probes -
SF Chronicle - 4/24/03
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SFPD
IN CRISIS: Conspiracy case worried D.A. --
SF Chronicle - 3/7/03
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Police
Commission criticized as toothless - Oversight panel rarely challenges
management -- SF Chronicle - 3/7/03
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Cop
contradicts prior testimony by others (colleagues and other witnesses). --
East Palo Alto, CA
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Charge
against top cops tough to prove - Conspiracy to obstruct justice cases are
rare -- SF Chronicle - 3/6/03
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Jury indicts judge, ex-cop - DANSER BOOKED
ON FELONY CHARGE OF CONSPIRACY --
S.J. Mercury News - 9/23/03
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S.F. cops didn't pursue officer in kidnap
case, police say -- Acting chief orders investigation --
SF Chronicle - 7/4/03
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Cops were told to keep quiet in kidnap -
Memo shows S.F. captain ordered lieutenant's name withheld from police
report as potential suspect -- SF
Chronicle - 7/11/03
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Officer
guilty, judge rules. -- East Palo Alto, CA.
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'Wolfpack'
member found guilty on 3 of 4 charges. -- East Palo Alto, CA.
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S.F.
Homicide Cop Charged With More Crimes.
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Suit
Says Cop Beat Man At I-280 Vista Point.
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Cops,
FBI lied about probe, juror says.
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Mistrust
of police on trial with cops. Some Oakland residents figure 'Raiders'
will walk.
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Raiders
case represents wide police mistrust. - Oakland, CA.
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