Enid police taser nursing home patient

JESSE WELLS REPORTING
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ENID, OKLAHOMA -- Police in Enid use a taser to subdue a 69-year-old nursing home patient.

Investigators say the elderly man, Lester Harris, had become disruptive over the weekend. That's when staff at Enid Senior Care called 911.

When officers arrived, Harris supposedly hit one of the officers in the stomach.

To get control of Harris, police twice used their tasers.

Harris' daughter says her dad suffered a stroke 2 weeks ago, and thinks police used excessive force.

"There's just so much that's wrong. Why taze a 70-year old man in a nursing home?" said Linda Ward.

Enid police defend their actions.

"We have to make sure the staff and officers are protected, and of course the person [we are] arresting," said Lt. Eric Holtzclaw.

Harris was arrested for assault and battery on a police officer.

He's since been released on bond and is being kept at a hospital in Enid where he's doing fine.

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We need to take these tasers away from the cops. They are taser crazy.

Man accused of stealing guns from parked cop car

Saturday, February 28, 2009
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP)

Corpus Christi police didn't have to go far to examine the scene of one crime _ the theft of guns from a police car.

Authorities said a semiautomatic rifle, handgun, Taser and ammunition were stolen Feb. 8 from the trunk of a car parked at the home of a SWAT team officer.

Then they discovered that fingerprints from the car matched a man who was already in custody.
Police said 27-year-old Jaime Jalomo had appeared in court the day after the car theft and pleaded guilty to possession of a controlled substance.

Jalomo was indicted Thursday on two counts of theft of a firearm.

A Nueces County jailer who wouldn't give her name said Jalomo was still in custody there Saturday. Jail records did not identify an attorney to speak for him.

You'd think the police would use alarms on their vehicles if they are going to use them as gun cabinets. dumbass... Can you imagine Jalomo's face when he popped the trunk on that one? Probably thought he'd found the mother lode.

Firefighter Who Took Foot Charged With Theft

Firefighter Who Took Foot Charged With Theft

Monday, January 26, 2009
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. -- Authorities say the St. Lucie County firefighter who took a man's severed foot from an Interstate 95 crash scene last year has been charged with misdemeanor theft.

Florida Highway Patrol says Cindy Economou was arrested on Monday. She told authorities shortly after the Sept. 19 crash that she took the remains to help train her cadaver dog. She eventually resigned from the St. Lucie County Fire District.

FHP Lt. Tim Frith says the severity of a theft charge is usually determined by the value of what is stolen. Since there's no law specifically dealing with the theft of a body part, he says it was difficult to determine the monetary value of the foot.

Economou was released from jail on her own recognizance Monday afternoon.

Chicago Cop Disgrace to Badge

Bear in mind, in February 2007, this big fat cop beat up a small woman bartender because she refused to serve him another drink. There were eye witnesses and the entire incident was videotaped. The plan, delay as long as possible then settle with probation. He won't spend a day in jail.

Cop Might Plead Guilty In Beating Of Bartender
Anthony Abbate Charged With Punching, Kicking Female Bartender

CHICAGO (CBS) ―

A lawyer for suspended Chicago police officer Anthony Abbate -- videotaped beating up a female bartender -- signaled Wednesday his client might plead guilty. Abbate's lawyer Peter Hickey requested a "402 conference," in which prosecutors, defense counsel and a judge discuss a possible plea deal. Karolina Obrycka, the female bartender allegedly punched and kicked by Abbate spoke exclusively to CBS 2's Mike Parker about the latest developments in the case.

The attack, caught on camera and shown around the world, helped lead to the resignation of police superintendent Phil Cline. The case may be soon be resolved perhaps within a month, and it could lead to prison time for Abbate. It looks as if Abbate will not stand trial after all. His attorney is now working out an agreement in which Abbate would plead guilty and then be sentenced by Cook County Judge John Fleming as early as March 11.

Abbate was seen on video brutally beating and kicking Obrycka during an off-duty drinking spree in Jesse's Shortstop Inn on the Northwest Side a year ago. He's been charged with aggravated battery, official misconduct, and trying to intimidate witnesses to the beating.

An attorney for the Obrycka says Abbate should be sentenced to state prison. "There has to be a message sent to all rogue police officers that if you violate the public trust, if you abuse your authority, there's going to be a stiff sentence to pay," said attorney Gus Munoz. Obrycka victim agrees.

"You know, you cannot be happy for somebody to go to jail but I think that he deserves to spend some time in jail," she said. "I hope I'm going to be the last victim of his terrible behavior."

"It's not only cops, I'm sorry, police officers, but any guys that's hitting you, you're supposed to report it," Obrycka added. A source close to the case says Abbate, 38, will enter what's called a blind guilty plea.

That means he'll make it with no promises from the judge about how light or how heavy his sentence might be. http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/823919,CST-NWS-cop04.article

Chicago Cop Gone Wild

Cop in bar brawl Tasered
'HE WOULDN'T STOP FIGHTING'

Accused of attacking 2 Forest Park cops
March 4, 2008
BY ERIC HERMAN

Criminal Courts Reporter eherman@suntimes.com
It took a Taser to subdue a Chicago Police officer who attacked two Forest Park cops Saturday night, authorities said.

Richard Schmidt, on the force two years and assigned to the Englewood District, faces felony aggravated battery charges for allegedly striking two Forest Park officers as well as a paramedic. Judge Gregory Ginex set Schmidt's bond at $10,000 on Monday.

"He wouldn't stop fighting," said Deputy Chief Thomas Aftanas of the Forest Park Police.
At about 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Forest Park police responded to a call of a fight at Slainte, an Irish bar in the 7500 block of West Madison, Aftanas said.

"Schmidt was on the second floor of the tavern intentionally jumping in the air and landing on tables with his back and breaking them," the Village of Forest Park said in a statement.
Forest Park Police arrested Schmidt for criminal damage to property, Aftanas said. At the station, Schmidt resisted instructions, elbowed an officer in the face, and "attacked'' a sergeant, according to the statement.

Schmidt also spat blood at a paramedic and hit a paramedic in the neck, said Cook County state's attorney spokesman John Gorman. Aftanas disagreed that a paramedic was punched.
No one was seriously hurt in the incident, a source said, though Schmidt was taken to Oak Park Hospital. Schmidt's blood alcohol level was three times the legal limit for driving, Gorman said.

Schmidt, 25, has been relieved of his police powers, and an investigation by the Independent Police Review Authority is pending, said Chicago Police spokeswoman Monique Bond. "The Chicago Police Department has zero tolerance for any officer who violates the integrity of this department," Supt. Jody Weis said in a statement.

The incident echoes other recent notorious cases in which off-duty officers got into bar brawls. Anthony Abbate faces felony charges over a videotaped beating of a female bartender last year, and three officers face charges over a melee at the Jefferson Tap & Grille.