7-Year Police Officer Christopher Sullivan Assaults His Wife; Suspended Without Pay

VERNON - An off-duty Hartford police officer was arrested early Friday by Vernon police on domestic violence charges.

Christopher Sullivan, 34, of Old Town Road, was arraigned Friday in Superior Court in Rockville on charges of first-degree burglary, third-degree assault, second-degree threatening, breach of peace and unlawful restraint.

Vernon police said they were called at 2:33 a.m. to an apartment on South Street on a report of a domestic violence assault. The woman they met told them that she and Sullivan had had an argument that escalated into an assault. She told officers that Sullivan held her down and threatened her...

Repeat Domestic Violence Offender Shawn Sinclair Assaults Two Women and Shoots Two Police Officers

Police have identified a man who they say wounded two city officers in a shootout Saturday as Shawn Sinclair, a 34-year-old West Baltimore resident with a history of domestic assault accusations. Sinclair, who was also injured in the shootout, remained hospitalized Sunday but was expected to be charged with attempted murder and domestic violence-related counts, said Baltimore police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi.

The shooting happened before noon Saturday in the 2400 block of Harlem Avenue, as police tried to arrest Sinclair on charges that he assaulted two women he knows earlier that day.

Police on Sunday also identified the wounded officers. A 17-year veteran of the force, Officer Jerome Shaurette, 44, remained in stable condition Sunday night at the Maryland Shock Trauma Center, said Officer Nicole Monroe, a police spokeswoman. He was shot three times, once in the abdomen.

Officer Curtis McMillion, 42, who has been on the force for three years, was shot once in the buttocks and was released from the hospital Saturday night. Both officers were wearing protective vests, police said...

**Blog author note: Police forces are known to use domestic violence monies (grants) for equipment to protect themselves when they respond specifically to domestic violence calls. However, in 2005 the Supreme Court determined that police are not obligated to protect victims with restraining orders (Castle Rock v Gonzales).

The most dangerous time for a woman is when she finally decides to leave the relationship.

Restraining orders are just pieces of paper, without enforcement.

Domestic violence does hurt everyone.

Ex-officers go on trial in rape case

Two former Iowa police officers go on trial Tuesday on charges of second-degree sexual abuse.

Former Creston Police Chief James Christensen, 41, and former Assistant Chief John Sickels, 39, are accused in the alleged rape of an employee at the local country club last year.

The trial begins at 9 a.m. at the Woodbury County Courthouse in Sioux City. Proceedings were moved from Union County at the defendants' request.

Sickels is accused of raping a bartender of the Crestmoor Golf Club at about 2 a.m. on April 18, 2008. The bartender said the rape occurred when only she, Sickels and Christensen were in the bar, according to an affidavit filed by an investigator for the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation...

Former Okla. sheriff convicted of rape, bribery

A former Oklahoma sheriff was convicted of second-degree rape and bribery Saturday in a case that accused him of coercing sex from female inmates and drug court defendants.

A Major County jury convicted former Custer County Sheriff Mike Burgess on 13 felonies, including five counts of second-degree rape and three counts of bribery by a public official. He was acquitted of 23 other felony counts that included second-degree rape, forcible sodomy and rape by instrumentation.

The jury recommended Burgess serve 94 years in prison. He is to be sentenced March 24...

Detective accused of fondling a girl

A nine-year veteran of the Murray police department was charged Tuesday with one count of first-degree felony aggravated sexual abuse of a child for allegedly fondling a girl.

West Valley City police arrested Murray detective Michael D. Spilman, 35, after a 17-year-old girl alleged he fondled her, over and under her clothes, on several occasions between March 2004 and Jan. 8, 2008, court documents state. The alleged sexual abuse occurred at Spilman's home in Salt Lake County...

Cicero man charged with impersonating cop, rape

A 34-year-old Cicero man serving a sentence for robbery was charged today with raping a Chicago woman at knifepoint two years ago while pretending to be a police officer.

George Carlos arrived to pick the 30-year-old victim up at her Northwest Side residence for a lunch date, Assistant Cook County State’s Attorney Teresa Molina said. When she refused to have sex with him, he pretended to be on a police radio talking to other officers, Molina said.

Armed with a knife, Carlos told the woman she could either have sex with him or go to jail, Molina said...

NYPD Cop, Wife Dead in Centereach Murder-Suicide

A husband and wife were found dead in a murder-suicide was reported in Centereach on Monday, Jan. 12, at 12:35 p.m., Suffolk Police say.

Sixth Precinct Patrol Officers were dispatched to a Savoy Court home after a 911 caller told police that her mother had just been shot by her father and upon arrival, they discovered Elena Cole, 46, dead in an upstairs bedroom...

Lori DeKleine remembered

In the months before her murder, Lori DeKleine began to “branch out.”

She started to confide in her sister and others about the abuse and manipulation she was subjected to by her husband, who at the time was a Holland police officer.

That’s why last summer, members of Holland Heights Christian Reformed Church decided that the best way to remember Lori, who loved gardening, would be to plant a tree outside the church...More Here...

Former officer denies child rape

A former Belchertown police officer pleaded innocent Wednesday in Hampden Superior Court to a charge of forcible rape of a child.

Sean F. Bracey, 42, of 34 Pine Grove St., also pleaded innocent to indecent assault and battery on a person 14 years old or older. Both charges list the same initials for the alleged victim.

Judge Constance M. Sweeney set bail at $50,000 cash for Bracey. He can have no contact with the alleged victim pending his prosecution...More Here...