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Officer Jon Grubbs Still Owes $21 Million After the Eleventh Circuit Refused to Erase Jerry Blasingame’s Taser Judgment
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July 6, 2026
Officer Jon Grubbs Still Owes $21 Million After the Eleventh Circuit Refused to Erase Jerry Blasingame’s Taser Judgment
The Eleventh Circuit left a $21 million judgment against Atlanta Officer Jon Grubbs after a Taser drop paralyzed Jerry Blasingame. The AEGIS Alliance explains the city's exit and the unpaid…
Chad Essert Gave Up the Bethel Chief’s Job on a $500,000 Bond With Seventy Felony Counts Still Untried
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July 4, 2026
Chad Essert Gave Up the Bethel Chief’s Job on a $500,000 Bond With Seventy Felony Counts Still Untried
Chad Essert resigned as Bethel police chief after a 70-count indictment from his years as a teacher. The AEGIS Alliance reports the Florida extradition, the bond, and the still-open case.
Baldwin County’s Grand Jury Still Holds Mobile Detective Jacob Clifford’s Child Sex Case After the Bind-Over
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December 19, 2025
Baldwin County’s Grand Jury Still Holds Mobile Detective Jacob Clifford’s Child Sex Case After the Bind-Over
A Baldwin County judge bound Jacob Clifford's case to a grand jury in January 2026. The Mobile homicide detective denies four child-sex-abuse counts and three sodomy counts. No indictment has…
Michael Broady Called 911 From Reform, Alabama, and the Body Camera Outlived the Partial Settlement
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December 18, 2025
Michael Broady Called 911 From Reform, Alabama, and the Body Camera Outlived the Partial Settlement
Michael Broady called 911 in Reform, Alabama, in August 2021 and died after a multi-agency arrest. Judge Annemarie Carney Axon dismissed settled claims against Kallenna Homan and Austin Moss. Deputies…
North Fort Myers Man Enzo Vincenzi Alleges a Violent False Arrest as Sheriff Marceno’s Ethics Case Goes Quiet
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July 13, 2025
North Fort Myers Man Enzo Vincenzi Alleges a Violent False Arrest as Sheriff Marceno’s Ethics Case Goes Quiet
Enzo Vincenzi says Lee County deputies violently arrested him in 2019. Deputy Brian Hoyt later resigned. Sheriff Carmine Marceno's ethics complaints remain without a public finding.
Sharp County Jury Fined Former Hardy Police Chief Scott Rose for Sexual Assault and Jailed Him Only on the Alcohol Count
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June 3, 2025
Sharp County Jury Fined Former Hardy Police Chief Scott Rose for Sexual Assault and Jailed Him Only on the Alcohol Count
A Sharp County jury convicted former Hardy Police Chief Scott Rose of sexual assault, fined that felony $15,000, and jailed him for a year on an alcohol count. Jurors asked…
Ventura County Paid Jaiden Perkins $440,000 While the Deputies Accused of Beating Him Stayed on Paid Leave
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May 30, 2025
Ventura County Paid Jaiden Perkins $440,000 While the Deputies Accused of Beating Him Stayed on Paid Leave
Ventura County paid bouncer Jaiden Perkins $440,000 after he said off-duty deputies Dylan Davis and Anthony Malagon beat him for stopping a chokehold. A judge later denied mental-health diversion. The…
Logansport Officer Cody Scott Told a 911 Caller the Only Punishment Left Was Cruelty, Then the Felonies Became a One-Day Misdemeanor
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March 16, 2025
Logansport Officer Cody Scott Told a 911 Caller the Only Punishment Left Was Cruelty, Then the Felonies Became a One-Day Misdemeanor
Former Logansport officer Cody Scott and his wife Kylie pleaded guilty to neglect after their daughter was made to hold degrading signs in 18-degree cold. A judge entered misdemeanors and…
Northbridge Still Lists the Animal Control Officer Who Shot Husky Odin at About Ten Yards After a Coyote Call on Fowler Road
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November 23, 2024
Northbridge Still Lists the Animal Control Officer Who Shot Husky Odin at About Ten Yards After a Coyote Call on Fowler Road
Kirk Rumford's husky, Odin, was shot on November 19, 2024, on a coyote call in Northbridge, Massachusetts. Chief Timothy Labrie ruled out punishment, and Dan Chauvin remains the animal control…
Hundreds of Thousands of Police Reports Now Start as Axon Draft One Text While California Forces Agencies to Keep the First Machine Draft
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August 26, 2024
Hundreds of Thousands of Police Reports Now Start as Axon Draft One Text While California Forces Agencies to Keep the First Machine Draft
Axon says its report-writing tools have helped produce more than 600,000 police reports. California requires agencies to keep the first machine draft. Axon's retention switch still starts off.