Corrections
The Corrections topic covers the duties performed by sheriff’s departments and other police agencies that straddle the line between patrolling the streets and guarding inmates in correctional facilities, county lock-ups, prisons, jails, and courthouses.
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Circuit court ruled an officer could be held liable for failing to stop jail staff from assaulting detainee, citing duty to intervene
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Nicholas Lindsey was sentenced to life last year for murdering a St. Petersburg police officer in 2011
Fifty-year-old Mohamed Barry was charged with endangering the welfare of a child
All four are charged with attempted murder and aggravated battery in Thursday’s attack
Jurors placed their faith in the detective’s account of an alleged confession, despite learning he had failed to record the interrogation
Alan Randall killed two cops then rode off in their cruiser to commit a burglary in 1975
Floyd Corkins II was sentenced Thursday for the 2012 attempted shooting at a Christian lobbying group
One man was the son of a retired cop, another was an auxiliary officer
Eric Simmons wasn’t in restraints and the window was rolled down when he escaped a moving cruiser
He faces two to 8 1/2 years in prison at sentencing for vehicular homicide
The man was angry about the way a robbery complaint he made was handled, and wanted to hurt the first officer he saw
Police said it is not yet not clear if any money was taken from the bank before the arrests were made
Geoffrey Portway pleaded guilty to solicitation to commit a crime of violence — kidnapping of a child — and distribution and possession of child porn
John Anthony Borell III agreed to pay $227K in damages and will serve 3 years in federal prison
A female authority grew suspicious to the woman’s strange reaction when asked how far along the baby was
Eric Knysz, 19, has been charged with murder of an officer; his wife, 20, faces two charges related to assisting him
Derrick White will face 11 additional charges related to his alleged attack and escape
The suspect overpowered Deputy Harrison Tolliver with a plastic comb several times in the neck, then stole his uniform
In interrogation tapes, he said cameras outside Gina DeJesus’ school should have captured him there 15 minutes before her abduction
An appeals court overturned her murder conviction, setting the stage for a retrial as prosecutors seek to put her back on death row
22-year-old Matthew Cordle had been a suspect in the June crash but was not charged
Johnny Pimentel pleaded guilty to using a razor blade to slash the behinds of multiple women
Ryan Rivard was driving around 100 mph when he smashed into officer Tracy Liska’s squad car
