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Missouri Sheriff Tommy Adams faces Meth Charge in State ravaged by Drug

One county on the edge of the Missouri Ozarks seemed oddly immune to the scourge of methamphetamine ravaging the state, boasting few meth raids or arrests in recent years.

Some residents now think they know why, after a meth bust landed the Carter County sheriff himself in jail.

Tommy Adams, county sheriff for a little more than two years, was arrested earlier this month after giving meth to an informant at his cabin on a remote and hilly gravel road, according to a court document. He also allegedly snorted the drug himself with a straw.

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Former Wilson County Tennessee Police Officer arrested by Federal Authorities for trying to Sell Information

Federal authorities arrested John Patrick Edwards, a former Wilson County Tennessee police officer for allegedly trying to sell information on a federal drug investigation to a target of that investigation, in exchange for $100,000 and a Range Rover.

Edwards, 38, of Mt. Juliet, a former Wilson County Sheriff’s Department deputy, was familiar with the drug investigation because he was a member of the local FBI Violent Crimes Task Force.

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Surprise Arizona police officer Mike Phillips arrested, accused of DUI and Endangerment

A Surprise Arizona police officer has been arrested on suspicion of aggravated DUI and endangerment.

Police say officer Mike Phillips was booked Tuesday after a collision in the area of Paradise Lane and Mountain Vista Boulevard.

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Seattle Police Officer Scott Moss arrested on Suspicion of DUI…Again

Sgt. Scott Moss, a Seattle police sergeant, was arrested April 3, 2011 on suspicion of drinking and driving, his second such arrest in six years.

Sgt. Moss was driving north on Interstate 405 near Newcastle when he was pulled over at 5:05 a.m., said Trooper Cliff Pratt, a spokesman for the State Patrol.

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Slidell Louisiana Police Officer Claude Stevens arrested on Domestic Abuse Charge

Sgt. Claude Stevens, a 14-year Slidell Louisiana Police Department veteran, was arrested Wednesday for domestic abuse after an altercation with his wife, according to a police spokesman.

Sgt. Stevens was charged with simple battery domestic abuse and placed on administrative leave.

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Macon Georgia Police Officer Truman Tucker arrested in Assault on Daughter

Macon Georgia Police arrested officer Truman Tucker of Northside Drive Saturday evening after a physical altercation with his 15-year-old daughter.

Tucker is a military veteran of the United States Navy and have been employed with the Macon Police Department for four and a half years.

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Woman who was taken to Jail from bed while wearing only a T-shirt sues Portland Oregon Police

Two Portland Oregon Police officers humiliated Sherrie Sandau, a 47-year-old woman when they arrested her, half-naked, at her home and drove her to jail despite her multiple pleas for clothing to cover her lower body, her attorney said in federal court on April 20, 2011.

Ms. Sandau had been in bed and was wearing only a tank top and T-shirt, with no underwear or pants, when she was handcuffed in front of her home.

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Crime After Crime: Bay Area Lawyers seek Justice for Deborah Peagler, Domestic Abuse Survivor

Deborah Peagler easily could be someone you know. She is in her 40s, has two daughters and was once one of the highest-paid employees in an electronics manufacturing company. She found time to work on her associate degree, sing in a choir and teach illiterate inmates how to read. All this while she was behind bars, serving 25 years to life in the Central California Women’s Facility in Chowchilla after being found guilty of first-degree murder in Los Angeles in 1983.

She was still in prison two decades later when a couple of land-use lawyers from Walnut Creek took on her case — pro bono — and set out to prove that not only was Peagler forced into prostitution and brutally abused by the man who pimped for her, but that she was wrongfully incarcerated for his death.

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Former Niles Indiana Police Officer Ivery Cross Admits Sexual Assault of 19-year-old Male Inmate

Former Niles Indiana city police officer Ivery Cross III’s admission that he sexually assaulted a 19-year-old male inmate at the Niles Law Enforcement Complex wasn’t the only surprising development on April 20, 2011 in the high-profile case.

In addition, it was disclosed during courtroom discussions in Berrien County Trial Court in Niles that Cross continued to maintain contact with the victim in the aftermath of the assault.

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Judge has refused to lower $500,000 Bond of former Saline County Chief Sheriff’s Deputy accused of Sexual Misconduct with a Harrisburg Illinois Teenager

A southern Illinois judge has refused to lower the $500,000 bond of Todd Fort, a former Saline County chief sheriff’s deputy, accused of sexual misconduct with a Harrisburg teenager.

Todd Fort’s request for the bond reduction was denied on April 20, 2011.

Fort is to stand trial May 4, 2011 on charges largely accusing him of sexual assault and criminal misconduct with the teenage girl, now 18, last year.

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