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Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin to temporarily transfer duties to deputy for follow up medical procedure
 
05/24/2024 12:46:33 PM PDT · by rdl6989 · 18 replies
CNN ^ | May 24, 2024 | Natasha Bertrand
US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin will undergo a “minimally invasive” and “non surgical” procedure at Walter Reed Medical Center on Friday night, Pentagon spokesman Major Gen. Patrick Ryder said on Friday. He will transfer his authorities temporarily to his deputy, Kathleen Hicks, Ryder said. The procedure is related to a bladder issue Austin suffered as a result of a surgery he underwent to treat prostate cancer earlier this year.
 

Deputy Russian military chief of staff jailed for bribery in latest arrest of high defense official
 
05/23/2024 12:23:01 PM PDT · by Cronos · 12 replies
Agence presse ^ | 23 May 2024 | Agence press
A deputy chief of the Russian military general staff has been arrested on charges of large-scale bribery, Russian news reports said Thursday, the latest in a series of bribery arrests of high-ranking military officials. The arrest of Lt. Gen. Vadim Shamarin followed the arrest earlier in the week of Maj. Gen. Ivan Popov, a former top commander in Russia’s offensive in Ukraine, also on bribery charges. In April, Deputy Defense Minister Timur Ivanov was arrested for bribery. Ivanov was a close associate of Sergei Shoigu, whom President Vladimir Putin dismissed as defense minister soon after Putin’s inauguration to a new...
 

Putin's Military Purge Ramps Up as General Gerasimov's Top Deputy Arrested
 
05/23/2024 4:07:59 AM PDT · by marcusmaximus · 30 replies
Newsweek ^ | 5/23/2024 | Isabel van Brugen
Vadim Shamarin, deputy chief of the Russian General Staff, has been arrested, local media reported, marking the latest detention of a Russian high-ranking military official in recent weeks. The development was reported by Russian newspapers Kommersant and Izvestia, citing unnamed sources with knowledge of the matter. Kommersant reported that he was detained on Wednesday "in connection with the case of alleged fraud."
 

NYC deputy mayor charges Washington Post with antisemitism (b/c only Arab dirty money is OK for Swastika-palestine - liberals' racism)
 
05/19/2024 10:53:09 PM PDT · by Freeleesy · 2 replies
https :// www . israelnationalnews . com / news / 390232 ^
Deputy of NYC Mayor Eric Adams calls out Washington Post for article on wealthy Jews' advocacy for Israel.
 

Ben Crump Hired by Family of US Airman Killed by Florida Sheriff Deputy
 
05/10/2024 2:23:47 AM PDT · by Recovering_Democrat · 100 replies
Newsweak ^ | 8 May 2024 | Monica Sager
The family of a 23-year-old US Airman who was fatally shot by a Florida sheriff's deputy retained prominent civil rights attorney Ben Crump. Roger Fortson was shot and killed inside his apartment on Friday when an Okaloosa County Sheriff's deputy responding to a disturbance call "reacted in self-defense after he encountered a 23-year-old man armed with a gun." "We demand accountability for those responsible for his death," Crump said in an email to Newsweek. "And we stand in solidarity with Roger's family and friends as they navigate this unimaginable loss."
 

Sheriff’s Deputy Fired for Posting Selfies from Jan 6 Protest Gets $400,000 Settlement
 
05/09/2024 8:46:53 AM PDT · by Sam77 · 8 replies
The Daily Fetched ^ | 9 May 2024 | Jason Walsh
Bexar County Sheriff’s lieutenant, who was fired from her job after posting pictures from the Jan 6 Capitol protest, has secured a $395,000 legal settlement. The county’s insurer will pay Roxanne Mathai the federal out-of-court settlement.
 

Deputy fires TASER out of cruiser window, hits man accused of running with AR-15 style rifle following car chase, crash
 
05/08/2024 5:20:05 AM PDT · by V_TWIN · 7 replies
news4jax.com ^ | May 7, 2024 | Travis Gibson, Digital reporter/editor
PUTNAM COUNTY, Fla. – A man who is accused of trying to speed away from Putnam County deputies before he crashed into a utility pole was arrested early Monday morning on drug and gun charges. According to the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office, the 27-year-old Palatka man was first seen in an SUV on Gillis Street driving slowly with his lights off. When deputies tried to pull him over, he sped off, deputies said. The man reached speeds of 100 mph, deputies said, before he crashed into the concrete pole in front of ABC Liquor near Highway 17 and State Road...
 

Putin's Deputy Defense Minister Arrested for 'High Treason': Reports
 
04/24/2024 10:22:52 AM PDT · by USA-FRANCE · 28 replies
Newsweek ^
"It's of course impossible to know the real reasons for his arrest but this could be related to the revelations made by Navalny's Anti-Corruption Foundation that showed Ivanov and his wife in a pretty bad light," Kallioniemi said. FBK alleged leaked emails from Ivanov's wife, Svetlana Maniovich, showed the extent of her family's lavish lifestyle, beyond what his official salary could cover, with some transactions routed through third parties, including Defense Ministry contractors.
 

Russian deputy defence minister Timur Ivanov accused of taking bribes
 
04/24/2024 5:35:27 AM PDT · by marcusmaximus · 24 replies
BBC ^ | 4/24/24 | Christy Cooney
A Russian deputy defence minister has been accused of taking bribes and remanded in custody by a court in Moscow. Timur Ivanov, who denies the charges, is accused of accepting bribes "on a particularly large scale". Appointed to the defence ministry in 2016, Mr Ivanov, 47, has been responsible for Russia's military infrastructure projects. Mr Ivanov is considered an ally of Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu and has worked with him for many years. He was previously deputy prime minister of the Moscow region, where Mr Shoigu briefly served as governor. -snip- In 2022, the Anti-Corruption Foundation (ACF), the group founded...
 

LA Sheriff’s Deputy ‘Ambushed,’ Shot in the Back While Sitting at Intersection – Suspect Arrested: A Gang Member with Violent Criminal History
 
04/23/2024 6:58:21 PM PDT · by bitt · 20 replies
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com ^ | 4/23/2024 | cristina laila
A Los Angeles Sheriff’s Deputy was shot in the back execution style by a well-known gang member with a long rap sheet on Monday. Deputy Samuel Aispuro, 43, was sitting at a red light on his motorcycle in full uniform at an intersection in West Covina when Raymundo Duran, 47, shot him in the back. The shooting happened at approximately 2:45 pm local time near Barranca Street and North Garvey Avenue, KABC reported. “He was sitting on a marked black and white police motorcycle in full uniform and he was shot in the back,” Sheriff Robert Luna said, according to...
 

Syracuse officer and Onondaga County deputy shot and killed after investigating stolen vehicle
 
04/15/2024 6:59:39 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 22 replies
Local Syracuse ^ | Apr 15, 2024 / 07:14 AM EDT | Andrew Donovan, Max Bevington
TOWN OF SALINA, N.Y. (WSYR-TV) — A City of Syracuse police officer and Onondaga County Sheriff’s deputy were shot and killed in the line of duty Sunday night. “We lost two heroes tonight,” Syracuse Police Chief Joe Cecile said at an early morning briefing outside Upstate University Hospital. The two were among the officers who responded to a home on Darien Drive to investigate a stolen vehicle, Syracuse Police say. Darien Drive is in the Oot neighborhood off Hopkins Road. The incident began when a pair of Syracuse Police officers attempted to pull over the suspicious vehicle near the Tipperary...
 

NY: Syracuse police officer and a deputy killed in shooting in Salina
 
04/15/2024 4:36:10 AM PDT · by jimjohn · 17 replies
Syracuse.com ^ | Rylee Kirk
Syracuse, N.Y. — Two police officers were killed Sunday night in a shootout on a suburban street in Salina. A Syracuse police officer and an Onondaga County sheriff’s deputy were both killed when they went to follow up on a traffic stop where the driver sped away, said Syracuse Police Chief Joe Cecile.
 

Deputy Sheriff Arrested, Charged with Numerous Felonies After Apparent Double Life Exposed
 
04/08/2024 8:54:35 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 23 replies
Independent Journal Review ^ | April 8, 2024 | Adelle Nazarian
A California sheriff’s deputy was arrested Thursday after an investigation uncovered that he was leading a double life as a member of an outlaw motorcycle gang, according to reports. San Bernardino County Deputy Christopher Bingham, 45, an 18-year veteran of the sheriff’s department, is being held in the West Valley Detention Center in Rancho Cucamonga on $500,000 bail, according to the Los Angeles Times. The sheriff’s department announced the arrest in a Facebook post on Thursday. “In January 2024, the Gangs/Narcotics Division began an investigation into Deputy Christopher Bingham and his association with a local Outlaw Motorcycle Gang (OMG). During...
 

Pensacola woman arrested for Easter Sunday deputy attack, teen still wanted
 
04/07/2024 9:38:49 AM PDT · by simpson96 · 16 replies
WEARTV ^ | 4/6/2024 | Kai Davis
ESCAMBIA COUNTY, Fla. -- A Pensacola woman wanted for attacking a deputy on Easter Sunday was arrested on Friday night. 43-year-old Shanette Robinson was wanted by the Escambia County Sheriff's Office after they say she attacked one of their deputies while they were breaking up a fight at Englewood Park on North H Street. Robinson is charged with resisting arrest and battery on a law enforcement officer. The Escambia County Sheriff's Office says they are still searching for 16-year-old Ty'kita Jackson, who they say was involved in the incident as well. She's wanted for battery on a law enforcement officer....
 

Officer acquitted in Manny Ellis' death resigns days after becoming Thurston County deputy
 
04/04/2024 6:00:45 AM PDT · by TrailWalker · 12 replies
KOMO News ^ | 04/03/2024 | KOMO News Staff
Two days after being sworn into the Thurston County Sheriff's Office (TCSO), Christopher Burbank resigned from the position. The TCSO on Wednesday said the former Tacoma Police Department officer came to the decision "based on community response and death threats made" to his family. Burbank was one of three Tacoma police officers cleared of criminal charges in the 2020 death of Manuel "Manny" Ellis, a Black man who was shocked, beaten and restrained facedown on a sidewalk as he pleaded for breath.
 

Migrant charged in deputy’s death files civil rights lawsuit, cites ‘disability’ of not knowing English
 
03/26/2024 11:24:16 AM PDT · by artichokegrower · 25 replies
South Carolina Constables Association ^ | February 22, 2024
A Guatemalan migrant who is accused of killing a police officer last year is now leading a lawsuit against the deceased deputy’s estate, another law enforcement officer and the county, alleging he was the victim.
 

BLM and the media again make a martyr of a teen who tried to kill a sheriff’s deputy
 
03/13/2024 11:38:04 AM PDT · by E. Pluribus Unum · 26 replies
American Thinker ^ | March 13, 2024 | Andrea Widburg
On Saturday, a San Bernardino sheriff’s deputy shot and killed a 15-year-old. According to BLM and the media, the deputy slaughtered an autistic black teenager in cold blood. According to known facts, 15-year-old Ryan Gainer’s family called the sheriff because the allegedly autistic teen was terrorizing them. Gainer attacked the deputy, who fired in self-defense.A story from Britain’s Guardian tips you off to how the piece will be covered: “California officer shoots and kills boy, 15, holding gardening tool.” Imagine a peaceful child raking the lawn when a sheriff drives by and fires. However, even The Guardian explains that the...
 

Mark Giuliano, former FBI deputy director, dies at 62
 
03/05/2024 3:33:49 AM PST · by Jaysin · 21 replies
Washington Post ^ | 03/04/2024 | Devlin Barrett
Mark F. Giuliano, a career FBI official who was second-in-command at the law enforcement agency when it launched a controversial investigation into Hillary Clinton’s private email server as she sought the 2016 Democratic nomination for president, died March 2 at his home in Decatur, Ga. He was 62. The cause was an apparent heart attack, said his sister Ann Britz. In an FBI career that began in 1988 and spanned almost three decades, Mr. Giuliano started as a street agent in Washington pursuing violent crime and gangs. He later supervised high-profile criminal cases and the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted program....
 

Fani Willis’ Deputy Jeff DeSantis Busted after Ties to Biden’s 2024 Campaign Exposed
 
03/04/2024 10:37:28 AM PST · by Red Badger · 7 replies
Daily Fetched ^ | March 4, 2024 | Jason Walsh
The business partner of Fani Willis’ Deputy District Attorney Jeff DiSanti, works directly with Joe Biden’s 2024 reelection campaign, according to financial disclosures. Sources told Breitbart that Huttman’s connection with DeSantis is significant because he is a Biden plant inside the office to target former President Donald Trump. According to various press reports and a candidate advertisement agreement signed with the Biden campaign, Huttman is the “head media buyer and strategist” at “Media Buying and Analytics, LLC.” * Media Buying and Analytics is the top vendor for Biden’s 2024 reelection campaign * The entity raked in $8,687,624 during the 2024...
 

Ex-Rikers guard sexually assaulted by inmate claims deputy warden laughed at attack, said ‘don’t tell your husband’
 
03/03/2024 4:01:32 PM PST · by george76 · 22 replies
New York Post ^ | March 2, 2024 | Tina Moore
A former Rikers guard who was sexually assaulted by an inmate claims a nurse at the notorious jail could have been spared an attempted rape if supervisors had taken her attack more seriously... Yessica Delacruz was working an overnight shift at one of the jail’s clinics and was transferring incoming inmates from an intake cell to the medical unit when she first encountered Michael Cleaver just after 2 a.m. ... Cleaver, 55, had just been arrested on Nov. 9 on charges of burglary, harassment and menacing... ... “He came to the door and started pushing the door, like a football...
 
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