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News in Brief by Arkansas: The downward spiral of former Hot Spring County Sheriff Derek “Scott” Finkbeiner, 47, continued with his fourth arrest on May 2, 2025, reported KATV out of Little Rock. The arrest stemmed from Finkbeiner’s attempt to contact a witness, co-­defendant Jordan Hammond, through the Signal app, …
Article • January 15, 2023 • from CLN February, 2023
Filed under: Forfeiture, Federal Funds
Theft of Public Funds or Accounting Incompetence? Kansas Police Agencies Can’t Accurately Track Property Forfeitures by Jacob Barrett by Jacob Barrett In 2019, Kansas enacted a law that requires police agencies to accurately track and report amounts seized from property forfeitures — known as civil asset forfeiture. As of 2022, …
Article • May 1, 2022
Bribery and Drug Charges Results in 8 Year Sentence for Former Corrupt NYPD Officer by Brooke Kaufman by Brooke Kaufman Former NYPD officer Robert Smith, 45, of Plainview, NY, was sentenced to 97 months in prison for accepting bribes and attempting to transport heroin. Smith previously called himself one of …
Article • February 21, 2022
Rogue Alabama Police Department That Preyed on Motorists Condemned Even by Fellow Cops for Extorting Motorists by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott In nightmarish tale from Alabama, a small town’s police department lead by a new police chief hell bent on padding his department’s revenue near the state’s …
Article • February 21, 2022
54 California Highway Patrol Officers Busted in Overtime-Fraud Scheme by California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced charges against 54 current and former Highway Patrol officers for overtime fraud. The charged officers are accused of claiming phony overtime hours while patrolling high-occupancy traffic lanes or on assignment protecting workers in construction …
Article • August 15, 2020 • from CLN September, 2020
Report: Attorney Appointment a ‘Pay For Play’ Arrangement in Texas County by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss Georgetown Law professor Neel Sukhatme and Texas Criminal Justice Coalition lawyer Jay Jenkins conducted a study of judges and their assignment of legal representation to indigent defendants in Harris County, Texas. They found …
Article • June 15, 2020 • from CLN July, 2020
Nebraska Supreme Court: Multiple Theft Charges for Stealing Items Belonging to Several People at Same Time and Place Violates Double Jeopardy by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell In a case of first impression, the Nebraska Supreme Court held on March 13, 2020, that theft from multiple owners “at the same …