By MATT REYNOLDS 

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LOS ANGELES (CN) – Former officers from the defunct Office of Public safety have accused the Los Angeles Sheriff\’s Department of leaking confidential information to the Los Angeles Times, which used it to identify them in series of articles about problem hires.
More than 40 former officers of the Office of Public Safety sued Los Angeles County and the Los Angeles Sheriff\’s Department in Superior Court on Tuesday.
The 12-page lawsuit cites a series of articles the Times published about alleged misconduct in the Sheriff\’s Department, by deputies and jailers.
The Times reported that some of the officers they examined had been hired prostitutes, cheated polygraph tests used to during the hiring process and had a history of lying or falsifying police statements.
Named as problem applicants in the story were David F. McDonald, Ferdinand C. Salgado, Linda D. Bonner, and Niles L. Rose, all of whom were hired as jailers. They are among the plaintiffs in the lawsuit filed this week.

PHILADELPHIA (JANUARY 21, 2015)- Attorney General Kathleen G. Kane today announced charges against 22 individuals accused of running a sophisticated prescription drug forgery ring that operated in 44 of the Commonwealth\’s 67 counties. It is estimated the ring obtained more than 59,000 oxycodone pills using forged prescriptions and stolen information from physicians for a profit of $1.7 million. 

The Philadelphia Police Department and the FBI are seeking the public’s assistance to identify and locate the subject responsible for the robbery Tuesday of the Republic Bank branch located at 1601 Walnut Street.

At approximately 6:45 p.m. yesterday, the subject entered the bank and handed a teller a demand note that referenced a bomb. He then produced a box with wires hanging out of it. After obtaining an undisclosed amount of cash, the subject fled the area of the bank on foot.

by John Paff

Stratford cop writes up fellow cop for drunk driving.

 

I often report of incidents where police officers give preferential treatment to fellow officers. This is not one of those times.

From reading a Camden County Prosecutor\’s Office \”Special Prosecutions Summary Report\” on-line here, I learned that an unidentified Camden Metro Police Officer was suspended for 47 days for having a motor vehicle accident while allegedly driving intoxicated in Stratford Borough (Camden County) on October 26, 2013.

On January 16, 2015, I submitted an Open Public Records Act (OPRA) request to Stratford Borough and learned from documents provided that the police officer charged with drunk driving was Michael L. Harper, Jr. (Since drunk driving cases are routinely reported to newspapers\’ \”police blotter\” section by local law enforcement (example here), I don\’t feel that it\’s inappropriate for me to publicly identify Officer Harper.)

ABSECON ISLAND–We’ve all heard the stories about the early days of Christendom, where members of the church practiced their faith in catacombs. And while this general practice is ancient history, Joe and Bunny Franco of Ventnor are doing something similar — not just for their faith, but out of a true sense of stewardship.

For the past 15 years, Joe and Bunny have run the food bank ministry at St. Nicholas of Tolentine Parish, a 112-year-old church that grew from humble beginnings, when Augustinian Father Michael Sullivan celebrated Mass in a tiny wooden structure on Absecon Island in 1855, into the giant brick and mortar building that occupies a significant section of Pacific Avenue.

(January 22, 2015–Yesterday, troopers from the Atlantic City Expressway Station arrested Angelo Otchy, 39, of Toms River, for impersonating a police officer on the Atlantic City Expressway in Pleasantville City on January 13.

GLOUCESTER CITY NJ (January 22, 2015)–Gloucester City Police apprehended a arm – robbery suspect on Wednesday, January 21, shortly after the suspect committed the crime.

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FBI and Partners Working to Combat This Cyber Threat

01/20/15

Your computer screen freezes with a pop-up message—supposedly from the FBI or another federal agency—saying that because you violated some sort of federal law your computer will remain locked until you pay a fine. Or you get a pop-up message telling you that your personal files have been encrypted and you have to pay to get the key needed decrypt them.

These scenarios are examples of ransomware scams, which involve a type of malware that infects computers and restricts users’ access to their files or threatens the permanent destruction of their information unless a ransom—anywhere from hundreds to thousands of dollars—is paid.

Frank \”Reds\” Grandizio

Former Gloucester City resident Frank G. Grandizio (Reds), died on January 18, 2015 after a long illness at the age of 75. 

Survived by his companion Barbara J. Thomas, his three children, his step-daughters Stephanie Bauer (Tim) and Jodie Aueber (Ron); his sisters Dolly Smith, Terry Taylor and Helen Turing; his sister-in-laws Gloria Grandizio (late John \”Skip\”) and Dorothy Grandizio (late Louis) and his brother-in-law Joe Miller. Also survived by many grandchildren and many nieces and nephews. 

THE GLOUCESTER CITY BREAKFAST CLUB\’s first meeting May 2006 at the old Jim\’s Pizzeria, 142 N. Broadway, Gloucester City NJ

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