Former police officer Kevin Michael Sianez pleaded guilty Thursday to 17 felony counts of grand theft by false pretense, 11 felony counts of fraudulently using an access card, two felony counts of identity theft, four felony counts of possession of a firearm by a felon stemming from a 1998 conviction for stalking, six felony counts […]
Affidavit: Texas Constable Admits Ordering Bugging
This is a story with many twists and turns about a corrupt law enforcement official and his accomplices who let their greed lead them down a path where they were surely to be caught one day. When you involve this many people and create this many witnesses, everything is bound to catch up with you. For those of […]
Witness Error: How Mind Tricks Can Put the Innocent Behind Bars
I watched Dateline last night and saw a program about Jon-Adrian Velazquez. His story is in the papers today. Like so many other stories of wrongful convictions I have watched, I am amazed at the strength these people have to keep fighting their uphill battle. As one D.A. commented on last night’s program, once you are […]
Girl Fights Off Walmart Kidnapper – Caught on Tape
Britteny, a 7 year-old second grader, screamed and kicked her way out of a kidnapping attempt in an Atlanta area Walmart. Brittney Baxter was alone in the toy aisle of a Bremen, Ga., Walmart on Wednesday while her mom was briefly in the fruit section. Brittney’s mother was only gone for a couple of minutes when […]
Alleged iPad-Stealing TSA Agent Arrested at DFW Airport
There have been a recent series of theft allegations against TSA employees. One such case involves Agent Clayton Keith Dovel who was arrested last week on suspicion of stealing numerous iPads from passenger’s luggage at DFW’s airport. It appears Dovel was stealing the iPads from his position where he screened passenger’s […]