Wednesday, December 31, 2014

12312014 - UPDATES: Michigan OIDV Cases - 2014


2014: New OIDV Posts added:

 Officer David Essad [2008] - We can't afford to forget:
http://michiganoidv.blogspot.com/2008/04/officer-david-essad-shelby-township-pd.html












Protecting Pets From Domestic Violence With Protection Orders:
Protecting Pets From Domestic Violence with Protection Orders

FBI Adds Animal Cruelty to Uniform Crime Report












[IN] Crown Point Police Officer Elliott McCowan in motorcycle run for DV charity? WTF!!!
[IN] Amanda Bach Murder Case - Investigation of Officer Joseph Elliott McCowan 
[Crown Point Indiana PD]






Reminder: 
[IN] Amanda Bach Murder Case - Dustin McCowan's Appeal
http://michiganoidv.blogspot.com/2014/04/in-amanda-bach-murder-case-dustin.html

Supreme Court oral arguments for Dustin McCowan's appeal of his conviction for the murder of Amanda Bach will take place on October 23, 2014 at 9:45 AM - eastern time. NWI residents, please note Indianapolis time difference [1 hour ahead of central time].

 Oral arguments on the case can be viewed live from the Indiana Supreme Court's webcam: 
https://mycourts.in.gov/arguments/default.aspx?&id=1721&view=detail&yr=&when=&page=1&court=sup&search=&direction=
[ https://mycourts.in.gov/arguments/default.aspx?court=sup ]












Dustin McCowan appeal update - August 20, 2014:

Oral arguments before the Indiana Supreme Court scheduled for October 23, 2014 at 9:45 A.M.
Dustin McCowan is currently serving a 60 year sentence for the 2011 murder of his ex-girlfriend Amanda Bach. 

 Dustin McCowan's father - Officer Joseph Eliot McCowan [Crown Point, IN PD] has been suspected / investigated for his believed role in hiding / destroying evidence in the murder case [the gun and Amanda's cell phone]. http://michiganoidv.blogspot.com/2011/09/in-amanda-bach-murder-case.html












Detroit Police Officer Kevin Chambers:
Mistress shot in the leg as Officer Chambers and his wife reportedly struggled over a gun on August 20, 2014.
Officer Kevin Chambers - Mistress shot - Detroit PD


In the early morning hours of August 20th, Officer Kevin Chambers' mistress was shot in the leg as Officer Chambers and his wife reportedly struggled over a gun.

"... until they [Detroit PD]  talk to the shooting victim, they don't have probable cause to think it was anything other than an accident...Police say they will also be asking the shooting victim if she wants to pursue criminal charges." ???

Let's end the Detroit PD's silence that protected Officer Kevin Chambers and his job in 2006, for "off duty incident where he fired shots" AND  AGAIN in 2008 when Chambers was arrested for:  "Fleeing and Eluding, Possession of a Dangerous Weapon, Operating While Impaired and Reckless Driving."

Officer Kevin Chambers' story is also being followed on Behind the Blue Wall and Police - Officer Involved Domestic Violence Network:

[MI] Officer Chambers' alleged "mistress" shot by Mrs. Chambers. (Police wonder if it was accidental?) 

Behind The Blue Wall:


[MI] Officer Chambers' alleged "mistress" shot by his wife. (Police wonder if it was accidental?)
Police Officer-Involved Domestic Violence Network - Facebook 












Jodi Parrack Murder Case Update: 
Jodi Parrack Murder - Former Reserve Officer Raymond McCann arrested - Constantine PD
On July 9th, former reserve officer Raymond Emmett McCann was ordered to stand trial in five counts of perjury in the murder case of 11-year-old Jodi Parrack. Trial was originally slated for September 2, 2014, but was rescheduled on August 8th. A new trial date has not been set.

 Jodi was found murdered in November 2007. Since her murder, reserve officer McCann has been a suspect. In April 2014, McCann was arrested on perjury charges related to testimony he gave under oath in 2012.












Former Officer Kenneth Bluew:
Life sentence conviction for murder of pregnant Jennifer Webb was confirmed by the Michigan Court Of Appeals on August 12, 2014.
http://michiganoidv.blogspot.com/2012/11/officer-kenneth-bluew-appeal.html












Dustin McCowan - [son of Officer Joseph Elliott McCowan, Crown Point Indiana PD] - convicted of murdering Amanda Bach; sentenced to 60 years in 2013.
In August 2014, The Indiana Supreme Court agreed to hear the appeal of Dustin McCowan. 
http://michiganoidv.blogspot.com/2013/03/in-amanda-bach-murder-case-dustin.html


 Also see: Investigation of Officer Joseph Elliott McCowan for Amanda Bach murder case:












RE: Taylor PD Officer Michael Calabrese's May 30th conviction for misuse of LEIN:
On June 10th, Calabrese was fired from the department due to his criminal convictions.
On June 20th, Calabrese was sentenced to 6 - 12 months probation for his misuse of the LEIN criminal convictions.


 During a two-year period of time, Officer Calabrese victimized / stalked eight women via misuse of the LEIN. One of the victims was only eighteen years old, and when her parents attempted to intervene, Calabrese reportedly told his victim there was nothing they could do as she was of legal age...

Officer Michael Calabrese - LEIN MIsuse - Taylor PD




Detroit PD Officer Hamilton Barton murdered by her husband - Detroit PD's version:
http://michiganoidv.blogspot.com/2014/06/officer-anna-hamilton-barton-murdered_12.html

 On the Detroit PD FaceBook page, they claim that Officer Anna Hamilton-Barton "was found dead in her home..." - WITH NO EXPLANATION OF HOW SHE DIED. They do not mention that she was murdered by her husband.  Let's not forget that immediately following Officer Hamilton's murder, the Detroit PD was referring to her death as a "DOMESTIC INCIDENT".
Why won't the Detroit PD say the words: "Officer involved domestic violence murder"? How can the Detroit PD address the problem of OIDV among their ranks if they continue to ignore that it exists? 

 
Check it out for yourself at the Detroit PD FaceBook page:













April 19, 2014 - Former Constantine Police Reserve Officer Raymond McCann arrested in connection to 2007 murder of Jodi Parrack.
Jodi Parrack Murder - Former Reserve Officer Raymond McCann arrested 

In April 2014, the main suspect in Jodi's murder - former Constantine Reserve Officer Raymond McCann - was arrested on felony perjury charges in connection with 11-year-old Jodi Parrack's murder. McCann faces up to life in prison if he is convicted of the charges 

The Constantine PD and MSP continue the investigation into finding Jodi's killer[s].












2007 unsolved murder of Jodi Parrack - Constantine Police Reserve Officer Raymond McCann suspect.
Jodi Parrack Murder Investigation - Reserve Officer Raymond McCann suspect

 On November 08, 2007, 11-year-old Jodi Parrack was murdered. Her mother - Valerie Jo - found Jodi's body in the Constantine Township Cemetery after Jodi failed to come home from a friend's home earlier that evening. It was family friend and Constantine PD Reserve Officer Raymond McCann who had suggested that the cemetery be searched for Jodi.
Jodi Parrack's murder has remained unsolved for over six years. From the beginning of the investigation, Reserve Officer Raymond McCann was considered as a suspect because of his insisting that the cemetery be search for Jodi, and due to the inconsistencies in his stories regarding his whereabouts between the time of Jodi's disappearance and the discovery of her body.
In 2009, retired Michigan State Police Detective Jim Bedell came out of retirement and became Chief of the Constantine PD. Chief Bedell's main motive was to solve Jodi's murder.

Valerie Jo Carver has never lost faith that the police would eventually find her daughter Jodi's killer[s].












Funeral services for Detroit Police Officer Anna Hamilton-Barton:
Funeral services for Detroit Police Officer Anna Hamilton will be Thursday, June 19th,  at 11 a.m at the Greater Emmanuel Institutional Church of God in Christ, 19190 Schaefer. Officer Anna Hamilton-Barton will be interred at Grand Lawn Cemetery, 23501 Grand River, in Detroit.
Officer Anna Hamilton-Barton was murdered by her husband- Damon Barton - on June 12th.
http://michiganoidv.blogspot.com/2014/06/officer-anna-hamilton-barton-murdered_12.html












Detroit Police Officer Anna Hamilton Barton - Murdered by her husband Damon Barton on June 12, 2014.
Officer Anna Hamilton Barton - Murdered - Detroit PD - June 12, 2014


"POLICE ARE CALLING IT A DOMESTIC INCIDENT. FAMILY MEMBERS ARE CALLING IT A MURDER-SUICIDE, SAYING HER HUSBAND OF THREE YEARS KILLED THE OFFICER..." 


How easily the Detroit PD wants to push Officer Barton, Officer Williams, and other OIDV murder victims under the carpet instead of protecting them...Let's hold the Detroit PD accountable
Officer Patricia Katie Ryan Williams Wrongful-death lawsuit - Detroit PD http://michiganoidv.blogspot.com/2009/09/officer-patricia-katie-ryan-williams.html












[MI] Officer Michael Calabrese - LEIN Misuse - Taylor PD
http://michiganoidv.blogspot.com/2013/10/officer-michael-calabrese-lein-misuse.html

On May 30, 2014, Taylor City Police Officer Michael Calabrese was convicted of misusing the LEIN. 
In October 2013, Officer Calabrese had been charged with 11 counts of LEIN misuse. One of those charges stemmed from Calabrese misusing the system to check on his former girlfriend. 












Court filings in wrongful death lawsuit of Officer Patricia Katie Ryan Williams - Detroit PD
May 24, 2014
Officer Patricia Katie Ryan Williams Wrongful-death lawsuit - Detroit PD 
http://michiganoidv.blogspot.com/2009/09/officer-patricia-katie-ryan-williams.html












Court filings in wrongful death lawsuit of Officer Patricia Katie Ryan Williams - Detroit PD
April 23, 2014
Officer Patricia Katie Ryan Williams Wrongful-death lawsuit - Detroit PD 
http://michiganoidv.blogspot.com/2009/09/officer-patricia-katie-ryan-williams.html













[IN] Dustin McCowan - son of Crown Point Indiana police officer Joseph Elliott McCowan
On April 23, 2014 the Indiana Appellate Court upheld Dustin McCowan's  2013 conviction for the murder of Amanda Bach.

 Meanwhile, Officer Joseph Elliott  McCowan, who is believed to have assisted Dustin in hiding / destroying evidence in Amanda's murder case, has recently filed for bankruptcy. In 2013, Amanda's parents filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Officer McCowan.

 Amanda Bach Murder Case - Investigation of Officer Joseph Elliott McCowan [Crown Point Indiana PD] - September 2011 - April 2013  
http://michiganoidv.blogspot.com/2011/09/in-amanda-bach-murder-case.html 

[IN] Amanda Bach Murder Case - Amanda's family filed lawsuit against Officer McCowan
http://michiganoidv.blogspot.com/2013/07/in-amanda-bach-murder-case-amandas.html












[MI] Corrections Officer Kenneth M. Norton - Murder of Tabatha Horn [07/05/1993]
http://michiganoidv.blogspot.com/1993/07/corrections-officer-kenneth-norton.html

An old case from 1993 - But I am posting this because Norton was paroled in 2012. When you read the post on MIOIDV, you will note that Tabatha's body was found NUDE - and there was a history of child molestation in the Norton family. So this is also a creepy crawler alert, eh.










Officer Johnny Ray Bridges - Detroit PD
http://michiganoidv.blogspot.com/2014/03/officer-johnny-ray-bridges-detroit-pd.html

On March 03, 2014, Officer Johnny Ray Bridges assaulted his girlfriend and fired his gun during the altercation.


The Detroit PD was well aware of Officer Bridges violent tendencies. On February 25, 2006 Officer Bridges beat Olden Medley unconscious. Bridges was not even reprimanded by the department, although the City of Detroit later paid a settlement to Medley for the assault. 










Access to firearms increases risk of DV homicide by 500%
http://michiganoidv.blogspot.com/2014/03/access-to-firearms-increases-risk-of-dv.html
A study completed by the National Network to End Domestic Violence - NNEDV - that does not include OIDV...How the hell can you do research on DV homicides involving firearms, and not include the most deadliest form of DV associated with shooting deaths: OIDV?












Officer Timothy Hibbard - Jackson PD - A family in crisis...
[January 28, 2014]
http://michiganoidv.blogspot.com/2014/01/officer-timothy-hibbard-jackson-pd.html



Also See:
Officer Timothy Hibbard - Self-defense shooting of murderer Marshan Worthey [ August 08, 2008]
http://michiganoidv.blogspot.com/2008/08/officer-timothy-hibbard-self-defense.html

 Officer Timothy Hibbard - Gerald Landrum charged w/attempted murder of Hibbard. [April 17, 2004]
http://michiganoidv.blogspot.com/2004/04/officer-timothy-hibbard-gerald-landrum.html

 Officer Timothy Hibbard - Samuel M. Thomas convicted for dragging Officer Hibbard w/vehicle [August 15, 2002]
http://michiganoidv.blogspot.com/2002/08/officer-timothy-hibbard-samuel-m-thomas.html












I was told...












Unsolved Murder of Bernita White - Ex wife of MSP Trooper Artis White [June 2001]
 Michigan OIDV: Who Killed Bernita White?

Justice For Bernita - Facebook - By Tony Medina
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Justice-For-Bernita/259148404772












Murder of Officer Patricia Katie Ryan Williams [Sept. 2009]: 
Officer Patricia Katie Ryan Williams Wrongful-death lawsuit

I am still working on this post - please check back for updates
Also see:

Murder of Officer Patricia [Katie] Ryan Williams - Detroit PD












UPDATES: Michigan OIDV Cases -2013:
http://michiganoidv.blogspot.com/2013/04/updates-on-michigan-oidv-cases.html




 UPDATES: Michigan OIDV Cases - 2012:
http://michiganoidv.blogspot.com/2012/12/updates-michigan-oidv-cases-2012.html








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Saturday, December 27, 2014

12272014 - Detroit PD Officer Lemuel Roydale Sims - Accused Of Domestic Violence - Charges Dismissed - Suspended For One Week

 


























Accused three times of domestic violence, Detroit cop remains on the force
Oct 18, 2021
WXYZ-TV Detroit | Channel 7























Accused three times of domestic violence, Detroit cop remains on the force
Another troubled officer, suspended 10 times, retires amid 7 Investigation
WXYZ News - Detroit
October 18, 2021
https://www.wxyz.com/news/local-news/investigations/accused-three-times-of-domestic-violence-detroit-cop-remains-on-the-force
DETROIT (WXYZ) — Kamille Rhodes was supposed to be on her way to a baby shower in July 2017, but instead, she sat at the intersection of 7 Mile and Telegraph, dazed, confused and in pain.

Rhodes had the green light, but still she was struck by another vehicle she never saw coming. Her hip was dislocated, ribs were cracked and spine had been fractured.

Her vehicle, equipped with an automatic crash response, notified her that she had been in an accident and that the police were being called.

“And I remember being like, I am in an accident with the police,” Rhodes said.

The driver of the other vehicle was Detroit police officer Lemuel Sims, who had been chasing another vehicle when he struck Rhodes.

“He said: 'B****, get out of the car…what the f**** are you doing?'” Rhodes recalled.

Even though he was responsible for the accident, she said Sims shouted at her while she sat in her damaged vehicle.

“He was screaming at me, calling me names,” Rhodes said. “I called my sister and was like: I think the police is going to kill me.”

Sims said his lights and siren were on at the time of the crash. Rhodes said that wasn’t true and a witness agreed. She was hospitalized for ten days.

The accident would be Officer Sims’ third vehicle crash; the second that was deemed preventable. Rhodes sued the city, who settled the case for $325,000.

Sims punishment: a written reprimand.

“It was for sure a slap in the face!” Rhodes said of the write-up. “This changed my whole life, and he didn’t care. He didn’t care, they didn’t care and it’s scary.”

But since he’s became a Detroit police officer, Sims has been accused of far worse than just a slap in the face.

She said, she said, she said
In 2011, Sims was accused of assaulting his then-girlfriend. Internal affairs concluded that Sims “forced entry” through her kitchen window, ransacked her home, and choked her.

The Wayne County prosecutor ultimately charged Sims, but the case was later dismissed when his girlfriend declined to testify. There is no record that Sims was ever punished.

Three years later, Sims was accused of assaulting a different girlfriend. This time, three witnesses said they saw him choke her. Again, the Wayne County Prosecutor charged Sims, and, again, the charges were dismissed when the alleged victim declined to testify.

Sims was suspended for one week.

Then, less than six months later, he would be accused a third time of violence against a woman, with the department concluded that he grabbed and bruised his girlfriend’s arm.

This time, he received a two-week suspension.

“I think most people would be surprised to learn that a cop could be credibly accused by multiple women of physical abuse and he’d still be a cop,” said Channel 7’s Ross Jones in an interview with Chris Graveline, the director of DPD’s professional standards division.

“He’s been identified in our risk assessment as well,” Graveline said, “and we’ll be taking proactive steps.”

DPD officials are now reviewing Sims’ record as part of their new risk management unit, created only after our reporting on officers with significant histories of alleged misconduct.

Since he joined the force in 2009, Sims has received 32 citizen complaints, has been disciplined 17 times and served eight suspensions for a total of 40 days.

He was promoted to detective in May of this year. Reached by phone, Sims declined comment.

“I have no understanding of why this person is still on the job with the issue that we have with this community with dealing with domestic violence,” said Willie Bell, a Detroit Police Commissioner. “This person should not be a Detroit police officer, it’s simple as that.”

Sgt. Harold Lewis is still on the force, too, despite 61 citizen complaints and three separates cases where the department concluded he struck a restrained detainee in the head.

DPD confirms his alleged conduct is also under review as part of the department’s new risk management unit.

Reached by phone, Sgt. Lewis said his high citizen complaints came as a result of working in a specialized unit that aggressively pursued guns and drugs.

A ‘proactive’ cop
Since Jason Tonti joined the department in 1996, he’s been hit with 56 complaints. He is among DPD’s most disciplined officers, punished 29 separate times including five times since 2019.

Back in 2009, Tonti was convicted of misdemeanor assault for striking a handcuffed detainee and was suspended for 30 days. The conviction was set aside in 2015.

Tonti has been in 11 police chases and nine crashes, five of which were deemed preventable.

Throughout his career, he has been suspended 10 different times for a total of 77 days.

Just this year, a DPD investigation revealed Tonti violated department policy by having cars towed almost exclusively by two companies he admitted were owned by his friends.

The city’s towing practices are currently under FBI investigation. Tonti said he got nothing in return for the tows and said he chose the companies because they responded quickest.

But a sergeant said his actions demonstrated “his egregious and willfully blatant disregard of the…rules and regulations.” Tonti was suspended for three days.

“That’s really amazing to me,” said Commissioner Bell, “that this person is still on the job.”

At least, he was.

While we were preparing this report, and months after he had been made aware that 7 Action News had requested records related to his discipline, Tonti put in for retirement. He left the department on September 30.

Tonti declined an on-camera interview but, reached by phone, called himself a “proactive” cop and said that’s why he’s received so many complaints.

He said the streets have become more dangerous recently, and that’s why he chose to retire. But he also acknowledged making mistakes.

“A lot of those complaints are frivolous, but a lot of them are truthful too,” Tonti said.

“I’ve done a lot of things I shouldn’t have done in the department.”









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