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Pooler PD Exposed Part Three - The Patrol Division
In December 2018, I was driving home from attempting to pay a speeding ticket. I was driving the speed limit and had not even committed a traffic violation by the officers own admisssion- Bloomingdale PD simply would not take my debit card and told me to go pay it online, which I was headed home to do. Then the flashing blue lights. I was pulled over and was told my license was suspended, my driver's license photo was plastered across the officer's console. I had never been arrested. Never been in handcuffs with the exception of training. The Officer took my license (which he kept and the department has never returned), drove me to the Pooler PD , booked me, took my finger prints, and despite Ga state law drove me back to my apartment complex, telling me to have someone pick my car up from the Olive Garden parking lot. When he came to court, he left the courtroom just before the case was called. Little did I know this was the beginning of an ongoing pattern of harassment that continues today.
By Justice for All5 years ago in Criminal
St. Valentines' Day Massacre
There are some great unsolved mysteries in America. The Boston Heist Paintings. The Zodiac Killer. What happened to the escapees at Alcatraz. Anything to do with Area 51. Today though, I will be talking about something else. It is a mystery that captures everyone’s attention. A mystery that has already been solved, but never proven. The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre. On Valentine’s Day in 1929, seven gang members were shot in a Chicago warehouse, hit by a rival gang run by the infamous Al Capone. Unable to prove Capone's connection legally, we may only speculate what, today, would have been a straightforward case. Today, I will be telling you a brief history of Chicago’s gangsters, the massacre itself, and the resulting effect the shooting had on the criminal justice system at the time.
By Jocelynn L. Taylor5 years ago in Criminal
Dalia Dippolito : Devil in Distress
This is one of those stories that will make your skin crawl. As someone who’s been studying psychology and human behaviour for over 2 decades, I can tell you that this particular person (Dalia Dippolito) is a rare breed, and we can all be thankful for that. Unfortunately for us, these people do exist. What’s even more unfortunate for all of humanity, these types of people are on the rise. I’ll give you my opinion on why that might be later on in this article.
By Dominic Dauphinais5 years ago in Criminal
Chatham County Sheriff deputies behaving badly...
In June 2019, I went to the Chatham County Juvenile Court where I worked for help, because I had worked there and they were family to me. What they did is horrid. My former, coworker a former US Marine,Will would not let me in the building saying there was a restraining order- this was not true. I asked him to check court records and he refused. While I waited outside on the front bench- My Borelis NorthFace backpack containing my MacBook Pro, Ipad , Silver Iphone 8 plus , my Paperwhite Kindle, Harvey's light blue wallet with my credit cars, driver's license , an envelope from Tijuana Flats, a copy of my separation notice that proved my termination was illegal, my step-father's wedding band I had carried every day since his death when I was 18, "disappeared." I asked to file a police report and was refused.
By Justice for All5 years ago in Criminal
The lost sister: Where is Jessica Masker?
For many of us, our siblings are our closest friends. As kids, we may fight and disagree over things that now seem so trivial. But our siblings will often watch our backs. But what happens if one of your siblings disappears? It’s not like there is an instruction manual that prepares us for this situation. I recently spoke to a young woman named Christina Masker, who has spent the past eight years searching for her missing sister.
By Marc Hoover5 years ago in Criminal
Ted, Americas second serial bomber
Two months after the una-bomber was arrested there was a suspicious package found in the lobby of the Poff Federal Building in Downtown Roanoke, VA. It was in a brown box wrapped in similar packaging to what Ted was known to have used. This had to be a copy cat crime otherwise, Ted being in prison was a lie. The building was evacuated immediately through alternative methods. The SWAT team was called in and VMI sent in their bomb disposal units. After several hours of work they had the bombs defused and everyone could return to work, Those who felt unsafe could go home for the rest of the day.
By Lawrence Edward Hinchee5 years ago in Criminal
Beyond Depraved: LaLaurie Mansion’s Death Attic
On the evening of April 10, 1834, a fire broke out in an elegant three-story mansion in New Orleans’ French Quarter. The rescuers found a slave woman chained in the kitchen who admitted to deliberately setting the blaze. She felt it was worth the risk of dying in a fire to escape further torture at the hands of Madame LaLaurie, the lady of the house. After the authorities released her, she led them to the attic where worse horrors awaited them.
By Kathy Copeland Padden5 years ago in Criminal
The Murdering Barn
Phillip Jackson comes home from a one month business trip. But something is out of place, seriously out of place. He can't find his parents, his wife, housekeeper, nor nurse that was hired several months before he left on his business trip.
By Lawrence Edward Hinchee5 years ago in Criminal
The abduction of Dorothy Forstein
Every year, people disappear. Although most of them return home, many others never do. What happens to these missing people? Did aliens abduct them? Although I don’t subscribe to alien abductions, it makes for good television. When people vanish, they have either walked away from their lives or someone else killed and disposed of them.
By Marc Hoover5 years ago in Criminal
