When Cops Go Bad: Corruption in Rural Communities

When Cops Go Bad: Corruption in Rural Communities – ‘What IF’ former chief of police Bill Isbell had been elected Monroe County Sheriff in 2010?…The details of the collapse of ‘Rule of Law’ in Whitley County Ky., are an eerie reminder in many ways, to recent events in Tellico Plains, TN. monroe.xtn.net TELLICO PLAINS- An investigative audit of selected records of the town of Tellico Plains Police Department was released Thursday, revealing several discrepancies from July 1, 2009 to April 30, 2011 when former Police Chief Bill Isbell was still in charge. Thousands in cash, guns, and drugs missing monroecountytn.blogspot.com ___________________________________________________ Federal investigators weren’t able to take down Hodge, but two local newspaper people, Samantha Swindler, 27, and Adam Sulfridge, 20, got the job done. Hodge was considered “dirty”, but collecting the evidence needed in court was another matter. A young woman editor and a 20-year-old college student did the necessary digging and gathered the proof needed for prosecution. woodstockadvocate.blogspot.com ____________________________________________________ On September 28, 2011, in London, Ky., Lawrence Hodge, former Whitley County Sheriff, was sentenced to 186 months in federal prison and ordered to pay 000 in restitution. In addition, Hodge was ordered to forfeit 897. Hodge pleaded guilty in May 2011 to conspiracy to commit extortion under color of official right, conspiracy to distribute oxycodone, and conspiracy to commit money laundering …

Holland to ban sale of 'skunk' marijuana in coffee shops

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Ivo Opstelten, Holland's justice minister, has informed the Dutch parliament to set out a major rethink of the country's liberal policy on soft drugs which allows cannabis to sold and smoked in specially licenced cafés or “coffee shops”. He cited a …
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