Veteran Los Banos California Police Officer Alfonso Flores Arrested, Suspended, And Charged After Beating On His Wife In A Bar

LOS BANOS, CALIFORNIA – A Los Banos police officer is facing charges for allegedly hitting his wife at a bar and grill last month.

Alfonso Flores, 28, of Los Banos was arrested on May 25 on suspicion of misdemeanor battery against a spouse without injury. Police Chief Gary Brizzee said Flores, who was off duty at the time, was at a bar when he struck his wife.

Police were called to the bar, located in the 1400 block of E. Pacheco Boulevard inside España’s Southwest Bar & Grill, at 10:11 p.m.

Officers spoke with Flores’ wife who reportedly said her husband assaulted her during an argument.

Brizzee declined to state whether Flores was intoxicated at the time of the incident. Flores was booked into the Los Banos Jail and has been placed on paid administrative leave pending an investigation. He posted bail the same evening and was released.

Flores is a nearly six-year veteran of the police force. Brizzee said the department’s morale is affected anytime one of its own is involved in an such an incident. “It affects morale in a number of different ways,” he said. “The last thing I want is to have the police department shown in a bad light, but we have to do our job no matter who it is.”

Brizzee said an internal investigation into the incident will happen, regardless of the outcome of the criminal allegations. He said the outcome of the internal investigation could range from exoneration to termination.

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Gang Of 20 Hooded Savage Black Beasts With Clubs And Knives Stormed North London UK Bar, Dragged Random Man Outside And Stabbed Him To Death

NORTH LONDON, UK – A gang of 20 hooded youths stormed a pub after the Champions League final before dragging away a 25-year old man and stabbing him to death in scenes ‘like a horror film’, friends said today.

‘True gent’ Luke Fitzpatrick was killed and his father Bernard, who threw himself on top of his son in a desperate attempt to shield him, remains in a critical condition in hospital after being stabbed four times.

The pair were attacked when a gang armed with bats and knives stormed the north London pub after father and son had watched Chelsea win the cup together at on Saturday.

A forensic tent remained at the scene of the tragedy just yards from the pub near his Dollis Hill home.

Friend Katy McKeon, 22, who has known him growing up, said: ‘Luke was one of the nicest guys around, always looking after people, he actually cared about people, a really nice, funny guy.

‘The amount of flowers that are here just shows how loved he was, this has ruined this community.

‘I was there on Saturday and it was like something out of a horror film.

‘There were about 20 young black guys all with their hoods up armed with sticks and bats and knives. They just ran in the pub and started trying to attack people.

‘It was really frightening. But it should not have happened to Luke, it shouldn’t have happened to anyone, but he was a complete innocent.’

His mother Constance, 56, and brother Ryan, 21, were in Majorca and had to rush home.

Bernard, 56, is out of intensive care and has mumbled a few words but is not fully conscious, Miss McKeon said.

She added: ‘He was just watching the football, but it had nothing to do with the game – Luke was an Arsenal fan.

‘Everyone in the pub knows each other, we all grew up together, we are a really close community.

‘It was such a good atmosphere in the pub then within a minute it was changed by a minority just looking for trouble.

‘A couple of them had tried to start an argument with someone in the shop about two hours before this happened, but it was nothing to do with Luke.

‘Then they rounded all their mates up and stormed the pub. I didn’t see exactly what happened to Luke, but at 17 why have they got knives? It is disgusting. He was a true gent.’

Three people including two 17-year-olds were arrested and have since been bailed. Today a fourth man remained in custody after being arrested an address in Wembley yesterday.

The gang of youths often hung around the shops where the argument took place and three weeks ago an elderly man had been punched in the face as he got off a bus, she said.

Luke’s best friend, Ricci Whiteside, 25, said: ‘There was an argument in the shop opposite the pub at half-time.

‘Luke wasn’t anything to do with it, but we all heard that something had gone on.

‘A group of black guys arrived at the door of the pub with bats and knives and they were looking for someone who had been outside the shop earlier.

‘People were throwing chairs at the door to try and stop them from coming in.

‘There was a lot of confusion. They got Luke and dragged him outside. They were pulling him up the road.

‘His dad was running after them. But by the time he got to Luke he was already on the floor. Bernie threw himself on top of Luke. He was trying to protect him, but it was too late.”

Tess Fitzpatrick, Bernard’s sister, said: ‘The men who came for Luke were like a pack of wolves. My brother ran after them as they were dragging Luke up the street.

‘He covered him with his body, but they had already stabbed Luke all over.’

Pal of the roofer Michael O’Rourke, 25, added: ‘There is not one person who would say one bad word about him, he was one of the most loved people here.

‘He had never done a bad thing in his life but he can’t even go to the pub with his dad and have a pint without getting murdered. Luke was just the nicest guy you could imagine, an absolute gent.

‘Bad things happen to good people. None of the scum bags who did this could ever live up to our friend. It is heartbreaking, absolutely heartbreaking.’

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New Haven Connecticut Police Officer Lawrence Burns, Charles Kim, And Krzystof Ruszczyk Arrested After Firing Guns Outside Bar And Interfering With A Police Officer

NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT - Three police officers were arrested on charges of interfering with a police officer, and two of them were charged with unlawfully discharging their guns.

The arrests followed an investigation into a claim that one or more off-duty officers illegally fired guns early Sunday outside a bar. No injuries were reported.

Police said Friday that Officers Lawrence Burns and Charles Kim were charged with interfering with a police officer, unlawful discharge of a firearm and reckless endangerment, while Officer Krzystof Ruszczyk was charged with interfering with a police officer. They were placed on administrative leave and were ordered to surrender their weapons.

The interfering charge was because the officers left the scene after they were told by a responding officer to remain, police spokesman Officer David Hartman said. The officers were not firing their guns at anyone, he said.

Police say they voluntarily surrendered and are due in court April 20 for arraignment.

It was unclear if the officers had attorneys. A message was left with the police union.

Mayor John DeStefano called the officers’ behavior “unacceptable.”

“It is not representative of the hard work and commitment of the men and women of the police department,” he said. “The police department’s action is appropriate.”

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Veteran New Orleans Louisiana Police Officer Emelda Blanco And Her Police Officer Son Arrested After Bar Fight

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – The New Orleans Police Department today suspended two officers: Emelda Blanco, a 25-year-veteran of the force, and her son, a 3-year member of the NOPD.

In a press release, the NOPD says both “were arrested and booked today with one count of Simple Battery.”

According to spokesman Officer Hilal Williams, the two cops were arrested for their involvement in a “disturbance” early Sunday at Robertson’s Vieux Carre Lounge on Basin Street.

The mother and son crime-fighters reportedly instigated a fight that involved a security guard at the lounge.

Both are on suspension without pay “pending an investigation by the Public Integrity Bureau,” according to the news release.

The arrests and suspensions of the Blancos come on the same day that the NOPD fired a senior officer implicated in the Henry Glover case.

NOPD Captain Jeffery Winn, a 25-year veteran of the force, was fired “due to neglect of duty,” the police department said in a statement.

Winn commanded the New Orleans Police SWAT team and supervised two officers charged with burning the body of Henry Glover, a man shot by another NOPD officer after Hurricane Katrina.

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Former West Seneca New York Police Officer Sean P. Kelley Gets A Tiny Slap On The Wrist In Federal Court After Attacking Man In A Bar – Background Includes Domestic Abuse

WEST SENECA, NEW YORK – A former West Seneca police officer was sentenced in federal court Tuesday for exploding in anger and attacking a young man who made a crude remark in a tavern last year.

U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara sentenced Sean P. Kelley to the six months he has already served in jail since his arrest. He also put him on supervised release for a year, including six months of home confinement.

The judge also ordered Kelley to attend a three-week treatment program in Bradford, Pa., for people with anger-management and alcohol-abuse problems.

“We think it’s a fair sentence. Sean realizes he has very serious problems that he needs to deal with,” said attorney Rodney O. Personius, who represented Kelley with co-counsel Brian M. Melber.

Kelley, who resigned from his job last May after he became the subject of an FBI civil rights investigation, apologized in court for his actions. He will be sentenced again Wednesday in state court in connection with an unrelated conviction for attempted assault.

Kelley, 31, has been in jail since last September, when Buffalo police arrested him after a disturbance in a South Buffalo tavern. That incident led to the attempted-assault conviction.

Speaking in federal court, Assistant U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross asked Arcara to send Kelley to prison for a year, which would be the maximum sentence for a misdemeanor conviction.

Ross said that Kelley’s angry outbursts have harmed other people — including family members — for years and argued that he now must face the consequences of his actions.

She noted that he was disciplined for bad conduct eight times since his appointment as an officer in 2005.

Two of those disciplinary actions involved domestic abuse, Ross noted.

Arcara agreed that Kelley’s problems with drinking and rage have hurt others, but the judge said the former patrolman seems to be making a sincere effort to deal with his problems.

“I have come to the realization that I need help,” Kelley said, bursting into tears as he read an apology to the court.

Last May, Kelley resigned from his $70,000-a-year job with the West Seneca police. The resignation followed a March 12 off-duty incident in which witnesses said Kelly choked and assaulted a patron at Mackie’s Countryside Inn on Clinton Street in West Seneca.

Authorities said Kelley led the patron outside and attacked him after the patron made, and apologized for, a vulgar remark aimed at Kelley and his wife.

Before attacking the man, according to court papers, Kelley used his cell phone to call a police dispatcher on the dispatcher’s personal cell phone. Kelley then asked for officers to be sent to the bar to help remove what he claimed was an unruly customer.

Two officers responded to the bar call, but they were not accused of assisting Kelley in the assault of the patron.

FBI agents and the U.S. Attorney’s Office charged Kelley with a felony civil rights crime in July. They also charged him with illegally using a police computer to find information about the young man he had attacked at Mackie’s.

Kelley was released on bail weeks after the federal arrest, but he was jailed again Sept. 22, when Buffalo officers arrested him on state charges after he scuffled with them in a South Buffalo bar.

State Supreme Court Justice Penny M. Wolfgang will sentence Kelley on Wednesday. He pleaded guilty to felony attempted assault and could face up to four years.

“We will ask [Justice] Wolfgang to consider probation, but she is not bound in any way by what Judge Arcara did,” Personius said.

In a letter to the judge, one of Kelley’s brothers said Kelley had problems with his temper for many years but always got off with “a slap on the wrist.”

Kelley repeatedly got into trouble during his five-year police career. According to law enforcement officials in West Seneca, political connections enabled Kelley to get hired as a police officer in early 2005.

Detectives who conducted a background check on Kelley said they did not think he was suitable for police work, but he was hired anyway, The Buffalo News reported last October.

After he was hired, federal prosecutors said he was disciplined repeatedly — including four suspensions without pay for a total of 57 days — after a series of incidents involving violent conduct, sick-time abuse and drinking.

Ross said Police Chief Edward F. Gehen was “at his wits’ end” over Kelley’s conduct last year. She said the chief asked FBI agents to investigate Kelley because he was concerned that he might hurt someone.

Arcara’s court was packed with supportive friends and family members of Kelley, including Monsignor David M. Gallivan, pastor of Holy Cross Catholic Church on Buffalo’s West Side.

“I’ve spent a lot of time talking to Sean [since his arrests], and I believe he is very sincere about trying to address his problems,” Gallivan said after the sentencing. “He knows about all the pain he has caused, and he knows he has a lifetime to repay people for what he did.”

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