Domestic Violence-The Offender? A Veteran Cop.
At first Joe appeared to be coping reasonably well with these three events and everyone missed the slow progression of behavior changes. Over time Joe became reserved and withdrawn. He was no longer making jokes in roll call nor laughing at anyone else's. He stopped meeting with fellow officers for mid-shift coffee break. When shift was over, he stopped lingering in the locker room to chat. When he did talk his optimism was replaced with anger and cynicism. He used to treat the public, even those he arrested, with respect. Now his attitude and words showed contempt. An unusual amount of complaints were coming in about him from the public. When Joe was approached, he became defensive stating "they are all a bunch of idiots." His words were also oddly disrespectful towards his wife, a person no one had ever heard him speak of before without admiration. Coworkers began hearing Joe call her lazy and stupid.
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2007/7/19
Theresa Parker 911 Dispatcher/Cops Wife Still Missing
This case has been off the radar with the National Press. Theresa Parker's body has still not been found. Her husbands partner has been arrested again, in her disapearance. Mr. Parker a Police Officer continues to claim he knows nothing about where she could be. With so many of these cases in the news, this one being the oldest of the bunch, hopefully someone will either come forward, she will be found or her husband will confess. It is only a matter of time.
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2006/9/2
Pedophile hides behind Christian Bookstore
Philadelphia---What a tricky and multi-layered story is this: A former Christian bookstore owner and a former cop were among five men arrested for arranging sex with minors through a chat room. Despicable, right? How could they, being pillars of our society, take advantage of the young?
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2006/7/10
Cowardly Cop Gets Off Easy
The judge sentenced Scott Curtis Trautner, 41, of Woodbury, must serve 30 years of probation, perform 3,000 hours of community service, pay almost $8,000 in fines and restitution and register as a sex offender. But State sentencing guidelines call for a minimum of 12 years in prision. But because of the trooper's "special situation" the judge took that into account. If Trautner violates probation, Washington County District Judge Thomas Armstrong ruled, he must serve 12 years in prison.
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