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A jury on Friday spared the life of a man convicted of murder in a fatal shooting. Coroner IDs man fatally shot in southeast Las Vegas parking lot. The most recent killing as of this writing , that occurred on April 6, , started out with a traffic stop. The driver got out of the car holding a gun, but dropped it on the ground.
As is customary in cases like this, the story of the two officers involved conflicted with the statements of witnesses who were at the scene. In , a motorist was charged with drug possession after drugs were found in his car by a drug-sniffing dog.
The charges were based on the sworn, but false, testimony of the two involved officers. The Citizens Review Board recommended the two officers be fired. Instead, the officers were suspended without pay for an undisclosed period of time. The Head of Internal Affairs was charged in with perjury related to her conduct in a case. The judge assigned to hear her case recused himself. He said he could not be fair because previous experience with the woman had already convinced him she was a liar.
Note: That officer, Yesenia Yatomi, has since been promoted to Captain and placed in charge of an entire area command. Death by cop followed by paid administrative leave followed by reinstatement and no criminal charges being filed against the shooting police officer is not the only type of corruption that the LVMPD is noted for. Bribery , sexual assault , illegal searches, committing perjury , and planting of evidence are also skills possessed by many LVMPD officers.
The investigation apparently began in and involves an interesting cast of characters : alleged and confirmed pimps; women who admit to being prostitutes; vice cops; and, even the prosecuting attorney. In a nutshell, two convicted pimps are asking for new trials based on the misconduct of at least four police officers. Since both men are serving life sentences, the scheme appears to have worked. Now, evidence has surfaced indicating that the four involved vice cops were being bribed.
Officer Chris Baughman, the main officer who admitted to having sex with the woman, as well as with other prostitutes who came to him to seek protection, has recently exercised his Fifth Amendment right and refused to answer when questioned under oath about his actions in the criminal cases.
Baughman was also alleged to be having a sexual affair with his boss , a Vice Lieutenant during the time the investigations and prosecutions were taking place.
They keep lying and covering up I along with a few others will come forward. I agree the US Attorney needs to act on this! Many people agree with that! Got to love them! Glad they are fighting the fight and not tolerating it. They were looking for a connection there.
There are a lot of people who are well area of what was happening with bad cop! Again, if anybody who knew spoke up they paid the price. Mercer could have put a stop to all of it, but did not! Shame on her. Certain people in vice knew. Monday 25 Oct Ocean Fleming. About the author Doug authored over articles on the October 1, Las Vegas Massacre, more than any other single journalist in the country. He investigates stories on corruption, law enforcement and crime.
He also spent a short time with the US Dept. In after losing his job, at the request of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Doug infiltrated a group of men who were plotting the kidnapping of a Dupont fortune heir and his wife.
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