All tagged corruption
Over the weekend, The McCurtain Gazette-News, an Oklahoma print only newspaper, released portions of an audio recording and transcription on the front page exposé where McCurtain County, Oklahoma officials, including the sheriff, could be heard discussing killing journalists, lynching black people, and hiring hitmen.
In 1980, single mother Sue Sharp escaped an abusive marriage and she and her five children moved from Connecticut to California to start afresh. The Keddie Cabin Resort, where the Sharps ultimately landed, was a one-time vacation destination turned low-income housing complex. Not long after the family settled in to cabin #28, it became the scene of a horrific multiple murder.
There are many types of corruption among law enforcement. One of the most common forms of corruption comes directly from the people we expect to protect the community from harm and danger, who are commonly referred to as ‘crooked’ or ‘dirty’ cops.
When Breana Noojin Nix was found dead in her bathroom in March of 2020, her husband Steven Nix had an explanation for everything. But Steven's stories were full of holes. He suggested his wife had died of an accidental overdose, after hiding a secret drug problem from everyone she knew. Brittany Noojin knew that would have been completely out of character for her sister, and also knew that Steven would lean on his connections to evade suspicion.
Today in true crime history, on January 14th 1964, the González sisters, Guinness World Record holders for Most Prolific Murder Partnership, were arrested after a reign of terror that killed over 91 people.
A New Jersey police officer was arrested Saturday after authorities discovered that he had been building a methamphetamine lab in the basement of his home.
