Horseplay gone very bad....

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Officers Suspended, Indicted In Grenade Prank

Tue Jul 4, 6:44 PM ET

Twenty percent of Hempstead's police officers were suspended after felony

indictments were issued against them, KPRC Local 2 exclusively reported

Monday.

The Hempstead Police Department only has 13 officers. KPRC Local 2 broke the

story in 2004 when members of the Cypress Creek EMS Tactical Medics Unit

were accused of setting off SWAT team grenades just for fun. The first

flash-bang grenade blew up under a police car at a Hempstead truck stop,

sending police running out with guns. " That would have been very scary, "

truck stop manager Mohammad Khan said. " Thank God there was no customer at

that time. " Hempstead's police chief promised he would investigate, but then

the same reserve officer was accused of setting another grenade off at a

back-yard party. One party guest lost a foot.

Two full-time officers and five reserve officers have been charged with

felony evidence tampering, accused of trying to cover it up. " Physical

evidence at the scene, as alleged in the indictment, is the removal of

physical evidence and cleaning up of a potential crime scene, " Montgomery

County Fire Marshal Jimmy said. The fire marshal said 91 of the

SWAT team grenades were confiscated from the Cy-Creek firehouse where most

of the men were on a team of tactical medics.

Brad England, the head of Cy-Creek EMS, is among those charged. The fire

marshal said all of the confiscated grenades were unregistered or they were

registered as far away as Connecticut, with police departments that never

heard of the accused men. " They had no knowledge, " said. " They

never had possession of those and had no knowledge of why they'd be

registered to them. " Gene , the tactical medic accused of setting

off both grenades, was charged with felony assault and evidence tampering.

turned himself in on Monday.

Reserve officers Wren Nealy, Leeland and Nick Robbins turned

themselves in Tuesday. They have all posted bond. England, along with

full-time officers Schmidt and ez, have warrants out for

their arrest. Gene was fired from the Hempstead police force, but

he remained on duty at Cy-Creek EMS after the first grenade prank.

Hempstead's police chief said it could be a while for these cases to wrap

through the court system. He is checking with city leaders to determine how

he should deal with so many suspended officers.

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Sounds like the " Good Ole Boy Club " is in trouble...but if I

remember correctly...weren't they busted for something similar out

in Waller County (it might have been somewhere else) for something

similar a few years ago?

Nate

>

> Officers Suspended, Indicted In Grenade Prank

> Tue Jul 4, 6:44 PM ET

> Twenty percent of Hempstead's police officers were suspended after

felony

> indictments were issued against them, KPRC Local 2 exclusively

reported

> Monday.

>

> The Hempstead Police Department only has 13 officers. KPRC Local 2

broke the

> story in 2004 when members of the Cypress Creek EMS Tactical

Medics Unit

> were accused of setting off SWAT team grenades just for fun. The

first

> flash-bang grenade blew up under a police car at a Hempstead truck

stop,

> sending police running out with guns. " That would have been very

scary, "

> truck stop manager Mohammad Khan said. " Thank God there was no

customer at

> that time. " Hempstead's police chief promised he would

investigate, but then

> the same reserve officer was accused of setting another grenade

off at a

> back-yard party. One party guest lost a foot.

>

> Two full-time officers and five reserve officers have been charged

with

> felony evidence tampering, accused of trying to cover it

up. " Physical

> evidence at the scene, as alleged in the indictment, is the

removal of

> physical evidence and cleaning up of a potential crime scene, "

Montgomery

> County Fire Marshal Jimmy said. The fire marshal said 91

of the

> SWAT team grenades were confiscated from the Cy-Creek firehouse

where most

> of the men were on a team of tactical medics.

>

> Brad England, the head of Cy-Creek EMS, is among those charged.

The fire

> marshal said all of the confiscated grenades were unregistered or

they were

> registered as far away as Connecticut, with police departments

that never

> heard of the accused men. " They had no knowledge, "

said. " They

> never had possession of those and had no knowledge of why they'd be

> registered to them. " Gene , the tactical medic accused of

setting

> off both grenades, was charged with felony assault and evidence

tampering.

> turned himself in on Monday.

>

> Reserve officers Wren Nealy, Leeland and Nick Robbins turned

> themselves in Tuesday. They have all posted bond. England, along

with

> full-time officers Schmidt and ez, have warrants

out for

> their arrest. Gene was fired from the Hempstead police

force, but

> he remained on duty at Cy-Creek EMS after the first grenade prank.

> Hempstead's police chief said it could be a while for these cases

to wrap

> through the court system. He is checking with city leaders to

determine how

> he should deal with so many suspended officers.

>