Guest guest Posted July 6, 2006 Report Share Posted July 6, 2006 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 6, 2006 Report Share Posted July 6, 2006 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. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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