[GA] Deputy Kernaghan, just fired for being a scary stalker of his estranged wife, is arrested again

Columbia County Sheriff’s Deputy Kernaghan, fired last month after being charged for stalking, making harassing phone calls and terroristic threats to his estranged wife, has been arrested again after reportedly violating the protection order..

EXCERPTS FROM LAST MONTH AND THIS MONTH'S NEWS:

FIRED COLUMBIA COUNTY DEPUTY FREE ON BOND
By Valerie Rowell
Friday, May 28, 2010 11:56 AM
Last updated 3:51 PM
A Columbia County sheriff's deputy was fired today after being arrested and charged with stalking. Motorcycle deputy Gregory Key Kernaghan, 40, was charged with stalking, making harassing phone calls and terroristic threats, according to sheriff's Capt. Steve Morris. Kernaghan is accused of stalking his estranged wife. "Once we learned of the events, we, of course, we're very disappointed," Morris said. "As we've demonstrated in the past, we enforce the law no matter who is involved. Deputy Kernaghan's actions were dealt with swiftly and justly." Kernaghan was released from the Columbia County Detention Center this afternoon after posting a $5,000 bond, according to jail personnel. Kernaghan's wife, from whom he's been separated from since October 2009, called police Thursday. She claimed that since their separation Kernaghan has followed her on a number of occasions and calls her about 20 times per day, despite being told not to, according to a police report. Also, she said he threatened to hurt her and she has audio recordings of the threats. Kernaghan was a sheriff's office reserve deputy before being hired in February 2007. He was working as a motorcycle deputy with the sheriff's office traffic unit. As with other sheriff's office employees charged with crimes, Kernaghan was terminated upon his arrest, Morris said. http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/crime-courts/2010-05-28/columbia-county-deputy-arrested-and-fired

FORMER DEPUTY ARRESTED AGAIN FOR STALKING
Former Columbia County sheriff's deputy Gregory Key Kernaghan has been arrested again, this time for aggravated stalking.
WRDW.com
Posted: 10:44 AM Jun 15, 2010
[Excerpts] Former Columbia County sheriff's deputy Gregory Key Kernaghan has been arrested again on a stalking charge. This time the charge is aggravated stalking, a felony in Georgia that carries the possibility of prison time if convicted. Kernaghan was arrested just after 6:15 pm Monday (June 14) at a Martinez residence. Online property records indicate that residence belongs to Gregory and Stephanie Kernaghan. Sheriff's Capt. Steve Morris says the charge was upgraded to aggravated stalking because Kernaghan violated a condition of his bond when he was released after the earlier arrest. Morris says Kernaghan tried to contact his estranged wife directly and through another person. Last month Kernaghan was arrested on a stalking charge after a complaint from his wife, Stephanie. At that time she indicated he was calling her up to 20 times a day. The couple is in the process of a divorce. After the first arrest, Kernaghan was fired by the sheriff. He was a motorcycle patrol officer. http://www.wrdw.com/crimeteam12/headlines/96374154.html

EX-DEPUTY ARRESTED AGAIN ON STALKING CHARGE
chronicle.augusta.com
June 15, 2010 9:04 AM
[Excerpts] A former Columbia County sheriff’s deputy fired last month after being arrested for stalking, was arrested again Monday for attempting to contact his estranged wife. Gregory Key Kernaghan, 40, was arrested Monday evening and charged with aggravated stalking. Kernaghan, a former motorcycle deputy, was charged in May with stalking, making harassing phone calls and terroristic threats, according to sheriff’s Capt. Steve Morris. He was accused of stalking his estranged wife. After that arrest, he had been released from the Columbia County Detention Center after posting a $5,000 conditional bond, according to jail personnel.  One of the conditions of the bond was that he have no contact, direct, indirect or through another person, with his wife. On several occasions since, Kernaghan clearly violated the order by attempting to contact her both directly and through another person, Morris said. In May, Kernaghan’s wife, from whom he’s been separated since October 2009, told police Kernaghan has followed her on a number of occasions and called her about 20 times per day, despite being told not to, according to a police report. Also, she said he threatened to hurt her and she has audio recordings of the threats. He is being held without bond, according to jail records. http://chronicle.augusta.com/latest-news/2010-06-15/ex-deputy-arrested-again-stalking-charge?v=1276597241
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[PA] Officer Stewart arrested for communicating threats to this wife

 Coraopolis Police Officer Jason Stewart charged with "communicating threats" to harm his wife.

CORAOPOLIS POLICE OFFICER ARRESTED IN OUTER BANKS VACATION VILLAGE
By Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Monday, June 21, 2010
[Excerpts]...The Currituck Sheriff's Department in North Carolina confirmed last night that Jason M. Stewart, 31, a Coraopolis patrolman, was arrested in the Outer Banks vacation community of Corolla on Thursday on a charge of "communicating threats" to harm his wife. He posted a $4,000 bond and was released to travel back to Allegheny County... Stewart was a defendant in a protection-from-abuse complaint on Dec. 12, 2006, but those records and others related to divorce and child custody are marked "sealed." In North Carolina, "communicating threats" is a Class 1 misdemeanor, with a conviction carrying a minimum six-month jail sentence. Coraopolis police Chief Alan DeRusso did not return messages seeking comment... [Full article here]
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[IN] Officer Roger Grammer allegedly "knocked" down his pregnant girlfriend

...According to court documents, [Aurora Police Officer Roger] Grammer has been living with the unnamed victim for the past two years, and she is pregnant. He was ordered by the court to stay away from the victim...

(He resigned before an internal investigation could be started so if he can get the victim or prosecutor to not press charges - which is common - he can come back into his profession as if nothing happened. That's the way the game is played.)

News Excerpts:

POLICE OFFICER CHARGED WITH DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
6/11/2010
An Aurora police officer resigns after he's charged with domestic battery. Police arrested officer Roger Grammer at a home in Manchester, Indiana this morning... 30-year old Grammer is in the Ripley County jail tonight. He was moved from Dearborn County to Ripley County for his own safety...

AURORA POLICEMAN PLEADS NOT GUILTY TO BATTERY
eaglecountryonline
6/14/2010
A not guilty plea was entered by a former Aurora Police Officer [Roger L. Grammer II] in Dearborn Superior Court I Monday morning... He faces a misdemeanor charge of Domestic Battery... he allegedly pulled her out of her car and knocked her to the pavement in the parking lot of Manchester Elementary School... Grammer’s next court appearance will be a pre-trial conference on July 28. His bond was set at $1,000 cash and $1,000 surety...

IN OFFICER APPEARS IN COURT FOR DOMESTIC BATTERY
6/14/2010, updaged 6/20/2010
...According to court documents, Grammer has been living with the unnamed victim for the past two years, and she is pregnant. He was ordered by the court to stay away from the victim.
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[AL] Littleville cop at center of domestic SWAT standoff is an ex-Tuscumbia cop who quit after a domestic, DUI, and high speed chase

"Resigned" Tuscumbia Police Officer David Saccocio is back. This time as a Littleville Police Officer surrounded by SWAT, with neighbors fleeing, and making "terroristic threats." Where will he be next? 

TODAY'S NEWS:
 
...“One of our officers is going through some extreme family issues... He barricaded himself in his apartment, threatening to do harm to himself and others"...

FROM 2007 NEWS:

...Florence Deputy Chief Tony Logan said his department was notified of the incident when Saccocio's girlfriend called 911 from her residence on Crest Street and reported Saccocio was "tearing up the house"...


LITTLEVILLE POLICE OFFICER SURRENDERS TO AUTHORITIES AFTER 8 HOUR STANDOFF
Shoals Insider
Veronica T. Lopez
Sun, Jun 20, 2010
Authorities tell the Shoals Insider, a Littleville Police Officer surrendered to police around 11:30 a.m. Saturday, this after an eight hour standoff with SWAT teams from Muscle Shoals, Florence PD, and the ABI. According to sources close to the situation, Officer David Saccoccio, 30, will be charged with making a terroristic threat, a felony, after he is treated and released from a local hospital. SWAT teams had to use tear gas to force Saccoccio from the apartment at 100 Madeline Drive, Littleville. The incident reportedly began as a domestic situation. Saccoccio's wife filed for divorce in May. [LINK]

LITTLEVILLE POLICE OFFICER ARRESTED AFTER 9 HOUR STANDOFF
WSFA, WAFF
By Trang Do tdo@waff.com
Sun, Jun 19, 2010
[Excerpts] A standoff in Colbert County ended with a Littleville police officer in custody... Several law enforcement agencies responded to the Summerfield Apartments at 100 Madeline Drive around 1 a.m. Saturday after police received a call from one of their fellow officers. Littleville Police Chief Chris Joly said the officer received a distraught phone call from Saccoccio, and feared he would hurt himself or possibly others. Chief Joly said people living in the apartment complex were evacuated... Muscle Shoals hostage negotiators communicated with the officer over his cell phone. The nearly nine-hour standoff ended when tear gas was deployed. Chief Joly said Saccoccio was removed from the apartment without injury and taken to an undisclosed hospital... Saccoccio is charged with making a terrorist threat. He's being held at the Colbert County jail. [Full article here]

OFFICER ARRESTED AFTER NINE HOUR STANDOFF
WAAYTV.com
June 19, 2010
[Excerpts] ...Police got the call just after one Saturday morning that Officer David Saccoccio had barricaded himself inside his Summerfield Apartment Complex and was making threats.  Officials evacuated nearby residents. Littleville Police Chief Chris Jolie said several law enforcement agencies assisted in defusing the situation including the Muscle Shoals and Florence Swat Teams as well as a police negotiator... WAAY 31 spoke to a neighbor who said that Saccoccio was having family problems... His bond was set at $100,000. [Full article here]

OFFICER SURRENDERS AFTER STANDOFF: A Florence SWAT team member returns to a vehicle after a standoff Saturday
Times Daily
By Dennis Sherer dennis.sherer@timesdaily.com
 June 19, 2010An 11-hour standoff between law enforcement officers and one of their own ended peacefully Saturday when hostage negotiators persuaded the Littleville police officer to surrender. Littleville Police Chief Chris Joly confirmed the man was a Littleville police officer... Neighbors and others at the scene identified the man as David Saccocio... Neighbors said Saccocio and his wife are going through a divorce. They added the officer moved into the apartment in May. Joly said the standoff began about 1 a.m and ended about 11:45 a.m... “One of our officers is going through some extreme family issues,” Joly said. “He barricaded himself in his apartment, threatening to do harm to himself and others... Saccocio formerly worked as an officer with the Tuscumbia Police Department. He was arrested in December 2007 in Florence and charged with driving under the influence after police received a report that Saccocio was causing a disturbance at his girlfriend's house on Crest Street. The arrest prompted Saccocio to resign his job in Tuscumbia. Saccocio moved to Rhode Island briefly before returning to the Shoals and accepting a job with the Littleville Police Department... Police fired at least 10 tear gas canisters through the windows of Saccocio's apartment about an hour before he surrendered. When police began firing tear gas, the loud boom associated with firing the canisters prompted some of Saccocio's neighbors, who were gathered about ¼-mile away, to begin praying aloud for his safety and the safety of the police officers. “I pray they don't have to shoot him,” said Barry Cummings, who also lives in the apartment complex... Tuscumbia Police Chief Tony Logan, who visited Saccocio at the jail, said he was doing fine. “He realizes he needs some help,” Logan said. [Full article here]

BACK IN 2007

TUSCUMBIA POLICE OFFICER CHARGED WITH DUI
By Bernie Delinski
December 30. 2007
[Excerpts] A Tuscumbia police officer was arrested and charged with driving under the influence late Saturday night after Florence police pulled him over following a short high-speed chase... David Saccocio, 28, was charged with DUI... Florence Deputy Chief Tony Logan said his department was notified of the incident when Saccocio's girlfriend called 911 from her residence on Crest Street and reported Saccocio was "tearing up the house"...

TUSCUMBIA POLICE OFFICER ARRESTED FOR DUI
Times Daily, AL
By Bernie Delinski
December 31. 2007
[Excerpts]...The chief said Saccocio's next shift was scheduled to start Wednesday, but he will not be allowed to return before the issue is resolved... Authorities said [Tuscumbia Police Officer David Saccocio] refused to submit to a breathalyzer test... "It's a real shame that this happened," [Tuscumbia Mayor Bill] Shoemaker said...

OFFICER RESIGNS AFTER DUI ARREST
Times Daily, AL
By Bernie Delinski
January 01. 2008
A Tuscumbia police officer who was arrested on a charge of driving under the influence has resigned... [Tuscumbia Police Chief Terry] Sherron said he has been told that Saccocio already has flown back to his hometown in Rhode Island. "By his resignation, any further investigation or disciplinary action is moot at this point," Sherron said... "We hate that this kind of thing happened," he said. "We always try to hold ourselves to a higher standard."...
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[GA] Officer Hines arrested for domestic battery

COLLEGE PARK POLICE OFFICER ARRESTED FOR BATTERY
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
By Kristi E. Swartz
June 19, 2010
[Excerpts] A College Park police officer has been arrested and charged with simple battery... Police arrested Yardley Hines, 41, after getting into a fight with his girlfriend Thursday. Hines left the Fulton County Jail Saturday morning after paying a $1,000 fine,... Hines is now on administrative leave with pay... He is scheduled for an administrative hearing with the department on Monday... [LINK]
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[TX] OH SH*T! F*CK! KELLY! PLEASE DROP THE GUN KELLY! KELLY DROP THE GUN! KELLY DROP THE GUN! KELLY DROP THE GUN! KELLY DROP THE GUN! DROP THE GUN, KELLY. DROP THE GUN. KELLY DROP THE GUN.

When on-duty Dallas Police Officers Zachary Helm and Miguel Jamaica did not disarm Helm's ARMED drunk girlfriend - Dallas Police Officer Kelly Beemer - before putting her in the patrol car it seemed like another one of those friendly favors.

Officer Beemer could have easily killed fellow officers, bar patrons, herself, or any within-range multiple members of the public. I'm thankful all are okay but this is an opportunity to get things clear. POLICY MUST govern how officers address situations with other out-of-their-mind impaired and/or crime-committing officers.

Don't get it twisted. There was no "accidental" firing of a weapon here, despite the early news reports.

EXCERPTS FROM ARTICLES BELOW:

...[Dallas Police Officer Kelly] Beemer and other officers had been drinking... Police said the incident happened after Kelly Beemer, an off-duty officer who police said had a few [???] drinks... Prior to being picked up, Beemer was allegedly offered rides from other officers at the bar, and at one point ran and hid from officers... Two on-duty patrol officers, Miguel Jamaica and Zachary Helm, came to the bar to help get Beemer under control, police said. Helm had been dating Beemer... she fired a revolver in a squad car... [Dallas Police Department] Commanders were called to the scene, but did not arrest Beemer at the time, saying she was too drunk to be interviewed... Beemer was arrested Thursday and charged with firing a weapon inside the city limits...

VIDEO (Dashcam 1)
Dallas Police Officer Kelly Beemer drunk, taken to patrol car by fellow Dallas Officers (one of them her boyfriend)


TRANSCRIBED FROM PATROL CAR'S DASHCAM - OFFICER BEEMER IN THE BACK SEAT:

You need to f*ckin' stop now. I f*ckin' swear to God you need to stop now. Zach, no, you need to stop now. I f*ckin' could of sworn left and right that you need to stop this sh*t now.

[GUN FIRES.]

MALE OFFICER'S VOICE:

"OH SH*T! F*CK! KELLY! PLEASE DROP THE GUN KELLY! KELLY DROP THE GUN! KELLY DROP THE GUN! KELLY DROP THE GUN! KELLY DROP THE GUN! DROP THE GUN, KELLY. DROP THE GUN. KELLY DROP THE GUN...

VIDEO: (Dashcam 2) Dallas Police Officer Kelly Beemer drunk demands to be let out of patrol car then shoots gun.


VIDEO:
Early reports to the media indicated that Dallas Police Officer Beemer's gun "accidentally went off." Nice try Dallas PD, and it would have been nice - but it's just not true.


DALLAS OFFICER FREE ON BOND AFTER FIRING PISTOL IN SQUAD CAR IN OFF-DUTY INCIDENT
The Dallas Morning News
By Tanya Eiserer
Friday, June 18, 2010
[Excerpts] A Dallas police officer who faces a misdemeanor charge after she fired a revolver in a squad car during a drunken off-duty incident has been released on bond from the Dallas County Jail... Her friends decided she shouldn't drive herself home, police said. Two on-duty patrol officers came to the bar to help get an incoherent Beemer under control, police said. About 11:20 p.m., as the squad car approached the intersection of Gaston Avenue and Abrams Road, Beemer began demanding that the officer driving stop the vehicle. She pulled a revolver from her ankle holster and fired into the floorboard... [Full article here]

Every department needs a policy of EXACTLY what to do in instances that involve another officer. Beemer would have been arrested at least for public drunkeness and resisting arrest is she were not a cop. She would have been searched for weapons before she was put in the car. Cop favors are not usually favors by the time they hit the news. The preferential treatment that Officer Beemer was lethal. 

DALLAS POLICE INVESTIGATE GUN GOING OFF IN SQUAD CAR
WFAA
By cynthia vega & rebecca lopez
June 17, 2010 at 9:11 AM
[Excerpts] A Dallas police officer is on administrative leave after authorities said she fired off her gun while off-duty in a squad car... police rushed to the scene at Abrams Road and Gaston Avenue and found three officers at the scene. Police said the incident happened after Kelly Beemer, an off-duty officer who police said had a few drinks, had gotten into a squad car of an on-duty police officer. Beemer allegedly pulled out her service weapon from her holster and fired the gun into the floorboard. Sources said she was belligerent at the time. Part of the incident was captured on audio tape from a dash cam camera... Prior to the incident, video from the dash cam showed two officers holding a stumbling Beemer up by her arms as they walked her towards the squad car. Throughout the drive, authorities said Beemer cried and acted belligerent, believing she was under arrest. Sources said the on-duty officer driving the squad car was originally called to the bar where Beemer and other officers had been drinking. Prior to being picked up, Beemer was allegedly offered rides from other officers at the bar, and at one point ran and hid from officers... Commanders were called to the scene, but did not arrest Beemer at the time, saying she was too drunk to be interviewed. It wasn't until they viewed the tape that they decided to arrest and charge Beemer. "We are disappointed in her behavior there," said First Asst. Chief Charles Cato, Dallas Police Department. "I know I receive calls from friends, relatives who had a little too much to drink and needed a ride home, and all the people I've dealt with in that situation were just grateful that someone was willing to come out and pick them up. And so, in Officer Beemer's conduct, that was certainly a discredit to herself and to the people that were trying to help her. She put them in a really bad situation"... Beemer was arrested Thursday and charged with firing a weapon inside the city limits... Meanwhile, she has been stripped of her weapon and badge until the investigation is complete. Two other officers are on restrictive duty as police investigate their role in the incident... [Full article here]

And what about the cops that Officer Beemer was drinking with? Did they consider her weapon? How drunk were they? Did they have their weapons in the bar while they were drinking too? (And how did THEY get home?)

ANOTHER NEWS VIDEO:


DALLAS OFFICER ACCUSED OF FIRING HER GUN IN SQUAD CAR DURING DRUNKEN INCIDENT
The Dallas Morning News
By Tanya Eiserer
June 18, 2010
[Excerpts] ...[Dallas police] Officer Kelly Beemer, 27, has been placed on administrative leave, pending the outcome of a criminal investigation. "I am extremely disappointed by Officer Beemer's conduct and the actions she took during this incident," Police Chief David Brown said in a prepared statement. "The recklessness she displayed is unacceptable conduct for a Dallas police officer"... Beemer was at Lee Harvey's bar in South Dallas, where she had been drinking. Her friends decided she shouldn't drive herself home... An off-duty officer at the bar offered to give Beemer a ride home, but authorities said she wouldn't tell the officer where she lived. She got out of that officer's vehicle and tried to hide... Two on-duty patrol officers, Miguel Jamaica and Zachary Helm, came to the bar to help get Beemer under control, police said. Helm had been dating Beemer... Helm and Jamaica walked a staggering and apparently incoherent Beemer to Helm's car... About 11:20 p.m., as Helm approached the intersection of Gaston Avenue and Abrams Road, Beemer began demanding that he stop the squad car... "I swear you need to stop now," she said just before pulling a revolver from her ankle holster and firing into the floorboard. Helm jumped out of the vehicle, demanding repeatedly that she drop the gun... Helm and another off-duty officer who had been following in his personal vehicle then disarmed her... Brown said Helm and Jamaica made a "good faith effort to assist a fellow officer" but should have arrested her for public intoxication once it became clear she was a danger to herself and others... Jamaica and Helm have been placed on restricted duty... [Full article here]

DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT POLICE CHIEF DAVID BROWN:
"The recklessness she displayed is unacceptable conduct for a Dallas police officer."
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[CA] Modesto Officer arrested again on domestic charge

Modesto Police Officer Gabriel Martinez arrested 2nd time in 5 months on domestic charges.

Video:


MODESTO OFFICER ACCUSED OF ABUSE
Man Arrested In Riverbank
KCRA
June 17, 2010
A Modesto police officer has been arrested for a second time on domestic abuse charges. Gabriel Martinez was arrested Tuesday in Riverbank on suspicion of violating a domestic violence protective order. Martinez was also arrested on Jan. 17 after his wife called police. He has been on paid administrative leave since his first arrest. Martinez has been with the Modesto Police Department for six years. [LINK]

MODESTO PD: COP WITH TWO ARRESTS, RESTRAINING ORDER STRIPPED OF POLICE PRIVILEGES
FOX40 News
By Matthew Keys
June 17, 2010
A police officer in Modesto is on paid administrative leave after being arrested twice for domestic violence issues. Gabriel Martinez, 31, was arrested Tuesday at the home of his spouse after police said he violated a domestic violence restraining order meant to protect his wife. The restraining order was enacted in March after Martinez was arrested in January on felony domestic violence charges. Martinez's wife accused the police officer of assault. Martinez, a six-year veteran patrol officer with the Modesto police department, was booked and released from the Stanislaus Count Jail... An earlier headline suggesting Martinez still had his badge was false... Martinez has not been on duty since January. [Full article here]

MODESTO POLICE OFFICER ARRESTED TWICE IN 5 MONTHS: Man suspected of violating domestic restraining order
Modesto Bee
By Kevin Valine kvaline@modbee.com
Thursday, Jun. 17, 2010
A Modesto police officer was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of violating a domestic violence protective order. This is the second arrest in several months for officer Gabriel Martinez. Modesto police arrested him Jan. 17 on suspicion of felony domestic violence after his wife called police... Sheriff's Sgt. Vince Kimbrough said the Martinezes are separated and are in the process of divorcing. The protective order was filed in March, one month after the Stanislaus County district attorney's office filed a felony domestic violence charge against Martinez from the Jan. 17 arrest. That charge has not been resolved... [Police Chief Mike] Harden said, an investigation would weigh such factors as the nature and circumstances of the arrest, whether it would interfere with an officer's ability to do his job and its impact on the department's reputation... [Full article here]
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