TransitCop

Wikileaks Truck Owner Arrested For Photographing Police; Told It Was Because He Was A Dickfrom the thats-not-how-this-works deptTheres a guy in NY, Clark Stoekley, who apparently owns a white panel van that hes painted with the Wikileaks logo to raise awareness of the plight of Bradley Manning though he has no other connection to Manning or Wikileaks. Theres a lot more info on the truck on his website. However, it appears that, unrelated to the truck, Stoekley has another issue to deal with: he was arrested for photographing police at Penn Station in Manhattan. He saw police in the station carrying semi-automatic weapons an unfortunately common site in Penn Station, and he decided to photograph them with his phone. And from there, a familiar, if unfortunate, and almost certainly illegal incident ensued. As told by Pixiq:Metropolitan Transit Authority police arrested a man for photographing them at Penn Station in New York City this afternoon – deleting his photo – before releasing him from a jail cell an hour later. Clark Stoeckley was issued a summons charging him with “engaging in threatening behavior.” “I was walking through Penn Station and I came across these MTA cops with semi-automatic weapons,” he said in a phone interview with Photography is Not a Crime. “I stopped to take a photo and the cop came up to me and arrested me. I asked, ‘why am I being arrested?’ “’Because you’re a dick,’” the officer responded.

via Wikileaks Truck Owner Arrested For Photographing Police; Told It Was Because He Was A Dick | Techdirt.

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — A former Transportation Security Administration officer admitted his role Tuesday in a painkiller trafficking ring, becoming the second TSA officer in two days to plead guilty in the case.

Jonathan Best, 30, of Port St. Lucie, Fla., pleaded guilty in New Haven to conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute oxycodone, according to the U.S. attorney’s office. Authorities say Best accepted cash in exchange for facilitating the transportation of illegal narcotics through airport security without detection.

Prosecutors say Best also agreed last year to travel to Connecticut to help the narcotics trafficker launder drug proceeds.

"This defendant received cash payments to position himself at airport security while large quantities of oxycodone pills were smuggled through, and he also traveled from Florida to Connecticut to help this narcotics trafficking enterprise launder illegal proceeds," U.S. Attorney David Fein said. "He breached his oath of public office and the serious responsibilities entrusted to him."

via Former TSA officer pleads guilty to drug charge | WTNH.com Connecticut.

PELHAM, N.Y. – A third person walking home from the Pelham Metro-North train station was robbed at gunpoint at 10:55 p.m. Wednesday by a man who matched the assailants description in two January robberies, the Pelham police said. The robbery prompted a special community meeting at 3 p.m. Saturday at Village Hall.Mayor Ed Hotchkiss, the Board of Trustees and members of the Pelham Police Department will discuss the latest incident and how the investigation of the robberies is proceeding, according to an e-mail alert from Hotchkiss.Hotchkiss reminded residents to “maintain their diligence and continue to take precautions when walking during the night-time hours.”One of the suggestions offered by the mayor was to walk in “groups or pairs to and from the train station.”He also said the police have added extra patrols and are continuing to work with the MTA Police and other local police departments to catch the robber, because similar robberies have occurred in Harrison and Mamaroneck. Police think the robberies are connected. 

via Special Meeting Called After Third Pelham Robbery | The Daily Pelham.