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Former Frisco deputy constable arrested for protecting international drug ring; local authorities surprised

“The arrest of a former Collin County deputy constable who allegedly protected an international drug ring in exchange for cocaine while working in Frisco has come as a surprise to local authorities.

Melissa resident Robert Benavidez, 41, was arrested July 8 and charged with six counts of abuse of official capacity. He is being held at the Collin County Jail on $1.5 million bond.

According to arrest records, Benavidez periodically checked the National Crime Information Center computer database to determine if his cousin and leader of a North Texas drug cell, Sergio Maldonado of McKinney, had any warrants out for his arrest. He is also accused of using a database to check the registration for license plates that Maldonado thought may be on law enforcement officials’ vehicles.

In return for these services, Maldonado “would routinely give Benavidez several grams of cocaine for Benavidez’ personal use,” the affidavit states.”

http://www.planostar.com/articles/2008/07/17/...

Sanctioned crime. It would seem highly unlikely that such an enormous drug operation would only have one person on the inside on their payroll, doesn’t it? No one was home when they raided this guys house which purportedly was under constant watch. Nothing suspicious here.

We have local cops implicated in routine steroid use – yet the person with the proof of it, after receiving probation only and having everything to live for suddenly “commits suicide” by shooting himself first in the stomach and then second in the head. Amazingly the cops, wearing masks, remove all the records from the scene. Nothing suspicious here.

Forum articles point these things out mysteriously disappear. Nothing suspicious here.

Yet another reason why LE should be held to higher standards, not in name but in fact, and routinely drug tested and given lie detector tests.

Chong=idiot...get a life dude...Worry about yourself. Go write a MEMO OR SOMETHING!!!!!!!!

I'll be the first to admit there are bad officers. It's going to happen anywhere, but Chong, it's obvious you just hate the police. The police departments as a whole are good. Sure they have bad ones get in, but they do a good job of policing their own and getting rid of the bad ones. Benavidez is getting what he deserves, but you can't accept that. You have to rant about how bad all the police are.
I think you just like to hear yourself speak.

Tell it to Robin Pratt, oh wait, you can't.

Police in Everett, Washington storm the home of Robin Pratt on a no-knock warrant. They are looking for her husband, who would later be released when the allegations in the warrant turned out to be false.

Though police had a key to the apartment, they instead choose to throw a 50-pound battering ram through the apartment's sliding-glass door.

Glass shards land inches away from the couple's six-year-old daughter and five-year-old niece.

One officer encounters Robin Pratt on the way to her bedroom. Hearing other SWAT team members yell "Get down!" Pratt falls to her knees. She then raises her head briefly to say, "Please don't hurt my children."

At that point, Deputy Anthony Aston fires his weapon, putting a bullet in her neck, killing her.

Officers next entered the bedroom, where Dep. Aston then put the tip of his MP-5 assault submachine gun against Larry Pratt's head.

When Pratt asked if he could move, another officer said that if he did, he'd have his head blown off.

Though a subsequent investigation by a civilian inquest jury found the shooting "unjustified," the officer who shot and killed Pratt was never charged.

Sources:

Jolayne Houtz, "Suit filed against city, county in SWAT death -- Officers also named in Everett shooting," Seattle Times, October 16, 1992.

Rick Anderson, "License to Kill," Seattle Weekly, November 3, 1999.

This is about bad police and bad policies. Period. It's "people" like you who are fine sitting there deaf, dumb and blind and don't take outrage and action to stop something that is plain wrong. Now go back to your playgound.

4 Curious wrote:

Tell it to Robin Pratt, oh wait, you can't.
Police in Everett, Washington storm the home of Robin Pratt on a no-knock warrant. They are looking for her husband, who would later be released when the allegations in the warrant turned out to be false.
Though police had a key to the apartment, they instead choose to throw a 50-pound battering ram through the apartment's sliding-glass door.
Glass shards land inches away from the couple's six-year-old daughter and five-year-old niece.
One officer encounters Robin Pratt on the way to her bedroom. Hearing other SWAT team members yell "Get down!" Pratt falls to her knees. She then raises her head briefly to say, "Please don't hurt my children."
At that point, Deputy Anthony Aston fires his weapon, putting a bullet in her neck, killing her.
Officers next entered the bedroom, where Dep. Aston then put the tip of his MP-5 assault submachine gun against Larry Pratt's head.
When Pratt asked if he could move, another officer said that if he did, he'd have his head blown off.
Though a subsequent investigation by a civilian inquest jury found the shooting "unjustified," the officer who shot and killed Pratt was never charged.
Sources:
Jolayne Houtz, "Suit filed against city, county in SWAT death -- Officers also named in Everett shooting," Seattle Times, October 16, 1992.
Rick Anderson, "License to Kill," Seattle Weekly, November 3, 1999.
This is about bad police and bad policies. Period. It's "people" like you who are fine sitting there deaf, dumb and blind and don't take outrage and action to stop something that is plain wrong. Now go back to your playgound.

Curious says there are bad cops that slip through system. I agree. They cause problems for everyone else trying to do a good job.

Then you reply back to him with a 16 year old story about a botched SWAT raid story? And why? How are they related? By the way I did read the details and if they are accurate then I agree that the Officers should have been held accountable in every way possible.

Your lack of comprehensition skills continue to amaze. Go back. Re-read. Have mommy dearest help you if needed.

From Curious:

"Sure they have bad ones get in, but they do a good job of policing their own and getting rid of the bad ones."

From the article:

"Though a subsequent investigation by a civilian inquest jury found the shooting "unjustified," the officer who shot and killed Pratt was never charged."

From You:

"How are they related? By the way I did read the details and if they are accurate then I agree that the Officers should have been held accountable in every way possible."

Obviously they do not "police themselves".

Facinating you say you agree with something you can't comprehend. But the woman who was killed sure did, a split second before an idiot shot here through the neck during a blantantly irresponsible and unpunished attack.

“Cops raid Duncanville swingers' club
The Dallas Morning News

DUNCANVILLE – Police raided a notorious swingers’ club Saturday night, confiscating personal property from more than 50 people who were there.
Duncanville police executed a search warrant at the club, the Cherry Pit, which has been the subject of a Duncanville ordinance that bans sex clubs.
No one was arrested.
“They had guns drawn when they busted down the door,” said Ed Klein, the Cherry Pit’s attorney.“You’d have thought this was some kind of meth lab.”
A lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the ordinance was scheduled to be heard this week, but was postponed.
The search warrant alleges violations of the city ordinance, including operating a sex club in a residential neighborhood.
Jim Trulock, 59, and Julie M. Norris, 30, operate the club at their house in the 1300 block of North Cedar Ridge Drive.
City officials have said that the club is a public nuisance that is "detrimental to the health, safety and welfare of the city of Duncanville."
Duncanville officials declined to be interviewed this afternoon, but did issue a news release.
“The Cherry Pit, located in a Duncanville neighborhood, is advertised as a swingers’ club and has been previously cited for violating the City of Duncanville Code of Ordinances,” it said.
Mr. Trulock has received 10 citations, five for operating a sex club and five for operating a sexually oriented business without a license, city public information officer Tonya Lewis said.
Duncanville police said this afternoon that they were still cataloguing the evidence collected. The city wasn’t releasing details about what was found, but Mr. Klein said wallets, credit cards and purses were confiscated.
Mr. Klein said guests were photographed, and police took their work information before letting them go early Sunday morning.“

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Why exactly was a home invasion raid necessary for a “public nuisance”?
How many people could have been killed?

Can see it now:“SWAT team mows down terrorist bushes and men with deadly weapons between their legs”………

Love to see the SWAT Risk Assessment form that justifies this one…..