Career police officer charged with receiving payoffs found not guilty

A well-respected, 17-year veteran police officer for a large city, family man, and father of two children, saw his career and life disintegrate when he was accused of providing information about criminal investigations to a local crime boss and receiving payoffs. He was subsequently indicted for allegedly lying about it to a Federal Grand Jury and for obstructing justice. The police officer was immediately suspended without pay from the police force.

The police officer insisted he was innocent. But he also realized, practically, that if even an honest, law-abiding person such as himself could be accused, that other, perhaps stronger, unseen forces were possibly at play and he could also actually be found guilty. He looked around for the firm he believed best able to mount a forceful defense and hired the top gun attorneys at Denner Pellegrino, who immediately came out blazing when they accused the United States of outrageous governmental conduct in connection with how the indictments were obtained. The case was eventually tried in front of a federal jury. During the trial, Denner●Pellegrino attorneys Brad Bailey and Jeffrey Denner effectively argued that the government’s evidence was unreliable and non-trustworthy since it was based solely on the testimony of two cooperating witnesses, including the alleged crime boss, who were the beneficiaries of substantial sentence reductions in exchange for their “bought” testimony. The attorneys argued that the governmental witnesses were the real perjurers in the case, and suggested that the government’s case was full of reasonable doubts.

Result: The police officer was found “Not Guilty” on all counts and was immediately reinstated into his job with the police force. Denner●Pellegrino attorneys are now in the process of pushing for the innocent police officer to receive all back pay he lost during the two years he was suspended from his job.

1) Result in headlines: The Fall River Herald News-

A) “Accused Police Officer Not Guilty”

B) “Accused Police Officer Acquitted”

2) Quote of Police Officer after receiving “Not Guilty” verdict:

• “The Chief said he had something for me…..my badge.”

3) Quote of Jeffrey Denner:

• “Justice was absolutely done in this case, and Attorney Brad Bailey and myself can’t be more pleased.”

4) The prosecuting attorney “congratulated the defense for doing a ‘thorough job.’ FRiver, Herald News, May 10, 2006

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