BioSentral

Police: 11 year old pulls off armed robbery - An 11-year-old boy was taken into custody after police said he robbed a Walgreens store with what looked like two handguns. [Tampabays10.com]

Boy Stabs Dad Over Haircut, Police Say - A Central Florida teenager is accused of stabbing his father with a miniature sword because he was upset his father wanted to give him a haircut. [Local6.com Orlando]

Portland cop fired for lying about weight-loss surgery - PORTLAND - A Portland police officer has been fired for lying about her weight-loss surgery. [Seattle Post-Intelligencer]

Spying Vexes Police Chief - The Maryland State Police superintendent said yesterday that he is "troubled" by methods his agency used to infiltrate and monitor peace activists and anti-death-penalty groups. [Freemarketnews.com]

Arrest Of Officer On Federal Charges Brings Cases Into Question - The reputation of an entire police department is at risk. Investigators say Clay Adams ran grow houses and dealt in guns and drugs, but he was also an Altamonte Springs cop. Now, hundreds of closed cases could be in jeopardy. [WFTV 9 Orlando]

Cop Demands Free Coffee, Fired - An internal affairs report says a Daytona Beach police officer demanded free coffee and tea from a Starbucks and threatened employees with slower emergency response times if they refused. [Freemarketnews.com]

Reminder: Roll window down only as much to allow you to slip license through, then roll it up. If asked to step out, lock the door behind you and shut it. Plain view does not require consent, entering and touching does. This is still America, people still have rights. Doing these two things will attempt to prevent a nosey cop from saying he smells something when you know for damn sure he is making it up, and it will help prevent an unlawful search. In the end though, the cop will make shit up regardless, so keep the cell phone cam rolling.

Court: Can't arrest all in car based on drug scent - Police in Washington can't arrest a group of people in a car just because an officer catches a whiff of marijuana. [Seattletimes.com]

Cops to IndyMac customers: Remain calm or face arrest - Police ordered angry customers lined up outside an IndyMac Bank branch to remain calm or face arrest Tuesday as they tried to pull their money on the second day of the failed institution's federal takeover. [dailynews.com]

Police impersonators flash a badge, fool a victim - A man forces his way into an apartment to rape the woman who lives there. A guy on a bicycle handcuffs and robs pedestrians, and another gropes random women on the side of the road. [The Boston Globe]