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Monday, Thomas F. Fees resigned from the Tulsa Police Department. Fees’ resignation is a part of a resolution of criminal charges through the Tulsa County District Attorney's Office. The charges stemmed from an investigation conducted by the Tulsa Police Department at Oscar's Gastro Pub, 1738 S. Boston Avenue on February 7, 2010. Fees was placed on administrative leave immediately following the incident. The 34-year old began his employment with the city of Tulsa in November 1998. After working for the TIA Security, Fees transitioned to the Tulsa Police Department in June 2001. Fees resignation is effectively immediately.

<p>As many as 514,000 people arrested by Chicago Police over a ten-year period only to claim their constitutional rights were violated would divide $16.5 million, under a settlement advanced Monday by a City Council committee.</p> <p>The class-action lawsuit involves three different allegations of mistreatment.</p>

MADISONVILLE - A bookkeeper with the Monroe County Sheriff's Department is facing prosecution after a state review found at least $30,000 missing from the jail commissary in October, according to an audit released this week. Monroe County Sheriff Bill Bivens said Thursday in a statement that Julia Robison was arrested Jan. 15 after being indicted for theft over $10,000 by a Monroe County grand jury. The cash shortage was discovered during an unrelated internal affairs probe into Robison's activities. Robison had been placed on administrative leave on Oct. 22, 2008, for allegedly sharing confidential information to a felony probationer that...