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We broke the news today that befouled LRPD Police Chief Kenton Tremar Buckner is one of the 6 finalist for the chief's job in Syracuse, NY.
Our reaching out to Charleston, SC officials and this post, was instrumental to them telling Buckner he was not going to get the job. Buckner tried to spin it and "withdrew" his application.
A Charleston newspaper reported that Buckner's problems in Little Rock were a huge factor in his not being selected.
We will soon post an updated version of our "10 things you need to know about Kenton Tremar Buckner" for our friends in Syracuse.
We and our content sharing partner, Corruption Sucks blog, had seen an increase in traffic on our sites from servers in the Syracuse area. We found that Syracuse was hiring and checking with sources led to us being the first media outlet to get the story out.
We broke the story about rogue LRPD officer Brandon "Butterball" Johnson and his alleged sexual assault of DWI suspect. We also broke the story about Butterball's arrest for violating an order of protection.
Based on the email from city attorney Tom Carpenter, we now know for certain that video/audio exists of the alleged assault from the patrol vehicle MVR.
As usual, LRPD refuses to release it so we will make another trip to Circuit Court and win yet another case against befouled LRPD Chief Kenton Tremar Buckner.
We were first to identify rookie LRPD officer Eboney Warren as the officer that apparently ran a stop sign at Charles Bussey and Maple striking a car driven by a mother and her three children Monday evening.
According to witnesses, the rookie did not have her lights or siren activated.
LRPD disputes this. We will have to wait and see what the MVR recordings from the vehicle reveal.
Take a look at a video made of the accident scene by an eyewitness.
We discovered that the Warren's might be in a pickle with LRPD Administration in that they filed to pay their state income tax when due and the Department of Finance & Administration recently filed a lien against both of them.
Records on file at the Pulaski County Circuit Clerk's Officer reflect the past due taxes have not been paid.
The pair makes a nice income from LRPD. Add income from off-duty employment and they have above average income for Arkansas. One wonders why they would risk jobs by not paying taxes and ignoring collection letters from DFA.
The Warren's with a combined salaries of $91,107.74 are not paupers by any means.
Eboney could and should have used that $5k signing bonus check she got from city manager Bruce Moore to pay the taxes owed. She would have had money left over.
Another problem for the pair is that their voter registration is sketchy.
According to the tax lien the pair lives in Alexander, AR.
According the the Secretary of State, they are registered to vote at different addresses - the hubby in Little Rock and the wifey in Bryant.
Mr. Warren uses the same address on his voter registration that he used on their marriage license from 2011.
All of this is problematic for the Warren's and in turn for LRPD and the city of Little Rock.
Not paying your taxes when due is a violation of the law. In fact its a felony.
And according to A.C.A. § 7-1-103 it is a misdemeanor offense to be registered in the wrong precinct/city other than the one in which you reside:
"(11) No person shall willfully cause or attempt to cause his or her own name to be registered in any other election precinct than that in which he or she is or will be before the next ensuing election qualified as an elector..."
The Warren's appear to be in violation of several of LRPD Rules & Regulations as tax deadbeats and fraudulent voters.
Violations that involve gross misconduct and can cause discredit to LRPD can result in discipline ranging from a verbal reprimand up to termination.
Officer misconduct on and off-duty is an all to frequent event at LRPD.
That is due to a failure in leadership and it falls directly upon befouled chief Kenton Tremar Buckner.
Buckner must be replaced and if Bruce Moore wants to keep his position he will not waste anymore time dancing around the issue.
**UPDATE**
We obtained the incident report from the accident and Officer Eboney Warren admits that she "disregarded" the stop sign.
LRPD released the MVR video from Officer Warren's patrol vehicle but they removed information that indicated that Warren was speeding reaching speeds nearing 60 mph. The posted speed limit on on the street is 25 mph.
Suspended LRPD officer Brandon "Butterball" Johnson was arrested on October 4th for violation of a temporary Order of Protection that had been issued on September 27th.
Johnson was suspended on or about September 24th after it was alleged that he forced a female he pulled over to perform oral sex on him.
We broke that story and you can read our post about that incident by clicking here.
Stay tuned for updates.
***UPDATE 10/11/18 3:30 pm***
We obtained court and jail records for this incident as well as other times that Butterball was suspended from employment with LRPD.
MUGSHOT OF BRANDON "BUTTERBALL" JOHNSON
The Saline County Sheriff's Office deleted Butterball's mugshot and arrest information from their website. No doubt they are protecting one of their own.
They illegally redacted the report they sent us and we will be see the Saline County Sheriff in court in about seven days or so.
According to records obtained from LRPD, Butterball has a less than stellar record with them. The alleged sexual assault incident is suspension number five for him.
You might ask are there other rogue LRPD officers like Butterball. The answer is yes. You'll be reading about them shortly.
Sources inside LRPD report that LRPD Officer Brandon "Butterball" Johnson has been relieved from duty pending an internal investigation.
Officer "Butterball" Johnson pulled over a suspected drunk driver last night and the female driver told "Butterball" that she could not go to jail for DWI and that she would do anything to keep from being arrested.
Officer "Butterball" Johnson agreed to let the female perform oral sex on him in exchange for letting her slide on the DWI offense.
We were told that IAD investigators secured the uniform Officer "Butterball" Johnson was wearing last night and the sex act is reported to have been captured on the MVR in Johnson's patrol unit.
Johnson was featured in an episode of our YouTube series, Little Rock Police Gone Wild.
LRPD would not respond to our requests for confirmation of Johnson's suspension.
