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.He announced that the following officers would receive interdepartmental trial boards, and, if not vindicated, would be severely disciplined within the Department.Sergeant Walter Crumley, Sergeant Walter Dukeshearer, Sergeant Francis Doherty, Officer Charles Heinz, Officer Joseph Hernandez, Sergeant Willis Tristano, Officer Frederick Turentine, Lieutenant James Frieling, Officer Wendell White, Officer John Heineke and Sergeant John Vincennes.Parker closed his press conference praising Sergeant Edmund J.Exley, the Central Division officer who came forward to testify before the grand jury."It took great courage to do what Ed Exley did," the chief said."The man has my greatest admiration."EXTRACT: L.A._Examiner_, April 11:FIVE "BLOODY CHRISTMAS"INDICTMENTS DISMISSED; PARKERGenerated by ABC Amber LIT Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abclit.htmlREVEALS RESULTS OF TRIAL BOARDACTIONSThe District Attorney's Office announced today that five future defendants in last year's "Bloody Christmas" police brutality scandal will not stand trial.Officer Michael Krugman, Officer Henry Pratt and Sergeant Ward Tucker, all forced to resign from the Los Angeles Police Department as the result of being charged, had their indictments dismissed on the basis of abandoned testimony.Deputy D.A.Ellis Loew, who had been set to prosecute them, explained."Many minor witnesses, prisoners at the Central Station Jail last Christmas, cannot be located."In a related development, LAPD Chief William H.Parker announced the results of his "massive shake-up" of police personnel.The following indicted and nonindicted officers were found guilty of various interdepartmental infractions pertaining to their behavior last Christmas morning.Sergeant Walter Crumley, six months suspension from duty without pay, transferred to Hollenbeck Division.Sergeant Walter Dukeshearer, six months suspension from duty without pay, transferred to Newton Street Division.Sergeant Francis Doherty, four months suspension from duty without pay, transferred to Wilshire Division.Officer Charles Heinz, six months suspension from duty without pay, transferred to the Southside Vagrant Detail.Officer Joseph Hernandez, four months suspension from duty without pay, transferred to 77th Street Division.Sergeant Wilbert Huff, nine months suspension from duty without pay, transferred to Wilshire Division.Sergeant Willis Tristano, three months suspension from duty without pay, transferred to Newton Street Division.Officer Frederick Turentine, three months suspension from duty without pay, transferred to East Valley Division.Lieutenant James Frieling, six months suspension from duty without pay, transferred to the LAPDAcademy Instruction Bureau.Officer John Heineke, four months suspension from duty without pay, transferred to Venice Division.Sergeant Elmer Lentz, nine months suspension from duty without pay, transferred to Hollywood Division.Officer Wendell White, no suspension, transferred to the Homicide Adjunct Surveillance Detail.Sergeant John Vincennes, no suspension, transferred to Administrative Vice.Generated by ABC Amber LIT Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abclit.htmlEXTRACT: L.A._Times_, May 3:POLICE SCANDAL DEFENDANTRECEIVES SUSPENDED SENTENCEOfficer John Brownell, 38, the first Los Angeles policeman involved in the "Bloody Christmas" scandal to face public trial, pleaded guilty at arraignment today and asked Judge Arthur J.Fitzhugh to sentence him immediately on the First Degree Assault and Aggravated Assault charges he was facing.Brownell is the older brother of LAPD patrolman Frank D.Brownell, one of two officers injured in a bar brawl with six young men last Christmas Eve.Judge Fitzhugh, taking into account the facts that Officer Brownell was under psychological duress over the injury of his brother and that he had been discharged from the Los Angeles Police Department without pension, read the County Probation Department's report, which recommended formal probation and no jail time.He then gave Brownell a year in the County Jail, sentence suspended, and ordered him to report to the county's chief probation officer, Randall Milteer.EXTRACT: L.A._Examiner_, May 29:STENSLAND CONVICTED--JAILFOR L.A.POLICEMAN
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