State Trooper Is A Part-Time Pimp

Three state troopers in western New York have been suspended as part of a State Police investigation into allegations that at least one of the troopers was involved in prostitution.

According to New York State Police Superintendent Joseph D'Amico, TitusTaggart, a 41-year-old trooper assigned to Troop T in Buffalo, was suspended without pay, effective April 26.

Taggart, an 18-year veteran of the state police, "is alleged to have organized parties that may have involved the promotion of prostitution, while off-duty," D’Amico said in a press release.

The suspension is the result of an internal investigation that was initiated in December 2011. Authorities have yet to comment on specific allegations. Erie County District Attorney Frank Sedita did not immediately return a call for comment from The Huffington Post..

A Facebook page attributed to Taggart has been deleted, however the Times Union of Albany was able to download a number of images before it was taken down. One of the images shows a man, identified by the newspaper as Taggart, posing with a large bottle of liquor. In another photo, the same man is shown standing in front of an SUV.

Taggart could not be reached for comment. According to Buffnews.com, his father, Arthur Taggart Sr., is a retired State Police colonel. The same media outlet also reported Taggart's cousin, Derrick Luchey, is a former state trooper who was kicked out in 1992 after being convicted of cocaine trafficking. Sentenced to 20 years to life, Luchey was reportedly released in October 2004.

Trooper Jeremy C. Smith, 34, and Trooper Michael L. Petritz, 33, were also suspended without pay on Thursday in connection with a State Police administrative investigation.

D'Amico said Smith, a 10-year veteran of the force, and Petritz, an eight-year trooper, were "suspended for allegedly engaging in misconduct, however, were not involved in organizing the parties."

The investigation is ongoing and no arrests have been made.

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Woman Was Burning Ex-Boyfriend Piccture When She Burned Down Her House, Killing Her Four Kids.

ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- An upstate New York woman charged with arson and manslaughter in connection with a fire that killed four of her children reportedly told investigators the blaze started when she set pictures of her boyfriend on fire inside her house.

The Democrat and Chronicle of Rochester reports Monday that 31-year-old Bobbie Kugler told police she tossed the burning photos on a dresser filled with combustible materials. The newspaper says the account is contained in a felony complaint charging Kugler with fourth-degree arson and four counts of second-degree manslaughter.

Kugler was arrested Friday and has pleaded not guilty. She's being held in Monroe County Jail on $300,000 bail. She's due in Rochester City Court on Wednesday.



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Mom Sets Fire To Her Home That Killed Her Four Children.

ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- A mother who was rescued from a house fire that killed four of her children was charged Friday with setting the fire, but authorities would say little about how or why.

Bobbie Kugler, 31, was scheduled to be arraigned in Rochester City Court Saturday on four counts of manslaughter and arson, Fire Chief John Caufield said at a news conference.

Kugler is the mother of 14-year-old Gage Reavey, 13-year-old Greg Kugler, 12-year-old Kandee Kugler and 6-year-old Kaiden Kugler. All died in the Feb. 18 fire in their two-story Rochester home.

Firefighters rescued the mother and her 2-year-old son, Tyron Jackson, from the first floor.

"This fire is a result of human intervention. This was not an accidental fire," Caufield said.

Fire officials said the blaze began in a first-floor bedroom but declined to say how it started or elaborate on the mother's involvement or motive, citing the pending legal case.

"She is being charged specifically with arson, that being setting a fire and causing the death of her four children," Deputy Chief Mike Wood said.

Charges of manslaughter, he said, stem from "recklessly causing the death of another human being."

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