Police Chief Charged With Going Rogue Has a Very Ugly Past
Police Chief Charged With Going Rogue Has a Very Ugly Past
Frank Methola, 50, a veteran law-enforcement officer and the police chief of the tiny town of Loving, New Mexico, was criminally charged this week for allegedly attempting to make an arrest outside of his jurisdiction and tasing someone in the process
The charges were not a shock to people who’ve had past run-ins with Methola during his career. Not only because what is alleged lines up with their description of a cop who they said has a history of going rogue and using excessive force, but because they could not fathom that Methola was still working in law enforcement.
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“Methola is a police chief? You’re kidding me,” Steven Otero, who sued Methola over his use of force against him in 2006, told The Daily Beast. “I can’t imagine that he’s even still an officer. That’s ridiculous.”
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According to a criminal complaint filed on Monday, Methola is charged with impersonating a peace officer and battery. Methola was driving in his Loving Police unit in August when he entered Carlsbad, New Mexico, a city about 12 miles away. According to the complaint, Methola attempted to stop an unnamed driver in a Ford F-250 for an unknown reason.
The driver of the car was “upset and yelling” at Methola because he knew Methola did not have jurisdiction to be in Carlsbad, the complaint said. But Methola allegedly tased the man and detained him, although no charges or citations were issued against the driver. After the incident, investigators attempted to meet with Methola three times to get a statement but were not able to, according to the complaint.
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