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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsGeorgia police chief, officer arrested on false imprisonment charges
The City of White police chief and a 26-year-old officer were arrested and charged with false imprisonment, extortion and violating oaths of public office Wednesday, a Georgia Bureau of Investigation agent said.
Police Chief David King, 58, and Officer Blake Scheff, 26, are accused of arresting individuals on fabricated charges and reducing the criminal charges to a citation to collect fines between December 2011 and April 2015, GBI spokesman Charge Greg Ramey said in a statement.
They were arrested after the FBI and Georgia Bureau of Investigation executed search warrants at the White Police Department and White City Hall on January 21.
King and Scheff were booked into the Bartow County Jail and will be released on bond, Ramey said.
Police Chief David King, 58, and Officer Blake Scheff, 26, are accused of arresting individuals on fabricated charges and reducing the criminal charges to a citation to collect fines between December 2011 and April 2015, GBI spokesman Charge Greg Ramey said in a statement.
They were arrested after the FBI and Georgia Bureau of Investigation executed search warrants at the White Police Department and White City Hall on January 21.
King and Scheff were booked into the Bartow County Jail and will be released on bond, Ramey said.
http://www.ajc.com/news/news/crime-law/georgia-police-chief-officer-arrested-on-false-imp/nqb6J/
For the record, that town has a population of 670.
I am pretty confident that this is not the only town that does this kind of thing.
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Georgia police chief, officer arrested on false imprisonment charges (Original Post)
dixiegrrrrl
Mar 2016
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giftedgirl77
(4,713 posts)1. Any place named White in the South is to be avoided
oasis
(49,407 posts)2. City of White
In the Deep South. Be sure the gas tank is full before traveling in the vicinity.
lpbk2713
(42,766 posts)3. Chief Bubba and Officer Billy Bob
They got away with it longer than I would have expected.
Trajan
(19,089 posts)4. One of the primary complaints from the citizens of Ferguson MO
A constant flow of black citizens pushed into the courthouse on a myriad of piddling traffic infractions ...
You bet it happens elsewhere ...
bemildred
(90,061 posts)5. It's a start. nt