Two Huntsville officers indicted
From AL.com:
Two Huntsville police officers were indicted Friday for allegedly tampering with evidence, falsifying reports and attempting to possess drugs, the department announced Tuesday.
Deputy Chief Andy Jackson said the charges stemmed from an internal investigation into alleged policy violations.
Officers Wesley Little and Ryan Moore of the north precinct were arrested and booked in the Madison County metro jail. They have since been released on bond.
Little was charged with attempting to possess a controlled substance, possession of a firearm with an altered serial number, tampering with physical evidence and false reporting to law enforcement authorities.
Moore was charged with first-degree possession of marijuana and two counts of attempt to possess a controlled substance.
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Public Safety Director Rex Reynolds said in a statement that the investigation “did not reveal any evidence that existing cases made by either officer were tainted by illegal planting of evidence.”
For some reason I don’t think Reynolds’ statement alone is going to be enough to convince defense attorneys that their client’s cases shouldn’t be reexamined.
Kudos to the officers who turned in their (allegedly) corrupt partners.
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May 14th, 2008 at 8:57 pm
Kudos is right and Kudos to Channel 31 for reporting it. But for them, these 2 guys might be still on the street.
May 15th, 2008 at 9:04 am
Channel 31 had nothing to do with these 2 guys being arrestted. The great officers who work for HPD saw what appeared to be illegal activity and investigated. That is why these 2 men were arrestted. The men and women of HPD from Chief Reynolds on down to the street officers will not allow this type activity within our ranks.
May 15th, 2008 at 9:53 pm
Kudos to both. The public should be aware.
June 4th, 2008 at 6:10 pm
Kudos for taking two cops off the street. Now if we can just get rid of the rest of em… HPD is awful.
June 18th, 2008 at 12:07 pm
Wow..Bad Huntsville cops. Big surprise.