Indictments for 56 cases handed down by grand jury include Aragon PD theft cases

Among those indicted are two Aragon Police Officers accused last year of stealing handguns from the evidence room in separate incidents in 2013 and 2015. July 19, 2016Polk County’s Grand Jury convened to hear dozens of cases and decide whether to move them on to...

Ex-prosecutor in northeast Georgia arrested on theft charges

The statement says the GBI was called in to investigate in August 2015 after the sheriff’s office “discovered irregularities in their evidence room June 11, 2016HOMER, Ga. — A former prosecutor in northeast Georgia has been arrested on theft charges.The...

2nd former Aragon officer charged, accused of stealing gun from evidence room

The Polk County Standard Journal, northwestgeorgianews.com/polkfishwrap/news/local BYLINE: Kevin Myrick Aragon, GA John Goodwill A former Aragon Police Department lieutenant is facing felony and misdemeanor theft charges in a second incident of a gun theft from the...

VPD officer fired, charged in missing evidence case

The Valdosta Daily Times, valdostadailytimes.com BYLINE: Dean Poling dean.poling@gaflnews.com Valdosta, GA VALDOSTA – A Valdosta police officer has been fired and arrested after stolen property was not turned in as evidence, said Valdosta Police Chief Brian Childress...

Ex-Trenton police officer Shawn Dewey Chapa pleads guilty to stealing drugs

Chattanooga Times Free Press, timesfreepress.com BYLINE: Kendi Anderson Trenton, GA Shawn Chapa Photo by WRCB-TV Channel 3 / Chattanooga Times Free Press Former Trenton, Ga., police officer Shawn Dewey Chapa pleaded guilty Wednesday morning to violation of oath by a...

Ex-Trenton police officer charged with stealing drugs

Chattanooga Times Free Press, timesfreepress.com/ BYLINE: Tyler Jett Trenton, GA Police say Officer Shawn Chapa is accused of taking drugs from the city’s police evidence room. Investigators say Trenton, Ga., police officer Shawn Dewey Chapa sneaked into the...