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Franklin County Police Officer
Attorney General Jon Bruning announced today Franklin County Police Officer Matthew Bower entered a plea of no contest yesterday to one count of second degree sexual abuse of an inmate and to one count of official misconduct.
“When those who are supposed to protect the public abuse their power, it erodes public confidence in law enforcement,” Bruning said. “Mr. Bower is now going to have to pay for his crimes.”
According to the Nebraska State Patrol investigation, Bower removed Callie L. Shearer, a Franklin County jail inmate, from custody on approximately seventeen dif... Read more
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DetNews.com - Detroit,MI,USA
16 January 2008
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Detroit police commander acqui
A jury today acquitted a Detroit Police Department commander on claims he covered up a fellow commander's apparent drunken driving crash.
John Autry retired in June after being charged with tampering with evidence, misconduct in office and neglect of duty. He had been a Detroit police officer for 33 years.
"I hope this verdict ends the culture of corruption in the Detroit Police Department," Autry said. "We have many men and women who do fantastic jobs in the Detroit Police Department. But there are some who would destroy others in order to hold on to their position."
Autry was accused of throwing away empty alcohol bottles at the scene of an April 28, 2007 police cruiser crash. Commander Todd Bettison has been charged in 36th District Court with drunken driving and wrecking the patrol car when he allegedly hit a utility pole.
Juror Josh Beattie, of Lincoln Park, said after the verdict was announced in Judge Michael Callahan's courtroom that the jury saw no evidence of criminal wrongdoing by Autry during a three-day trial. Autry had faced up to five years in prison.
"He's a good guy that made a mistake," said Beattie, who added the jury also saw no evidence of a conspiracy to frame Autry. "We thought his actions were misinterpreted."
Defense lawyer Mike Ratij argued it didn't make sense that Autry would throw away his career to help another officer he barely knew. Ratij said the bottles Autry disposed of couldn't serve as evidence in any action against Bettison anyway because there was no way of telling when they were consumed or by whom.
Autry said after being congratulated in the courtroom by friends and family that he now is considering a return to teaching law enforcement classes on the college level.
"Maybe ethics," he said with a stern glance.
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