A Louisiana police chief was charged after $ 3,650 of confiscated cash was lost from his office – announcing his own arrest in an online news statement.
Grayson Police Chief, Mitch Bratton announced on Facebook that the Louisiana State Police (LSP) has indicted him for obstructing justice and irregularities in his office – and that he will not back down.
“I will not debate the validity of the allegations. I want to be fully disclosed, “he said just before 7 pm Thursday – more than four hours before the state police announced it themselves.
“This does not affect me as a police chief and I intend to be as accessible as I always have while I let the criminal justice system resolve this issue,” he stressed.
Bratton claimed he was the one who called the state police over “some of the worries I had with a city employee” – saying that the focus was on him when he was “cooperating” with investigators.
The state police claim that officers “Bratton is determined to take it $ 2,500 and $ 1,150 for two separate cases. Confiscated currencies cannot be accounted for and have never been recorded as evidence. “
Bratton “deliberately hides the lost currency,” the department claims.
The head was ordered into Caldwell Parish Prison and tied out a few hours later, Newsweek said. Bratton and LSP declined to discuss the ongoing investigation, the magazine said.
