It can be hard to tell the good guys from the bad guys some days. New Chicago, Indiana, police chief accused of selling pawn shop a gun being held as evidence - CBS Chicago
New Chicago police Chief Earl Mayo was charged with theft, official misconduct, and attempted obstruction of justice, as well as unlawful possession of an anabolic steroid, according to court documents.
New Chicago, Indiana is roughly 13 miles east of the Illinois State Line, about 4 miles south of Lake Michigan, 3 miles southeast of Gary, or about a 40 mile drive southeast of downtown Chicago.
The gun was a Taurus G3. It was sold to the Mega Cash Pawn shop in Hobart, Indiana. (Hobart is just to the south of New Chicago.) He apparently sold 12 guns to the pawn shop over several years. No one said those were from evidence or problematic.
In a bit if irony, his father is running for Sheriff of the local county, Lake County, Indiana. The father and mother issued a statement that basically says, if he's found guilty, then he has to face the consequences.
This is a link to Steve Lehto's video Police Chief Arrested When Evidence is Sold to Pawn Shop. He gets the hat tip, though the video is a bit longer than it needs to be at 11 minutes.
No comments:
Post a Comment
Comment Moderation is in place. Your comment will be visible as soon as I can get to it. Unless it is SPAM, and then it will never see the light of day.
Be Nice. Personal Attacks WILL be deleted. And I reserve the right to delete stuff that annoys me.