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Mayor and Police Chief of Small LA Town Indicted on Felony Charges
The mayor and police chief Springfield, LA have both been indicted on four felony charges for conspiring to hid a woman's 2011 DWI citation.
In the four-count indictment returned by a Livingston Parish grand jury, Mayor Charles Martin, 62, and Police Chief James Jones, 48, are each accused of obstruction of justice, criminal conspiracy to obstruct justice, injuring public records, and criminal conspiracy to injure public records.
The charges stem from a conspiracy by Martin and Jones to conceal state evidence and to obstruct the prosecution of a suspect involved in an April 10, 2011 DWI arrest.
"The two officials intentionally misused their authority and positions of public trust, and they knowingly tried to obstruct the prosecution of a DWI case," said Assistant Attorney General David Caldwell.
http://www.wlox.com/story/19012066/mayor-and-police-chief-of-small-la-town-indicted-on-felony-charges
*This sort of thing happens all the time. I'm a little surprised that anything is being done about it.
