3 sheriff's officials convicted of covering up use of force

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press

3 sheriff's officials convicted of covering up use of force
| June 11, 2015 | Updated: June 11, 2015 6:59pm

ALBANY, Ga. (AP) — Three Georgia law enforcement officials have been convicted in a cover-up after a former deputy who is the son of a sheriff was accused of hitting a man in the face with a flashlight, authorities said.

Decatur County Sheriff's Capt. Elizabeth Croley was convicted Wednesday of writing a false report and withholding information from investigators and attorneys.

Deputies Christopher Kines and Robert Wade Umbach were convicted of lying to the FBI, federal prosecutors said.

Aaron Parrish was arrested in September 2012 during a motorcycle festival in Bainbridge, Georgia. A complaint filed in 2014 says former Grady County sheriff's deputy Wiley Griffin IV, son of the Decatur County sheriff, repeatedly hit Parrish in his face with a metal flashlight, causing cuts, bleeding, swelling and bruising. In their news release Thursday, prosecutors said other deputies — including Kines and Umbach — restrained Parrish while Griffin hit him in the eye with the flashlight.


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Aaron Parrish



Wiley Griffin IV [/center]

[frylock]

1. fuck tha police

[bravenak]

2. +1

[chillfactor]

3. so what was the sentence...

or have they not been sentenced yet?

[Unknown Beatle]

4. Fuck that deputy and

his fucking smug face!

[Ino]

5. Convicted of covering up use of force, but...

not convicted of use of force?! (sigh)

The jury acquitted Griffin of charges that he used excessive force against Parrish.

[Hoppy]

6. This was the result of an FBI investigation.. it is a federal crime. He ain't gonna walk.

[samsingh]

7. good. they need to go after all the fing cops who protect the truly rabid ones