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Associated PressJOLIET, Ill. (AP) - The small-town police officer wrongly jailed for a shooting spree along the Illinois-Indiana border that left one dead waited until days after his arrest to provide law enforcement with a credible alibi, a sheriff's official says.
Attorneys for Brian Dorian have said he was the victim of a botched investigation by Will County detectives and prosecutors. But Pat Barry, a spokesman for the Will County sheriff, told The Associated Press that Dorian didn't provide specifics about what he was doing the morning of the shootings until Tuesday, four days after his arrest.
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"You have all this circumstantial stuff — and he won't tell you ... what he's doing," Barry said. "All Dorian would say is that he was watching TV — and no further explanation."
Once Dorian revealed that he had been on the Internet the morning of the shootings, authorities examined his computer and were able to clear him, Barry said. The charge of first-degree murder that had been filed against him was formally dropped Wednesday.
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This story is a prime example of why an arrest only is no evidence whatsoever of someone's guilt in the face of accusations of wrongdoing.