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Updated: 1:56 AM May 17, 2008
NEW INFO: Previous "Officer of the Year" Indicted
A fifth Charleston Police officer has been accused of double dipping. WEB EXTRA: read the indictment.
Posted: 4:03 PM May 16, 2008Reporter: Mike Waterhouse Email Address: mike.waterhouse@wsaz.com |
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) -- A fifth Charleston Police officer has been accused of double dipping.
According to a news release from the Kanawha County Prosecutor's office, Keith Peoples, 44 of Charleston, was indicted for allegedly "obtaining by fraudulent scheme and computer fraud."
Chief Brent Webster tells WSAZ that Peoples was placed on administrative leave Friday morning after the department learned of the indictment.
Webster says he can't confirm that the charge is related to anything on the job.
WSAZ has obtained a copy of the grand jury indictment. It alleges that between January 19, 2000, and August 24, 2004, Peoples clocked in at both the Charleston Police Department and the Charleston Town Center multiple times.
Peoples received at least $1,000 by double dipping, according to the indictment.
Peoples will be arraigned in Judge James Stucky's courtroom on May 30th at 11:00pm.
He was named Charleston's "Officer of the Year" in 2004.
Four other Charleston Police officers have been indicted on similar charges. Here's a timeline:
APRIL 2007: James "Chip" Nowling was found guilty of working 2,000 hours at the Town Center at the same time he was clocked in as a police officer.
OCTOBER 2007: Eric Eagle admitted to working 117 overlapping hours.
NOVEMBER 2007: Lola Hart pleaded no contest to working 300 overlapping hours at the Charleston Town Center and the department.
NOVEMBER 2007: Jim Sands entered a "Kennedy plea" to working 164 overlapping hours between the Town Center and the Charleston Police Department. This means he was not willing to admit to committing a crime, but agrees to take the sentence imposed for such a crime because he knew he would likely be found guilty of the crime.
Latest Comments
Hey anon at 4:46. I'm not stupid and power-hungry enough to have that worthless job. Most cops are ex high school bullies who still feel like picking on someone. I hope they ALL get arrested. Police are no help to anybody anyways.
How many of our highest rankings officials have been doing this for years,from the president,senators,congressmen, and mayors you get the idea. How many of these officials are being charged with crimes? There are a lot more things going on that`s a whole lot more important . How about the child molesters, rapists and killers.? SO IF WE'RE GOING TO CHARGE THESE OFFICERS FOR THEIR CRIMES, LET`S LOOK AT ALL PARTS OF OUR GOVERNMENT OFFICE FROM PHONE BILLS, TO HOW MANY LUNCHES, TO ALL DETAILS, THEN LETS JUDGE THEM. I'M ALMOST SURE WE WOULD HAVE A LOT OF INDICTMENTS, And a lot more crimes lost in the shuffle,so lets take time and think about what's more important. AND LET'S NOT FORGET, "WE'RE OPEN FOR BUSINESS".
ONLY a person named 'booger' would make such a WASTE of space comment! Lets see if you would risk your life for under 15 bucks a hour. Loser!
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