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NC coastal town's police force on leave after chief and lieutenant arrested
WECT ^ | Jul 27, 2018

Posted on 07/30/2018 6:52:49 AM PDT by george76

SOUTHPORT, N.C. - All police operations in Southport have been suspended and the entire force placed on paid administrative leave after the city's police chief and a lieutenant were arrested Thursday and charged with double-dipping at a second job while on the clock at the police department.

Chief Gary Smith, 46, and Lt. Michael Christian Simmons, 48, were both charged with conspiracy to obtain property by false pretenses, willful failure to discharge duties, and obstruction of justice.

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State investigators said Smith and Simmons were driving overnight shifts for an unnamed local trucking company during the same hours they had claimed on their daily activity reports for the Southport Police Department.

David said Smith and Simmons' duties for the trucking company routinely required them to be out of town and even out of the county.

Smith was taken into custody Thursday morning and booked into the Brunswick County Detention Center under a $10,000 unsecured bond. He was later released after posting bail.

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Despite the entire police force being put on administrative leave, David cautioned not to put all the officers in a negative light.

(Excerpt) Read more at cbs17.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; US: North Carolina
KEYWORDS: donutwatch; leo; moonlighting; northcarolina; southport

1 posted on 07/30/2018 6:52:49 AM PDT by george76
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To: george76

Psst, calling all robbers, rapists and murderers.


2 posted on 07/30/2018 7:14:08 AM PDT by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
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To: george76

Just part of the 90% that give the other 10% a bad name.


3 posted on 07/30/2018 7:17:39 AM PDT by from occupied ga (Your government is your most dangerous enemy)
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To: george76

Southport. Beautiful place.


4 posted on 07/30/2018 7:19:37 AM PDT by Hyman Roth
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To: george76

Great. Going out there next week.


5 posted on 07/30/2018 7:21:25 AM PDT by Obadiah
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To: george76

Interesting that they are both black in a town that is less than a quarter black.


6 posted on 07/30/2018 7:23:54 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: Hyman Roth

Like Paradise MA, milieu of much murder and mayhem? :-)


7 posted on 07/30/2018 7:25:23 AM PDT by treetopsandroofs
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To: bgill
I would guess that the county sheriff's office would take over coverage. The town's population is 3,625.

Chief Gary Smith (left) and Lt. Michael Christian Simmons (right):


8 posted on 07/30/2018 7:27:14 AM PDT by PapaBear3625 ("It rubs the rainbow on itÂ’s skin or it gets the diversity again!")
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To: bgill
It sounds like they had a convoy going.
9 posted on 07/30/2018 7:45:06 AM PDT by gigster (Cogito, Ergo, Ronaldus Magnus Conservatus)
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To: george76

It was a good shoot.

/Sarc.


10 posted on 07/30/2018 7:49:58 AM PDT by Hugh the Scot ("The days of being a keyboard commando are over. It's time to get some bloody knuckles." -Drew68)
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To: bgill

“Psst, calling all...”

Please don’t....family is at Holden Beach this week and visit Southport.


11 posted on 07/30/2018 9:00:01 AM PDT by moovova
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To: george76

These guys were treating their paid jobs like they were unpaid volunteer firemen


12 posted on 07/30/2018 10:47:01 AM PDT by Figment
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