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KAYSVILLE – An officer with the Kaysville Police Department was back on the job Wednesday, almost eight months after someone impersonated his wife online and made racist comments.
Officer Michael Criddle will never forget May 28, 2020. Our lives were destroyed everything we had worked for, Criddle said.
The impersonator posted derogatory comments about the death of George Floyd on a local TV station s Facebook page under a fake Facebook profile that claimed to be his wife, Amber Criddle.
Kaysville Police Chief Sol Oberg took quick action. We immediately pulled in Officer Criddle, he said.
Michael Criddle was put on administrative leave so an investigation could start. He was devastated.
Deseret News and Debbie Worthen
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KAYSVILLE Eight months after a Kaysville police officer was placed on administrative leave over comments attributed to his wife, investigators have determined that his family was the victim of catfishing.
On May 28, someone posing as the wife of Kaysville police officer Michael Criddle made racist comments on a public Facebook page regarding the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis by police.
Even though Criddle himself was not accused of racism or making racist comments, and Kaysville police acknowledged that both Criddle and his wife “strongly denied” the allegations and even suggested a fake social media profile may have been created, Criddle was placed on administrative leave pending an internal investigation.