Ex-Selma police detective gets probation in federal obstruction case
Updated Jan 22, 2021;
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A former Selma police officer was sentenced Friday to five years of probation in a federal obstruction case involving an on-duty incident in Dallas County last year.
Matthew Blaine Till, 34, pleaded guilty in September to three felony obstruction of justice charges. In doing so, he admitted that on April 30, 2020, he used force against a citizen while on duty as a Selma police officer. Afterward, said Southern District of Alabama U.S. Attorney Richard Moore, Till instructed a fellow law enforcement officer not to say anything to anyone – including a federal agent.
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United States Attorney Richard W. Moore of the Southern District of Alabama announced that United States District Judge Jeffrey U. Beaverstock sentenced defendant Matthew Blaine Till, 34, a former officer of the Selma Police Department, to five years’ probation for obstruction of justice by corrupt persuasion of a witness. Till pleaded guilty to three felony obstruction-of-justice charges on September 25.
In connection with his guilty plea, Till admitted that on April 30, 2020, he used force against a citizen while on duty as a Selma police officer. On multiple occasions thereafter, Till instructed a fellow law enforcement officer not to say anything to anyone including a federal agent regarding a phone call Till had received from his wife shortly before the use-of-force incident. Till admitted that he gave those instructions with the intent to hinder, delay, or prevent the communication to a federal law enforcement officer of information relating to the possible com