DA: Former Chadbourn police chief accused of selling guns stolen from evidence locker
DA: Former Chadbourn police chief accused of selling guns stolen from evidence locker By WECT Staff | May 7, 2021 at 4:34 PM EDT - Updated May 7 at 7:56 PM
COLUMBUS COUNTY, N.C. (WECT) - Former Chadbourn police chief Anthony Spivey is accused of stealing numerous guns from the department’s evidence locker and then selling them, according to the District Attorney’s Office.
Spivey was indicted for 88 felonies by a Columbus County grand jury Wednesday, District Attorney Jon David announced Friday. The charges include embezzlement of state property, altering/destroying evidence, felony obstruction of justice, trafficking in opium, obtain control substance by misrepresentation, obtain control substance by fraud, and obtain property by false pretense.
A former North Carolina police chief who resigned nearly two weeks ago amid an investigation into missing evidence is accused of taking a variety of narcotics, thousands of dollars in cash and firearms from the evidence locker, authorities said. Former Chadbourn police chief William Anthony Spivey, 35, was taken into custody Monday by the N.C. State Bureau of Investigation and charged with 73 offenses, including 31 counts each of stealing or.
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Former Chadbourn, North Carolina, police chief William Anthony Spivey was taken into custody Monday and charged with 73 offenses, including 31 counts each of stealing or destroying evidence and embezzlement by a public official. Chadbourn is in Columbus County in the far southeastern part of the state.
A former North Carolina police chief who resigned nearly two weeks ago amid an investigation into missing evidence is accused of taking a variety of narcotics, thousands of dollars in cash and firearms from the evidence locker, authorities said.
Former Chadbourn police chief William Anthony Spivey, 35, was taken into custody Monday by the N.C. State Bureau of Investigation and charged with 73 offenses, including 31 counts each of stealing or destroying evidence and embezzlement by a public official, news outlets reported. Spivey is also charged with trafficking opium or heroin and three counts of trafficking by fraudulent or forging prescriptions.
Ex-North Carolina police chief accused of stealing evidence
April 20, 2021 GMT
CHADBOURN, N.C. (AP) A former North Carolina police chief who resigned nearly two weeks ago amid an investigation into missing evidence is accused of taking a variety of narcotics, thousands of dollars in cash and firearms from the evidence locker, authorities said.
Former Chadbourn police chief William Anthony Spivey, 35, was taken into custody Monday by the N.C. State Bureau of Investigation and charged with 73 offenses, including 31 counts each of stealing or destroying evidence and embezzlement by a public official, news outlets reported. Spivey is also charged with trafficking opium or heroin and three counts of trafficking by fraudulent or forging prescriptions.
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