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Deputy charged with malfeasance in arrested man s death
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This 2021 booking photo provided by the Caddo Parish (Louisiana) Sheriff s Office shows Louisiana Sheriff s Deputy Ryan Chapman. Chapman has been charged with malfeasance in connection with the death of a 68-year-old man he and other deputies had arrested. The Caddo Parish District Attorney s Office said in a news release Thursday, July 1, 2021, that a parish grand jury indicted Chapman on Wednesday, June 30 in connection with the death on March 18 of William Walls. (Caddo Parish Sheriff s Office via AP)
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and last updated 2021-07-02 16:45:15-04
SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) - A Louisiana sheriff s deputy has been charged with malfeasance in connection with the death of a 68-year-old man he and other deputies had arrested.
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Caddo Deputy Indicted For The Death Of A Man In Custody
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The Caddo Parish District Attorney s Office has announced the indictment of a Caddo Parish Sheriff s Deputy.
According to a release from the District Attorney s Office, Caddo Parish Sheriff Deputy Ryan Chapman has been indicted by a grand jury on one count of Malfeasance In Office for his involvement in the death of a man who was in police custody. The District Attorney s Office says the charge comes from a March 18th, 2021 incident that Deputy Chapman was involved with.
On March 18th, Chapman and other officials went to a property on Pecan Road to execute a search warrant. During their operation, an individual separate from the suspect the warrant was issued for, ended up in custody. 68-year-old William Walls was handcuffed and placed into the back of a police cruiser, where he was left alone.
By KTBS Staff
SHREVEPORT, Louisiana (KTBS) A Caddo Parish sheriff’s deputy has been charged with contributing to the death of a 68-year-old man who collapsed and died of a heart attack after being handcuffed and put in the back of a patrol vehicle while deputies searched for a fugitive who was not on the man’s property.
Deputy Ryan Chapman, 36, was indicted by the Caddo grand jury on a charge of malfeasance in office alleging he should not have acted the way he did toward victim William Walls.
The grand jury found no wrongdoing on the part of other sheriff’s deputies present that day.