didn't know it was illegal to lie
2020-09-29 22:38:57.456915+02 by Dan Lyke 0 comments
Bryce Richmond Simpson, 31, and Joseph Anthony Atkinson Jr., 39, testified to a grand jury on Sept. 21 that they were never told it was illegal to write in police reports that they had submitted evidence when they actually had not, the Orange County Register recently reported, citing transcripts of their testimony. Deputies were typically expected to submit evidence by the end of their workdays.
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“Literally 1,100 deputies booked evidence late, and that was only doing a partial audit. So there should be hundreds more deputies subject to prosecution,” [Assistant Public Defender Scott] Sanders said.