Former Alabama Cop Arrested On Felony Charges

May 3, 2012

A former Brewton Police officer has been arrested on one felony count of obtaining a criminal record under false pretenses and one felony count for violating Alabama’s ethics law, according to Escambia County (Ala.) District Attorney Stephen Billy.

Eddie Laffon Barton, III, 37, was arrested by agents from the Alabama Criminal Justice Information Center after being indicted by an Escambia County (Ala.)  grand jury.  The indictment charged that Barton intentionally misused his public position for unlawful personal gain and that he misused confidential law enforcement data by willfully accessing confidential private information about an individual that was unrelated to any official law enforcement duty.

The indictment was based on evidence presented to the grand jury on April 27 by the Escambia County (Ala.) District Attorney’s office. Barton was arrested at his residence Tuesday, May 1 and booked into the Escambia County Jail.  He later was released on a $25,000 bond, according to information released Wednesday.

If convicted, Barton faces a penalty of 2-20 years imprisonment for the ethics law violation and up to five years imprisonment for the misuse of confidential law enforcement data.

Further information has not been released. The case was investigated by special agents of the Alabama Criminal Justice Information Center and is being prosecuted by the Escambia County (Ala.) District Attorney’s Office.

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One Response to “Former Alabama Cop Arrested On Felony Charges”

  1. JM on May 6th, 2012 9:42 am

    Wow somebody didn’t like this guy.

    That is done all the time here in Escambia County by some of our wonderful officers.
    Whoops never mind, i forgot we’re not allowed to say anything negative about
    ANYTHING LEO’S do on the job because they risk their lives on a daily basis for us and never know when they won’t go home to their wife’s and children. I sometimes forget we are just supposed to praise and thank them every time we see them and let’s not forget to buy them their CUP OF JOE! After all we all know they are saint’s
    and none of them have ever come to our homes when we called and actually
    disrespected us and did nothing to help.

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