WHITE, Georgia (AP) – A former police chief, a police officer and a town clerk in a small northwest Georgia town have each been acquitted of numerous charges, including racketeering.
Former White City Police Chief David King, his son-in-law, Officer Black Scheff, and King’s wife, Jane Richards – who served as township clerk and city manager – were acquitted in separate trials of charges including conspiring to illegally profit from their positions from August 2009 until December 2017.
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King was found not guilty Monday after a nine-day trial. Last month, Scheff and Richards were found not guilty in separate trials.
“The racketeering indictment read like a novel, but when it came to evidence, there was very little evidence,” said attorney Lester Tate, representing King WAGA TV.
“What this really was was an attempt to blame all the evils of the City of White government, including the police station and police officers, on David King and his family,” Tate said.
