Bradley CollinsFormer Meigs County, Tenn. sheriff’s deputy Bradley Collins, charged in February with aggravated assault and felony reckless endangerment, has been cleared of charges after a state review of the case, according to officials.
The case was set to go to trial in Rhea County May 23.
Collins’ attorney, Justin Angel, said he and co-counsel Howard Upchurch filed a motion for speedy trial in Rhea County Circuit Court that was followed by the state review of the case.
Collins “insisted upon his innocence from the onset of this ordeal and he was confident that the truth would prevail,” Angel states in a release. “All charges against Mr. Collins have been dismissed and he has been completely vindicated and cleared of any wrongdoing.”
Tennessee Bureau of Investigation agents and Rhea County officials said Collins, 35 at the time he was charged, had gone to his sister’s home on Old State Road, near Spring City, Tenn., on Sept. 23, 2012, on word that she had been assaulted by her father, according to newspaper archives.