Ex-officer convicted in bribery scheme
ATLANTA – A former police officer in Georgia was convicted of charges he took money in exchange for providing information from a law enforcement database.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office said Monday that a federal jury in Atlanta convicted former Cumming Police Sergeant Nathan VanBuren of wire fraud and computer fraud charges.
A sentencing date hasn’t been scheduled.
Prosecutors said the 35-year-old VanBuren took bribes from someone he arrested in 2015.
Officials said VanBuren asked the arrestee for a loan, falsely claiming his wages were being garnished and his son had expensive medical bills.
The U.S. Attorney’s office said the person reported VanBuren’s actions. While working with law enforcement, authorities say the person gave VanBuren $5,000 after repeated requests for money and VanBuren unlawfully accessed a police database in exchange for $1,000.
Police: No charges in son’s shooting death
NASHVILLE – Police say a Tennessee man will not be charged in the shooting death of his 18-year-old son.
News outlets report Kobe Hoyle was fatally shot outside his home on Sunday. Metro Nashville police said in a news release that 55-year-old Brentnol James will not be charged in the shooting death, at present, following consultation with the District Attorney’s Office.
Police are investigating James’ account of the shooting. James said he was scared of Hoyle, who he said was going to rob him. The two had a physical altercation, in which James suffered a facial injury, before the shooting.
Hoyle died at the scene.
Single-car crash claims man’s life
DEKALB COUNTY, Ala. – A single-car crash in DeKalb County, Ala., on Friday killed a Virginia man after the vehicle he was riding in left the road and overturned on Interstate 59.
Alabama Law Enforcement Agency spokesman Chuck Daniel said in a statement that Ernest Lynn Barnhouse, 49, was killed when the Kia Sorento driven by Matthew Ray Abbott, 42, of Virginia, left the road and overturned. Abbott was injured while Barnhouse was pronounced dead at the scene, Daniel said.
The accident happened 5 miles south of Collinsville, Ala., around 9:55 p.m. on Friday, Daniel said.