Bryant CochranROME, Ga. – A former Murray County sheriff’s deputy who was indicted last week on felony obstruction claims he was duped into going along with a plan to plant drugs in former Magistrate Judge Bryant Cochran’s accuser’s car.
While 25-year-old Joshua Greeson didn’t put the magnetic box full of drugs under Angie Garmley’s car this summer, prosecutors claim he helped hide the fact that the drugs were planted by lying about what he knew and deleting evidence from his phone.
Cochran, who resigned during a state ethics investigation, was accused of soliciting Garmley for sex in his chambers. These accusations, which he has denied, have led to a federal investigation, including investigating whether officers planted drugs on Garmley.
Prosecutors haven’t revealed any more details about who is believed responsible for putting the drugs in Garmley’s car. But Greeson, who spoke out after his arraignment Wednesday, said he was asked by his supervisor Capt. Michael Henderson to pull Garmley’s car over and later was asked to lie to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation about being asked to do so.
“It’s a big mess, honestly that’s what it is,” Greeson said outside the federal court building. “I was just following orders.”