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Former Police Officer Indicted On Taking Bribe In DUI Case

By Conaway and Strickler

The Augusta Chronicle reports that a former Tybee Island police officer is in legal hot water after being indicted by the Chatham County grand jury on bribery charges involving a 2006 DUI arrest. Prosecutors allege that Jose A. Prichardo, a rookie officer with the Tybee Police Department, took $500 as a bribe from a driver on Sept. 25, 2006 to negate a DUI charge after it had been filed. The indictment further alleges that Prichardo gave the motorist, Gregory Michael Tyre, a reasonable cause to believe that the then officer would make the DUI charge go away if he paid him the money. The indictment also states that Prichardo did many things out of the ordinary to help Tyre?s DUI charge get dismissed. He reportedly did not provide results of Tyre?s blood tests to the prosecutor thereby ensuring that there would be no evidence of blood alcohol in the case...continue to full post

Full post as published by Georgia Criminal Defense Blog on November 07, 2007 (boomark / email).