Arkansas deputy fired after driving past stopped school bus

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     (AP) – A Cleburne County sheriff’s deputy has been fired

over an ethics violation after giving conflicting information about driving past

a stopped school bus.

     Sheriff Chris Brown tells the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette that Deputy Todd

Maxey was dismissed Wednesday. The sheriff says an investigation determined

Maxey gave conflicting statements about driving past a stopped school bus as

children were stepping off the bus.

     The investigation was conducted after the sheriff’s office received a

complaint about a deputy driving past the stopped bus. The sheriff’s office says

the deputy violated the Law Enforcement Code of Ethics when he provided

contradicting accounts of the incident during the investigation.

     Maxey was cited after the investigation found he committed a traffic

violation.

     Brown says Maxey had been a deputy “on and off” since 2003.




   

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