JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) _ The state of Missouri has revoked the peace officer
license of a former highway patrol trooper who was driving a patrol boat when a
handcuffed Iowa man fell out and drowned.
The Kansas City Star reports Anthony Piercy’s license was permanently revoked
after the Missouri Department of Public Safety reviewed evidence in the death of
20-year-old Brandon Ellingson, of Clive, Iowa.
Piercy’s lawyer, Tim Van Ronzelen, said Tuesday he will appeal the license
revocation.
Ellingson fell out of a water patrol boat on the Lake of the Ozarks in 2014.
Witnesses said he was handcuffed and a wearing a life jacket not
properly secured.
Piercy pleaded guilty last year to negligent operation of a vessel. He was
sentenced to two years of supervised probation and 10 days in jail.
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