The grand jury determined that 58 felony criminal cases had been tainted by corruption in the Hanceville Police Department in northern Alabama, after four officers and the police chief were indicted on a variety of charges related to mishandling or removing evidence from the department's evidence room. The indictment included a recommendation that the department be “immediately abolished.” The audit found that nearly 40% of all 650 evidence bags and almost a third of all firearms weren't documented before being stored in the evidence room. There was also a wide array of evidence that appeared to be missing, including firearms, cash and illicit drugs. Read the full story at the 🔗 link in our bio ⬆⬆⬆. #YourTownYourNews #WVUA23 #AlabamaNews #AlabamaCrime #AlabamaPolice #PoliceCorruption