According to a CMPD Media Release, two CMPD officers have resigned and are facing criminal charges in unrelated cases:
■ Jerome Virgil Whitlow resigned and is charged with obtaining property by false pretenses in the course of a secondary employment situation. False pretenses occur when false representations are made to deceive another person to obtain anything of value – money, goods, property, etc.
■ LeShunda Austin has been suspended without pay. She is being charged with filing a false police report and has agreed to surrender her law enforcement certification. Ms. Austin filed a police report claiming another individual sent her threatening emails. Officers arrested that individual, who denied any knowledge of the emails. Upon further investigation, detectives discovered evidence that indicates Austin herself sent the emails she claims were sent by the other person.
* CMPD Media Release
