BUNCOMBE, IL — Illinois State Police Zone 7 says a sheriff’s deputy from Mississippi County, Missouri, was arrested Thursday on expenses of official misconduct and battery in connection to a 2021 automobile pursuit throughout which regulation enforcement firearms had been fired.
ISP says a number of businesses from Illinois and the Mississippi County Sheriff’s Workplace had been concerned within the pursuit of a stolen Mississippi County Sheriff’s Workplace patrol truck round 3:30 p.m. on Oct. 28, 2021. The truck was stolen by a suspect who deputies had arrested in Missouri.
State police say a Mississippi County deputy and a Johnson County, Illinois, deputy fired their weapons through the automobile chase. The suspect was not injured because of these gunshots, and when the chase ended simply west of Buncombe, Illinois, ISP says the suspect was taken into custody.
The ISP Zone 7 Division of Prison Investigation investigated the incident, and the Illinois Appellate Prosecutor’s Workplace reviewed the case.
On account of that investigation and overview, ISP says, a Mississippi County deputy — Capt. Barry Morgan — was charged Thursday with official misconduct and battery. The state regulation enforcement company says the fees stem from Morgan’s actions referring to the arrest of the suspect concerned within the chase.
Morgan turned himself in on the Alexander County Sheriff’s Division on Thursday, and he was launched after posting a $30,000/10% bond.