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News in Brief
Loaded on June 15, 2021
published in Criminal Legal News
July, 2021, page 50
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Alabama: An Alabama state trooper arrested on April 27, 2021 for sexually abusing a child had been fired from the FBI for sexual misconduct before he was ever hired in Alabama, fooling the state Law Enforcment Agency (ALEA) with a letter of recommendation that was apparently forged. According to a ...
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