KINGSPORT, Tenn. --
A TBI investigation
involving the Kingsport Police chief may soon begin after allegations of
misconduct.
Mayor Dennis Phillips told
us he requested the investigation of the Chief Gale Osborne after receiving an
email from a former Kingsport Police Department employee.
In that email the former
employee accused Chief Osborne of using government assets for his personal
interests.
Mayor Phillips told 11
Connects the allegations all relate to a rental house owned by Chief Osborne.
The former tenant, a mother
with a child, passed away.
That's when the chief got a
judge's permission to remove items from the home - to prevent them from being
stolen.
Those items were then
placed in a city owned storage building.
Mayor Phillips said even
though Chief Osborne told him he did this to protect the child, accusations of
misconduct have to be investigated.
We continue to track the
developments in this case and will bring you updates as they become available.