Update: Chicago, Illinois: An officer pleaded guilty to
charges that he extorted a tow truck driver and also sold firearms to a
convicted felon. He is the eleventh officer to be charged in the incident.
Under the plea deal, he faces up to 40 years in prison, a fine of up to
$750,000, a period of supervision following release, fees related to his court
costs and restitution for money he received during the investigation.
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Update: Miami, Florida: An officer was convicted of
accepting hundreds of dollars in bribes to protect a Liberty City check-cashing
business. He has been sentenced to one year and three months in prison.
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Former police officer charged with two counts
Chad Edward Bache, a former reserve deputy for Sanders
County and former Hot Springs police officer has been charged with two counts:
one felony count of theft and one misdeamanor count of the unauthorized use of
a motor vehicle.
Count one is punishable by 10 years in the Montana state
prison and/or a $50,000.00 fine and count two is punishable by a fine not to
exceed $500 or by imprisonment in the Sanders County Jail for a term not to
exceed six months, or both.
According to court affadavits, “on or about and between
January 1, 2013 and February 28, 2013, (Bache) pursuant to a common scheme,
purposely or knowingly obtained or exerted unauthorized control over property
of Jerry Carr, Sinclair, and the Plains Service Center, with the purpose of
depriving the owners of the property.”
Bache was employed by Gerald Lee Carr and was a guide for
his business, Cabinet Mountain Outfitters. While Carr was away doing business
at trade shows during January and February, Bache allegedly began to steal
property.
On Feb. 9, Rich Ceely, another employee of Carr’s
reported to the Sanders County Sheriff’s office that a gun was missing.
Carr’s Ruger M77 Mark 2 280 bolt action rifle with a
leupold VX-2 scope was missing and Ceely stated Bache was the last one with it
in his possession.
The court affadavits state that Ceely learned the rifle
had been pawned at 1st International Pawn in Missoula and law enforcement’s
investigation revealed the gun had been pawned there on Jan. 19. The person
pawning the gun was identified as Bache and the value of the rifle and scope
was said to be less than $1,500.
Prior to that on Feb. 8, Bache appeared at Carr’s
residence and told the guys at the house that he was going to get some money.
But according to the affidavit, Bache took off in Carr’s Cadillac without
permission. Another one of Carr’s employees spotted Bache in Missoula and
witnessed the Cadillac parked outside of a motel. The Cadillac was retrieved
and returned to Carr’s place.
On Feb. 13, Carr reported he was missing two Honda
generators, a laptop computer, a couple of chain saws and snow shoes. The court
affadavits state Carr suspected Bache had pawned these items as well.
A Honda generator and a Mr. Heater propane contractor’s
heater were found at Riverside Pawn in Missoula and Bache once again was
identified as the person who pawned them. He received $175 total for the two
items and Carr confirmed later that both items belonged to him.
Carr also reported unauthorized use of his checking
account on February 13. The affidavit states that on Jan. 26, Bache issued one
of Carr’s checks at the Sinclair in Plains. The check was in the amount of
$100. Another $100 check was also written out to McGowan Grocery on Feb. 1.
The check which was written to Sinclair was returned. The
affidavit states Bache returned to the Sinclair on Feb. 1, a week after he
wrote out the check and was advised the first check bounced.
The owner of Sinclair stated Bache became made once they
asked him for the money and the documents state he went to McGowan’s, cashed a
check in the amount of $100 so he could pay for beer and gas.
Bache never paid them back the $100 after the forged
check was passed. Both checks belonged to Carr and were signed with his name.
On Jan. 10 Bache paid three fines owned to the Lincoln
Court in Libby Montana over the phone using Carr’s debit card once again,
totaling to $493, another unauthorized use.
As the affidavit continues, on Jan. 22 Bache bought a
stock tank heater with Carr’s debit card information. The purchase, made at the
Gambles store, was made using the card number which Bache had written down
after he was no longer authorized to use the card. The total added up to almost
$35.
On Jan. 23, Bache continued using the card making an
almost $90 purchase at the Plains Service Center.
Both businesses remember Bache as the one who gave them
the card information and both slips were signed with Bache’s name. Neither of
the transactions were authorized by Carr.
The next day another one of Carr’s cards was used at
Plains Drug. The affidavit states the clerk remembers Bache picking up the
prescriptions. The call was made by a person identifying themselves as Carr and
the card information was provided to the clerk. The purchase of almost $140 was
once again not authrozied by Carr.
Bache is still at large and according to the avadavit, is
to be admitted to bail in the sum of $30,000.