Snohomish, Skagit, Whatcom, Island, and King County DUIs: Are Police Officers Honest?

During your DUI case, whether it be in Snohomish, Skagit, Island, Whatcom or King County, you will undoubtedly read information in a police report or hear an officer testify.  When doing so you may wonder why the facts are not always as you recall.  However, this does not mean the officer is lying but may mean either you don't remember everything or alternatively, perhaps the officer is exagerating the facts.  Yes, it happens!  However, occassionally the truth is not what is actually reported.  The story below details a case where the officers were lying and got caught!

TACOMA, Wash. - Two Pierce County sheriff's deputies entered not guilty pleas to perjury charges for allegedly lying under oath.

Jeffrey Montgomery and Rex McNicol are each charged with lying when they testified about how they seized a rifle at an Orting home last year.  During a court hearing in March about the seizure, the deputies testified they never went into the home and that the homeowner admitted having the gun and retrieved it for them.  But a police report written by Montgomery and the testimony of other witnesses contradicted the deputies' statements.The Sheriff's Office then put the deputies on paid leave and forwarded the investigation to prosecutors. When the deputies were charged last week, they were put on unpaid leave.  If convicted of the perjury charge, a class "B" felony, the men each face a maximum sentence of ten years in prison.
Check out the story here:  http://www.king5.com/news/local/2-Pierce-County-deputies-arraigned-on-perjury-charges-100071039.html
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