KISSIMMEE, Fla. (AP) - Two of the three central Florida police officers accused of planning to raid a hotel room for a drug case and then lying about it in court have pleaded guilty.
The Orlando Sentinel (https://goo.gl/lmPNpI) reported Thursday that former Kissimmee Police Officer Danielle Tiffany Hall pleaded guilty to perjury and official misconduct charges but will avoid jail time. Former Officer Taylor McFee pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of trespassing.
Hall, McFee and former Officer Felix Echevarria were accused of lying under oath about how they captured suspect Jonathan Elliot on marijuana-possession charges during a 2014 drug case.
Hotel surveillance footage contradicted the officers’ testimony during a March 2016 trial.
Echevarria’s trial is scheduled to start Monday.
All three officers were fired last year.
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Information from: Orlando Sentinel, https://www.orlandosentinel.com/
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