Centerville
Police Officer Fired
CENTERVILLE, Tenn.- A
Centerville police officer facing charges of official misconduct and bribery
has now been fired.
Investigators say
61-year-old Jerry Simmons manipulated a case involving his teenage daughter,
her child and the child's father.
Simmons's wife 42-year-old
Pamela Simmons and his step-son 23-year-old Cory Chandler were each indicted on
counts of filing a false report.
Investigators said they
first began to examine Simmons in December 2011 after they learned that Simmons
had allegedly manipulated a case involving his teen daughter, her child and the
child's father. The case began with a domestic incident at the local McDonalds.
No arrests were made at the time, but later a police report was filed which
turned out to be false.
The false
report claimed that the child's father had pulled a gun on Pamela Simmons,
Chandler, and the daughter.