2 Tioga officers charged, suspended over gun
incident
By
Williston Herald
TIOGA,
N.D. - Two Tioga police officers face felony charges over a training session
during which an AK-47 was fired into a landfill.
The
incident happened June 19, as brothers Joshua and Nathaniel McNally were
getting ready to tee off on the third hole at the Tioga Golf Course, when their
game was interrupted by gunfire.
The
gunfire came from two on-duty Tioga police officers, Sgt. Jeremiah Johnson and
Officer Joshua Nelson. Johnson was training Nelson at the time.
They
both face face Class C felony reckless endangerment charges and have been
placed on paid administrative leave as a result.
Charges
were filed Dec. 31 by Divide County State's Attorney Jordan Seymour.
According
to Tioga police department administrator Jeff Spivey, Tioga Chief Larry Maize
was not aware of the charges being filed until the Williston Herald made a
freedom of information request involving the incident.
