Chief Is Indicted Over Misuse of Police Funds
From Staff and Wire Reports
A grand jury has indicted the Arvin police chief for allegedly using Police Department money to buy a truck for his son.
Chief Rande Eighmy was arrested Tuesday in this small town south of Bakersfield.
Eighmy admitted that he cashed a check from a city account, spent $2,500 to buy a truck and kept $500 for himself, Kern County Assistant Dist. Atty. Stephen Tauzer said.
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