DOUGLAS COUNTY, GEORGIA – A Kalamazoo Division of Public Security officer was arrested after allegedly claiming a pickup truck was stolen.
Officer Catrice Lockett, 37, was arrested Jan. 4, in Douglas County, Georgia, in response to sheriff’s workplace data. Douglas County is west of Atlanta.
Lockett is charged with false report of a criminal offense, fraudulent insurance coverage declare and conspiracy to commit a felony, in response to Douglas County Jail data.
The native paper Georgia paper, the Douglas County Sentinel, reported Lockett’s fiancé was arrested and charged for comparable crimes. The Kalamazoo Gazette/MLive couldn’t discover a document of his arrest within the jail logs or every day arrest studies. MLive doesn’t usually identify individuals earlier than they’ve been criminally charged.
Lockett was positioned on administrative depart when KDPS discovered of the incident in late December, KDPS Public Data Workplace Jay Shatara mentioned. The division has its personal investigation taking place, he mentioned.
Lockett joined KDPS in 2016. She had labored at Grand Valley State College and the Muskegon Heights Police Division previous to that, in response to a 2021 Fb put up from KDPS.
In Kalamazoo, she labored as a patrol officer for 2 years, a faculty useful resource officer from 2018 to 2020 after which labored locally policing unit, the put up mentioned.
The couple allegedly claimed Lee’s silver 2011 Toyota Tundra was stolen whereas they have been at a Georgia state park in Oct. 17, in response to studies from the Douglas County Sentinel.
Neither have been in Georgia on the date they mentioned the truck was stolen, in response to the Sentinel. The couple was attempting to get a report so they might make an insurance coverage declare, in response to a warrant, per the Sentinel.
Douglas County courts solely enable individuals to evaluate felony circumstances in particular person. The Douglas County Sheriff’s Workplace solely permits money funds for data.
Lockett was launched on a $25,000 bond, in response to jail data.
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