Thursday, March 15, 2012

Fifth 'double-dipping' case goes to court: ; Officer pleads not guilty to defrauding mall

Charleston policeman Cpl. Keith Peoples faced a Kanawha Circuitjudge and was the fifth officer to be charged with what many havetermed "double dipping."

Visibly shaken, an emotional Peoples entered a plea of not guiltyTuesday to computer fraud and obtaining by fraudulent schemes. Hewas indicted by a grand jury last month of defrauding CharlestonTown Center Mall of at least $1,000 between January 2000 and August2004.

Peoples, 44, is a well-known officer on the force, particularlyin the black community. He is also a frequent witness in criminalcases.

He appeared at his hearing out of uniform, wearing a suit. Heresponded quietly to questions from the judge. He …

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