NITRO, W.Va. (AP) - A West Virginia police officer has been fired 18 months after he was placed on paid administrative leave in a battery case.
Nitro Police Chief Bobby Eggleston tells media outlets that Sgt. Timothy Jarrell was served a termination letter for a violation of department policy and procedure.
Jarrell has requested a hearing and will continue getting paid until a review board makes a decision on his firing.
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Jarrell was indicted in January on charges of battery and lying about last year’s incident. Kanawha County prosecutors say Jarrell allegedly placed a man in a chokehold and strangled him unconscious without justification, then stated in a criminal complaint the man was physically noncompliant.
Jarrell, who has been with the police department for 12 years, is set to go on trial Dec. 4.
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