POLICE UNIONS
Union Representative Faces Perjury Charges
A Fraternal Order of Police union representative, Jerry Lieb, faces
2 felony perjury counts for allegedly lying to a grand jury that was investigating
union jailers in Tazewell County, Ill. Six jailers face felony charges
of official misconduct in connection with the Jan. 1998 suicide of inmate
Stephen Carson. Carson hung himself in his isolation cell but his body
wasn't discovered until about 14 hours after his death. Authorities allege
the jailers failed to make state-mandated checks on inmates and falsified
jail logs. The jailers allegedly were watching movies instead of doing
their checks on Jan. 22. [Copley News Service 10/26/98]
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