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All ten criminal charges were dropped against a Glenville town policemen this week during a Gilmer County Grand jury hearing.
Judge Jack Alsop dismissed the charges because of technical
improprieties during the presentment.
Sgt. Michael Lee Kendall had been charged with multiple felonies after he
chased and shot at a subject during a high-speed chase that went through
another county.
The officer contended the driver had been drinking.
The officer's report indicated he was traveling at speeds of 100 miles per
hour on State Route 5 toward Grantsville.
After the driver lost control and temporarily stalled, the officer reportedly
shot though the driver's side door. After losing the subject, Sgt. Kendall and
a policeman from Weston, a passenger in the Glenville cruiser, lost sight of
the subject, but entered the house of the subjects parents after going
though another county.
Judge Alsop dismissed the case because evidence was presented in the
hearing by an un-sworn witness and a problem of having more than one
witness in the Grand Jury room at the same time.
The same evidence could be re-submitted to another Grand Jury.
Officer Kendall has been put on leave with pay, and indicated the Glenville
mayor could decide to put him back on the job.
Glenville has apparently backed away
from supporting Kendall, because they have hired a private investigator to
"get at the facts."
News reports indicated Kendall had experienced problems as an officer in
Harrison County before he was hired by the town of Glenville.
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