An alleged staged suicide, or "pseudocide," has landed a former North Carolina police chief behind bars for dozens of prices.
William Anthony Spivey, 36, is the previous police chief of Chadbourn, North Carolina. He was arrested February 24 following a criminal offense tip and an investigation that included a number of native and statewide legislation enforcement businesses.
He at the moment has 40 excellent warrants for failure to look. Every warrant has
a bond of $25,000, for a complete bond of $1 million.
On the identical day, Columbus County Sheriff Jody Greene mentioned that his workplace arrested Debbie Bridgers Sasser in Truthful Bluff. She was charged with one felony rely of obstructing justice for allegedly helping Spivey together with his pseudocide. Harold Dean Sasser was additionally arrested in Whiteville and charged with the identical crime.
Each people obtained $100,000 bonds. Greene mentioned the investigation stays ongoing and that extra arrests are "probably."
In keeping with the Horry County Police Division, Spivey was relieved of responsibility final spring following a misconduct investigation by the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigations. He was finally charged with over 70 felony crimes, together with proof mishandling, drug trafficking and embezzling.
Authorities mentioned that Spivey was reported lacking this previous Monday after failing to return from a fishing journey on the Lumber River in Columbus County, resulting in "an intensive water search."
Greene mentioned his division was contacted by North Carolina wildlife officers in reference to an deserted boat positioned within the Lumber River, close to the Sandhills Searching Membership.
On the scene, investigators officers reportedly seen a truck at a ship touchdown within the looking camp with folks within the neighborhood. Officers had been reportedly advised by Spivey's family and friends that Spivey was final seen driving the truck. The boat additionally belonged to him.
These interviewed on the scene described the state of affairs as a possible suicide.
Following the gathering of proof, Greene mentioned that the phrases of Spivey's family and friends relating to suicide did not add up.
"Handwritten letters had been collected on the scene, together with the boat, that additionally contained a .22 caliber rifle with a discharged spherical nonetheless within the rifle," Greene mentioned. "All proof was collected by Crime Scene Investigators and processed. Investigators shortly concluded that the proof collected didn't help a suicide state of affairs."
On February 22, the search continued, with officers from his workplace joined by Lumberton Fireplace Division Water Rescue and different Columbus County emergency personnel. The Columbus County Sheriff's Workplace Dive Staff searched the Lumber River within the Truthful Bluff neighborhood, helicopters aided with aerial views and man-tracking groups had been deployed on the bottom.
After three days of Spivey water searches, wooded space monitoring, aerial protection, Okay-9 sniffing and sonar scanning, the investigation continued. Concurrently, prison investigators had been conducting a separate investigation.
"As investigators collected video from surveillance methods and carried out
interviews, it grew to become much more obvious that the scene on the river was staged," Greene mentioned.
It led to warrants being issued for Spivey's arrest on February 23. He was lacking and wished by authorities.
One pivotal tip cracked open the case.
On Thursday, Columbus County Sheriff's Workplace investigators met with Horry County Patrol officers and detectives and all went to an residence advanced in Loris, South Carolina, because of a citizen tip.
Spivey was on the advanced and reportedly ran right into a wooded space behind the advanced.
A police report from the Horry County Police Division obtained by Newsweek mentioned that officers positioned Spivey "submerged in a creek" behind the constructing. Officers gave Spivey instructions to exit the water and go onto land together with his arms up, because of doubtlessly being armed.
"The topic got here onto the dry wooded space however tried to withstand officers as they tried to position him into restraints," Horry Police mentioned. "The topic yelled we must shoot as he reached for his waist space whereas resisting. The topic was taken to the bottom in an try and restrain him as he continued to withstand by nonetheless reaching for his waist space."
At about 12:45 a.m. Spivey was finally positioned into constraints and arrested with out additional incident.
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