Ex-officer Winkle draws 10-year sentence for abusing arrestees, filing false reports
The U.S. District Court judge said Winkle showed "no mercy, absolutely no mercy" in dealing with his victims.
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The U.S. District Court judge said Winkle showed "no mercy, absolutely no mercy" in dealing with his victims.
After each abuse charge was recounted Monday, Winkle told U.S. District Court Judge Tanya Walton Pratt that the allegations against him were true.
A former Muncie, Ind., police officer, Chase Winkle, has pled guilty to eleven criminal charges after indictment for violating suspects' civil rights and falsifying records.
A former Muncie police officer has pleaded guilty to assaulting several people by kicking or punching them during arrests and then writing false reports to cover up his misdeeds.
The Muncie Police Merit Commission on Thursday voted unanimously to "remove Chase Winkle from the Muncie Police Department," according to a release.