Agree with me or not .. This is major news. Search warrant served on Wade Carpenter, PCPD police chief and phone seized.
For the record, I have been rather vocal about local law enforcement issues. Notably with … Carpenter, Dave Booth (former HCPD Chief and WCSO (soon to be former) Sheriff Rigby.
And now .. it’s public. “Allegedly” Rigby was not happy about his opponent in the WCSO race gaining ground .. so he enlisted the support of Carpenter to discredit his opponent. This included overt and anonymous contacts to Margaret Olson, Summit County Attorney.
RIgby’s opponent, Eric Mainford was an investigator in the Kouri Richins murder case. The angle these corrupt cops used was : “ your investigator is dirty.. if you don’t help is take him out of the WCSO election.. some dirt might taint him and jeopardize the Richins prosecution”
This, people is the tip of the iceberg. There’s more on Carpenter and Rigby, these two have conspired before.
Fox 13 ran a story exposing Carpenter As chairman of Utah POST (law enforcement oversight board), he orchestrated his buddy Rigby to be the new Director. When Fox 13 notified the POST committee about RIgby’s misdeeds (intimidating cops that reported former HCPD Chief Booth choking a cuffed suspect) .. RIgby’s nomination was rescinded.
But wait… there’s more on Carpenter .. but let’s just leave that for another day.
Props to SCSO Bates… for having the stones to take this on. Local cops investigating local cops is problematic by nature. Coupled with the fact the Margaret Olson and Carpenter have a long and close relationship.. this should really go right past the AG to the Feds.