Bedford, Indiana — After the Indiana State Police received an arrest warrant for a former Bedford police officer on three criminal charges, on Friday, he turned himself in at the Lawrence County jail.
According to Chief of Bedford Police Department, Terry Moore, he contacted state police after a person’s complaint that Lee had battered that person on Jan. 8 in Lawrence County.
At this time, there is no additional information on what happened, who was battered, or whether Lee was a police officer when the battery report was received.
According to the release, state police filed for and received an arrest warrant for Lee, 45, on felony charges of official misconduct and strangulation, and a misdemeanor charge of battery.
The charges were filed in a Lawrence County Court by a former Monroe County prosecutor, Chris Gaal, the release said.
To date, no court case is listed for Lee in Indiana online court filings.
