DA Tim Gruenke Puts Defense Bar on Alert of Tampering.
La Crosse County District Attorney, Tim Gruenke, has announced that the discovery of "manipulation" by an officer in the evidence room at the La Crosse Police Department has resulted in an audit which has in turn exposed more "manipulation" of evidence. His news release this morning was in an email to the La Crosse Area Criminal Defense Lawyers (LACDL) and the La Crosse Public Defender's Office.
This is obviously a shocking revelation. At this point, it is speculative, but my reading is that there is likely a connection between this audit and the recent arrest of La Crosse Police Lt. Brian Thomson. If there was tampering of the seals, it may have been from drug use. To date, the full details of the activities of Lt. Brian Thomson have not been revealed. See my earlier blog regarding that situation. He is scheduled to return to court on October 2nd. Something tells me there may be more delays.
We will be watching these situations very closely and will report further details as they become available. In the meantime, I applaud Mr. Gruenke for alerting us to these issues.
This is obviously a shocking revelation. At this point, it is speculative, but my reading is that there is likely a connection between this audit and the recent arrest of La Crosse Police Lt. Brian Thomson. If there was tampering of the seals, it may have been from drug use. To date, the full details of the activities of Lt. Brian Thomson have not been revealed. See my earlier blog regarding that situation. He is scheduled to return to court on October 2nd. Something tells me there may be more delays.
We will be watching these situations very closely and will report further details as they become available. In the meantime, I applaud Mr. Gruenke for alerting us to these issues.
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