Evansville Cop Sentenced
By: Import User
Updated: July 16, 2007
THE FORMER EVANSVILLE POLICE OFFICER WHO STOLE MONEY DURING AN ARREST WILL NOT SPEND ANY TIME BEHIND BARS. BUT, A FELONY CONVICTION ON GERALD RAINEYS RECORD WILL KEEP HIM FROM EVER WALKING THE POLICE BEAT AGAIN. ITS A SENTENCE THE PROSECUTOR SAYS IS JUST, BUT THE DEFENSE ARGUES IS BASED ON RAINEYS DAYS AS A COP. LEAVING THE COURTROOM GERALD RAINEY THANKED HIS FAMILY AND A CROWD OF SUPPORTERS THAT SHOWED UP AT HIS SENTENCING. RAINEY RESIGNED FROM THE FORCE AND PLEADED GUILTY AFTER BEING ACCUSED OF STEALING MONEY FROM A MAN HE ARRESTED. IT ALL HAPPENED DURING THE ARREST OF MONTRELL FIELDS. FIELDS WAS CARRYING A BACKPACK WITH 19-THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS IN IT...BUT WHEN THE CASH WAS COUNTED FIELDS CLAIMED A GRAND WAS MISSING. THE MISSING THOUSAND WAS FOUND INSIDE RAINEYS PATROL CAR. THE RESULT, AN 18 MONTH SUSPENDED SENTENCE AND PROBATION FOR FORMER OFFICER RAINEY. 33-YEAR OLD RAINEY RECEIVED THREE BRONZE MERIT AWARDS DURING HIS YEARS OF SERVICE AS AN EVANSVILLE POLICE OFFICER.
