New details are coming to light after the police chief of a small town in northwest Indiana was arrested in Ohio over the weekend and faces multiple felonies, including obstruction of justice, theft and unlawful possession of an anabolic steroid.
Earl D. Mayo, who was serving as the police chief in New Chicago, Indiana, was arrested at 6:03 p.m. Friday and booked into the Clark County, Ohio, Jail at 6:57 p.m., reported WDTN, the NBC affiliate in Dayton.
According to an affidavit, Mayo is accused of stealing a gun that was seized during a police investigation with the intent to prevent it from being used as evidence in a pending criminal case. The affidavit also says Mayo attempted to change the gun’s tracing information, and sold it to a pawn shop in Hobart, Indiana.
Police said Mayo contacted another New Chicago police officer and asked him to buy the gun back from the pawn shop. Mayo also asked him to retrieve suppressed firearms from a safe in Mayo’s home in Merrillville, the affidavit stated.
The affidavit also stated that Tanika Roshawn Borders, 47, of Merrillville, was facing charges of allegedly assisting Mayo.
According to police, Borders is accused of attempting to purchase the gun sold by Mayo from the pawn shop. Borders is also accused of attempting to remove anabolic steroids belonging to Mayo by destroying the vials, which police say contained veterinary grade anabolic steroids that were not for human consumption.
Court records in Lake County, Indiana, show Mayo was charged with the following:
Theft (Felony) Official misconduct (Felony) Obstruction of justice (Felony) Official misconduct (Felony) Unlawful possession of anabolic steroid (Felony) Unlawful possession of anabolic steroid (Felony) Theft (Felony) Theft (Misdemeanor)New Chicago, where Mayo serves as chief, is a town of around 1,900 residents in Lake County. According to a report from the Chicago Tribune, the town of New Chicago placed Mayo on administrative leave, with Lake County police taking over policing duties in the town.
Mayo’s father, Jerry Williams, an Indiana State Police major and Lake County Sheriff candidate, released the following statement after Mayo’s arrest:
“My wife and I and our family are deeply concerned over recent information regarding our son, Earl Mayo, chief of the New Chicago Police Department. We raised all of our children with love, guidance and a strong foundation of values. We’ve always held our children to higher standards, as we have ourselves.
We have very little information about this incident at this time. We are aware there are allegations that are troubling, and we struggle to reconcile them with the values we worked so hard to instill in all of our children and grandchildren.
Under our criminal justice system, Earl is presumed innocent unless and until proven otherwise. We respect that fundamental principle, and it is important that the legal process be allowed to proceed fairly and impartially.
If it is ultimately established that Earl engaged in the conduct alleged by the government, then he must and should accept responsibility for his actions and face the consequences.
This is an extremely difficult and emotional time for our family. Given the seriousness of this matter and the ongoing legal proceedings, we cannot comment any further on the undisclosed details of this situation.”
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