Judge acquits Alabama officer accused of domestic violence
Published 1:15 pm Friday, June 8, 2018
ALBERTVILLE, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama police officer accused of domestic violence has been acquitted.
Al.com reported Thursday that a judge acquitted 44-year-old Albertville Police Sgt. David William Atwell on May 31. Atwell also was found not guilty of reckless endangerment. Atwell was arrested in January and accused of firing a gun into the floor near where his wife was sitting.
Court records say the shooting happened as the couple was requesting a divorce, which has since been dismissed. Al.com reports Albertville Police Chief Jamie Smith and Atwell weren’t immediately available for comment.