Officer Arrested
CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, VA – An officer with the Chesterfield County Police Department has been arrested and charged with brandishing a pistol during a March 3 traffic incident. The officer was off duty and not in uniform at the time of the incident. Chesterfield Police arrested Frank H. Darnold III, 25, after investigating an incident in which witnesses reported Darnold displayed a firearm during a confrontation with a motorist in the 11000 block of West Providence Road. Darnold is charged with brandishing a firearm, a class one misdemeanor, and has been placed on administrative leave pending criminal and internal investigations. He is scheduled to appear in the Chesterfield County General District Court for a 1 p.m. hearing on April 21. “We hold our officers to a high set of standards, as does the community we serve,” said Col. Thierry G. Dupuis, chief of police. “These alleged actions, if found to be true, would bring dishonor to a department that is recognized for its professional reputation.”
CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, VA – An officer with the Chesterfield County Police Department has been arrested and charged with brandishing a pistol during a March 3 traffic incident. The officer was off duty and not in uniform at the time of the incident.
Chesterfield Police arrested Frank H. Darnold III, 25, after investigating an incident in which witnesses reported Darnold displayed a firearm during a confrontation with a motorist in the 11000 block of West Providence Road. Darnold is charged with brandishing a firearm, a class one misdemeanor, and has been placed on administrative leave pending criminal and internal investigations. He is scheduled to appear in the Chesterfield County General District Court for a 1 p.m. hearing on April 21.
“We hold our officers to a high set of standards, as does the community we serve,” said Col. Thierry G. Dupuis, chief of police. “These alleged actions, if found to be true, would bring dishonor to a department that is recognized for its professional reputation.”
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