WILSON COUNTY, Tenn. - A mid-state law enforcement officer is accused of going rogue by selling police information to criminals.
Wilson County deputy sheriff John Edwards was arrested Monday night on a criminal complaint of attempting to obstruct a federal investigation.
Investigators said he devised a scheme to sell information related to a federal drug trafficking case to drug dealers.
According to the affidavit, Edwards tried to get $100,000 for the information. On April 12, Edwards accepted $15,000 cash, as partial payment for facilitating the information exchange to the target of the investigation.
Edwards was on administrative leave at the time of his arrest, because of an unrelated theft investigation conducted by the TBI. In that case, he is accused of stealing from a girlfriend.
Wilson Co. Sheriff's Lieutenant Charged With Theft
