Hill was indicted in April for allegedly ordering his employees to use excessive force against four pretrial detainees, according to a release from the US Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Georgia.
Kemp suspended Clayton County Sheriff Victor Hill after a commission found Hill’s indictment adversely affects the administration of the sheriff’s office, according to an executive order released from Kemp’s office. Hill was indicted in April for allegedly ordering his employees to use excessive force against four pretrial detainees, ...
Georgia sheriff allegedly ordered his employees to use excessive force against detainees, federal indictment says. In Wednesday’s order, Kemp said he appointed members in May to a review commission to determine whether the indictment “relates to and adversely affects the administration of the office of Clayton County Sheriff such ...
CLAYTON COUNTY, GEORGIA: Clayton County Sheriff Victor Hill has been indicted by a federal grand jury for civil rights violations . He faces four counts of deprivation of rights under the color of law as the indictment alleged he abused at least four inmates using a restraint chair in the Clayton County Jail.
Sheriff Victor Hill was born in Charleston, South Carolina. He studied criminal justice at Trident Technical College and his law enforcement career began at 18 years of age when he joined the City of Charleston Police Department. Hill was hired by Clayton County Police and was elected to represent Clayton County citizens as a member of the Georgia House of Representatives from 2003 to 2004.
Victor Hill's indictment. A judge had granted a motion by the government on Monday, April 26, to unseal Hill's indictment by a federal grand jury dated April 19. The indictment cites the sheriff's office used restraint chair and alleges the sheriff ordered his employees to use excessive force at the jail last year.
Attorney Lee Sexton confirmed the allegations about 'Victim GH' in the filing is about his client Howell who had done some work for one of Hill's deputies and threatened legal action against the deputy for non-payment of his dues.
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Howell didn't believe it was Hill, not even after a FaceTime call where he claimed the sheriff used profanity. The next day he learned that heavily-armed Clayton Country fugitive investigators had visited a couple of homes in Butts County looking to arrest him on a misdemeanor charge of harassing communications.
But Attorney Barron argues it is Hill's rights that the government has violated. She said it is simple.
The sheriff's legal team said because Hill had no "fair warning," he cannot be convicted.
The government alleges the now-suspended sheriff misused a restraint chair and allegedly deprived four victims of their civil rights. But Attorney Barron argues it is Hill's rights that the government has violated. She said it is simple.
The sheriff's legal team said because Hill had no "fair warning," he cannot be convicted. "They are used throughout Georgia. They are used throughout the country, but we can't find a single case that is similar to the sheriff's. That is the notice issue. Where else has this happened?".
Former federal prosecutor turned defense lawyer, Lyndsey Barron crafted the motion to dismiss the criminal case which was filed July 7. "There has to be a case that puts him on warning that putting someone in a chair is a constitutional violation," Attorney Barron affirmed.
Clayton County Sheriff Victor Hill is accused of ordering detainees to be strapped down for hours at a time as punishment, federal prosecutors said.
In an indictment that was unsealed on Monday, the sheriff, Clayton County’s Victor Hill, is charged with four criminal counts alleging that he used unreasonable force against four people who had been taken into custody last year by his office and violated their rights to due process.
District Court in Atlanta, also stated that Sheriff Hill sent a fugitive squad armed with handguns and AR-15 rifles last April to arrest a landscaper on a misdemeanor charge.
Sheriff Hill was first elected in 2004, but lost a runoff in 2008 in Clayton County, which is just south of Atlanta. He reclaimed the office in 2012, despite being under indictment on felony corruption charges, The Associated Press reported. A jury later acquitted him of all 27 felony charges.
Sheriff Hill, 56, of Hampton, Ga., pleaded not guilty in U.S. District Court in Atlanta on Tuesday after turning himself in to the authorities. He was later released. In a statement posted on Tuesday on Nixle, a public messaging system, Sheriff Hill called the charges against him politically motivated. “I will continue to focus on the mission of ...
An Atlanta-area sheriff with a history of legal troubles faces federal civil rights charges for ordering several detainees to be strapped to restraint chairs for hours at a time even though they posed no danger to deputies, prosecutors said.