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161st YEAR • NO. 147 OCTOBER 19, 2015 CLEVELAND, TN 16 PAGES • 50¢ Former officer Millan indicted again By BRIAN GRAVES former police officer attended a hearing to [did] commit an act relating to his office or Millan knew to be false.” Banner Staff Writer appeal his dismissal from the Cleveland employment that constituted an unautho- On the charge of filing a false or fraud- Police Department. rized exercise of official power by soliciting ulent insurance claim, Millan is alleged to Edwin Millan, a former Cleveland The new charges are not related to his a false report of a theft.” have agreed to help Steven Wayne Crisp Police officer, has been indicted again by a previous indictment, but are within the That count also has a charge “in the report a motorcycle stolen so as to defraud Bradley County grand jury. same category. alternative,” a legal term meaning having an insurance company. New charges were presented last Those charges are official misconduct, the goal of showing that regardless of “The two agreed on a day and time to Wednesday, but officials could not release conspiracy to commit insurance fraud interpretation, there is no reasonable con- make a report,” the indictment reads. the information until Millan had turned $1,000-$10,000, false or fraudulent clusion other than that reached by the “Edwin Millan agreed to respond to the himself over to the Bradley County Jail. insurance claim $1,000-$10,000, false grand jury. call. Edwin Millan drafted and filed a false He did so late Saturday night and was report and tampering with evidence. The alternative alleges the former officer report and attached another officer’s released on a $20,000 bond. On count one, the grand jury alleges on “prepared and submitted an official report Edwin Millan The indictment came 48 hours after the Aug. 2 Millan “intentionally or knowingly of stolen property which the said Edwin See MILLAN, Page 4 Brumley Agencies decision disclose reversed apparent " #%%#&