State Trooper Providing Razorback Security Broke Law, Says Ethics Commission

by The Associated Press  on Tuesday, Jun. 26, 2012 11:34 am  

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LITTLE ROCK - The Arkansas Ethics Commission says there's probable cause that a state police captain who provided security for former Razorbacks coach Bobby Petrino broke the law when he accepted tickets and a Sugar Bowl ring from Arkansas' football program.

A settlement offer signed this month by Capt. Jeffrey Lance King says the commission found probable cause that King broke the law by receiving gifts intended to reward him for doing his job.

King has not been charged. A prosecutor didn't immediately return a phone call seeking comment.

State police spokesman Bill Sadler says he doesn't know whether King has a lawyer. Sadler says King doesn't have plans to comment on the matter at this point.

King filed a complaint against himself earlier this year.

Copyright 2012 The Associated Press.

 

 

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