LaGrange police lieutenant arrested for elderly exploitation and theft

By FOX 5 Atlanta Digital Team

LAGRANGE, Ga. - A lieutenant from the LaGrange Police Department has been arrested in connection with a case of theft and exploitation involving an elderly victim, announced by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation over the weekend. 

Joshua Clower, 43, faces charges of theft by taking, theft by conversion, and exploitation of an elderly person over the age of 65.

On June 25, the LaGrange Police Department requested the GBI's assistance to investigate allegations that Clower was involved in theft. 

Investigators accuse Lt. Clower of stealing more than $7,000 from an elderly citizen's checking account and using the funds for personal expenses. 

Following his arrest, Clower was booked into the Troup County Jail. 

The GBI asks anyone with information about this case to contact the regional investigative office in Columbus at 706-565-7888. Anonymous tips can be submitted by calling 1-800-597-TIPS (8477), or online at the GBI's website. 

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Birmingham police officer arrested on elderly exploitation charge

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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — The Birmingham Police Department announced Wednesday one of its officers has been arrested on an elderly exploitation charge.

Sgt. Rodarius Mauldin says Officer Gregory Irvin was arrested Wednesday following an investigation with the Department of Human Resources.

Mauldin says Irvin was immediately relieved of his duties as a patrol officer after DHR alerted the department on October 22 of a case filed a few days earlier involving Irvin.

Irvin is charged with financial exploitation of the elderly in the first degree, which means he allegedly took property worth over $2500 from an elderly person. Mauldin says preliminary investigation shows the victim is a related to Irvin.

He is in the Jefferson County Jail on $30,000 bond.

Irvin had been a Birmingham police officer since April 2017. He was assigned to the Patrol Division prior to the criminal and internal investigation.

 

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