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Trooper Placed on Leave Pending Investigation

   Written by on June 30, 2016 at 3:55 pm

DRAKES BRANCH – Virginia State Trooper Derrick A. Thompson of Drakes Branch has been charged with public intoxication by the Lynchburg Police Department. According to the Lynchburg Police Department, the incident took place at a restaurant in the 3800 block of Ward Road in the City of Lynchburg on June 16, 2016. No other information was released regarding the circumstances that led to the charge.

Corinne Geller, Public Relations Director for the Virginia State Police, said in a release, “Trooper Thompson has been placed on leave without pay pending the outcome of the Lynchburg Police Department’s investigation and the administrative investigation to be conducted by the Virginia State Police.”

Thompson is scheduled to appear in Lynchburg General District Court on July 14.

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