US EditionFormer Georgia deputy indicted on charges he used excessive force and covered it up in reports
CAMDEN COUNTY, GEORGIA, AUG 7 – Sergeant Buck Aldridge faces 13 federal counts for excessive force and falsifying reports across four arrests, with up to 10 years for each civil rights violation, prosecutors say.
- Sergeant Buck William Aldridge, 42, was indicted on federal civil rights violations for using excessive force on arrestees on four separate occasions.
- Aldridge allegedly prepared multiple misleading reports to justify his use of force, including fatally shooting Leonard Allen Cure during a 2023 traffic stop.
- Aldridge faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison for each federal civil rights violation, and 20 years for each false report.
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Georgia Deputy Who Killed Leonard Cure Faces Civil Rights Charges
Source: WISH-TV / WISH-TV The Georgia sheriff’s deputy who shot and killed Leonard Cure during a traffic stop has been indicted on several civil rights charges in an unrelated case. According to NBC News, a grand jury indicted Camden County Deputy Buck Aldridge on 13 counts. Aldridge faces five counts of deprivation of rights under color of law and eight counts of falsification of records stemming from incidents in 2021 and 2022. The Camden Cou…
Lock Him Up: Ex Georgia Cop Who Killed Leonard Cure Indicted By Federal Grand Jury For Excessive Force
Source: Bet_Noire / Getty Leonard Cure was 53-years-old when he was gunned down by 43-year-old Camden County Sheriff’s Office Staff Sgt. Buck William Aldridge in southeast Georgia. Three years prior to his death, Cure was exonerated after serving 16 years for a crime that he didn’t commit. Aldridge was never criminally charged and District Attorney Keith Higgins publicly stated that he believed the shooting to be completely justified. Aldridge …
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Former Georgia deputy indicted on charges he used excessive force and covered it up in reports
A federal grand jury has indicted a former Georgia sheriff's sergeant on civil rights charges. The indictment accuses former Staff Sgt.
Georgia deputy who killed exonerated Broward man indicted on unrelated civil rights charges
The Georgia deputy who shot and killed Leonard Cure, a Broward County man who was exonerated only a few years earlier after spending 16 years in prison, has been indicted on federal civil rights charges, federal prosecutors announced Thursday.
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