Police chief appears in court after being indicted for destroying evidence

Police chief appears in court after being indicted for destroying evidence

A police chief in Catawba County faced a judge Thursday morning after being indicted by the Grand Jury.

Small-town Catawba County police chief indicted for tampering in cold case evidence

CATAWBA COUNTY, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) -- Police Chief Willie Armstrong has been indicted by a grand jury on charges of destroying or changing an audio recording from an investigation into a decades-old cold case in the small Catawba County town of Brookford. On Thursday, the chief made a court appearance, waiving his right to a court-appointed attorney because he has already hired a lawyer. Armstrong walked away from Queen City News on Thursday…