A former Clinton police officer has pleaded guilty to taking two pistols and a shotgun from the police evidence room and selling them to a pawnbroker.
The former officer, 56-year-old Jerry Bristow, remains free on bond until a pre-sentence hearing on Sept. 11.
Bristow, who supervised the evidence room, left the force Jan. 1.
On Monday, Assistant DeWitt County State's Attorney Darrell Price said Clinton Police Chief Mike Reidy called for an investigation in January after he was told guns were missing from the evidence room.
Price told Circuit Court Judge Garry Bryan that the DeWitt County Sheriff's Department discovered that Bristow had taken the guns and sold them for his own profit at a Bloomington pawn shop.
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Information from: The Pantagraph, http://www.pantagraph.com
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