A federal grand jury indicted a former southeast Georgia sheriff’s sergeant Thursday on civil rights charges, accusing him of using excessive force multiple times and writing misleading reports to justify his behavior.
The 13-count indictment charges former Camden County Sheriff’s Office Staff Sgt. Buck William Aldridge, 42, with falsifying records and violating the rights of four people he arrested with excessive force.
Aldridge resigned Thursday after the Camden County Sheriff’s Office asked him to step down, sheriff’s spokesman Dalton Vurnakes said.
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