Story Created:
Jan 25, 2009 at 5:40 PM EST
Story Updated:
Jan 25, 2009 at 6:56 PM EST
WINK NEWS - A bad weekend for the image of law enforcement in Southwest Florida. Three people entrusted to enforce the law have been arrested, it all happened within 35 hours. Two corrections officers and a police officer were arrested.
The first was Friday afternoon, when a Hendry County Corrections Officer was arrested on ten counts of possession of child pornography. Forty-Nine year-old George Easterly's bond has been set at 100-thousand dollars.
The second arrest was early Saturday morning when when Fort Myers Police Officer Leon Young was arrested for driving under the influence at a Sheriff's Office Check Point near the intersection of College Parkway and U.S. 41. The arrest report show Young accused the arresting deputy and the deputy's father of both being members of the Ku Klux Klan. Deputies also suspected Young had marijuana on him, but they did not find any when searching Young's car.
The last arrest was early Sunday morning at the O'Brien Auto Park in Fort Myers. Lee County Sheriff's Office Corrections Officer William Edwards was arrested and accused of breaking into the dealership.
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