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Indicted Dayton officer remains free without bond
DAYTON — Dayton Police Officer Phillip Brooks Sr., accused of illegally selling three impounded cars, remained free on his own recognizance after an arraignment Thursday morning, June 4.
Brooks and his attorney Daniel O’Brien stood mute during the brief hearing, and Montgomery County Common Pleas Judge Michael L. Tucker entered not guilty pleas into the record.
By allowing Brooks to remain free without posting bond, the judge was following the recommendation of the court’s pre-trial services division, which found that Brooks was not a flight risk, O’Brien said.
Brooks, 43, who was indicted May 21 on 22 counts, has been suspended indefinitely without pay since April 13, according to Dayton Police Chief Richard Biehl.
Brooks was indicted on: seven counts of forgery, eight counts of tampering with records, three counts of unauthorized use of the database, two counts of grand theft, one count of attempted grand theft and one count of theft in office.
Brooks allegedly used a confidential police database to determine the owner of vehicles that had been towed or impounded, according to the county prosecutor’s office. Brooks then used that information to forge a fake bill of sale and had a new title issued in his name. He would then sell the vehicles.
During a May 22 press conference, O’Brien said the witnesses against Brooks were “known crackheads” and “admitted serial liars.” He also said that his handwriting experts would show that Brooks did not sign the documents.
The 22-count indictment involves three cars: a 1994 Nissan Brooks allegedly sold in November 2004, a 1997 Pontiac he allegedly sold in August 2007, and an unidentified vehicle he allegedly tried to sell in December 2008.
Brooks faces up to 59 years in prison if convicted.
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