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Suspect Indicted In Danville Police Officer's Slaying

WCBE 90.5FM | By Jim Letizia
Published February 2, 2016 at 6:15 AM EST
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A Knox County grand jury has indicted the man accused of shooting and killing Danville police officer Thomas Cottrell last month. Cottrell was killed hours after the former girlfriend of 32-year-old Herschel Jones III called 911 to say he was armed and looking to kill a police officer.

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Jim Letizia
Jim has been with WCBE since 1996. Before that he worked as a reporter at another Columbus radio station, and for three newspapers in Southwest Florida.
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