Posted June 7, 2017 2:24 pm by Comments

By Andrew Shepperson

Alabama state and federal law enforcement agencies are working together on an investigation into current and former Selma Police Department employees for allegedly stealing hundreds of guns from the department’s evidence vault.
According to an announcement from Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall, the attorney general’s office is working in tandem with the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms on the investigation.
“The joint investigation will include an audit of the police department’s evidence room in the wake of recent reports of missing items from the department’s vault,” Marshall said. “I appreciate the assistance of Chief Collier who has provided complete access to department’s records as we conduct our joint investigation into possible corruption and missing evidence.”
Selma Police Chief Spencer Collier told The Selma Times-Journal that a former evidence technician, 34-year-old Adrianne Michelle Canterbury, allegedly stole more than 200 guns from the evidence vault at the department between the time she was hired in November 2016 until February 2017.
Canterbury’s husband, 43-year-old Richard Canterbury, allegedly acted as an armorer in the criminal operation, repairing the stolen guns so that they could be sold.
The operation was discovered after the police department received tips that led them to surveil Richard Canterbury, who was

Source: Guns.com

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