[{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BlogPosting","@id":"https:\/\/www.brodenmickelsen.com\/blog\/former-grapevine-police-officer-is-charged-with-evidence-tampering\/#BlogPosting","mainEntityOfPage":"https:\/\/www.brodenmickelsen.com\/blog\/former-grapevine-police-officer-is-charged-with-evidence-tampering\/","headline":"Former Grapevine Police Officer is Charged With Evidence Tampering","name":"Former Grapevine Police Officer is Charged With Evidence Tampering","description":"The behavior of police officers has come under scrutiny in recent months in Missouri, New York and Baltimore. While Texas has not seen high profile cases like these places, there is no shortage of scandals involving police in the Lone Star State. Recently, the Star-Telegram reported on how a former Grapevine police officer who admitted...","datePublished":"2015-05-05","dateModified":"2025-01-07","author":{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.brodenmickelsen.com\/blog\/author\/kissprblog\/#Person","name":"Broden & Mickelsen, LLP","url":"https:\/\/www.brodenmickelsen.com\/blog\/author\/kissprblog\/","identifier":11,"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/bd70e3cfe21ebfb97a169f95da73c8b9fdb6accce8b9ecb2173146feb882a8ea?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/bd70e3cfe21ebfb97a169f95da73c8b9fdb6accce8b9ecb2173146feb882a8ea?s=96&d=mm&r=g","height":96,"width":96}},"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Broden, Mickelsen LLP","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/www.brodenmickelsen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Broden-and-Mickelsen-Logo.png","url":"https:\/\/www.brodenmickelsen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Broden-and-Mickelsen-Logo.png","width":378,"height":77}},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/www.brodenmickelsen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/lawyer-team-about-us.jpg","url":"https:\/\/www.brodenmickelsen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/lawyer-team-about-us.jpg","width":806,"height":668},"url":"https:\/\/www.brodenmickelsen.com\/blog\/former-grapevine-police-officer-is-charged-with-evidence-tampering\/","about":["News"],"wordCount":449,"keywords":["police","smart phones","texas"],"articleBody":"The behavior of police officers has come under scrutiny in recent months in Missouri, New York and Baltimore.While Texas has not seen high profile cases like these places, there is no shortage of scandals involving police in the Lone Star State. Recently, the Star-Telegram reported on how a former Grapevine police officer who admitted to taking and ingesting K-9 training narcotics, has been indicted on a tampering with physical evidence charge.The Star-Telegram reported on how 49-year-old Danny Macchio, \u200bwas charged with tampering with physical evidence and abuse of official capacity as well as misuse of government property.\u200bA grand \u200bjury in Tarrant County \u200b indicted the officer on the first charge, which is a third-degree felony.The news report stated the senior officer who had been with the department for 17 years,\u200b reported to Fort Worth police on Oct. 7 last year that his patrol car had been burglarized at his home in Fort Worth. He said that training narcotics and a personal firearm that were in the vehicle were missing.The report said the officer later confessed to taking the narcotics himself and ingesting some of them, police said. Macchio also surrendered the missing case of narcotics and his firearm that he reported stolen.\u200bMacchio had taken part in many K-9\/drug competitions. He was placed on administrative leave from Grapevine PD in October, but he resigned at a later date.\u200bMacchio posted $1,500 bail in December after his arrest in Weatherford.In the past a number of Dallas police officers have been indicted by grand juries. Last year the Dallas Morning News reported how a Dallas County grand jury voted to indict Cardan Spencer, a former Dallas police officer, in connection with an on-duty shooting.Spencer was indicted after shooting Bobby Bennett, a mentally ill man, outside his mother\u2019s home. Bennett was wielding a knife. He had originally been charged with aggravated assault on a public servant until a neighbor\u2019s surveillance video showed Bennett \u201cstanding still with his arms \u2014 and the knife \u2014 at his side,\u201d the Dallas Morning News reported.The grand jury vote came shortly after a grand jury\u2019s vote to indict former Senior Cpl. Amy Wilburn over the shooting of an unarmed carjacking suspect.The Dallas Police Department is said to be testing field-testing body cameras. This has become a key issue after the fatal shooting of Freddie Gray that sparked riots in Baltimore. Six officers were suspended and later charged over the death.Police officers can\u2019t always be trusted to be truthful and honest. If you have been charged with a crime you should hire an experienced criminal defense attorney to expose flaws in the case that has been brought against you."},{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Blog","item":"https:\/\/www.brodenmickelsen.com\/blog\/#breadcrumbitem"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Former Grapevine Police Officer is Charged With Evidence Tampering","item":"https:\/\/www.brodenmickelsen.com\/blog\/former-grapevine-police-officer-is-charged-with-evidence-tampering\/#breadcrumbitem"}]}]