Скачать или смотреть High-ranking Caldwell police officer pleads not guilty on two federal felony counts

Update: Lt. Joseph Hoadley pleaded not guilty on two federal felony counts on Tuesday in the U.S. District Court in Boise. The attorney requested a jury trial, set for June 21.

The government did not ask for Hoadley to be detained before trial. The judge decided on unsupervised release on personal recognizance bond. Hoadley has to surrender his passport and provide a list of guns he owns.

When asked on what grounds he pleaded not guilty on Tuesday, Chuck Peterson, Hoadley's attorney, told KTVB, "because he's not guilty."

Lt. Joseph Hoadley of the Caldwell Police Department was arraigned Tuesday at 1:00 p.m. in the U.S. District Court in Boise after he was charged with two felonies in a new indictment filed April 13.

Hoadley appeared before Chief U.S. Magistrate Judge Raymond Edward Patricco Jr. If convicted, Hoadley could face up to 30 years in prison and over $500,000 in fines.

The high-ranking police officer had already been charged with a misdemeanor for deprivation of rights under color of law, but the April 13 indictment upgrades the charge to the felony version, because it claims Hoadley's actions "resulted in bodily injury." He now also faces a felony charge for destruction, alteration, or falsification of records in a federal investigation.

According to federal court documents, Hoadley reportedly hit a man, referred to only by his initials B.H., on March 30, 2017.

The indictment alleges Hoadley, "without legal justification, used his hand and arm to strike B.H.'s head and neck area" resulting in bodily injury.

Hoadley then wrote a false record of the incident, according to the indictment, saying B.H. had been trying to escape and that any force used was necessary, and omitted any detail of Hoadley striking B.H.

The U.S. Attorney's Office alleged Hoadley willfully deprived the man of the right, "secured and protected by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, to be free from the use of unreasonable force by a law enforcement officer."

Lt. Joey Hoadley is the head of investigations for the Caldwell Police Department. He was placed on paid administrative leave on Jan. 24, 2022.

Three teams fall under the investigation division including Criminal Investigations, School Resource Officers and the Street Crimes Unit.

As previously reported by KTVB and the Idaho Press, this comes as the FBI is investigating the Caldwell Police Department.

Two sources with knowledge of the investigation - a current Caldwell Police officer and a high-ranking law enforcement official - tell KTVB this charge against Lt. Hoadley is related to that FBI investigation.

Six sources say part of the investigation centers around misconduct of current and former officers working for the department's Street Crimes Unit.

According to his bio on the police department's website, Hoadley started with CPD in 2001. He worked as a patrol officer until 2004 when he was assigned to the new Street Crimes Unit as an investigator focusing on gang and street-level drug enforcement. He transferred back to patrol in 2012 and was promoted to Lieutenant in 2016, where currently serves as head of Investigations.