Wilson returns confidential material after injunction

BY ALEXANDRIA RANDOLPH

A former police chief of Granite Shoals returned confidential material to the city after city officials filed a temporary injunction against him last week.

J.P. Wilson returned the material on Wednesday, Oct. 26, after the injunction was filed Monday, Oct. 24.

“We did go to court and had the information returned last Wednesday,” said Granite Shoals City Manager Ken Nickel. “There is another trial set for November, but I don't expect that we will need it.”

Nickel said Wilson was in possession of confidential material that never should have been taken after the end of Wilson's employment with the city.
“It's not just police – anyone in the facility is not permitted to take confidential information,” he said.

City officials and Wilson as well as legal representation for both parties went before the Judge Linda Bayless on Tuesday, Oct. 25, where an agreement was reached.

“It was settled before the case went to trial,” Nickel said.  

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