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Cairo deputy returns to force after resigning and suspension
Andrea Macko reports in The Greenville Pioneer Daniel Braden of Cairo is back on the job, working for the Cairo Police Department. When Braden was arrested in June for altering a police report he resigned from the force. He eventually pleaded guilty to a charge of misdemeanor official misconduct by a public servant, and as part of his plea agreement with Greene County District Attorney Joseph Stanzione, Braden agreed to resign as a deputy. At the time Stanzione was quoted, saying Braden, "acknowledged his wrong-doing, entered a plea to a criminal offense, and resigned as a deputy. Justice was served." Stanzione also said that prohibiting Braden from working again as a police officer would "not be enforceable." On December 4, Braden returned to duty at the Cairo Police Department. Cairo Town Supervisor Daniel Benoit told the paper that Braden had "...served a 30-day suspension." Read the full story in the Greenville Pioneer.