SHOREWOOD, WI (WSAU) Charges were filed against former Shorewood Police Sergeant for the death of an inmate who was in custody for domestic violence in August. An autopsy showed the 39-year-old man hung himself. He’d been brought to the jail just two hours earlier.
WTMJ-TV reports Cody Smith is accused of falsifying his report about what happened, and admitted to Milwaukee County investigators that he falsely documented an additional visit to the jail cell that never happened.
He resigned from the Shorewood Police Department in August and has already served a day in jail after pleading guilty to an earlier charge of obstructing an officer. Smith worked with the police department for since 2012.
The MetroSource news wire contributed to this report.
