Former Denham Springs Officer Pleads Guilty To Inappropriate Relationship

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A former Denham Springs police officer faces suspended sentences after pleading guilty to an inappropriate relationship with a minor.

Joseph Copeland, 30, pleaded guilty Monday to malfeasance in office and carnal knowledge of a juvenile.

After an investigation of Copeland started last year, he resigned from the force and fled to Texas, where he was later arrested.

The court imposed a ten-year suspended sentence for the malfeasance charge and a five-year suspended sentence for the carnal knowledge charge.

Each conviction also involves three years of probation.

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