WV town's police department thrown into chaos by evidence room fiasco, but officials say no one was fired

Officials successful 1 West Virginia municipality are pushing backmost connected claims from its ain constabulary section that each azygous idiosyncratic successful the bureau was fired, saying the full section is present nether an interior reappraisal aft allegations of a break-in successful its grounds room.

In a July 7 Facebook post, the Barrackville Police Department wrote that the full section was fired by metropolis officials.

"Effective immediately, the entire Barrackville Police Department has been relieved of work by the Mayor and City Council," the section wrote. "We are sincerely grateful for the support, trust, and encouragement shown to america by the Barrackville assemblage passim our service. It has been an grant and a privilege to service and support this town."

WEST VIRGINIA TOWN FIRES ENTIRE POLICE FORCE AFTER CHIEF RESIGNS, SERGEANT ALLEGES EVIDENCE ROOM BREAK-IN

Former Barrackville Police Chief Zachary Freeburn. (Barrackville Police Department Facebook)

The announcement came aft then-Barrackville Police Chief Zachary Freeburn resigned "effective immediately."

However, successful a connection to Fox News Digital, Barrackville's wide counsel, John Funkhouser, said the constabulary department's assertion of a wide firing is "entirely inaccurate." He said 2 officers were placed connected impermanent permission pending an interior probe into an alleged break-in astatine the department's grounds room.

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A close-up of the Barrackville Police Department enarthrosis spot worn by officers successful the Marion County, West Virginia, constabulary bureau earlier the section was relieved of work by municipality officials. (Barrackville Police Department Facebook)

Funkhouser said then-Chief Freeburn told assembly subordinate Alex Neville connected July 1 that the department's grounds locker was cleaned retired nether an bid from the Marion County Prosecutor's Office, leaving firearms confiscated years agone on with $30 successful abandoned cash. The pursuing day, Freeburn resigned.

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Officer David Hunt past reached retired to Barrackville Mayor Thomas Straight regarding an "action plan" for the department. Due to an alleged deficiency of "proper records and different documentation," Straight placed Hunt and serviceman Ethan Darden connected impermanent inactive presumption to springiness the town's assembly "time to reappraisal each pertinent accusation regarding the cognition of the Barrackville Police Department."

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A Barrackville Police Department K-9 conveyance is seen successful Barrackville, W.Va. The town's full constabulary section was relieved of work by the politician and municipality council. (Barrackville Police Department Facebook)

Straight raised concerns connected July 6 that unauthorized individuals could remotely entree surveillance cameras astatine the constabulary department, which included those housed successful the grounds room. When respective assembly members entered the grounds room, they recovered "a database of harmless combinations connected a table and utilized 1 to unfastened the safe, which turned up nothing."

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One constabulary cruiser was besides recovered unlocked by the assembly members, on with different 1 that had an "unsecured rifle" inside. The officers were placed connected permission the pursuing day.

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Hunt responded by saying helium was going to analyse the alleged break-in astatine the constabulary section and wanted to assertion "whistleblower" status, inviting the West Virginia State Police to investigate. After municipality officials met with the West Virginia State police, the Barrackville Police Department's clerk resigned.

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An undated photograph shows a Barrackville constabulary serviceman and patrol vehicles on Main Street successful Barrackville, W.Va. (Barrackville Police Department Facebook)

"The assertion that the full constabulary unit has been fired successful wholly inaccurate. The Mayor and Council engaged successful indispensable acts of oversight to guarantee the accountability of the Barrackville Police Department and corroborate that the Department was complying with each rules and regulations nether which the section should person been operating. The Town of Barrackville is committed to transparency, accountability and the information of its residents," Funkhouser said successful a statement.

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Hunt's relationship to WBOY differs from the town's mentation of events, telling the outlet that helium discovered the grounds country had been entered by idiosyncratic other erstwhile helium got to enactment connected July 7.

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After accusing municipality officials of entering the grounds room, helium and different officer, who dwell of the full town's constabulary force, were fired.

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An physics motion extracurricular the Town of Barrackville announces a municipality assembly meeting (Barrackville Police Department Facebook)

In a Facebook post, the Barrackville Town Council announced that the July 7 gathering was canceled owed to "a deficiency of capable accusation regarding items listed nether unfinished business."

In the meantime, Marion County Sheriff Roger Cunningham told WBOY that their bureau volition grip calls wrong Barrackville.

Fox News Digital has reached retired to the Barrackville Police Department for comment.