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Article: DUI charge refiled after investigations: Case had been dismissed under odd circumstances
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- Charleston Daily Mail
- Article date:
- January 30, 2003
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DAILY MAIL STAFF
Less than a week after it was dismissed under odd circumstances,
Charleston police refiled a drunken driving charge against the
brother of one of the Kanawha County sheriff's top aides.
The dropped DUI charge against Frederick A. Rhodes, 41, of Yawkey
sparked investigations in the Charleston Police Department and the
Kanawha County Sheriff's Department. The charge was reinstated
Tuesday.
Prosecutor Mike Clifford's interest in the case when it was
dropped last Thursday raised questions about whether Shirley
Cottrill, Rhodes' sister and the sheriff's human resources director,
used her relationship with Clifford, Tucker and their employees to
help her brother get out of legal ...