Scott Gardner, 48, the former police chief for East Cleveland that was indicted last year for alleged financial crimes, is facing nearly a dozen new charges.
The new indictment was filed late this afternoon. It adds 11 charges on top of the charges the former chief was hit with last August.
Garner is now also accused of money laundering and additional counts of grand theft, theft in office, passing bad checks, and filing false tax returns. In those cases, he agreed to pay restitution and serve probation. Prosecutors now say they plan to use those cases to show these latest cases weren't a mistake. They believe the former chief knew what he was doing and acted intentionally.A date for arraignment on these new charges has not been set.Watch more about Gardner's case in the player below:
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