The Ketchikan police chief accused of placing a man in a chokehold at a local restaurant while off-duty in September is now on leave as the city conducts an investigation into the incident.
Ketchikan Police Chief Jeffrey Walls is facing criminal charges including felony assault stemming from a September 2022 altercation. at a local restaurant while off-duty in September is now on leave as the city conducts an investigation into the incident.
Walls was indicted by a Ketchikan grand jury last week on four charges of assault and two charges of reckless endangerment. He entered a not guilty plea to all the charges. His attorney at a hearing last week called the indictment “false and defamatory allegations.” The other man involved, described as a 36-year-old Washington state resident, was arrested at the time on misdemeanor charges of fourth-degree assault, second-degree harassment and for being drunk on a licensed premise. Those charges were dismissed in October.The Daily News is not identifying the man involved in the encounter because he is not facing any charges related to the incident.
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