The former Rockdale County Sheriff’s Office sergeant accused of falsifying records in a jail inmate’s death is the same officer under investigation for accusations he took guns from the agency’s evidence unit to sell for cash, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has learned.
Sgt. Dan Lang, 37, was an evidence unit supervisor during an internal audit that found staff failed to record that they destroyed firearms as required, according to a report marked “confidential” that the AJC obtained. Lang, who could not be reached for comment, is accused of peddling the weapons to pawn shops instead of destroying them.
Through a spokeswoman, Sheriff Eric Levett said “he remains diligent since his first day in office” and “plans to continue his initiatives as they relate to…
