[MS] Wondering if William Brown is in a new line of work, or still a cop

...[Petal Police Officer William] Brown worked for Ellisville Police from 2000 to 2004... He also had worked for New Augusta, Laurel and Richton police departments... [Petal Police Chief Lee] Shelbourn acknowledged that Brown is his second cousin... “At one time, he was a personal friend of mine...” [Ellisville Police Chief Bruce] Russell said... William Brown Jr., 34, was arrested on June 25 after an altercation at his estranged wife's home. Brown was charged with two counts of domestic abuse and one count of simple assault... Brown was arrested again by Jones County authorities on Friday on child molestation charges...

PETAL MISSISSIPPI POLICE OFFICER WILLIAM BROWN JR. RESIGNS AFTER CHILD MOLESTATION ARREST, CHARGES
Hattiesburg American
October 3, 2006
[Excerpts] Petal police officer William Brown Jr. resigned Monday evening following his arrest on child molestation charges, Mayor Carl Scott said. Petal’s Board of Aldermen voted unanimously to accept Brown’s resignation... Brown was not a prisoner in the Jones County Jail Monday morning, records show, and Jones County officials did not return phone calls seeking information...

PETAL MISSISSIPPI POLICE OFFICER WILLIAM BROWN JR., NOW CHARGED WITH CHILD MOLESTATION, HAS PRIOR ARRESTS FOR DOMESTIC ABUSE AND ASSAULT'
Hattiesburg American
October 3, 2006
[Excerpts] A Petal police officer who resigned Monday following his arrest on child molestation charges was previously arrested on unrelated charges in Ellisville. Ellisville Police Chief Bruce Russell said William Brown Jr., 34, was arrested on June 25 after an altercation at his estranged wife's home. Brown was charged with two counts of domestic abuse and one count of simple assault... Brown was arrested again by Jones County authorities on Friday on child molestation charges...

PETAL POLICE OFFICER WILLIAM H. BROWN, ARRESTED FOR CHILD MOLESTATION, CHRGED WITH DOMESTIC ABUSE AND ASSAULT OF ESTRANGED WIFE
Hattiesburg American
October 4, 2006
[Excerpts] A police officer who resigned from the Petal Police Department on Monday amid allegations of child molestation had been charged with several crimes stemming from an incident in late June, Ellisville Police Chief Bruce Russell said Tuesday. William H. Brown Jr., 34, was arrested June 27 on two counts of domestic abuse and one count of simple assault for an incident that occurred at his estranged wife’s home on June 25... In that incident, Brown visited the home where he allegedly assaulted one and struggled with two members of his wife’s family. The domestic abuse charges did not pertain to his wife. “It got a little out of hand and the police department got involved, but it wasn’t him kicking the door down and beating his wife,” Russell said. Brown filed counter charges against the others at the home, and all charges have been stayed by Ellisville City Judge David Lyons pending the settlement of the divorce case. Petal Police Chief Lee Shelbourn said he was aware of the domestic situation in Ellisville and had taken what he felt were appropriate disciplinary actions for a case that had not yet reached a conviction. Brown, Shelbourn said, was moved to an investigator position within the department shortly after the charges were filed. While it was neither a promotion nor a demotion, it gave Shelbourn an opportunity to keep a closer eye on the officer. “We put him under more scrutiny until this was resolved,” Shelbourn said. Shelbourn acknowledged that Brown is his second cousin but said the family relationship did not get the officer any preferential treatment. “My daughter works here too, and I would fire her if she messed up and she knows that,” Shelbourn said... Although he had only been with the Petal department since February, Brown has a lengthy career in law enforcement, Russell said. In fact, he worked with Russell in Ellisville from 2000 to 2004. Russell said he believed Brown also had worked for New Augusta, Laurel and Richton police departments. “At one time, he was a personal friend of mine, and you couldn’t ask for a better man to work side-by-side with,” Russell said. “But at the same time, nothing excuses touching a child. I’m not saying he did it or didn’t. That will come out in trial... As police officers and chiefs, you can do a thousand things right, but when an officer does one thing wrong, all those other things are forgotten,” he said. “From changing tires to working on cars to breaking up fights, if one person makes an allegation, it can all end.”
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