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You are here: Home / FEATURED POSTS / UPDATED: Hammond Releases Statement on Indictment of Deputy Daniel Wilkey

UPDATED: Hammond Releases Statement on Indictment of Deputy Daniel Wilkey

December 27, 2019 By Dick Cook and Contributed Article 0 Comments

UPDATE: In a letter to Hamilton County Sheriff Jim Hammond, Daniel Wilkey resigned from the department on Friday.

In a hand delivered letter date Dec. 27, Wilkey said, “It has been my privilege and honor to serve Hamilton County.”

Hamilton County Sheriff Jim Hammond released the following statement regarding the indictment of Deputy Daniel Wilkey.

“Earlier (Tuesday) afternoon, I was notified the Hamilton County Grand Jury handed down indictments against Patrol Deputy Daniel Wilkey pertaining to incidents he was involved in while on duty in an official capacity.

As an employee of the HCSO, Deputy Wilkey is covered under Civil Service which requires this agency to follow a specific process as to how his employment status is addressed during the investigative phase and once formal charges have been issued. In accordance with Civil Service guidelines, a Pre-Determination Hearing will be scheduled to address Deputy Wilkey’s employment status.  

Throughout this process, my staff and I will continue to cooperate with the District Attorney’s Office and provide any evidence or records necessary to aid in their investigation.

In the days that follow, I want to reassure our community, each and every day the men and women of the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office are to perform their duties in a deliberate, honorable, and professional manner. We are charged to protect this community and its citizens and this is a responsibility I take very seriously.

My staff and I will continue to follow the steps laid out by Civil Service and cooperate with the District Attorney’s Office throughout the course of this investigation.”

Deputy Wilkey is currently at the Hamilton County Jail. According to a booking report, Wilkey is facing multiple charges including False Imprisonment, Rape, Extortion, Official Oppression, Assault, Stalking, and Sexual Battery.

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About Dick Cook

Dick Cook has lived in East Ridge since the Kennedy Administration when his parents bought a house on Marietta Street. Dick graduated from ERHS in 1976 before going on to the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga where he studied Political Science. Dick worked for the Chattanooga Free-Press and the Chattanooga Times Free Press for 22 years. Free-Press Sports Editor Roy Exum plucked him out of production in 1989 and gave him a job as a sports reporter. Dick covered everything from prep sports to the whitewater events on the Ocoee River for the 1996 Olympics. When Chattanooga's two paper's merged, he became the Crime Reporter covering both the Chattanooga Police and Fire Departments. He was among reporters who were honored by the Associated Press for the TFP's coverage of the 2002 fog-shrouded crash on I-75 in Catoosa County, Dick and his wife, Cathy, live on Marlboro Avenue where they are seen frequently chasing around their three grandsons.

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