Sarah C. Johnson

The town of Brookford police chief was reinstated after being indicted on felony and misdemeanor charges.

About a dozen people came to a Brookford Town Council meeting on May 19 to support Chief Willie Armstrong as the council met behind closed doors to decide on his employment as the chief of police.

Armstrong, 26, of Hickory, is charged with felony altering, destroying or stealing criminal evidence and misdemeanor willfully failing to discharge duties. A Catawba County grand jury returned the indictments on May 5, according to court documents. Armstrong was immediately placed on administrative leave per town policy.

The charges are linked to an interview Armstrong conducted while investigating the 1992 rape and death of 13-year-old Isis Denise “Dee Dee” Dawkins. Dee

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