LANSING, MI - A former Southwest Michigan police officer is facing multiple felony charges for allegedly falsifying salvage vehicle inspections.

Former Lincoln Township Police Department Detective Lieutenant Johnathan Chase, 54, of Stevensville, was arraigned on Oct. 22 by Judge Charles LaSata of the Fifth District Court in St. Joseph, according to a press release from Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel.

Chase has been charged with:

Eight counts of false certification, each a one to five-year felony

Two counts of using a computer to commit a crime, a seven-year felony

One count of misconduct in office, a five-year felony

Salvage vehicle inspections are conducted to ensure that vehicles extensively damaged or reconstructed with parts from other sources are safe and that their com

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