A former Las Vegas police officer who pleaded guilty to misconduct of a public officer for attempting to commit insurance fraud using department resources has been given probation.

A Henderson resident, Christopher Michael Mitchell also was ordered last month to complete a specialty court program for veterans and a 12-week anger management course. He will also have to pay $1,000 in investigative costs to the attorney general’s office, according to a news release from the office.

In May 2024, Mitchell, 38, asked fellow Metropolitan Police Department officer Hunter Beal to create and file a false stolen vehicle report so that “he could pursue an illegitimate insurance claim,” the news release said.

Police said that Mitchell filed a fraudulent claim with GEICO insurance after his wife cras

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