>> THE AMA ARE VERY MURDER INVESTIGATION. THE NEWS 4 JAX I TEAM HAS UNCOVERED THE
FORMER POLICE OFFICER CHARGED
IN THE SHOOTING.
GREGORY MCMICHAEL WORKED FOR
YEARS IN THE GLENN COUNTY
DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S OFFICE
WITHOUT MAINTAINING PROPER
CERTIFICATION TO BE A LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICER, WHAT’S
MORE THE I TEAM HAS ALSO FOUND
OUT THAT HIS BOSS D A
JACKIE BRUNSWICK IN BRIGHTON
JACKIE JOHNSON
IN BRUNSWICK.
>>TOM WILLS: WAS INFORMED OF
THIS AND ASKED STATE
AUTHORITIES TO OVERLOOK WHAT
SHE CALLED A QUOTE
EMBARRASSING MISTAKE. >>MARY BAER: I TEAM INVESTIGATOR KELLY WILEY AND
NEWS 4 JAX REPORTER JENESE
HARRIS ARE COVERING NEW ANGLES
OF ARBERY INVESTIGATION WILL
BEGIN THE CALI WITH WHAT SHE’S
LEARNED ABOUT GREGORY MCMICHAEL
AND THAT’S NOT ALL KELLY.
>> YEAH AT 5 O’CLOCK I TOLD YOU THAT THE ATTORNEY GENERAL WAS NOW TRYING TO OPEN A D O J
INVESTIGATION IN GBI
INVESTIGATION INTO
PROSECUTORIAL MISCONDUCT ON THE
PART OF THE BRUNSWICK DISTRICT
ATTORNEY IN ANOTHER DISTRICT
ATTORNEY INVOLVED IN THIS CASE
NOW THE BIG DIG INTO THE
PERSONAL FOR PERSONNEL,
FOLLOWED GREGORY MCMICHAEL WHO
WORK HERE AT THE PRESENT
DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S OFFICE AND
FOUND THAT DA JACKIE JOHNSON
INTERVENE ON HIS BEHALF BEFORE
WHEN HE WAS WHEN HE WAS HAVING
SERIOUS ISSUES WITH HIS
TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION.
ONE OF THE MEN CHARGED WITH FELONY MURDER IN THE DEADLY SHOOTING OF ARBERY CAPTURED ON
CELL PHONE VIDEO IS A RETIRED
CHIEF INVESTIGATOR AT THE
BRUNSWICK DISTRICT
ATTORNEY’S OFFICE.
>> THE FORMER LAW ENFORCEMENT
OFFICER RETIRED FROM THE OFFICE
IN 2019
PERSONNEL FILES OBTAINED BY THE
NEWS FOR JAX I TEAM TODAY SHOW
IN 2014. CHIEF INVESTIGATOR
GREG MCMICHAEL AND HIS BOSS DA
JACKIE JOHNSON LEARNED HE WAS NOT PROPERLY CERTIFIED TO BE A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER AFTER
FEELING TO MAINTAIN ANNUAL
TRAINING HOURS WITH GEORGIA
POST THAT’S THE AGENCY THAT
CERTIFIES ALL LAW ENFORCEMENT
OFFICERS IN THE STATE
SPECIFICALLY MCMICHAEL LECH
FIREARMS QUALIFICATION AND USE
OF DEADLY FORCE COURSE IS THE
MEMO INSIDE HIS FILE SHOWING
MICHAEL SAID HE KNEW HE A BIT
BEHIND
IN HOURS. BUT RECENTLY
DISCOVERED THAT HE HAD NOT HAD
A REST POWERS
SINCE JANUARY
2006 IN THE 2014 LETTER ABOUT
THE SITUATION IT INVESTIGATOR
TOLD DA JACKIE JOHNSON QUOTE IN
3 OF THE YEAR’S LISTED
GREAT FAIL TO QUALIFY OR HAVE
THE USE OF FORCE TRAINING AND
THAT BECAUSE HE HAD NOT HAD A
REST POWER SINCE
2006 LIABILITY OF IMPROPER
ACTIONS BY GREG, WITH ALL
ON HIM. THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S
OFFICE AND YOU PERSONALLY
REFERRING TO DA
JACKIE JOHNSON MCMICHAEL TOLD
INVESTIGATORS THE LAPSE IN
TRAINING WAS DUE TO HEART
ATTACKS HIS WIFE’S CANCER IN A
SUBSEQUENT BANKRUPTCY OVER
MEDICAL BILLS. MICHAEL WAS
ULTIMATELY GRANTED A WAIVER
FROM GEORGIA POST AFTER JACKIE
JOHNSON, PERSONALLY ADDRESSED
THE COUNCIL ON HIS BEHALF AFTER
POST RATED THE WAIVER JOHNSON
WROTE THE DIRECTOR SAYING THE
SITUATION IT’S BEEN A GREAT
EMBARRASSMENT TO ME AND
INVESTIGATOR MCMICHAEL IT HAD
NEGATIVELY IMPACTED HER OFFICE
PERSONNEL FILE SHOW THAT
ULTIMATELY IN 2018 HE HAD
ANOTHER ISSUE WITH THIS
TRAINING HOURS POST ISSUED BIG
MICHAEL AN EMERGENCY SUSPENSION
THEY PULLED A CERTIFICATION
TOOK HIS BADGE GUN AND POLICE
CAR. HE WAS REASSIGNED TO DESK
DUTY AT THE CAMP THE DA’S
OFFICE. HE WORKED THERE FOR
MONTHS UNTIL HE RETIRED IN
2019.
OUR NEWS 4 JAX I TEAM ALSO LEARNED THAT GEORGIA POST HAS SINCE
OPENED UP AN ONGOING ACTIVE
INVESTIGATION INTO MAKE MICHAEL
AGAIN KEEP IN MIND. HE’S BEEN
RETIRED SINCE 2019 IT WOULD
NOT SAY WHAT THIS INVESTIGATION
IS INTO BUT WE
ARE WORKING.
>> TO LEARN MORE SOMETHING OF
NOTE WE REACHED OUT TO THE
BRUNSWICK DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S
OFFICE TO ASK ABOUT THIS
INFORMATION WE FOUND ABOUT A
CERTIFICATION IN TRAINING IN
THE PERSONNEL FILE WE HAVE YET
TO HEAR BACK BUT ONE OF OUR
SPECIFIC QUESTIONS WAS IF HE
HAD MADE IN THE ARREST DURING
THAT PERIOD OF TIME THAT HE DID
NOT HAVE ARREST POWERS. WE ARE