DYER COUNTY – A joint investigation by special agents with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation and agents with the FBI has resulted in the indictment of a Dyer County Deputy. In October, at the request of 29th Judicial District Attorney General Danny Goodman, TBI agents began investigating allegations of excessive force during an arrest that occurred on October 19, following a pursuit that ended with the suspect crashing in Dyer County.
During the investigation, agents learned that Larry “Lynn” Waller, who was a supervisor that took incident command of the scene, witnessed officers using excessive force during the arrest of Jackson Hopper, the suspected murderer of a woman in Memphis, and failed to perform his statutory duty to intervene.
Monday, the Dyer County Grand Jury returned an indictment charging 60 year old Larry “Lynn” Waller with Official Misconduct.
Waller turned himself in and was booked into the Dyer County Jail. He has been released on a $25,000 bond.
In a social media post, Sheriff Jeff Box stated Waller has been assigned to administrative duties pending the outcome of the investigation and the department will fully cooperate with investigative agencies.