Former Chattanooga Police Detective Indicted for Tampering With Evidence

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) – A former Chattanooga Police Detective gets indicted on charges of tampering with evidence and official misconduct.

Special Agents with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation began investigating then Chattanooga police officer Karl William Fields on September 9, 2014.

During the course of the investigation, Special Agents developed information that while Fields was investigating a rape case, he withheld evidence related to that investigation.

Fields’ employment with the Chattanooga Police Department has since been terminated.

The Hamilton County Grand Jury has returned a two-count indictment charging Fields with one count of Tampering with Evidence and one count of Official Misconduct.

The 43-year old turned himself in at the Hamilton County Jail on Friday and was booked.

He was released after posting a $5,000 bond.