A Fayetteville police officer has been arrested on charges of fraud.
Fayetteville Police Department announced the arrest at 11:30 a.m. At 1 p.m., Chief Kemberle Braden held a news conference where he identified the officer and explained the charges.
Braden said the officer was charged and arrested on 12 felony counts of fraud.
Police Chief Kemberle Braden talked about the arrest of Sgt. Brian Gerber on fraud charges.
Court documents accuse Sgt. Brian Gerber of lying about showing up to work at another company as a security guard. Investigators said these efforts fraudulently racked up about $20,000 for Gerber.
In one instance, Gerber reportedly showed up for about 6 minutes of work and got paid for more than 20 hours.
“The Fayetteville Police Department is willing and able to hold itself accountable when it’s necessary,” Braden said.
The documents said Gerber was working as a security officer for the AMC theater at the Market Fair Mall on Skibo Road.
Fayetteville Police Department caught onto what was going on when an audit found inconsistencies in Gerber’s GPS data.