HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WHNT) — A bond hearing on Tuesday revealed that a Huntsville police officer entered a home and held two people at gunpoint early on Thanksgiving Day.
Huntsville police officer Brandon O’Field, 41, was arrested and charged with two counts of first-degree kidnapping and first-degree burglary on Nov. 27. A spokesperson for HPD said he was placed on leave from the department following the incident, pending investigation.
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In an Aniah’s Law hearing on Tuesday, O’Field was denied bond. News 19 was the only local TV station in the courtroom on Tuesday.
Investigators testified that O’Field forced his way into a home on Keva Street in Meridianville early Thanksgiving morning, using what they believe was a police-issued breaching tool to defeat the locks…