Ernest Ferguson, the previous Savannah Police officer who shot and killed Saudi Arai Lee final June in the Carver Village neighborhood, was arrested Jan. 1 by the Clay County (Fla.) Sheriff’s Office for shoplifting watched from a mall jewellery retailer.
According to the incident report, a Clay County Sheriff’s deputy responded round midday to Watches Plus in the Orange Park Mall, simply west of Jacksonville. The deputy made contact with Ferguson outdoors of the close by Kyodai Sushi Rock Restaurant. The Watches Plus proprietor recognized Ferguson and an eyewitness claimed “three stolen watches were recovered in various locations throughout the parking lot and returned to the owner.”
Ferguson was transported to Orange Park Medical Center to acquire medical clearance as a consequence of pre-existing accidents to each of his palms, based on the report. Then, he was transported to the Clay County Jail, the place he stays on $25,000 bond.
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In late October 2022, Ferguson was fired by Savannah Police after he was arrested for ingesting and driving. A subsequent inside affairs investigation discovered him to even have been rushing and mendacity about his alcohol consumption to a Liberty County Sheriff’s Office deputy and Georgia State Patrol trooper.
Ferguson, as soon as a Northwest Precinct patrol officer, was on paid administrative go away from the division on the time of his termination. He was positioned on go away whereas the division performed its investigation into the deadly taking pictures of Lee, 31, close to the intersection of West Gwinnett and Magazine streets on Savannah’s west aspect. That investigation stays ongoing.
Drew Favakeh is the general public security reporter for Savannah Morning News. You can attain him at [email protected].
