A northeast Louisiana assistant police chief finds himself on the other side of the law. State Police arrested Rayville Assistant Police Chief Czyz Williams for theft and malfeasance in office. Trooper Ryan Davis says Williams was selling department property and pocketing the money.
“Mr. Williams was accused of taking police department firearms, and then selling them for personal gain,” Davis said.
Davis says all those police department firearms Williams had sold have since been recovered. And Davis says that’s not all Williams allegedly did.
“They also discovered that he was fraudulently soliciting monetary donations from some of the community members, mainly businesses, in the ruse of fictitious crime prevention programs,” Davis said.
Davis says none of the money that Williams collected for these nonexistent crime prevention programs went to the Rayville Police Department – he kept the money himself. He says it’s unclear whether any of that money has been recovered and returned to the donors. Davis says having a member of the law enforcement community do these things erodes trust.
“That is unfitting for an officer, by the standard that we’re held to,” Davis said.
According to the Rayville Police Department’s website, Williams is still employed by the department.
