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Charges for cop suspected of shooting self and filing false report

Rob Beschizza
Oct 28, 2025
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Austin Bradburn, a sheriff’s deputy in Towns County, Georgia, was charged Monday with filing a false report and violating his oath of office. Bradburn claimed that he had been shot, but his injuries were determined to be self-inflicted. A grand jury is also considering an indictment of the Sheriff, Kenneth Henderson, whose belligerent behavior …

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