CCPD officer indicted on federal bribery charges, resigns from department

ATLANTA — A former Clayton County Police Department officer faces federal charges for allegedly soliciting a bribe last summer in exchange for dismissing pending criminal charges against two Clayton County defendants.

Officer Grant Kidd Jr., 52, of Hampton was indicted May 11 by a federal grand. He was arraigned before U.S. Magistrate Judge Russell G. Vineyard.

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