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A lieutenant with the LaGrange Police Department has been arrested and charged as part of an ongoing GBI investigation.

LaGrange Police Department Lt. Joshua Clower, 43, has been charged with with theft by taking, theft by conversion and exploitation of an elderly person over the age 65. 

Lt. Clower was placed on paid administrative leave on Friday, according to LaGrange Police Chief Garrett Fiveash.

According to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, an investigation requested by LPD indicated that Lt. Clower stole more than $7,000 from an elderly man’s checking account, which he allegedly used the for his own personal use. 

LPD requested the GBI to investigate an allegation that  Clower had committed a theft. 

Clower’s wife, Brandy Clower, was arrested in June accused of taking $500,000 from the realtor business where she was employed, leading to suspicions that the lieutenant may have been aware of the theft.

At the time, police found no evidence indicating that Clower had been involved with his wife’s alleged theft.

Clower was booked into the Troup County Jail after turning himself in on Saturday.

This incident is still under investigation by the GBI.