Ex-Bristol chief facing felonies for allegedly paying himself bogus OT with federal grants
BRISTOL — Michael Lewis, the town’s former police chief, has been indicted for theft, sexual assault and simple assault by a Grafton County grand jury.
Lewis, 38, resigned last October after having been placed on administrative leave. He’s now facing three felony counts of theft by deception as well as a misdemeanor for either sexual assault or simple assault.
The sexual assault charge alleges that on Aug. 31 2017, Chief Lewis came up behind a woman and placed his hands on her buttocks. The simple assault charge is an alternative interpretation of the same incident, instead characterizing it as unprivileged physical contact.
The June 15 indictments allege Lewis exercised unauthorized control over town funds by knowingly claiming he worked overtime details that he had not.
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