A Plainfield police officer has been charged with official misconduct for trying to get another person to make a false accusation against an officer.
At the request of the Plainfield Police Department, the Indiana State Police opened an investigation into an allegation of official misconduct by a Plainfield police officer. Indiana State Police detectives received information June 24 about the allegations against Officer Valentin Khazin, who was employed by the Plainfield Police Department at the time. On August 30, ISP detectives turned their findings over to the Hendricks County prosecutor who subsequently filed charges of official misconduct, a Level 6 felony, and false informing, a Class A Misdemeanor.
According to investigators, Khazin attempted to coerce a citizen to make false accusations against another police officer.
A summons was requested and granted by the courts for Khazin “due to the safety of the defendant, as the state has not yet reviewed all cases in which the defendant was the arresting officer or participate in and there may still be defendants in the jail on those cases."
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