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Kings County - Seattle, WA - Prosecutors charged a veteran King County sheriff’s deputy Thursday with helping his estranged wife work as a prostitute, stealing department ammunition and illegally delivering testosterone in a case that could implicate other deputies and commanders in the department.
Sheriff John Urquhart announced the arrest of the deputy, Darrion Keith Holiwell, at an afternoon news conference where he laid out the details of the investigation.
Urquhart said his office was looking into whether a small number of other deputies or commanders knew of the illegal or improper activities alleged in the charges against Holiwell — or should have been aware of them.
“This is a form of police corruption, I believe,” said Urquhart, who explained he consulted federal authorities about the case, but decided to keep the investigation in-house to “clean up our own mess.”
Holiwell, 49, was charged by the King County Prosecutor’s Office with one count of second-degree promoting prostitution; one count of first-degree theft and one count of violating a drug law. Holiwell is believed to have used and sold steroids, Urquhart said, citing his concerns about possible steroid abuse by other deputies.
The theft charge stems from Holiwell’s alleged trading of 67 cases of ammunition worth more than $15,000 to two gun shops since 2007 in exchange for credit to obtain tactical gear and firearms parts.
