BUSTED: Police Chief Seized Citizens Guns, Sold Them for ProfitMelissa Melton Lead Hill Police Chief Kenny Barnes was arrested by Arkansas State Police yesterday for allegedly seizing a number of guns from a citizen and then turning around and selling them. The accusations say Barnes went to a citizens home under the guise of an official investigation, although he was actually off duty at the time. Several of the guns seized were later sold to other community members, and Barnes pocketed the cash for those transactions. The Boone County Sheriffs Office has charged Barnes with abuse of public trust, abuse of office, felony theft of property, and release or disclosure to unauthorized person. His bond is set at $75,000. A similar story came out of Carter County, Missouri in 2009, when then-Sheriff Tommy Adams seized firearms from a residence after responding to a call and gaining consent to search. He and his former deputy Steffanie Marie Kearbey allegedly kept the guns at Kearbeys home, and Kearbey was later caught selling one to a Missouri Highway Patrol informant. Adams plead guilty to four of the five counts in April 2012 including two counts of possession of a stolen firearm, sale of a stolen firearm and being a drug user in possession of firearms, and Kearby pled similarly. Adams and Kearbey were sentenced to 120 and 60 months in prison respectively. Melissa Melton is a writer, researcher, and analyst for The Daily Sheeple, where this first appeared,and a co-creator of Truthstream Media. Wake the flock up! 