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Michigan Sheriff’s Deputy Admits to Staging Deer-Auto Accident

A 25-year career abruptly ends when a sheriff's deputy is accused of falsifying records and tampering with evidence.

By Christina Bramlet | Updated on October 14, 2013

A law enforcement career spanning 25 years has come to an abrupt end for a Michigan sheriff’s deputy who admittedly fabricated the details of an auto accident report in order to collect insurance money.

On Friday, Oct. 11, Steven Thomas Keene pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit insurance fraud and an added misdemeanor count of neglect of duty during a hearing before Kalamazoo County Circuit Judge Alexander C. Lipsey. The 48-year-old Cass County, Michigan sheriff’s deputy and resident of Dowagiac was to stand trial next week on felony insurance fraud charges but instead entered a guilty plea in the case.

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