The criminal case against Bethlehem Police Department dispatcher Eric Kerr was dismissed earlier this week.
Efforts were made to pursue an evidence-based prosecution, but we were unable to satisfy the burden of proof without the testimony of witnesses in the case, said a spokesperson for the Albany County District Attorney’s office, who also declined to make further comments on the case.
Kerr was arrested in April on charges he pointed a handgun at his ex-girlfriend during a domestic dispute. Bethlehem police charged him with three misdemeanors and he was suspended from duty with pay. The case was dismissed after a motion was made by Stephen Coffey, Kerr’s attorney, in court on Monday, Nov. 8.
`We’re happy that it was dismissed and that he’s able to move on with his life,` Coffey later said.
Coffey said to the best of his knowledge, Kerr is back at work at the police department. A department representative could not immediately be reached.
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