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Almost 60 cases dismissed due to corruption in a northern Alabama police department, grand jury finds

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A grand jury found that 58 felony criminal cases had been tainted by corruption in the Hanceville Police Department .

Four officers and the police chief were indicted on a variety of charges related to mishandling or removing evidence from the department's evidence room.

The case roiled the town of approximately 3,200 people about 45 miles north of Birmingham .

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