Thursday, March 15, 2012

Senior Vienna police official acquitted of charges he alerted brothel to impending raid

A former high-ranking Vienna police official has been cleared of criminal charges that he tipped off a brothel to an impending undercover police raid.

A Vienna court acquitted Ernst Geiger late Thursday night after a monthslong retrial. Geiger had been charged with betrayal of official secrets, an offense that carries a maximum penalty of five years' imprisonment.

The state attorney's office said Friday it …

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