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Lieutenant indicted for bad checks, obtaining money by false pretenses

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    Chesapeake, VA (WTKR) — Lieutenant Joshua Sawyer, Sr. of the Chesapeake Sheriff’s Office was indicted on 23 counts of bad checks and obtaining money by false pretenses, according to a release by the City of Chesapeake.

The case will be handled by the Southampton County Commonwealth Attorney’s Office.

Sawyer was in court Wednesday and appeared before a grand jury. Wednesday was also when he was indicted.

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