Former Officer Pleads Guilty To Stalking

Last updated on Wednesday, May 8, 2013

(INDIANAPOLIS) - A former Indianapolis police officer pleaded guilty to stalking and invasion of privacy charges Tuesday.

Craig Ratcliff, 55, was arrested in July on 30 total charges, including three counts of stalking and 27 counts of battery and invasion of privacy.

Twenty-eight of the charges were eventually dismissed, but Ratcliff pleaded guilty to the remaining two counts.

Ratcliff received a six-year suspended sentence plus eight years of probation, including two years of GPS monitoring and home detention.

He will also receive mental health treatment.

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