Two former NC fire chiefs found not guilty in case of junior firefighter shocked with stun gun. Incident happened at an East Spencer FD Christmas party.
Allen Carlyle on the left and Shane Cranfield on the right.
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Two former East Spencer firefighters and a former police officer were found not guilty this week during a non-jury trial five months after a junior firefighter was shocked with a stun gun.
The incident was said to have occurred at a department Christmas party. The two firefighters — former Chief Shane Cranfield and former Assistant Chief Allen Carlyle — were accused of using a stun gun on junior firefighter John Resino, 18.
According to arrest warrants, the stun gun came from former East Spencer Police Officer James Lambeth.
“I want to say thank you to all my true friends who stood behind me,” Shane Cranfield told WBTV Tuesday afternoon. When asked if had been confident about the outcome, Cranfield said “I had my doubts, I knew I didn’t do it, but I still.”
Cranfield said he believed inconsistencies in Resino’s story led to the not guilty verdict. Even though he was found not guilty, Cranfield said the accusations have taken their toll.
“I have lost my position as the Chief of the East Spencer fire department, as well as my part time paid position. My reputation, career, and life have been ran threw the mud and destroyed. I have been blacked balled throughout the county and shunned by people I have known for years and considered to be my brothers. Along with me, two other people, firefighter Alan Carlyle and officer James Lambeth, have also faced the same ridicule and public embarrassment as myself.”
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