Griffin police officer indicted in Spalding County

From the GRIP: Former Griffin Police Department Officer D’Marquivius ”D.J.” King has been indicted by a Spalding County grand jury.King faces one count of violating his oath of office, a felony.

The indictment stems from a Georgia Bureau of Investigation case requested by Griffin Judicial Circuit District Attorney Marie Broder.

Broder requested the GBI investigation after The GRIP published a series of investigative articles related to King’s purported concealment of his brother, Damon Beck’s, alleged involvement in the May 9, 2021, murder of Javarreis Reid.