FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
NEWS ADVISORY
October 30, 2017
Steve Marshall
For More Information, contact:
Mike Lewis (334) 353-2199
Alabama Attorney General
Joy Patterson (334) 242-7491
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ATTORNEY GENERAL STEVE MARSHALL ANNOUNCES FORMER PRATTVILLE
POLICE OFFICER PLEADS GUILTY TO FOUR FELONY COUNTS
(MONTGOMERY)–Attorney General Steve Marshall announced that a former Prattville police
officer pleaded guilty to felony counts of burglary, attempted burglary, theft, and
impersonating a police officer in Autauga County.
John Wayne McDaniel Jr., 48, of Prattville pleaded guilty Monday to one count of Theft of
Property in the Second Degree of prescription medicine from a local pharmacy and to one count
of Criminal Impersonation of a Law Enforcement Officer for claiming to be an officer of the
Prattville Police Department after he was no longer employed with the department; both
charges stem from a 2015 indictment. Additionally, McDaniel pleaded guilty to one count of
Burglary in the Third Degree and one count of Conspiracy to Commit Burglary in the First
Degree arising from his involvement with a co-defendant in the planned burglary of a residence
in Autauga County that was indicted in 2017 while he was out on bond for the 2015 indictment.
McDaniel faces a maximum penalty of 20 years of imprisonment and a $30,000 fine for the
count of conspiracy to commit first-degree burglary, a class B felony; and 10 years of
imprisonment and a $15,000 fine for each of the other three felony charges, which are each class
C felonies.
“Those who commit crimes, whether they be former law enforcement or citizens, will all be held
accountable,” said Attorney General Marshall. “Such criminal acts by a former city policeman,
in particular, are an offense to all who honorably serve to protect the people.”
Attorney General Marshall thanked Assistant Attorney General John Kachelman of the
Attorney General’s Criminal Trials Division for his work in bringing this case to a successful
conclusion. He also thanked investigators with the Investigations Division of the Attorney
General’s office and the Prattville Police Department for their exemplary work in the
investigation and prosecution of this case.
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