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Published: Saturday, August 07, 2010, 7:05 PM

CARBON HILL, Alabama — The Carbon Hill City Council has fired the city’s police chief, Robert King, and officer Tom Sorrell, but the reason for their firing has not been made clear, according to a story in the Daily Mountain Eagle newspaper.

Both officers have been on paid suspension since July 9, when it also wasn’t clear what they were alleged to have done.

Hube Dodd, the attorney for both officers, said “there wasn’t a single written complaint from either man’s file,” or any complaint from a citizen brought into evidence against the men.  In July, Sorrell alleged that Carbon Hill Mayor Chris Hart suspended him in retaliation for filing a complaint against Hart with the Alabama Ethics Commission.

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