Former Greenfield police chief facing another felony charge, accused of deleting messages off phone
Posted: Jan 15, 2026 8:15 PM CST
CBS 58 GREENFIELD, Wis. (CBS 58) -- Greenfield's former police chief is facing a new felony charge Thursday, Jan. 15.
Prosecutors are adding a computer crimes charge, accusing Jay Johnson of illegally deleting messages off of his department issued phone.
They believe he remotely accessed that phone after it was confiscated by the city as part of an internal investigation.
Johnson is also facing a misconduct in office charge linked to a long list of complaints.
He is due back in court in February.
