Overview
- Court records show four former Station 21 employees entered not-guilty pleas and waived personal appearances at arraignments.
- Charges include kidnapping, battery and robbery for Tate Trauthwein, Edward Kenny III and Seth Day, and robbery plus accessory for Kaylee Bradley.
- Investigative interviews and transcripts obtained by media describe frequent roughhousing at the station, with several participants saying the incident went too far.
- Detectives were told the rookie was tackled, stripped, whipped with a belt and waterboarded as colleagues sought his phone passcode to view a TikTok video.
- Marion County Fire Rescue says ten personnel, including on-duty leaders, were terminated, and officials are reviewing the sheriff’s probe with possible further administrative action.