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A former Chesapeake, Virginia, police officer was given a suspended sentence and ordered to remain on good conduct for a yr after pleading responsible to forging a signature on a courtroom summons. Skysha Nettles gave the summons to a person accused of shoplifting from a grocery retailer however forgot to get him to signal it. Her supervisor noticed the problem and informed her she’d must get the person to signal it or get a Justice of the Peace to difficulty a summons. She got here again the subsequent day with the person’s signature. However the supervisor discovered it suspicious. Police positioned the person, who confirmed he did not signal it. Nettles admitted forging the signature.