The Chicken was Almost in the Hen House

Curtis Hamilton, 26, was a recruit with the Atlanta police department. He passed all the background checks and was hired on March 20th. While awaiting the start of the police academy, Hamilton was on administrative duty which is common. He was asked to enter personal information in the computer system. These records are verified against a national criminal database which now showed a warrant for his arrest.

Hamilton was arrested based a warrant issued by the Delaware State Police. In January a Wachovia Bank in Delaware was robbed and Hamilton was identified as the robber.

It would seem Hamilton was hired quick enough to fly under the radar screen but got caught in a net afterward. His warrant was entered into the system two weeks after he was hired.