Constable Sentenced to 140 Months for Violating Civil Rights and Trafficking Methamphetamine

In October 2021, Pulaski County Constable Michael “Wally” Wallace was sentenced to 140 months to serve. This follows a jury trial that found Constables Wallace and Gary Baldock guilty of violating Kentucky citizens’ civil rights and trafficking methamphetamine.

Citizens civil rights were violated when the Constables fabricating evidence used as basis to arrest and search people, and then to seize their property which then often retained or sold to enrich the Constables. The methamphetamine trafficking charge stems from planting drugs on their victims. The verdict and sentence has caused mixed feelings in the community however. Many think the tactics employed by these constables were justified, and that it was the best or only way to “get” criminals who otherwise might have avoided punishment. Others think Constables Wallace and Baldock were nothing more than thugs with badges shaking down members of the community. As presiding Judge Weir said at sentencing, “[t]his whole case ultimately comes down to the rule of law in America… you can’t pursue criminals by becoming a criminal.”

To learn more about this case visit the podcast Criminal Conduct Season 2 - http://criminalconduct.net/index.php/episode/s2-e1-the-rogue-constable-michael-wallace-pulaski-kentuc/ - in which Campbell & Rogers’ attorney Ezra Dike is interviewed.