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Misconduct Records, Bynum Fired, Then Rehired
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The hosts reveal that neither Bynum nor Kinney came to this case with clean records. Bynum was formally disciplined in 2023 for insubordination and neglect of duty at the Forest City Police Department. Kinney was fired from the Lee County Sheriff's Department in 2021 for repeated insubordination, yelling at superiors, and making inappropriate public comments about cases. St. Francis County hired both anyway. Then, after Tripp's case went viral on Facebook in 2026, the City of Marion launched a review of Bynum's hiring and discovered he had omitted a prior law enforcement employer from his application. Marion PD fired him. The hosts interrupt the narrative to disclose breaking news: Bynum has already been rehired by the St. Francis County Sheriff's Office — the department where all of this started. Sheriff Bobby May publicly called him 'a good officer.'
Bynum was formally disciplined in 2023 for insubordination and neglect of duty; Kinney was fired from Lee County Sheriff's Department in 2021 for repeated insubordination and inappropriate public comments. St. Francis County hired both anyway.
Sergeant David Kinney was terminated from the Lee County Sheriff's Department in 2021 for insubordination, yelling at superiors, refusing orders, and making inappropriate public comments about cases.
The City of Marion fired Trey Bynum after finding he omitted a prior law enforcement agency and its disciplinary history from his job application. Within days, the St. Francis County Sheriff's Office — the department involved in Tripp's death — rehired him.
The City of Marion fired Trey Bynum after discovering he had omitted a prior law enforcement employer — and its related disciplinary record — from his Marion PD job application.
After being fired by Marion PD, Bynum was immediately rehired by the St. Francis County Sheriff's Office — the same department where the Tripp Brazeale incident originated.
