Officer Hears Perjury Counts In Timothy Masters Case

FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) - A Fort Collins police detective accused of lying in a murder trial that resulted in the conviction of an innocent man was advised of new perjury charges.

Lt. Jim Broderick was advised Tuesday of nine charges of first-degree perjury in the 1999 murder conviction of Timothy Masters. Masters was released from prison in 2008 after DNA evidence overturned his conviction.

Broderick was initially indicted on seven perjury charges in 2010 but a judge dismissed the case in May. The judge ruled that prosecutors failed to identify when they learned of the alleged perjury. Prosecutors presented their case again to a grand jury in July, cited the date when they learned of the alleged perjury, and added two additional charges.

The Denver Post reports that Broderick is due in court again on Sept. 8.

(Copyright 2011 by The Associated Press.  All Rights Reserved.)