MARSHVILLE - A police officer already dismissed from the Monroe Police Department, has now been fired twice by Marshville and at least one council member said he has been threatened because of it.

The Marshville Town Council held a special meeting Thursday to fire former officer Stuart Chaffin before he as fully reinstated. Chaffin had been dismissed by Chief Mike Gaddy Sept. 9, a decision that was initially supported by the council, but then overturned days later.

Because Chaffin was technically dismissed, he had to go through the state training program before he could again join the force. Gaddy only recently received the approval from the North Carolina law enforcement bureau to hire Chaffin, but Monday, the council decided to not offer him the oath of office. This did not fully dismiss Chaffin,

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however, so Thursday the council moved that “Chaffin is removed as an employee,” completely terminating his affiliation with the town.

Councilwoman Denise Whitley was the only supporter of Chaffin.

“There will be a fallout from this,” she warned after the meeting. “If there are council members who don’t have a lawyer, they might want to consider getting one.” Whitley anticipated lawsuits to be forthcoming saying that Chaffin had been wrongly accused during his time in Marshville.

Before the vote at the meeting, Whitley said that “there are some people at this table who have some dirty laundry of their own,” and later said she was specifically referring to Mayor Frank Deese.

Deese, who votes only if there is a tie, did not respond to Whitley but said that he was happy to see the issue pass.

“There are so many more important things in the future of Marshville,” he said. “I’m glad we can move forward and put this behind us.”

Newly elected Councilman Matthew Jefferson said he had been contacted by Chaffin or Chaffin supporters who had threatened him and his livelihood.

“I was scared,” he said. “Wouldn’t you be?”

The Enquirer-Journal did not have a way to contact Chaffin, who did not attend the meeting, Thursday night.