RALEIGH -- The North Carolina Highway Patrol captain who headed former Gov. Mike Easley's security detail has been removed from supervisory duty.
State Crime Control Secretary Reuben Young put Capt. Alan Melvin back on administrative duty and requested an independent investigation of missing Easley flight records. The patrol said Friday that Melvin had returned to duty as a technical support supervisor.
A Highway Patrol spokesman said Young was concerned about new information that Melvin asked a secretary to download Easley flight records from 2003 to 2005 onto a computer disk and then delete the files.
The computer disc was turned over to federal authorities investigating Easley in May.
