Police: Officer William Osborne Threatened Bank Employee Over Loan; Arrested

HALL COUNTY, Ga. -- A Hall County corrections officer found himself behind bars in the same jail he guarded after, police said, he got mad over a loan.

Gainesville police arrested William Osboe on Wednesday and charged him with disorderly conduct.

Police said he went to the Delta Community Credit Union on Dawsonville Highway and made threats to a bank employee who refused to give him a loan.

A police incident states that Osboe said, ”What if I put a gun to your head? Then what would you do?

Gainesville police Officer Kevin Holbrook said she replied back that, 'I would push the panic button and notify the police.'"

Holbrook said Osboe replied with, ”I am the police,' according to Holbrook.

”Her reply back to that was, 'No, you are a jailer,' said Holbrook.

Police told Channel 2’s Sophia Choi that Osboe did not have a gun on him when he made the threats, only an empty holster.

Osboe had worked as a guard at the Hall County Jail since 2007. He resigned on his own shortly after his arrest.

”He was interviewed when he was booked into jail, and during the interview, he resigned. And he is no longer employed with us, said Hall County Sheriff’s Department Col. Jeff Strickland.

The arrest has disappointed officers in the Gainesville area.

”It’s very disheartening, especially to law enforcement community. We try to act as professional as possible at all times," said Holbrook.