Officer(s) Involved: Gastonia Police Officer Xana Dajanae Dove, age 26.
Synopsis: Following a joint and lengthy investigation involving the Gastonia Police Department and the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department, Dove was arrested on 12 December 2023, and charged with the following:
- 15 counts of accessing a government computer
- 1 count of obstruction of Justice
- 1 count of conspiring to sell marijuana
- 1 count of conspiring to deliver marijuana
- 4 counts of felony conspiracy
- 1 count of conspiring to purchase a stolen motor vehicle
- 1 count of possession with intent to sell and deliver marijuana
- 2 counts of trafficking opiates by delivery
- 2 counts of trafficking opiates by transportation
- 2 counts of trafficking opiates by possession
- 2 counts of trafficking by sale
Outcome: Dove had her employment of approximately one year with the City of Gastonia terminated effective 15 November 15 2023.
On 7 November 2024, Dove pleaded guilty to eleven counts of felony accessing a government computer and one count of felony obstruction of justice. Other charges were apparently dropped.
On 8 November 2024, the court consolidated Dove’s charges into two judgements of six to 17 months. The first is an active sentence, however, the second was suspended.
Dove also came into the hearing with 331 days of time served, which could be applied to her active sentence in Gaston County or related charges in Mecklenburg County, according to Page.
Dove asked the court to move her probation to Georgia, and Gaston Superior Court Judge Phillips granted that request.
At the hearing, Gaston County District Attorney Travis Page said that while Dove surrendering her North Carolina law enforcement certification might not stop her from being an officer in another state in the future, the felony charges likely would.
