MECKLENBURG COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) -- The credibility of a Central Virginia police officer is in question after he was accused of illegally using law enforcement technology to gain information about another officer, who was dating his ex-girlfriend. It is the opinion of Mecklenburg County's Commonwealt h's Attorney R. Allen Nash that officer Darrick Dillon of the Clarksville Police Department "has a credibility issue" that would prevent him from testifying as a witness in court, according to a letter obtained by 8News. This comes after an April incident involving Dillon, an officer with the South Hill Police Department and a woman they both dated. Per documents obtained by 8News, the officer accused Dillon of running his license plate through a police database while off-duty. The officer claimed this came after he entered into a relationship with a woman who had recently broken up with Dillon. Beloved Richmond pastor passes away after decades of leadership "This raised a red flag in the Mecklenburg County Communication Center, as a false hit was generated off of my date of birth for a wanted subject," the officer said in his complaint. "I was advised by my source that people were worried about my well-being based [on] Derrick Dillon running my info[rmation] fraudulently." Virginia State Police opened an investigation into this incident, during which Dillon was interviewed. Per Nash's letter, Dillon "provided inconsistencies about the circumstances of the 'hit' [on the South Hill officer,]" and "some of his explanations conflicted with the recorded conversation he had with 911 operators." "[One of the investigators] told Officer Dillion about the gravity of the situation, to which Officer Dillon responded in some way similar to, 'You've already got the charges so my career is over,'" Nash said in his letter. State police charged Dillon with one count of computer invasion of privacy. This matter was taken to court in July, where Dillon pleaded no contest -- which means he did not admit guilt, but he agreed that there was sufficient evidence to convict him. Over 600 Henrico students set to change schools in fall 2026 The charge was "taken under advisement" to be dismissed if Dillon "was compliant with the terms of the advisement period" until Dec. 1. On that date, the charge was dismissed. An ethics advisor told Nash that, even though the charge had been dismissed, Nash "had a duty to disclose this information to any defendant or defense attorney" under relevant law, so that anyone who may work with Dillon as a witness in the future was aware of this incident. "Based on the nature of the charge, the stipulation that the evidence was sufficient for a conviction, the inconsistent explanations given during the investigation and the opinion of the Virginia State Bar Ethics advisor, this officer has a credibility issue," Nash said in the letter. "It appears that the nature of this case needs to be disclosed in any matter in which he is involved from this point forward. With that being the case, the Commonwealth does not believe it can ethically call Officer Dillon as a witness." ...read more read less