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Newsbrief:
This
Week's
Corrupt
Cop
Story
12/20/02
The supply is endless. This
week's winning story is absolutely banal, but then, that's the point. Former
Mobile, AL, police officer Rodney Patrick was found guilty Monday of stealing
$4,960 in drug buy money. A Mobile County Circuit Court jury found that
Patrick had pocketed $950; $2,000; $1,760; $700; and $500 between June
2001 and February 2001.
Another $20,715 in drug investigation
money given to Patrick is still missing, prosecutor Nicki Patterson told
the Mobile Register. The money came from the Mobile County Street Enforcement
Narcotics Team (MCSENT), the Mobile Police Department and other area law
enforcement agencies.
Patrick's attorneys attempted
to convince the jury that he had used the money as intended -- to pay snitches
and to finance their drug buys. But jurors didn't buy the good cop/bad
records defense.
Patrick is free pending sentencing
on January 16.
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