Law Enforcement: This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
A former Cleveland cop heads to the slammer for protecting cocaine shipments, and a former Georgia narc pleads guilty to stealing $80,000. Let's get to it:
In Akron, Ohio, a Cleveland police officer was sentenced February 26 to 10 years in federal prison for using his official position to protect drug runners for a cocaine distribution ring. Officer Zyonko Sarlog, 37, was arrested in August and pleaded guilty in November to money laundering and cocaine conspiracy charges. Prosecutors had asked for a longer sentence, citing among other things, the allegation that he used his mother to transport drug money.
In Rome, Georgia, the former head of the Bartow County Narcotics Task Force pleaded guilty Wednesday to stealing more than $80,000 from the sheriff's office. That money was seized from criminal suspects. As a captain in the Bartow County Sheriff's Office from 2004 through January 2007, Brenton Garmon, 36, oversaw money seized by the drug and canine units. But instead of depositing all funds in the appropriate accounts, he embezzled $80,493 for his own use. He pleaded guilty to one count of embezzling and faces up to 10 years in prison when sentenced in May.
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Comment posted by krokker on Fri, 03/07/2008 - 5:25pmI am not naive enough to believe all of law enforcement is corrupt. I believe many would like to see prohibition laws repealed and just be able to do what they signed up for. Unfortunately, many see this as an opportunity to serve themselves. The DEA would be out of business if the drug laws were to be repealed and I would expect them to lie, cheat and steal to preserve their cushy jobs rather than work for a living. It is just to bad that the front line and (for the most part) upright force is subjected to upholding these corrupt laws. I could tell by the demeanor and the lack of eye contact (looking at the floor when I looked at them) that many of the officers drafted by the MDEA when I was arrested did not wish to be doing what they were doing to this peaceful citizen.
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