Law Enforcement: This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
Another jail guard gets caught, a Michigan narc cops a plea, so does an Arizona cop, and a North Carolina deputy is going to prison. Let's get to it:
In Boston, Texas, a Bowie County jail guard was arrested last Friday after she got caught trying to smuggle marijuana into the jail. Bowie County Correctional Officer Amber Nicole Hinds, 20, went down when jail authorities ordered a search of all employees entering the jail. Hinds moved to the back of the line, and her fellow guards ratted her out. Authorities found marijuana on her person when they searched her. The charges she faces are as yet unspecified.
In Tucson, Arizona, a former South Tucson police lieutenant pleaded guilty Monday to embezzling more than $560,000 from the city and the police department. Richard Robles Garcia admitted taking funds from 2004 to 2008, when he was fired after an audit. He used his position as head of the department's evidence room and asset forfeiture program to turn the funds into his own personal bank, using them to pay off gambling debts, he admitted.
In Benton Harbor, Michigan, a former Benton Harbor narcotics officer pleaded guilty Tuesday to a felony charge of drug trafficking. Andrew Thomas Collins, 26, pleaded guilty to one count of possession with intent to distribute more than five grams of crack cocaine. He faces a minimum of five years in prison and a maximum of 40 years, plus a fine of $2,000. Collins was arrested in February 2008 after being caught in possession of crack cocaine and other drugs. He admitted repeatedly failing to report seized drugs, instead keeping them for himself and falsely reporting he had made controlled drug purchases. Local prosecutors have announced they had to drop a number of drug cases because they were tainted by Collins.
In Yadkinville, North Carolina, a former Yadkin County deputy was sentenced to at least 34 months in prison Monday for embezzling funds from the department, peddling Oxycontin, and falsely telling people he had cancer in a bid to raise funds for his "treatment." Former Deputy Darrell Thornton pleaded guilty to 10 counts of embezzlement, two counts of attempting to traffic in opium and OxyContin, one count of obtaining property by false pretenses and common-law forgery. The pleas were part of a deal with prosecutor Fred Bauer in which eight counts of larceny by an employee were dropped and all the guilty pleas were merged into four charges for sentencing. Thornton stole $4,200 in drug buy money, as well as receiving $1,800 from a fundraiser for his nonexistent cancer and its supposed treatment. His attorney said the one-time narcotics officer had developed an addiction to Oxycontin in the course of treatment for medical problems.
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Comment posted by mlang52 on Mon, 02/02/2009 - 1:38pmJust reread the post. He is saying everyone on this site IS a child molester,etc. It initially it sounds like he supports the cause. The, two, main comments don't seem to rationally go together, even though they are in the same post.The person is in the middle of a brain fart, at the least! But, More likely psychotic. I tend to agree with the guy below. He needs to get back on his meds!
RE: the so called war on drugs
Comment posted by stopthedea on Wed, 02/04/2009 - 6:51pmdrug users are nothing near child molesters. they shouldn't even be criminals. marijuana isn't anywhere near as bad as alcohol or tobacco for your system. you say that "No one has ever died from a marijuana overdose, It has never been proved that a single death was a direct cause of marajuana use. Marijuana stays in your system for 30 plus days and people have lost jobs because of being accused of marijuana use when in fact they may not have used it in weeks" this makes it sound like you support legalized bud yet you go on to say that drug users are like child molesters. fuck you. this war on drugs is pure profit for the government and it's because of ignorant people like you that there is even a war on the citizens of this once-great country. if marijuana was legalized tomorrow, our economic problems would disappear in a plume of sweet smelling smoke. 100s of thousands, if not millions of people would instantly get jobs working on farms, working in hash bars, transporting from point A to point B. Tourism would spike and America would reach a new level as a world leader.
Every day the American government turns on its own people: They jail us, they hunt us, and they kill us. It's time to stop this war.
Cannabis use
Comment posted by brother john on Fri, 01/30/2009 - 5:52pmDo you have piss tests were you work?