Law Enforcement: This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
More drug corruption in Philly, more fallout from the Kathryn Johnston killing in Atlanta, and yet another crooked border guard. Let's get to it:
In Philadelphia, a Philadelphia police detective was arraigned June 18 on charges he tipped off a major drug suspect about an imminent search warrant. Det. Rickie Durham pleaded not guilty to charges of obstruction of justice, making false statements, and given advance notice of a search. He is accused of alerting Philly "drug kingpin" Alton "Ace Capone" Coles of a pending police raid in August 2005 and then lying to investigators when they questioned him. Durham has been suspended for 30 days, and the department says it is on track to fire him. He is on house arrest pending trial.
In Yuma, Arizona, a US Customs and Border Protection officer pleaded guilty June 18 to bribery and drug charges. CBP Officer Henry Gauani, 41, copped to conspiracy to commit bribery and conspiracy to import Ecstasy for accepting $33,000 to allow vehicles loaded with Ecstasy to pass through the Port of Entry from Mexico without inspection. Gauani went down after a federal investigation and a sting on January 27 in which he allowed a vehicle containing what he believed to be a half million Ecstasy tablets pass through his lane without inspection. He is looking at up to 20 years in federal prison and $1,250,000 in fines.
In Atlanta, a former Atlanta Police narcotics unit supervisor was sentenced last Friday to 18 months in prison for his role in an illegal break-in search of a Dill Avenue duplex in 2005. Former officer Wilbert Stallings had pleaded guilty to conspiring to violate the civil rights of the homeowner. At sentencing, US District Court Justice Julie Carnes said the sentence also reflected Stallings' role in allowing a culture of corruption to run rampant in the unit he supervised. Members of that unit were responsible for the 2006 killing of 92-year-old Kathryn Johnston in a raid based on fabricated evidence. Stallings went down as investigators looking into the Johnston killing put his unit under the microscope.
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Comment posted by Anonymous on Sat, 06/27/2009 - 6:48ami am hiding hear in oc .my new po hear in in tustin d witzel costa mesa parole unit 949-8631478 dir line/hear i go again i was doing fine job family .i et a couple of old friends of mine stay in my garage 4 a few weeks anaway the police showed up said i was aubsconding searched the garage found some resadew under a can.They addmited i knew nothing of this to police well i got 16 months girlfriend got prop 36 and they got 16 months i got out gave 1 dirty prop 36 4 me as well .now girlfriend of 14 years is told bye po she has to leave our house so our son of 7 who loves his mother is forced to live without her so am i .ok now cince my release ive had 4 new po}s the second violated me 4 not calling her when she left a card at my door .so i got out of chino she put a tracking device on me 4 4 months never saw her once .ok my newest po left two cards at door call asap witch i did all week long and left mess on his answr machine saying leave me a message telling me what u want me to do no responce i called at least fifteen times .so now i have the local police tustin pd banging on my door at 3 in the morn scared the shit out of all the people living on my side of the building they came three times a day 4 9 days then quit .now and then they will show up turn my door knob .so now i have to give our son to my parents wich are very old .im hideing out trying to work and keep my place and pay 4 girlfriends sober living witch takes half of my check dont know what to do i dident do anything wrong he said call i did and now im abscounding again without my son or girlfriend can anyone help desperit in tustin
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Comment posted by Anonymous on Sun, 06/28/2009 - 2:56pm18 months is not enough, instead of making an example of a corrupt narcotics unit supervisor, they give him a slap on the wrist. Although prisons always say they don't have room at minimum security for new inmates, you can bet that's right where he will go. If any of you believe he will have a tough time in prison, think again.
What happened to the idiot who shot the 92 year old woman?
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Comment posted by Anonymous on Fri, 06/26/2009 - 6:57pmher murder by corrupt police sets president murder somebody get only 18 months in prison i guess we will see narcotic police killed by the thousands now .only 18 months for getting rid of scum sounds reasonable .and to think these dipshits set the rules for the value of a life .bad judgement for them .america rules