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Newsbrief:
This
Week's
Corrupt
Cops
Story
1/30/04
This week's corrupt cop is
a Florida mystery man. Somebody in the Volusia County (Daytona Beach)
Sheriff's Department made off with $500,000 worth of cocaine and marijuana
from the sheriff's evidence compound, and Sheriff Ben Johnson is none too
happy about it.
Evidence of misconduct in
the evidence section began to emerge last October, Johnson said in a Monday
press release. On January 12, an administrative probe turned criminal
when nearly 600 grams of cocaine couldn't be accounted for. At that
point, Sheriff Johnson called in the Florida Department of Law Enforcement
to investigate. Federal investigators joined the effort last week.
By now, Johnson said, more evidence has gone missing: Several hundred pounds
of marijuana and an additional 300 grams of cocaine have also vanished.
"I'm deeply troubled to think
that one of our employees may have abused his position by lying and stealing
and jeopardizing other criminal prosecutions in the process," Johnson said.
"This is an extremely serious matter, and we will leave no stone unturned
in this investigation. I'm extremely angry and personally distressed
about these events," he added. "The person or persons responsible
for these actions has violated the community's trust, and that is not something
I take lightly."
An arrest will come soon,
authorities vowed. And the beat goes on.
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