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Newsbrief:
This
Week's
Corrupt
Cops
Story
6/4/04
And the beat goes on.
This week's corrupt cops hail from Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, and got
themselves in trouble by peddling pain pills. According to the New
Orleans Times-Picayune, Jefferson Parish sheriff's deputies Richard Wong,
48, and Floyd Carver, 49, were fired on May 28 after being arrested on
charges of selling hydrocodone, the generic version of the popular pain
reliever Vicodin. The pair were also charged with malfeasance in
office, and Wong was hit with an additional 18 counts of payroll fraud.
Altogether, Wong faces 25
counts of hydrocodone sales, two counts of conspiracy to possess drugs,
two counts of conspiracy to distribute drugs, and two counts of malfeasance
in office, as well as the payroll fraud counts. Carver was booked
on three counts of hydrocodone sales, one count of possession, two possession
conspiracy counts, and two sales conspiracy counts, as well as one count
of malfeasance in office.
Carver was a 12-year veteran
of the sheriff's office, while Wong had put in four years. Wong has
been released on a $305,000 bond, while at last report Carver was still
sitting in the Jefferson Parish Correctional Center in Gretna trying to
come up with $40,000 to cover his bond.
The sheriff's department
has released no other details on the case.
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Issue #340, 6/4/04
Editorial: Backwards Again |
Federal Court Slaps Down Congressional Effort to Censor Drug Reform Mass Transit Ads |
Jail and Prison Population at an All-Time High -- Three Decades of Unbroken Increases |
New York: Edging Closer to Rockefeller Drug Law Reform, Sort Of |
DRCNet Interview: Arnold Trebach, Grand Old Man of American Drug Reform |
Drug Reformers Remember Sam Dash |
ALERT: Medical Marijuana Summer |
Newsbrief: Wisconsin Defense Attorneys Challenge Drugged Driving Law |
Newsbrief: Libertarian Party Chooses Dark Horse Badnarik for Presidential Nomination |
Newsbrief: This Week's Corrupt Cops Story |
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