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Newsbrief:
This
Week's
Corrupt
Cops
Story
7/30/04
Just one case this week,
unlike last week, when a veritable feast of corrupt practices presented
itself. The Rocky Mountain News reported Thursday that former Adams
County sheriff's deputy Jose Gutierrez has pleaded guilty to one count
of selling cocaine to a jail inmate. The plea comes days before the
start of his trial, which was slated for Monday. Under the plea,
Adams County District Attorney Robert Grant dropped other felony counts
of accepting bribes, drug possession, and introducing contraband into a
jail.
Gutierrez, a three-year veteran
of the department, was fired in December after an internal affairs investigation
into drugs getting into the county jail. He became a focus of investigators
after his name was mentioned to anti-gang deputies investigating drug trafficking
in the county.
In October, an undercover
officer gave Gutierrez $300 to deliver a check and a letter to one inmate,
according to the arrest affidavit. Once Gutierrez proved himself
by delivering the goods, the undercover officer then gave Gutierrez $500
to deliver cocaine to an inmate. He did. Now he faces prison.
Sentencing will be in October.
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Issue #348, 7/30/04
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