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Newsbrief:
This
Week's
Corrupt
Cops
Story
8/20/04
Just because the Chronicle
takes a week off doesn't mean that law enforcement drug war corruption
does. Sometimes it's banal, as in the cases of Karen Scarborough
and Stephen Bennett, the two Rapides Parish, Louisiana, sheriff's deputies
arrested and fired for cooking meth and drug possession or Buffalo, New
York, police officer Ronnie Funderburk, who is facing felony charges for
advising his drug dealing brother-in-law how to avoid arrest. ("Don't
wear no ball caps. Don't wear no jewelry. Wear your seat belt,"
Funderburk advised in a taped conversation. "I tell a lot of people,
you got to be incognito. In other words, you can't look like the
typical stereotype.")
And sometimes it's just downright
sleazy, as appears to be the case with Reginald Cheney, head of the Drug
Enforcement Administration's (DEA) Cleveland office since 2001. Cheney
has been placed on limited duty since last week because of allegations
he took advantage of his position -- not to enrich himself, but to score
chicks.
Federal authorities told
the Plain Dealer Cheney is accused of using a law enforcement database
to look up information on women, including license plate numbers.
Cheney was put on limited duty after the DEA received a formal complaint
from an unidentified woman, the officials said.
The law enforcement databases
are a treasure trove of information, including driver's license photos,
license plate numbers, and other information vital to investigations and
surveillance -- or tracking down hot babes DEA dudes spot on the freeway.
According to the Plain Dealer,
after hearing about the Cheney accusations, one Cleveland federal official
lectured his agents about abusing the computer system. DEA spokesmen
in Columbus and Washington, DC, confirmed that an investigation of Cheney
is underway. It is unclear whether charges will be filed or the matter
will be handled internally, the paper added.
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