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Newsbrief:
This
Week's
Corrupt
Cops
Stories
11/19/04
https://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle-old/363
/thisweek1.shtml
We missed a week last week,
but that doesn't mean all the prohibition-related corruption suddenly vanished.
It didn't. The beat goes on, and this week we feature one especially
sordid, if small-time case, as well as one more typical corruption case.
The sleazy stuff first:
Hughes County, Oklahoma, Deputy Sheriff Michael Allen Carter was arrested
by fellow deputies November 8 after a trio of teenage boys went to the
sheriff complaining that Carter invited them to his home, plied them with
beer, offered them methamphetamine, and then "sexually touched" one of
the boys. He was arrested on charges of sexual battery, contributing
to the delinquency of a minor, and distributing methamphetamine.
Carter, who was in charge
of the department's drug dogs, told one deputy he had meth in the trunk
of his patrol car from an earlier case and had meant to turn it in to the
state crime lab to be destroyed. He also admitted removing one boy's
pants but claimed he couldn't remember any other contact.
Carter is free on bail pending
a court appearance scheduled for this week, the newspaper the Oklahoman
reported.
Meanwhile, a few hundred
miles to the south, US Customs inspector Lisandro Martinez, 43, has been
indicted by a federal grand jury on charges he took bribes to look the
other way when trucks carrying loads of marijuana crossed the international
bridge from Reynosa, Mexico, to McAllen, Texas. According to federal
prosecutors in Houston, Martinez was one of eight people arrested in a
year-long marijuana smuggling investigation.
Martinez allegedly allowed
at least seven trucks carrying hundreds of pounds of marijuana each to
enter the US unimpeded in return for cash payments. He is charged
with conspiracy to import and possess with the intent to distribute several
thousand pounds of marijuana and faces up to life in prison.
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Issue #363
, 11/19/04
Editorial:
Going
the
Wrong
Way
in
Afghanistan
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DRCNet
Event:
Rep.
Barney
Frank
to
Keynote
for
Perry
Fund
Forum/Fundraiser,
December
9,
2004,
Boston
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Bush
Administration
to
Go
After
Afghan
Opium
Trade
|
Irv
Rosenfeld
Celebrates
22
Years
of
Government-Sponsored
Medical
Marijuana
Use
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Gene
Doping:
Sports
at
the
Cellular
Level
|
Newsbrief:
Massachusetts
Judge
Rips
"Drug
Free
Zone"
Mandatory
Minimums
|
Newsbrief:
Judge
Sentences
Marijuana
Seller
to
55
Years,
Then
Attacks
Mandatory
Minimums
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Newsbrief:
Bill
to
Protect
Medical
Marijuana
Patients
Introduced
in
Senate
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Newsbrief:
Missouri
Supreme
Court
Just
Says
No
to
Suspicionless
Drug
Dog
Traffic
Searches
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Sentences
Drive
Kentucky
Prison
Crisis,
Report
Says
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Appeals
Court
Again
Upholds
Religious
Ayahuasca
Use
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