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Weekly:
This
Week's
Corrupt
Cops
Stories
10/7/05
https://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle-old/406/thisweek1.shtml
Drug War Chronicle may have
taken a week off in covering the corrupt cops beat, but that doesn't mean
the corrupt cops did. This week we have yet another prison guard
gone bad and another crack-slinging policeman. Let's get to it:
In Boston, the US Attorneys
Office announced Wednesday that former Suffolk County House of Correction
officer Paul Davis, 38, was sentenced to 2 ½ years in prison after
pleading guilty to three counts of conspiracy to distribute drugs and possession
with the intent to distribute drugs. As part of plea agreement, Davis
admitted to having conspired with three different groups of inmates and
their outside associates to carry small amounts of drugs into the jail.
Those drugs included heroin, cocaine, marijuana, and Oxycontin. In
return for his agreement to plead guilty, the feds dropped charges of making
a false statement and possession of marijuana against Williams.
In Florence, South Carolina,
former Lake City Police Lt. William Webb, 40, pleaded guilty Monday to
one count of conspiracy to distribute cocaine. Webb was arrested
in February by agents from the FBI, the State Law Enforcement Division,
and sheriff's deputies as part of an investigation into corruption and
drug activity in the Lake City area. According to Webb's arrest warrant,
he routinely took payoffs from drug dealers beginning in 1994 and sold
cocaine from his patrol car. The warrant also accused him of confiscating
drugs from dealers, then giving the drugs to other dealers for resale.
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Issue #406
-- 10/7/05
Feature:
Prohibition
and
Terror
--
The
Afghan
Connection
|
Feature:
Afghan
Opium
Farmers
Caught
in
the
Squeeze
|
Feature:
Afghan
Opium
Conundrum
--
What
to
do
with
Warlords,
Politicians
Involved
in
the
Drug
Trade?
|
Feature:
Questions
and
Answers,
Give
and
Take
--
Afghans
Take
on
the
Senlis
Council
and
Its
Licensing
Proposal
|
Editorial:
The
Consequences
of
Prohibition
(was
"What
is
It
About
Opium?")
|
Weekly:
This
Week's
Corrupt
Cops
Stories
|
Latin
America:
Bolivian
Coca
Leader
and
Presidential
Contender
Evo
Morales
Visits
European
Parliament
as
Elections
Thrown
Into
Doubt
|
Latin
America:
US
Fumigation
Plane
Shot
Down
in
Colombia
|
Web
Scan:
New
CJPF
Newsletter,
Meth
Conference
Audio
&
Powerpoint
Online,
Meth
Commentary
from
Cascade
|
Weekly:
This
Week
in
History
|
Partnering:
DRCNet
Seeking
Fellowship
Application
Collaborators
|
Contest:
New
DRCNet
T-Shirt
Designs
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Weekly:
The
Reformer's
Calendar
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