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Law
Enforcement:
This
Week's
Corrupt
Cops
Stories
12/23/05
https://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle-old/416/thisweek1.shtml
It
won't be a Merry Christmas for a South Carolina sheriff's deputy who made
a small fortune protecting a meth dealer or for a Louisiana police chief
who sold crack on the side. Here are the details:
In
Anderson, South Carolina, Anderson County narcotics officer Matthew Durham,
34, pleaded guilty Tuesday on drug trafficking and official misconduct
charges for accepting payoffs from a drug dealer. Durham admitted
providing information to a methamphetamine trafficker in exchange for $5,000
a week and said he earned at least $200,000 for his efforts. The
10-year Anderson County Sheriff's Office veteran now faces up to 35 years
in prison -- 10 years for the official misconduct and 25 years for drug
trafficking. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
In
Lutcher, Louisiana, Police Chief Corey Pittman faces up to 120 years in
prison after pleading guilty to three counts of cocaine distribution in
federal court Wednesday. Pittman, 29, faces a mandatory minimum sentence
of at least five years on each count when he appears for sentencing in
March. He is being held without bond in an undisclosed location,
according to federal officials who announced the plea in a New Orleans
news conference. Pittman was arrested August 17 after making three
different crack cocaine sales to an undercover federal agent during the
summer. All three sales were recorded on audio or videotape, the
feds said. Pittman has been police chief since being elected to the
post in 2002, but will now be fired for being a convicted felon.
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-- 12/23/05
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Medical
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Dispensary
--
DEA
Agents
Face
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Feature:
Congress
Scales
Back
HEA
Drug
Provision
--
Will
Now
Apply
Only
to
Students
Busted
While
in
College
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Feature:
Bolivians
Elect
Evo
Morales
President
--
Indigenous
Leftist
Coca-Grower
Leader
Wins
Sweeping
Victory
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Appeal:
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Borden
Makes
a
Case
to
Support
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for
2006
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Methamphetamine:
Patriot
Act
Extension
Deal
Puts
Souder-Sensenbrenner
Meth
Bill
on
Hold
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Law
Enforcement:
This
Week's
Corrupt
Cops
Stories
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Prescription
Drugs:
Alabama
to
Join
Growing
List
of
States
Tracking
Prescriptions
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Latin
America:
Peruvian
Coca
Leader
Nancy
Obregon
Arrested
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Heroin:
British
Study
Finds
a
Different
Sort
of
User
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Europe:
Hungarian
Paramedics
Agree
to
Keep
Police
Away
from
Drug
Emergencies
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Caribbean:
New
Bermuda
Drug
Chief
Hints
at
Marijuana
Law
Review
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Latin
America:
Dying
Brazilian
Woman
Freed
After
International
Appeal
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Brief,
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