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Law
Enforcement:
This
Week's
Corrupt
Cops
Stories
6/9/06
https://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle-old/439/thisweek1.shtml
Even the corrupt cops seem
to be going on summer break. This week, we have only three to report:
A pot-dealing border guard, a drug-dealing prison guard, and a coke-dealing
airman. Let's get to it:
In Florida, a US Border Patrol
officer was arrested Wednesday on marijuana distribution charges.
Jacksonville-based officer Tony Henderson, 45, conspired to sell the drugs
over the telephone from his home, according to court papers. Henderson
went down after an investigation by the DEA, FBI, immigration agents, the
Department of Homeland Security Inspector General's office, and the Suwanee
and Columbia county sheriff's departments. He faces up to five years
in prison and a $250,000 fine -- and the feds want to seize his house.
In New Jersey, a senior corrections
officer at Bayside State Prison in Maurice River Township was arrested
May 30 on charges she smuggled drugs into the prison and worked with a
network of eight inmates to distribute them. Susan Ferrari, 42, a
17-year-veteran of the department earning $66,000 a year, is charged with
four counts of possession of a controlled dangerous substance, one count
of possession with intent to distribute and two counts of official misconduct.
Officials have released no information on the type or quantity of drugs
involved. The eight inmates have been transferred to other prisons.
Ferrari and her crew went down after a months-long investigation by a swarm
of agencies, including the Department of Corrections Special Investigations
Division, assisted by the New Jersey State Police, US Immigration and Customs
Enforcement, Drug Enforcement Administration, Burlington County Prosecutor's
Office and US Postal Inspectors.
In Montana, a US Air Force
airman was sentenced last week to five years in federal prison after pleading
guilty to a count of cocaine distribution conspiracy count and a count
of violating the Arms Export Control Act. Kellen Johnson, 24, was
accused of selling cocaine and smuggling guns into Canada. The man
who sold him the cocaine and later snitched him off, Jominique Johnson,
36, was rewarded with a six year prison sentence for his role in the case
despite cooperating with the government. A third defendant in the
case was set to be sentenced this week.
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Issue #439
-- 6/9/06
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