This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories

Sixteen dirty Puerto Rico cops take plea deals, a cocaine-dealing New Jersey prison guard goes to prison, a Houston cop gets busted in a cocaine deal, and a Massachusetts cop gets caught trying to fill a Ritalin prescription using a false identity. Let's get to it:

In Westfield, Massachusetts, an Adams police officer was arrested last Monday for allegedly using a false identity to fill a prescription for Ritalin. Officer Thomas Cook allegedly used a drivers' license he may have stolen from a suspect during an arrest. When the pharmacist called the name on the drivers' license to report the prescription was ready, the person denied having anything to do with it, so the pharmacist notified Westfield Police, who arrested Cook when he showed up bearing the other man's license. He is charged with uttering a false prescription, identity fraud, police or witness intimidation, receiving stolen property, and attempting to commit a crime.

In Houston, a Houston police officer was arrested last Thursday in a federal investigation of a one-kilo cocaine deal. Officer Jasmine Renee Bonner now faces cocaine possession and conspiracy charges. She has been relieved of duties pending outcome of an internal investigation and was jailed on a one million dollar bond.

In San Juan, Puerto Rico,16 Puerto Rico police officers pleaded guilty Monday to belonging to a crew that got together "to steal money, property, and drugs for their personal enrichment." They also admitted selling the drugs themselves and to taking bribes. They pleaded guilty to charges ranging from robbery to extortion. A sentencing date has yet to be set.

In Trenton, New Jersey, a former state prison guard was sentenced last Wednesday to 15 years in prison for his role in a cocaine trafficking conspiracy. Eugene Braswell, 35, was arrested in 2008 in connection with the shipment of 10 kilos of cocaine from Houston to New Jersey. The investigation into Braswell's activities began in 2007, when he shot and killed a man outside his Newark home.