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This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories

Submitted by Phillip Smith on (Issue #926)
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Police Corruption

Two cops get their hands slapped for stealing the drug evidence and a former NYPD officer goes down for slinging Oxycontin. Let's get to it:

In Reynoldsburg, Ohio, a former Reynoldsburg police lieutenant pleaded guilty last Thursday to stealing drugs and cash from the departmental evidence room. Shane Mauger was accused of stealing at least $150,000 in cash and property and of filing false search warrant affidavits in order to go on drug raids, which he used as an opportunity to steal cash and property. Mauger agreed to cop to conspiracy to deprive persons of civil rights and federal program theft.

In New York City, a former NYPD officer pleaded guilty Tuesday to supplying Oxycontin to a Long Island drug dealer. Andre Clarke, 37, a 20-year veteran, went down weeks after the dealer was caught hiding the pills in bags of Skittles that he mailed to his infant niece. Clarke copped to one count of drug conspiracy and is looking at up to 20 years in prison when sentenced.

In Colchester, Connecticut, a former Colchester police officer was sentenced Monday to four years in prison for stealing drugs and a gun from the police evidence locker. Tyler Kinney stole drugs to feed his own drug habit, prosecutors said. His thefts forced prosecutors to drop some 30 drug cases. The exact charge on which he was convicted was not specified.

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Vermonter (not verified)

Tyler Kinney was a detective corporal in Colchester, VT, not Connecticut.  He was the officer in charge of the department's evidence locker.

You can find Kinney's charges here: http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/story/news/local/2015/05/18/kinney-plead-guilty-drug-gun-theft-charges/27536061/

Thu, 05/05/2016 - 2:10pm Permalink

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