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Lying Cop fired, drug cases dismissed





OAKLAND COUNTY — A 2011 conviction of a Dryden man on marijuana related charges is being questioned following an investigation that revealed the narcotic's team involved falsified a search warrant and lied under oath.
The Detroit Free Press on Tuesday reported that 16 cases—including one large marijuana bust—have been dismissed by Oakland County prosecutors.
According to the Free Press report, narcotics officer Marc Ferguson in June of 2011 conducted a search without a proper warrant and then lied under oath about it. Ferguson has since lost his job. Drug trafficking charges brought in September against the person arrested in conjunction with the case were dropped, the Free Press reports, and officials began probing dozens of other pending drug cases involving Ferguson.
Ferguson, who in December lost his job following an internal investigation conducted by the Oakland County Sheriff's Office, according to the Free Press report, has filed a grievance with the union to return to work.
According to the Free Press report, Ferguson's deceit under oath was uncovered by an assistant prosecutor who was preparing for the case in question and notified Prosecutor Jessica Cooper.
According to the Free Press report, Ferguson conducted at least two other searches before obtaining warrants.
In August of 2011, Dryden resident Randy Crowel was convicted on charges of delivery and manufacture of marijuana after officers from Oakland County's Narcotics Enforcement Team alleged that he and a Colorado woman tried to pick up 45 kilograms of "high grade" marijuana Jan. 20 at a shipping company warehouse on Pontiac's north side.