Mcallen, Texas: A federal grand jury indicted three more law
enforcement officers on drug conspiracy charges. The indictment charges them
with conspiring to possess with intent to distribute cocaine, marijuana, and
methamphetamine. ow.ly/iwtrK
Update: Bourne, Massachusetts: A state trooper who was
reported for driving erratically has pleaded not guilty to drunken driving
charges. http://ow.ly/iwFrK
Orono, Maine: Police say that an officer has been fired
after being arrested on a drunken driving charge. ow.ly/ivMd4
Winton-Salem, North Carolina: A police officer who faces an
assault charge following a bar incident has resigned. The police said in a
statement that “the diagnosed injuries to [the victim] met the statutory
threshold for ‘serious injury.” ow.ly/ipjNh
Albuquerque, New Mexico: An officer has been convicted of
obstruction of justice and sent to jail. He tipped off a friend about a federal
drug investigation. http://ow.ly/ioMZc
Watertown, Massachusetts: An officer will be charged. He
allegedly stole an ID while he was on the force, and then used to it get
oxycodone and other prescription drugs. http://ow.ly/ioJQm
Update: Eric, Pennsylvania: A trooper has pleaded no contest
to homicide by motor vehicle while driving under the influence. He crossed the
middle line while driving, striking another car, and killed the driver.
http://ow.ly/ioJ0C
Cave City, Kentucky: A trooper was arrested and charged with
DUI 1st offense. His blood alcohol content was more than two times the legal
limit. http://ow.ly/ioIvE
Milwaukee, Wisconsin: An officer has been fired for driving
drunk and causing a car accident. He also faces a misdemeanor charge of causing
injury while operating under the influence. ow.ly/inT6L
Bourne, Massachusetts: A state police trooper who was on
leave for a knee injury has been charged with drunken driving.
http://ow.ly/ioI1g
Update: Carter County, Missouri: A sheriff has been charged
with two felonies of distribution of a controlled substance, and possession of
meth with intention to distribute. He previously pleaded guilty to stealing
firearms from evidence and selling them. http://ow.ly/ijM0C
Nez Perce County, Indiana: A sheriff’s deputy was fired
after receiving a second driving under that influence charge.
http://ow.ly/ijMC2
Update: Prince George’s County, Maryland: Prosecutors have
dropped a resisting arrest charge and alcohol-related charges against a veteran
D.C. police officer who is suing PG County police officers that took him into
custody. He alleges the officers hit him in the face and beat him in the
incident. http://ow.ly/ijNOc
Update: Lake Como, New Jersey: A suspended state trooper has
admitted he was drunk when he hit two parked cars and crashed his unmarked
state police vehicle into a creek while he was off-duty. ow.ly/ik4p6
Washington County, Minnesota: A deputy is charged with
stealing drugs. Investigators say he was taking them from a bin set up for the
public to drop off unused prescription medications. ow.ly/iaHrv
Update: Jackson, Mississippi: Two former officers were
sentenced to 10 years in jail after pleading guilty to taking brides. A third
officer was given nine years in the same case. They accepted thousands of
dollars from men they thought were drug dealers, but really were FBI undercover
agents posing as drug traffickers. ow.ly/iaDhk
WACO (March 7, 2013)--A former Laredo police officer was sentenced to federal prison Wednesday after earlier being found guilty of conspiring to traffic more than 1,000 kilograms of marijuana through Central Texas.U.S. District Judge Walter S. Smith sentenced Eliseo Montes, Jr., to serve 20 years in federal prison, to be followed by 5 years on supervised release, and ordered him to pay a $1,000 fine and $100 in special assessment to the court. Last December a federal court jury found Montes guilty on two counts of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute at least 1,000 kilograms of marijuana.
That amounts to about a ton of marijuana. At the time of the conviction, U.S. Attorney's office spokesman Daryl Fields said during the time of the alleged marijuana conspiracy, Montes was a patrol officer with the Laredo Police Department. The indictment says beginning in October 2004, Montes, in conjunction with several others, conspired to buy large quantities of controlled substances for later sale and brought some of the contraband to Central Texas for distribution.The indictment alleges the sales were completed on a 'front" basis, which means the drugs were sold on consignment and the proceeds were later collected from the sellers.Once the money was collected from the sellers, the funds were channeled through U.S. banks and the currency was laundered and was then used to buy more drugs for sale. Court documents also indicate the U.S. Attorney is seeking to forfeit $2 million from the defendants, which the government says was profit in the drug scheme, plus any other property that could have been acquired during the conspiracy
2 Seattle police officers charged with DUI The Seattle city attorney's office has charged two police officers with misdemeanor drunken driving. The office says the two were off duty when they were arrested Dec. 17 after a car hit a utility pole south of downtown. In breath tests Officer Marie Gochnour registered blood-alcohol levels of .234 percent and .247 percent. Officer Sean Moore's breath sample was .161 and .149. The state's legal limit is .08 percent. The two were found in Gochnour's car.The officers have been reassigned to desk duty. Gochnour is a patrol officer and Moore is with the K9 unit.
BAMBERG SC — A Bamberg Police Department officer who was charged with driving under the influence in Lexington County on Feb. 23 will no longer receive pay after initially being suspended with pay last week. Corey James Bamberg, 35, who serves as a school resource officer at Bamberg-Ehrhardt High, among other duties, was placed on unpaid suspension Monday, according to Bamberg Police Chief George Morris. Bamberg was arrested by an officer of the Cayce Department of Public Safety on Feb. 23 on a charge of driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs, according to the Lexington County Sheriff’s office. He was released later the same day from the Lexington County Detention Center after posting a $1,220 bond.
2 Boulder police officers charged with DUI resign: BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Two Boulder police
officers charged with driving under the influence in separate cases have
resigned. The Daily Camera reports (http://bit.ly/15BT3Ih
) 40-year-old Scott Morris was arrested on suspicion of DUI in November, and
46-year-old Elizabeth Ward was arrested the following month. After an internal
investigation, a review panel recommended the firing of Morris — a 12-year
veteran of the department — and Ward — a five-year veteran. But both officers
resigned before any ruling was made. Ward,
who was the department's DUI officer, was spotted by an off-duty Arvada police
officer weaving on Interstate 25 in Thornton on Dec. 4. A sheriff's office
report says Morris, a detective, was pulled over Nov. 15 on U.S. 36 after a
deputy clocked him going 76 mph in a 55 mph zone.