A Toronto police officer who ate a marijuana-laced chocolate bar seized in a pot shop raid has pleaded guilty to attempting to obstruct justice. Const. Vittorio Dominelli says he is remorseful and ashamed of his actions on the evening of Jan. 27. Justice Mary Misener says Dominelli is a “complete idiot” for tampering with evidence. … Read more
A 25-year veteran of the Newark Police Department has been jailed on allegations he forced a drug dealer to sell cocaine on his behalf, Essex County authorities said Monday. Investigators from the police department and the county prosecutor’s office discovered Officer Anthony L. Gibson, 50, had been giving the dealer $5,000 to buy cocaine and … Read more
A veteran Border Patrol agent handed over $650,000 to drug traffickers and picked up 90 pounds of cocaine during his late-night shifts at a remote border crossing in Southern Arizona, an FBI special agent wrote in a federal criminal complaint. Ramon Antonio Monreal Rodriguez, a 32-year-old Vail resident who worked at the Border Patrol’s station … Read more
Patrick Beadle, a 46-year-old father and musician, received an eight-year prison sentence in Mississippi for possessing 2.89 pounds of marijuana. If his sentence stands, he would spend nearly a decade behind bars for possessing a substance that is legal in nine states and now all of Canada. Such a severe, inhumane sentence speaks volumes about … Read more
JACKSON COUNTY, Fla. – According to the State Attorney’s Office, charges are being dropped in 119 cases involving Deputy Zachary Wester. Wester allegedly planted drugs on people while conducting traffic stops. They say 254 cases were reviewed and 135 of them required no action. Of the 119 cases being dismissed, 53 are misdemeanor and criminal … Read more
Bonifay, Fla. – The following is an unedited press release from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement: FDLE Agents arrested Bonifay Police Officer Dwayne Frazier White, 48, for selling a controlled substance within 1000 feet of an assisted living facility and unlawful use of a two-way communication device. FDLE began its investigation in September at … Read more
A 35-year-old police chief from Ohio has died from an overdose after taking drugs from his department’s evidence room. James Hughes, who was the Kirkersville Police Chief, was found dead in his Reynoldsburg home bathroom in May. An investigation by the Reynoldsburg police department revealed the drugs may have been evidence from other cases. Lt. … Read more
BALTIMORE — A Baltimore City police officer has been arrested by Baltimore County police on drug trafficking charges, officials said. Police Officer Spencer Moore, a 14-year veteran of the department, was arrested on drug trafficking charges, Baltimore Police Department Interim Commissioner Gary Tuggle said Wednesday. Baltimore County police officers were in the area of the … Read more
NASSAU COUNTY — Retired NYPD Narcotics detective Karan Young was upset about her long-time boyfriend ignoring her calls, after getting flirty at a Sweet 16 party. When she confronted him about it, she got caught on police wiretap admitting her role in a major heroin ring. “You had no problem when you needed me to … Read more
A former Royalton police officer charged with taking heroin and other drugs from the department’s evidence closet in July 2017, to give to a woman he was dating, was sentenced to six months in prison on Thursday. John Breault, 31, pleaded guilty in January of this year to the federal felony charge of distributing heroin. … Read more
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a retired NYPD narcotics detective pleaded guilty on July 10th for her role in a large-scale heroin ring that operated in Nassau, Queens and Brooklyn. Karan Young, 50, of Laurelton, Queens, pled guilty yesterday before Judge Robert Schwartz to Conspiracy in the Fourth Degree … Read more
Canada’s marijuana legalization was met with new and stricter impaired driving laws throughout the country under Bill C-46 and Canadians are not pleased. While everyone wants safer roads and people can agree that it is important to penalize impaired driving, people are outraged at the new laws that they say puts way too much power … Read more