COURTHOUSE — A
Montgomery County judge sentenced a retired Norristown police officer to 17 to
50 years behind bars Friday for selling methamphetamine and prescription pills
and using his old police badge and license plate as clout to do it.
In July, a jury
found Jack Pennington, 68, of Upper Merion, guilty of 16 out of 21 drug-related
felonies stemming from a wiretap investigation spearheaded by Montgomery County
Detectives and their Narcotics Enforcement Team (NET).
Throughout
Pennington’s four-day trial, Schadler said Pennington repeatedly used his
position as a former police officer to sway the jury.