Sex, drugs and law
enforcement! Michael Strong showed up for his ‘date’ with amphetamines — and
was armed and in uniform.
BY LEE MORAN / NEW
YORK DAILY NEWS
A corrupt cop had
a shock when he rocked up at a Michigan motel to swap drugs for sex and was
busted in an undercover sting, police said.
Prairieville
Township reserve officer Michael Strong, 37, was wearing full uniform and
packing two handguns and a taser when he visited the Holiday Inn hotel room in
Osthemo on Tuesday.
He was expecting
to meet a man he'd been chatting to through gay online dating site Grindr.
Having promised
he'd bring "molly, ecstasy or cocaine," Strong reportedly showed up
with a bottle full of pills which was later proved to be a controlled
substance.
On entering the
room, he was stunned to find he'd been set up as part of an undercover Strong
was arrested and charged with a felony count of delivery of amphetamines and
felony use of a firearm.
MLive reports
Michigan State Police set up the operation after hearing rumors that Strong was
obtaining "sexual favors for illegal substances."
MPS officers
created a fake profile on Grindr using details that they thought Strong
"would particularly like."
He allegedly fell
for the sting hook, line and sinker.
Strong appeared in
front of a judge on Wednesday.
Newschannel 3
reports that he was ordered to surrender his law enforcement credentials and is
currently out on bail.