CLAYTON COUNTY, Ga. —
A former Clayton County police
officer walked out of a federal courtroom and headed for prison.
Dwayne Penn, formerly a police officer with
the Clayton County Police Department assigned to the U.S. Marshals Service
Fugitive Task Force, was sentenced Friday to 10 years of prison for conspiring
to distribute cocaine.
Documents said Penn conspired with an
Atlanta-based drug dealer to use his official position as an officer to stage a
fake traffic stop of a car they believed would have 6 kilograms of cocaine and
seize it for themselves.
On Aug. 28, 2013, Penn was terminated from the
Clayton County Police Department and the Marshals Service Task Force.
Penn pleaded guilty to conspiring to
distribute over 5 kilograms of cocaine, pursuant to a negotiated plea
agreement, on Jan. 21, 2014.
In addition to the 10-year term of
imprisonment, Penn was also sentenced by United States District Judge Amy
Totenberg to five years of supervised release, 120 hours of community service
following his release from prison, and ordered to pay a $100 special
assessment.