HOUSTON
(AP) — A former Houston police officer has been charged with helping distribute
cocaine when he was on the force.
Federal
prosecutors in Houston on Wednesday announced the arrest of 36-year-old Marcos
E. Carrion, who recently resigned from the Houston Police Department.
An
indictment returned April 16 and unsealed as Carrion surrendered charges him
with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine. No attorney
information was immediately available for Carrion, who faces an initial court
appearance.
Investigators
say the case involves cocaine being moved from mid-2013 through this month.
Further details weren't immediately released.
Carrion
had been a Houston police officer for five years. If convicted, he faces up to
life in prison and a fine of as much as $10 million.
Houston
police had no immediate comment.