WEST PALM BEACH (CBSMiami) – A
West Palm Beach police officer is charged with selling controlled substances
while in uniform and on duty.
The State Attorney’s Office,
FBI, FDA, and West Palm Beach Police Department made the announcement Friday
that they filed charges against 45-year-old Dewitt McDonald.
McDonald was charged with one
count of knowingly carrying a firearm during and in relation to a drug
trafficking crime.
Officials said the McDonald
operated two businesses while employed as an officer through which he
distributed anabolic steroids and prescription drugs.
The businesses are Prime
Performance Wellness Centers, Inc., located in Lake Worth, and Prime Health and
Rejuvenation Clinic, located in Wellington.
On March 5, 2013, police said
McDonald delivered he drugs to a person in Palm Beach County. At the time of
the exchange, he was allegedly on duty and carrying his Smith & Wesson MP40
pistol.
If convicted, McDonald faces a
minimum sentence of five years in prison and a maximum statutory sentence of up
to life in prison.