This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
by Phillip Smith,
More cops with pain pill problems, another
jailer busted, another cop caught in a protection sting, and another cop gets
caught peddling steroids and prescription drugs. Let's get to it:
In
Pacific, Missouri, a Pacific police officer was arrested last Thursday on
charges he stole hydrocodone and oxycodone from the department evidence room.
Arthur Tullock, 55, is accused of "appropriating" the pills for his
own use. He is charged with two counts of theft of a controlled substance and
is now out on bail.
In Dawson, Georgia, a Terrell County jail guard
was arrested last Friday after he got caught bringing drugs into the jail.
Jantzsen Richardson is charged with possession of marijuana, but more charges
are pending.
In Waycross, Georgia, a former Pierce County
sheriff's deputy was sentenced last Wednesday to 93 months in federal prison
for protecting drug dealers. Randy Strickland, 55, agreed to act as a look-out
for people he believed were dealing meth, but he was actually caught up in a
sting by a snitch monitored by federal agents. He had only sought $100 for
providing security.
In Fort Lauderdale, Florida, a former West Palm
Beach police officer was sentenced last Friday to five years in prison for
selling drugs while on duty, in uniform, and carrying his service weapon.
Dewitt McDonald, 46, admitted illegally selling steroids and prescription drugs
and copped to one count of carrying a firearm during a drug trafficking
offense.
In Clarksburg, West Virginia, a former
Shinnston police officer was sentenced Monday to four to 16 years in prison for
confiscating hydrocodone from people, then removing pills from the pill bottles
before turning them in to the evidence room. Charles Roscoe Henning III had
pleaded guilty last month to four counts of obtaining a controlled substance by
misrepresentation by fraud, forgery, deception or subterfuge.