FLORDELL HILLS, MO (KTVI)- A
Flordell Hills police officer has been arrested and charged with one count of
Stealing a Controlled Substance and one count of Possession of a Controlled
Substance.
On Saturday, September 27th,
Jeremy Quate, 31, of Belleville, IL, was involved in a one car accident and
taken to the hospital for treatment . After arriving to the hospital,
alprazolam was found in Quate’s possession.
He did not provide a
prescription.
Commanders with the Flordell
Hills Police Department contacted the St. Louis County Police Division of
Criminal Investigation to conduct an investigation.
Quate later admitted to
stealing the alprazolam from the Flordell Hills evidence safe on Friday,
September 26th.
