Veteran Reynoldsburg cop faces
drug charges
BY SEAN ROWE THURSD
REYNOLDSBURG — Reynoldsburg Police
Officer Tye L. Downard was arrested for possession with the intent to
distribute and distribution of controlled substances. He appeared in federal
court Thursday morning.
According to an affidavit, while
Downard worked as a detective at the Reynoldsburg Police Department, the
Columbus office of the FBI got word that Downard was using his job to engage in
drug trafficking.
The FBI says they've corroborated
evidence through recorded conversations, recorded telephone calls, physical
surveillance and seizure of narcotics provided to a source in their
investigation.
According to the FBI, the
informant knew 43-year-old Downard for more than two years and dealt drugs for
him for several months. Downard reportedly met the person in 2013 while
executing a search warrant at a residence. Downard allegedly coerced the source
into working as an informant for him in order to work off additional charges
that Downard said he could bring against the informant.
It is alleged that, on 21
occasions between October 2015 and February 2016, Downard delivered drugs to an
individual to sell. The complaint further alleges that Downard seized
blue-and-white Percocet pills during a search warrant and provided
blue-and-white Percocet pills to the individual to sell two days later. Likewise,
Downard was involved in the execution of a search warrant that yielded several
green glass canning-style jars containing harvested marijuana buds. The next
day, Downard allegedly provided the individual with four green glass
canning-style jars containing harvested marijuana buds.
Possession with intent to
distribute controlled substances is a crime punishable by up to 20 years in
prison
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