News Police detective steals 99 fentanyl pills, receives less charges than original suspect

[Jabberwocky]

Weatherford detective accused of stealing 99 Fentanyl pills faces lesser charges than man originally arrested with the pills​

Shelby Montgomery
KOCO (ABC Local)
21 Apr 2022

Excerpt:

Weatherford detective accused of stealing 99 Fentanyl pills faces lesser charges than man originally arrested with the pills

The man originally arrested with the pills faced drug trafficking charges while the officer faces larceny instead

Full article here.

 

[Jabberwocky]

He stole 99 fentanyl pills from an evidence locker and was only charged with larceny. He was not charged with either possession or distribution.

The original suspect is facing up to 20 years for distribution...

Also... Why is a detective stealing them?? Only two reasons I can think of: to use them himself, or more likely to plant them as evidence on some poor bastard... And of course this won't come up in the trial

 

[AussieJoe]

Fkn double standards...goes on everywhere

 

[hylite]

an attorney . . . . . spoke to KOCO 5

 

[Mjäll]

Is it morally ok to recreationally kill someone who has chosen to work as hypocrite arbiter of violence (aka evil)?

 

[DeathIndustrial88]

This boils my blood to no end.

 

[Mr. Krinkle]

people are people


ya know that article sucks too.....why did he get charged for distribution? they don't even tell you why

 

[Jabberwocky]

why did he get charged for distribution? they don't even tell you why

either 99 pills is enough on its own for a distribution charge itself in that state, or he had baggies on hand, or it was straight up divided into baggies already

 

[Mr. Krinkle]

either 99 pills is enough on its own for a distribution charge itself in that state, or he had baggies on hand, or it was straight up divided into baggies already

yea see they leave that whole thing out

we need some more context here

 

[PriestTheyCalledHim]

In some countries the police are dealers.