Posted on 12/16/2016 3:02:12 PM PST by BBell
The FBI raid of the Hammond Police Department and a Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Office substation Thursday (Dec. 15) is part of a wider investigation into the work of a U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration task force whose members are alleged to have sold narcotics and tampered with witnesses, several news agencies reported. The investigation involves the DEA, the Justice Department and the department's office of inspector general.
DEA agent Chad Scott, who was leading the drug task force, was suspended earlier this year. Two members of his task force -- former Tangipahoa sheriff's deputies deputies Johnny Domingue and Karl Newman -- were accused of dealing narcotics. Scott has been accused of stealing money from a murder suspect's home, according to media reports.
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Drain the swamp!
“Some people are too easily tempted.”
The police officers in question are accused of drug dealing and grand larceny.
That is not about being “easily tempted,” it is about their being criminals.
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