Post by WaTcHeR on Mar 17, 2006 15:17:10 GMT -5
03/17/2006 - A former Allegheny Township police officer is accused of warning an accused drug dealer about his pending arrest and with asking the same man to get his preteen daughter to poke out the eye of the young son of another officer.
When found, Jerry Enciso, 47, whose last known address was Alcoa Drive, Arnold, will be charged by Westmoreland County detectives with hindering apprehension or prosecution, and criminal solicitation, according to a police affidavit filed Thursday.
Enciso resigned from the police department early last fall after serving about 15 years as a patrolman and sergeant, township officials said.
Authorities can't find Enciso. They have only hints of his whereabouts. Police said Enciso has applied to train police in Iraq or Afghanistan and that a Texas company has conducted a requisite background check on him.
According to the affidavit, last July 16 Enciso learned that Walter Penn, 44, Tarentum, had "unknowingly sold illegal drugs to an undercover police officer" inside a trailer Penn owns in Allegheny Township.
Enciso allegedly told Penn to get the drugs out of his Fitzgerald Street trailer because of an impending drug raid.
Enciso allegedly warned Penn not to tell police that he had been tipped off about the raid or Enciso would "tell people about all the information" Penn allegedly had "provided to the police over the years."
Police also say that Enciso confirmed to Penn the identity of a police informant who had assisted police in the drug sale the authorities say Penn made to the undercover officer.
Penn, who also has an address at 11 E. 10th Ave., Tarentum, is charged with allegedly selling 11 Vicodin tablets to a undercover officer working for the Westmoreland County drug task force.
The affidavit alleges Enciso was in uniform and drove a marked township police vehicle to meet with Penn at his Allegheny Township trailer and that the men later met other times at the nearby West Leechburg Cemetery.
Each time Enciso allegedly was in uniform and drove the police SUV. Each time, according to Penn's statement to police, Enciso checked Penn to see if he wore a hidden radio transmitter or voice recorder.
On one occasion, Enciso allegedly talked with Penn about getting his preteen daughter to "poke the eye out" of another police officer's son.
Enciso allegedly said he would pay the girl $20 or $25, as well as pay any fine and costs that she would encounter. The identity of the other officer was not made public.
There is no indication in the court papers that Penn took Enciso up on his offer.
When found, Jerry Enciso, 47, whose last known address was Alcoa Drive, Arnold, will be charged by Westmoreland County detectives with hindering apprehension or prosecution, and criminal solicitation, according to a police affidavit filed Thursday.
Enciso resigned from the police department early last fall after serving about 15 years as a patrolman and sergeant, township officials said.
Authorities can't find Enciso. They have only hints of his whereabouts. Police said Enciso has applied to train police in Iraq or Afghanistan and that a Texas company has conducted a requisite background check on him.
According to the affidavit, last July 16 Enciso learned that Walter Penn, 44, Tarentum, had "unknowingly sold illegal drugs to an undercover police officer" inside a trailer Penn owns in Allegheny Township.
Enciso allegedly told Penn to get the drugs out of his Fitzgerald Street trailer because of an impending drug raid.
Enciso allegedly warned Penn not to tell police that he had been tipped off about the raid or Enciso would "tell people about all the information" Penn allegedly had "provided to the police over the years."
Police also say that Enciso confirmed to Penn the identity of a police informant who had assisted police in the drug sale the authorities say Penn made to the undercover officer.
Penn, who also has an address at 11 E. 10th Ave., Tarentum, is charged with allegedly selling 11 Vicodin tablets to a undercover officer working for the Westmoreland County drug task force.
The affidavit alleges Enciso was in uniform and drove a marked township police vehicle to meet with Penn at his Allegheny Township trailer and that the men later met other times at the nearby West Leechburg Cemetery.
Each time Enciso allegedly was in uniform and drove the police SUV. Each time, according to Penn's statement to police, Enciso checked Penn to see if he wore a hidden radio transmitter or voice recorder.
On one occasion, Enciso allegedly talked with Penn about getting his preteen daughter to "poke the eye out" of another police officer's son.
Enciso allegedly said he would pay the girl $20 or $25, as well as pay any fine and costs that she would encounter. The identity of the other officer was not made public.
There is no indication in the court papers that Penn took Enciso up on his offer.