Post by KC on Jan 28, 2007 18:58:27 GMT -5
BOSTON -- A Boston police officer is facing federal charges of distributing anabolic steroids and committing perjury.
The U.S. Attorney's office said 37-year-old Edgardo Rodriguez, of Hyde Park, is named in a six-count indictment that includes perjury before a federal grand jury.
Investigators allege the officer was involved in distributing steroids on several occasions last year and in 2003.
He's also charged with making false statements to a grand jury when asked if he knew about other Boston Police officers involved in trafficking steroids.
U.S. Attorney Michael Sullivan calls the case a "gross betrayal of an officer's duty."
Rodriguez was placed on administrative duty last year after two officers from his motorcycle unit were arrested in a wide-ranging police corruption probe.
www.thebostonchannel.com/news/10846330/detail.html
The U.S. Attorney's office said 37-year-old Edgardo Rodriguez, of Hyde Park, is named in a six-count indictment that includes perjury before a federal grand jury.
Investigators allege the officer was involved in distributing steroids on several occasions last year and in 2003.
He's also charged with making false statements to a grand jury when asked if he knew about other Boston Police officers involved in trafficking steroids.
U.S. Attorney Michael Sullivan calls the case a "gross betrayal of an officer's duty."
Rodriguez was placed on administrative duty last year after two officers from his motorcycle unit were arrested in a wide-ranging police corruption probe.
www.thebostonchannel.com/news/10846330/detail.html