Post by WaTcHeR on Jul 27, 2006 16:00:01 GMT -5
07.27.2006 - MOBILE, Ala. A former Fulton County, Georgia, sheriff's deputy is headed to prison for his conviction on federal drug charges.
40-year-old officer Dwayne Turner will serve 57 months on a count of conspiracy to distribute marijuana. He was sentenced Tuesday in Mobile federal court.
In October 2005, F-B-I agents arrested Turner in the parking lot of a Montgomery restaurant on drug trafficking charges.
According to court documents, a convicted drug dealer identified Turner as his supplier. U-S Attorney Deborah Rhodes said Turner sold large quantities of marijuana and cocaine to the dealer on several occasions.
She said additional drug-related offenses, including distributing cocaine were dismissed.
Prior to his arrest, Turner had faced disciplinary action at the Fulton County Jail because he was among four deputies who allowed a work-release inmate and rap artist to shoot a music video inside the Atlanta facility in June 2004.
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40-year-old officer Dwayne Turner will serve 57 months on a count of conspiracy to distribute marijuana. He was sentenced Tuesday in Mobile federal court.
In October 2005, F-B-I agents arrested Turner in the parking lot of a Montgomery restaurant on drug trafficking charges.
According to court documents, a convicted drug dealer identified Turner as his supplier. U-S Attorney Deborah Rhodes said Turner sold large quantities of marijuana and cocaine to the dealer on several occasions.
She said additional drug-related offenses, including distributing cocaine were dismissed.
Prior to his arrest, Turner had faced disciplinary action at the Fulton County Jail because he was among four deputies who allowed a work-release inmate and rap artist to shoot a music video inside the Atlanta facility in June 2004.
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