Post by KC on Jul 11, 2006 20:14:46 GMT -5
July 11, 2006 - NEWARK, N.J. - A New Jersey police officer now living in North Carolina is one of six indicted today on charges of protecting targets of a drug ring by tipping them off about imminent raids in return for some of the drugs.
Among those charged is Passaic (pah-SAY'-ik) County Sheriff's Officer Gerry Ward, whose current address is in Gastonia.
A prosecutor says it wasn't really a drug distribution for profit, but instead more of a social relationship between the officers and the targets.
The main drugs involved were the powerful painkiller OxyContin and the sleeping pill Ambien.
Eventually, the officers realized their friends were being investigated for drugs and decided to help them by tipping them off about impending raids or investigations, McCann said.
The officers were arrested within the past 18 months.
www.wwaytv3.com/Global/story.asp?S=5136498&nav=menu70_2
Among those charged is Passaic (pah-SAY'-ik) County Sheriff's Officer Gerry Ward, whose current address is in Gastonia.
A prosecutor says it wasn't really a drug distribution for profit, but instead more of a social relationship between the officers and the targets.
The main drugs involved were the powerful painkiller OxyContin and the sleeping pill Ambien.
Eventually, the officers realized their friends were being investigated for drugs and decided to help them by tipping them off about impending raids or investigations, McCann said.
The officers were arrested within the past 18 months.
www.wwaytv3.com/Global/story.asp?S=5136498&nav=menu70_2