US Edition6 plead guilty and 1 found not guilty in Mississippi drug trafficking bribery scheme
Prosecutors said the officers took bribes from an FBI agent posing as a cartel member to help move 25 kilograms of cocaine.
- A jury acquitted former Greenville Police Department officer Chaka Gaines on Wednesday, while six other Mississippi law enforcement officers have pleaded guilty to bribery charges involving the transport of 25 kilograms of cocaine through Mississippi Delta counties to Memphis.
- Federal indictments allege an FBI agent posing as a Mexican drug cartel member bribed 14 officers, a scheme that ensnared 20 people total including Washington County Sheriff Milton Gaston and Humphrey County Sheriff Bruce Williams.
- Martavis Moore, Jamario Sanford, Marvin Flowers, Dequarian Smith, Brandon Addison, and Javery Howard accepted plea deals, pleading guilty to conspiracy to aid and abet the possession, transportation, and distribution of illegal narcotics.
- During Gaines' trial, a judge dismissed a gun charge for insufficient evidence; defense lawyer Bridgette Morgan said, "This verdict reflects a fundamental principle that the government must prove that a crime occurred; it cannot create one."
- Remaining indicted individuals including Sheriff Gaston and Sheriff Williams are scheduled to face trial this summer, while Sean Williams has filed a notice of his intent to change his plea.
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Six Plead Guilty, One Found Not Guilty in Mississippi Drug-Trafficking Bribery Scheme
Six current or former Mississippi law-enforcement officers have pleaded guilty to date, and another has been found not guilty, in an alleged drug-trafficking bribery scheme that ensnared 20 people, including two sheriffs. The post Six Plead Guilty, One Found Not Guilty in Mississippi Drug-Trafficking Bribery Scheme appeared first on Mississippi Free Press.
6 plead guilty, 1 found not guilty in Mississippi drug trafficking bribery scheme
Six current or former Mississippi law enforcement officers have pleaded guilty to date and another has been found not guilty in an alleged drug trafficking bribery scheme that ensnared 20 people, including two sheriffs.
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6 plead guilty and 1 found not guilty in Mississippi drug trafficking bribery scheme
Six current or former Mississippi law officers have pleaded guilty to charges arising from what prosecutors described as a drug trafficking bribery scheme.
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