Tragic Turn in Redemption Story

by on May 24, 2011 @ 8:44 pm · 1 comment

in Drug Policy, Police Statism, Victimless Crimes

A cop-turned-black-market-intelligence-entrepreneur was arrested in Watertown, Massachusetts after he heroically warned medium-scale commodities importers of his former colleagues’s conspiracy to rob, kidnap, and enslave them.

A fired Watertown police officer has been charged with giving information about an international drug investigation involving millions of dollars and several other Watertown men to the people being investigated, leading to them allegedly intimidating other law enforcement officers.

More than $2.7 million in drug proceeds in Newton and Bedford in October 2010 was seized during the course of the investigation, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. After searching Watertown and Waltham residences on May 24, officials reportedly seized more than $700,000 in U.S. currency,seven kilograms of gold bars, 80 pounds of marijuana, four weapons and several vehicles.

The police officer, Roberto Velasquez-Johnson was charged with conspiring to defraud the government by impeding a drug investigation. He faces up to five years in prison to be followed by 3 years of supervised release and a fine up to $250,000 if convicted.

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Dick Clark, a native Southerner, is an attorney who lives in the Great Plains region.


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1 Jett Rucker May 25, 2011 at 10:36 am

Where does “redemption” come into this?

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