Six cops charged with robbery, kidnapping, extortion
Source: Philadelphia Inquirer
Six Philadelphia police officers were arrested Wednesday in a predawn roundup and charged with robbing, kidnapping, and extorting drug suspects over a nearly seven-year period.
The officers all were veterans of a narcotics squad that came under the scrutiny of a joint FBI-Police Department Internal Affairs investigation.
The officers charged in a federal indictment are Thomas Liciardello, 38; Perry Betts, 46; Brian Reynolds, 43; Michael Spicer, 46; John Speiser, 42; and Linwood Norman, 46.
The indictment alleges the officers falsified records, held people without arrest, stole drugs and shared in the proceeds.
Read more: http://www.philly.com/philly/news/breaking/20140731_Sources__6_cops_arrested_in_federal_corruption_probe.html
Earth_First
(14,910 posts)KG
(28,751 posts)color me unsurprised.
iandhr
(6,852 posts)aint_no_life_nowhere
(21,925 posts)They're making progress.
atreides1
(16,076 posts)billhicks76
(5,082 posts)The drug war is beyond a farcical racket. Time to be grown ups and end it.
IronGate
(2,186 posts)Take the illicit profits out of it.
jamzrockz
(1,333 posts)Make the drug cartel really work for their money i.e. kill their cash cow and bankrupt them.
BrotherIvan
(9,126 posts)Though I do have reservations about meth because of the danger while making it. I would hope superior drugs such as opiates would take its place. I'd much rather have people zoning at home than out tweaking.
blackspade
(10,056 posts)Business as usual for the gang in blue.
valerief
(53,235 posts)DiverDave
(4,886 posts)Not a peep-the fix is in.
There will be no news until they are found innocent.