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fbi: 2 charlotte officers helped suspected dealer
Published Jun. 18, 2008
I don't have any idea how frequently something like this happens, but I do believe things like this make it hard on upstanding, hardworking police officers. I wonder what will happen if the former officers are convicted. Do they go to a prison away from the general population? I mean, could they conceivably be in prison with people they may have had a hand in sending to prison?
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Two Charlotte police officers charged with conspiring to distribute crack cocaine helped a suspected drug dealer with information about an impending drug bust, according to an FBI affidavit.
The 27-page affidavit was unsealed Tuesday in U.S. District Court in the case against officers Gerald Holas and Jason Ross. The 35-year-old officers resigned last week.
The document said Holas and Ross admitted to investigators that they protected the alleged cocaine dealer, 25-year-old David C. Lockhart, in exchange for information they could use to arrest Lockhart's suppliers and customers.
The affidavit details a number of telephone conversations between Lockhart and Holas, including one series of calls that took place while other officers searched the suspected dealer at his home May 14.
Another occurred just before a drug bust at a Charlotte hotel, when Holas called Lockhart and told him to get out of the building. Holas was working with a drug interdiction team in the area at the time, the affidavit said.
In another call, Lockhart asked Holas and Ross for help in identifying a person who robbed him. One of the officers helped him find the residence and Lockhart and others set it on fire, the affidavit said.
Lockhart is charged with conspiring to distribute crack cocaine. The affidavit said Lockhart admitted that he handled large quantities of cocaine and that he helped the officers with information in exchange for protection.
The drug conspiracy charges carry a maximum life prison sentence and a mandatory minimum of 10 years.
In one call detailed in the affidavit, Holas told Lockhart to move to a new address because other officers suspected the old address was a drug location and they would return to it. Lockhart then moved.
An attorney for Ross declined to comment while an attorney for Holas did not return a call seeking comment Wednesday.
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June 18, 2008 9:38 p.m.
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June 18, 2008 8:05 p.m.
Sorry - hubby is long time cop, BIL federal agent, and nephew Green Beret (works with fed agents when in Afghanistan). I get a wee bit "feisty" about law enforcement :-)
Have a good night, my hero just got home and I am off to get his supper.
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Sorry, Feisty, I didn't realize I was repeating...thanks for drawing my attention to the earlier information.
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