News (Media Awareness Project) - US CA: Ex-CHP Officer Gets 30 Years in Drug Theft |
| Title: | US CA: Ex-CHP Officer Gets 30 Years in Drug Theft |
| Published On: | 2002-11-22 |
| Source: | Los Angeles Times (CA) |
| Fetched On: | 2008-08-29 09:00:28 |
EX-CHP OFFICER GETS 30 YEARS IN DRUG THEFT
A former California Highway Patrol officer was sentenced by a U.S. District
Court judge to 30 years in federal prison Thursday for helping steal nearly
650 pounds of cocaine from a narcotics evidence locker and then selling the
haul piecemeal through a mid-level drug dealer.
George Michael Ruelas, 43, a 13-year CHP veteran, looted the locker at the
state Bureau of Narcotic Enforcement office in Riverside in July 1997.
His former CHP partner, Michael Wilcox, 42, pleaded guilty to taking part
and was sentenced earlier to 63 months.
A former California Highway Patrol officer was sentenced by a U.S. District
Court judge to 30 years in federal prison Thursday for helping steal nearly
650 pounds of cocaine from a narcotics evidence locker and then selling the
haul piecemeal through a mid-level drug dealer.
George Michael Ruelas, 43, a 13-year CHP veteran, looted the locker at the
state Bureau of Narcotic Enforcement office in Riverside in July 1997.
His former CHP partner, Michael Wilcox, 42, pleaded guilty to taking part
and was sentenced earlier to 63 months.
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