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| Title: | US MS: JPD Detective Faces Drug Charge |
| Published On: | 2000-12-30 |
| Source: | Clarion-Ledger, The (MS) |
| Fetched On: | 2008-09-02 07:43:27 |
JPD DETECTIVE FACES DRUG CHARGE
Wallace Jones 13th Jackson officer arrested this year
The FBI has accused a Jackson police detective - brother of a former
Jackson narcotics detective convicted of extorting money from drug dealers
- - of accepting $1,000 to provide protection for a person posing as a drug
dealer.
Detective Wallace Jones, 38, is charged with attempting to distribute and
possess with intent to distribute two kilograms of crack cocaine he
believed the person was carrying, according to a criminal complaint.
If found guilty, Jones, on the city force seven years, faces up to life in
prison and up to a $4 million fine. He was released on a $10,000 bond after
appearing before U.S. Magistrate Judge James C. Sumner on Friday morning.
Chief Bracy Coleman said Jones was put on administrative leave without pay.
He is the 13th Jackson police officer arrested this year.
Jones' arrest is unrelated to that of his sister, Alvaline Baggett, 42, and
six other officers facing drug charges.
Baggett resigned May 24. She was convicted Sept. 29 on charges of bribery
and conspiracy to extort money from drug dealers to "fix" cases. She faces
sentencing Jan. 4 before U.S. District Court Judge Henry T. Wingate.
At a news conference Friday at police headquarters, James Kessler Jr., the
FBI Special Agent in Charge in Mississippi, said Special Agent Gil Surles
began investigating Jones in April.
"Jones escorted a cooperative witness away from the Jackson bus station in
an unmarked police vehicle" on June 15, said Kessler, who would not
identify the "cooperative witness."
Surles is assigned to the JPD's Public Integrity Unit, a joint FBI-Internal
Affairs operation tasked with pursuing police corruption.
"There are a lot of really good police officers in this city," Kessler
said. "They should not be dragged down by Wallace Jones."
Other officers charged:
Kent Daniels, Oct. 29, with possession of marijuana.
Shelvey N. Coleman, Oct. 30, with sexual battery and Travon Jones with
accessory to sexual battery.
Stanley Butler, Fred Gaddis, Tim Henderson, Nate Thomas, Ronald Youngblood
and Joe Wade, Nov. 1 with taking payoffs for protecting drug dealers.
Butler, Gaddis and Wade have been indicted.
Thomas Catchings and Maceo Simmons, Dec. 8 with sexual battery and
conspiracy to commit sexual battery.
Wallace Jones 13th Jackson officer arrested this year
The FBI has accused a Jackson police detective - brother of a former
Jackson narcotics detective convicted of extorting money from drug dealers
- - of accepting $1,000 to provide protection for a person posing as a drug
dealer.
Detective Wallace Jones, 38, is charged with attempting to distribute and
possess with intent to distribute two kilograms of crack cocaine he
believed the person was carrying, according to a criminal complaint.
If found guilty, Jones, on the city force seven years, faces up to life in
prison and up to a $4 million fine. He was released on a $10,000 bond after
appearing before U.S. Magistrate Judge James C. Sumner on Friday morning.
Chief Bracy Coleman said Jones was put on administrative leave without pay.
He is the 13th Jackson police officer arrested this year.
Jones' arrest is unrelated to that of his sister, Alvaline Baggett, 42, and
six other officers facing drug charges.
Baggett resigned May 24. She was convicted Sept. 29 on charges of bribery
and conspiracy to extort money from drug dealers to "fix" cases. She faces
sentencing Jan. 4 before U.S. District Court Judge Henry T. Wingate.
At a news conference Friday at police headquarters, James Kessler Jr., the
FBI Special Agent in Charge in Mississippi, said Special Agent Gil Surles
began investigating Jones in April.
"Jones escorted a cooperative witness away from the Jackson bus station in
an unmarked police vehicle" on June 15, said Kessler, who would not
identify the "cooperative witness."
Surles is assigned to the JPD's Public Integrity Unit, a joint FBI-Internal
Affairs operation tasked with pursuing police corruption.
"There are a lot of really good police officers in this city," Kessler
said. "They should not be dragged down by Wallace Jones."
Other officers charged:
Kent Daniels, Oct. 29, with possession of marijuana.
Shelvey N. Coleman, Oct. 30, with sexual battery and Travon Jones with
accessory to sexual battery.
Stanley Butler, Fred Gaddis, Tim Henderson, Nate Thomas, Ronald Youngblood
and Joe Wade, Nov. 1 with taking payoffs for protecting drug dealers.
Butler, Gaddis and Wade have been indicted.
Thomas Catchings and Maceo Simmons, Dec. 8 with sexual battery and
conspiracy to commit sexual battery.
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