N.Y.C. DETECTIVES CHARGED IN DRUG CONSPIRACY CASE

NEW YORK -- A Colombia-supplied drug ring used two decorated New York
Police Department detectives to deliver large quantities of cocaine and
heroin to customers in Baltimore and Detroit, authorities said Wednesday.

The FBI arrested the detectives, Willie Parson and Steve Fuller, both 43,
both of the Bronx, and a retired officer, Philip Moog, 55, on federal
conspiracy charges. The detectives were awaiting arraignment in Brooklyn
federal court; Moog was being held without bail in Scranton, Pa.

According to court papers, the defendants were hired as couriers "because
in the event they were stopped by police while driving to Detroit or
Baltimore, [they] would be able to use their status as police officers to
escape detection." Authorities said the officers drove private cars, but
carried their badges and used police pagers while committing their crimes.

"These detectives . . . betrayed the trust of the citizens of this city and
broke faith with all of law enforcement," said U.S. Attorney Loretta Lynch.

Parson and Fuller joined the force in January 1982. Parson earned 10
medals, and Fuller four, police officials said.