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| Title: | US: CA: Police Say Agent Was Part Of Plot |
| Published On: | 1998-07-07 |
| Source: | Orange County Register (CA) |
| Fetched On: | 2008-09-07 06:40:56 |
POLICE SAY AGENT WAS PART OF PLOT
Law Enforcement: Police say the state narcotics agent from San Jaun
Capistrano was part of a plot to distribute cocaine.
A state narcotics officer from San Jaun Capistrano was charged Monday in an
alleged plot to distribute cocaine after an undercover sting operation
netted 26 pounds of cocaine and $285,000, officials said.
Richard W. Parker, 43, a Bureau of Narcotic Enforcement agent, was arrested
after meeting with a woman on the roof of a Pasadena parking garage,
allegedly to collect $47,000 for cocaine buys over the past few weeks.
Police searched Parker's truck and seized about $100,000, numerous firearms,
money orders and credit card receipts of "large" transactions, and a
business card for a bank in the Cayman Islands, an FBI affidavit states.
After his arrest on Thursday, Parker denied any knowledge of drugs and told
police he met the woman as "a favor for a friend," according to the
affidavit.
At the time of his arrest, Parker was employed at the same Riverside
facility where 900 pounds of cocaine evidence in criminal cases was reported
stolen on July 4, 1997, said Mike Van Winkle, Bureau of Narcotic Enforcement
spokesman. The Riverside Police Department has been investigating the
missing drugs for a year.
It was not immediately known if Parker worked there at the same time the
drugs disappeared or if any of the drugs he allegedly supplied were
confiscated from busts, officials said.
Also arrested in the alleged conspiracy were Gerhard Ewald Hensel of Redondo
Beach; Monica Lillian Pitto, 39, of Manhattan Beach; Pamela Susan Gray, 43,
of Hermosa Beach; and Christine Whitney, 26, of Manhattan Beach.
Parker and the others were booked into the Metropolitan Detention Center in
Los Angeles.
The FBI affidavit states that Parker had been supplying cocaine to Pitto
since 1991. Investigators said she told them that she obtained about 140
kilograms of cocaine from Parker within the past seven years and sold them
to Hensel. She and Parker allegedly split the profits.
Checked-by: "Rolf Ernst"
Law Enforcement: Police say the state narcotics agent from San Jaun
Capistrano was part of a plot to distribute cocaine.
A state narcotics officer from San Jaun Capistrano was charged Monday in an
alleged plot to distribute cocaine after an undercover sting operation
netted 26 pounds of cocaine and $285,000, officials said.
Richard W. Parker, 43, a Bureau of Narcotic Enforcement agent, was arrested
after meeting with a woman on the roof of a Pasadena parking garage,
allegedly to collect $47,000 for cocaine buys over the past few weeks.
Police searched Parker's truck and seized about $100,000, numerous firearms,
money orders and credit card receipts of "large" transactions, and a
business card for a bank in the Cayman Islands, an FBI affidavit states.
After his arrest on Thursday, Parker denied any knowledge of drugs and told
police he met the woman as "a favor for a friend," according to the
affidavit.
At the time of his arrest, Parker was employed at the same Riverside
facility where 900 pounds of cocaine evidence in criminal cases was reported
stolen on July 4, 1997, said Mike Van Winkle, Bureau of Narcotic Enforcement
spokesman. The Riverside Police Department has been investigating the
missing drugs for a year.
It was not immediately known if Parker worked there at the same time the
drugs disappeared or if any of the drugs he allegedly supplied were
confiscated from busts, officials said.
Also arrested in the alleged conspiracy were Gerhard Ewald Hensel of Redondo
Beach; Monica Lillian Pitto, 39, of Manhattan Beach; Pamela Susan Gray, 43,
of Hermosa Beach; and Christine Whitney, 26, of Manhattan Beach.
Parker and the others were booked into the Metropolitan Detention Center in
Los Angeles.
The FBI affidavit states that Parker had been supplying cocaine to Pitto
since 1991. Investigators said she told them that she obtained about 140
kilograms of cocaine from Parker within the past seven years and sold them
to Hensel. She and Parker allegedly split the profits.
Checked-by: "Rolf Ernst"
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