NYPD NARCOTICS DETECTIVE FACES PERJURY CHARGES AS CASE GOES TO POT

A Bronx narcotics detective was indicted Monday on charges she
juiced the truth about a big pot bust - lies that got the case
against the dealers tossed out.

Detective Debra Eager, a 15-year NYPD veteran, said on the stand
that she and her partner saw two drug suspects toting boxes into a
Holland Ave. apartment.

Eager, 41, said she followed the duo into the building, heard them
enter an apartment and then made an arrest.

Her testimony, however, "was starkly contradicted by video
surveillance" at the building, Bronx District Attorney Robert Johnson said.

And even though the boxes contained 33 pounds of marijuana, the
charges against the suspects were dismissed because Eager allegedly
distorted the details of the bust.

She was indicted on three counts of first-degree perjury, each
carrying up to seven years in prison. She was also suspended without pay.