BOND DENIED TO TWO FORMER OFFICERS FACING DRUG CHARGES

COVINGTON - Bond was denied last week for two former police officers
facing drug charges after prosecutors argued the pair could try to
harm police and drug informants. Greg Rogers, 35, of Oxford and
Brandon McDonald, 33, of Covington will stay in jail until their trial
on charges they sold methamphetamine and other drugs to undercover
agents. Newton County Assistant District Attorney Layla Hinton said
Rogers told a confidential drug informant that he would ''put a bullet
in their head'' if he found out the informant was talking to police or
other informants. McDonald requested bond in order to take care of his
family. But Hinton countered that investigators have discovered his
wife allegedly works as a prostitute and solicits business on the
Internet. ''His wife is an escort and he's in the drug business, so
that's not a stable home environment to begin with,'' she said. Rogers
worked with the Madison Police Department before joining the Oxford
Police Department in 1995. During his three years in Oxford, Rogers
also moonlighted with Porterdale Police. McDonald worked briefly with
Rogers in Oxford, along with stints with police departments in
Covington, Monticello and Porterdale and the Walton County Sheriff's
Office, Newton County Sheriff's Office and Newton County Juvenile
Court. Neither man was working as a law enforcement officer at the
time of their arrest.