News (Media Awareness Project) - US MS: Deputy Cleared Of Drug Charge |
Title: | US MS: Deputy Cleared Of Drug Charge |
Published On: | 2003-07-22 |
Source: | Enterprise-Journal, The (MS) |
Fetched On: | 2008-01-19 18:42:06 |
DEPUTY CLEARED OF DRUG CHARGE
VIDALIA, La. (AP) - A Concordia Parish sheriff's investigator has been
cleared of a drug possession charge.
Investigator Jimmy Darden was arrested July 4 during an outing on the Bogue
Chitto River in Mississippi.
He remains on leave pending the results of a drug test, Sheriff Randy
Maxwell said.
Sheriff's officials said he was with a group of people tubing, and all their
property became mixed together in a container hooked to Darden's tube.
Wildlife and Fisheries agents stopped Darden at a checkpoint and searched
the items, finding a film container holding a marijuana cigarette.
He was arrested and booked into the Pike County Jail on a charge of
possession of marijuana.
But another man came forward Monday and admitted the marijuana belonged to
him, investigators said. He pleaded guilty and paid a fine.
"Investigator Darden is a 20-year law enforcement veteran with an impeccable
record," Maxwell said.
"I have the utmost confidence in him, and I can easily understand how a
mistake like this can be made."
"One joint of marijuana may not be much to some people, but to a lawman,
it's a career," Maxwell said.
VIDALIA, La. (AP) - A Concordia Parish sheriff's investigator has been
cleared of a drug possession charge.
Investigator Jimmy Darden was arrested July 4 during an outing on the Bogue
Chitto River in Mississippi.
He remains on leave pending the results of a drug test, Sheriff Randy
Maxwell said.
Sheriff's officials said he was with a group of people tubing, and all their
property became mixed together in a container hooked to Darden's tube.
Wildlife and Fisheries agents stopped Darden at a checkpoint and searched
the items, finding a film container holding a marijuana cigarette.
He was arrested and booked into the Pike County Jail on a charge of
possession of marijuana.
But another man came forward Monday and admitted the marijuana belonged to
him, investigators said. He pleaded guilty and paid a fine.
"Investigator Darden is a 20-year law enforcement veteran with an impeccable
record," Maxwell said.
"I have the utmost confidence in him, and I can easily understand how a
mistake like this can be made."
"One joint of marijuana may not be much to some people, but to a lawman,
it's a career," Maxwell said.
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