A Philly Cop on FBI Drug Task Force Gets 2 Years for Tipping Off Kingpin About Raid

By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com
A Philly police detective working an FBI drug task force was sentenced Monday to two years in prison for tipping off a drug kingpin about a raid in 2005, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported.
U.S. District Judge Timothy J. Savage in Philadelphia sentenced ex-officer Rickie Durham, 44, to the two years, rejecting suggestions by federal prosecutors that he get a minimum of 15 years.
The judge called Durham’s actions “reckless” and said he “exposed fellow officers to great risk”, the Inquirer reported. But the judge said it was an isolated incident in what had been an exemplary career.
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Posted: April 27th, 2010 under FBI, News Story.
Tags: Alton Ace Capone Coles, FBI task force, Judge Timothy Savage, Philadelpia police, Rickie Durham
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