every side has your own justifications....
thief arrested by drug dealers!
How ironic is that?
Two Florida Keys law enforcement officers arrested on drug charges
A county corrections officer and a state wildlife enforcement officer were arrested on drug charges in the Florida Keys.
Related Content
* Officer who hit man was on way to work
* Uncover weird news at the Crime Scene blog
BY CAMMY CLARK
cclark@MiamiHerald.com
The FBI arrested two Florida Keys-based law enforcement officers last week on drug charges that included transporting what they believed to be cocaine and heroin, according to the United States Attorney's Office.
Shawn Hernandez, a corrections officer with the Monroe County Sheriff's Office, and Jonathon Jacox, a sworn officer with the Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission, are in federal custody in Miami charged with possession with the intent to distribute narcotics, conspiracy to traffic in narcotics and possession of a firearm in commission of a felony.
Hernandez and Jacox met with an undercover officer who provided ''sham'' drugs that he said he needed transported to the Keys, according to U.S. Attorney spokeswoman Alicia Valle. Seven federal, state and local agencies participated in the investigation, during which Hernandez was involved in three transportations of the sham drugs and Jacox was involved in two.
''These criminal acts are serious and completely unacceptable no matter who is committing them. It is even more shocking and appalling that it would be two law enforcement officers taking part in this type of crime,'' said Monroe County Sheriff Bob Peryam, whose agency's narcotics task force took part in the investigation.
Hernandez, 32, worked for the past 10 months as a corrections officer in the Key West Detention Center on Stock Island. He began with the sheriff's office in 2000 as a maintenance assistant, but left in 2001 to attend a corrections academy. He had been working as a corrections officer outside of the Keys until he was hired by Monroe County last July. Jacox completed the Conservation Commission's Law Enforcement Academy in 2006 and was stationed in Marathon, according to commission spokeswoman Carol Pratt.
''FWC officers are an exemplary group of people and we offer no refuge to those within our ranks who choose to break the law,'' commission Chairman Rodney Barreto said in a statement.