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Miami-Dade Police Officer Faces Drug Charges
Police: Benjamin Allegedly Sold 13 Pounds Of Cocaine
POSTED: 9:51 pm EDT September 29, 2006
UPDATED: 9:59 pm EDT September 29, 2006
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MIAMI, Fla. -- A Miami-Dade County police officer faces drug charges after an undercover investigation revealed that he sold about 13 pounds of cocaine while wearing his uniform, the U.S. attorney's office said Friday.
Errol Washington Benjamin was charged with possession with intent to distribute cocaine. If convicted on the charges, he faces a maximum penalty of life imprisonment and a top fine of $4 million, the U.S. attorney's office said in a statement.
Benjamin was suspended without pay, Miami-Dade police spokesman Roy Rutland said.
"We aggressively investigate any type of activities involving any corruption," Rutland said.
The circumstances surrounding the investigation were not released by authorities, and several telephone messages left at the offices and cell phones of representatives for the U.S. attorney's office were not returned.
An official at Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center in Miami-Dade County said Benjamin had not yet been booked into the jail.
Copyright 2006 by The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
Police: Benjamin Allegedly Sold 13 Pounds Of Cocaine
POSTED: 9:51 pm EDT September 29, 2006
UPDATED: 9:59 pm EDT September 29, 2006
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MIAMI, Fla. -- A Miami-Dade County police officer faces drug charges after an undercover investigation revealed that he sold about 13 pounds of cocaine while wearing his uniform, the U.S. attorney's office said Friday.
Errol Washington Benjamin was charged with possession with intent to distribute cocaine. If convicted on the charges, he faces a maximum penalty of life imprisonment and a top fine of $4 million, the U.S. attorney's office said in a statement.
Benjamin was suspended without pay, Miami-Dade police spokesman Roy Rutland said.
"We aggressively investigate any type of activities involving any corruption," Rutland said.
The circumstances surrounding the investigation were not released by authorities, and several telephone messages left at the offices and cell phones of representatives for the U.S. attorney's office were not returned.
An official at Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center in Miami-Dade County said Benjamin had not yet been booked into the jail.
Copyright 2006 by The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.