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(NewsNation) — Mississippi instrumentality enforcement officers arrested arsenic portion of a cause smuggling cognition took bribes of much than $30,000, according to tribunal documents.
The arrests were announced Thursday and included 2 sheriffs among the 14 instrumentality enforcement officers indicted for helping cause smugglers postulation narcotics.
Prosecutors accidental Brandon Addison, of the Hollandale Police Department and Humphreys County Sheriff's Office, took bribes adjacent to $37,000; Javery Howard, of the Metcalfe Police Department and Hollandale PD, took bribes totalling $31,000; Milton Gaston, sheriff of Washington County, took $19,500 successful bribes; Bruce Williams, sheriff of Humphreys County took $18,000 successful bribes; Dexture Frankline, with the Washington County Sheriff's Office, took $16,500 successful bribe; Sean Williams, with the Yazoo City Police Department, took $14,000 successful bribes and Wendell Johnson, with the Bolivar County Sheriff's Office took $12,000 successful bribes.
Other officers received bribes successful little amounts.
According to the indictment, undercover FBI agents posed arsenic cartel members seeking equipped instrumentality enforcement escorts for shipments of amerciable drugs.
“We’re talking astir 14 existent oregon erstwhile instrumentality enforcement officers … who are alleged to person sold retired the public,” FBI Co-Deputy Director Andrew Bailey said astatine a quality league Thursday. “This corruption permeated each levels. It extended crossed aggregate counties and aggregate jurisdictions successful the authorities of Mississippi, and beyond.”
Read the afloat indictment below:
