This Week's Corrupt Cops Story

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Newsbrief: This Week's Corrupt Cops Story

7/30/04

Just one case this week, unlike last week, when a veritable feast of corrupt practices presented itself. The Rocky Mountain News reported Thursday that former Adams County sheriff's deputy Jose Gutierrez has pleaded guilty to one count of selling cocaine to a jail inmate. The plea comes days before the start of his trial, which was slated for Monday. Under the plea, Adams County District Attorney Robert Grant dropped other felony counts of accepting bribes, drug possession, and introducing contraband into a jail.

Gutierrez, a three-year veteran of the department, was fired in December after an internal affairs investigation into drugs getting into the county jail. He became a focus of investigators after his name was mentioned to anti-gang deputies investigating drug trafficking in the county.

In October, an undercover officer gave Gutierrez $300 to deliver a check and a letter to one inmate, according to the arrest affidavit. Once Gutierrez proved himself by delivering the goods, the undercover officer then gave Gutierrez $500 to deliver cocaine to an inmate. He did. Now he faces prison. Sentencing will be in October.

http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/348/rockies.shtml