Tuesday, July 08, 2008

Waterbury officer fired, accused of warning friend

WATERBURY, Conn.

A Waterbury police officer accused of warning a friend about a drug investigation has been fired.

Twenty-nine-year-old Israel Lugo had been accused last month of illegally disclosing information about a state police drug investigation that netted 20 pounds of marijuana.

Lugo was arrested June 23 after police said he illegally used a police computer to check the license plate of a state police vehicle that was tailing the target of a drug investigation.

Police say that Lugo was lifelong friends with 29-year-old Shaun Ducham who was arrested June 20 after state police raided his home and seized guns, 20 pounds of marijuana and about $1,000 in cash.

Lugo was with the department for three years.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Mr. Lugo was found not guilty, why don't you post that?

Anonymous said...

They are always found Not Guilty! That does not mean they are not