KNOXVILLE, Tenn.
A University of Tennessee-Knoxville police officer has been charged with selling prescription drugs.
WBIR-TV reports that Officer Matthew Chambers was arrested Wednesday at UT Police Department headquarters on charges he sold the drug Roxicodone to an undercover Knoxville police officer.
Knoxville police were not saying when or where the sale took place.
The investigation began when Knoxville police received a tip from an informant in early August.
Chambers has been a UT-Knoxville police officer for less than two years. He was placed on paid leave, his police powers were suspended and he turned in his badge and firearm.
Information from WBIR-TV, Knoxville, http://www.wbir.com
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