ALAMEDA
A veteran Alameda police officer was arrested this morning and now faces felony charges after authorities said that he fraudulently obtained prescription medication.
Ronald R. Jones, a sergeant who has been with the department for 26 years, is accused of visiting a residence of someone who was terminally ill and telling the family that police provided a disposal service for medication.
Jones allegedly took the medications and never placed them into evidence for destruction.
As an administrative sergeant there was no reason for Jones to have been collecting items at the scene, said Alameda police Lt. Bill Scott, who also noted that it does not appear to have been an isolated incident.
Alameda police launched an internal affairs investigation last month.
Jones was arrested this morning in Pleasanton by agents from the state Department of Justice's Bureau of Narcotic Enforcement.
Jones was booked at the Alameda County Sheriff's Office on two felony counts of using fraud, deceit or misrepresentation to obtain a controlled substance.
He has been placed on paid administrative leave.
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