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Deputies allegedly in pocket of 'outlaw motorcycle gang'

Having yesterday highlighted the case of a federal probation officer allegedly providing intelligence to smugglers from a drug cartel, I should mention another case identified by Drug War Chronicle out of the Texas South Plains featuring similar allegations:In Lubbock, Texas, two Hockley County sheriff's deputies were arrested last Friday as part of a 110-count federal indictment aimed at the Aces and Eights outlaw motorcycle gang for a methamphetamine trafficking conspiracy. Deputies Gordon Bohannon and Jose Quintanilla are accused of providing gang members with information that hurt efforts to shut down the conspiracy. They and the other 28 defendants are all charged with conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of meth, which carries a mandatory minimum 10 year prison sentence...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on July 21, 2009 (boomark / email).