• Support MPN
Logo Logo
  • Investigations
  • Analysis
  • Cartoons
  • Podcasts
  • Videos
  • Language
    • 中文
    • русский
    • Español
    • Français
    • اَلْعَرَبِيَّةُ
  • Support MPN
  • Watch | Gaza Fights Back
This Sept. 18, 2012 file photos shows a caregiver picking out a marijuana bud for a patient at a marijuana dispensary in Denver. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski, File)

Sheriff’s Deputy In Georgia Caught Selling Marijuana To Undercover Agent

Follow Us

  • Rokfin
  • Telegram
  • Rumble
  • Odysee
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
  • YouTube
This Sept. 18, 2012 file photos shows a caregiver picking out a marijuana bud for a patient at a marijuana dispensary in Denver. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski, File)
(AP Photo/Ed Andrieski, File)

A small-town Georgia sheriff’s deputy will face drug and firearms charges after he was caught selling marijuana to federal agents out of his very own squad car.

11Alive News reports that officer Darrell Mathis was selling marijuana to an undercover agent from May to September of 2013, twice blithely dispensing the illegal substance from his squad car.

Statements from the FBI criminal complaint against Mathis, posted by CovNews, include the wayward officer commenting “Don’t worry, I’m on your side” to an undercover cop, who had feigned surprise when Mathis flashed his badge.

“My office is completely cooperating with the FBI in this investigation,” said Newton County Sheriff Ezell Brown to 11Alive. “This is an embarrassment to the Newton County Sheriff’s Office, as well as law enforcement in general. Mr. Mathis has been placed on administrative leave pending the outcome of the investigation.”

Completely unsurprisingly, the moonlighting 40-year-old cop has been fired, reports CovNews.

Mathis could now face a fine of up to $250,000 and five years in jail for possessing marijuana with the intent to distribute, while the firearm charge could carry a life term and upwards of $250,000 in fees.

Newton County has slightly over 100,000 residents and is located to the southeast of the city of Atlanta, while the county capital of Covington has proved an extremely popular spot for film-makers seeking a Southern ambience.

This article originally was published at Global Post.

Comments
September 21st, 2013
Faine Greenwood

What’s Hot

Revealed: EU Nations Condemning Gaza Genocide Secretly Inking Billion-Dollar Arms Deals with Israel

UK Palestine Solidarity Campaign Official Admits Working With Former Israeli Spy

Nayib Bukele’s El Salvador Dictatorship: Made in Israel

The Pentagon Is Using a Fabricated Chinese Threat to Build Genetically Engineered Soldiers

Why Washington is Worried About Burkina Faso’s Young Revolutionary Leader

  • Contact Us
  • Archives
  • About Us
  • Privacy Policy
© 2025 MintPress News