Aberdeen corrections officer Charles Andrew Stocker, 49, has been charged with aiding and abetting drug trafficking and misprision of a felony in a public corruption investigation.
Stocker, a corrections officer at the Aberdeen City Jail, will make his initial appearance in U.S. District Court in Tacoma today, following an FBI investigation into allegations that he tipped off drug traffickers about law enforcement activities.
According to the criminal complaint unsealed today, members of the Grays Harbor Drug Task Force informed the FBI and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) about indications Stocker had been providing sensitive law enforcement information to known drug dealers in the Aberdeen area.
The investigation uncovered a recording of a jail call that implicated Stocker in providing this information, and revealed that he passed sensitive law enforcement information, including that the Task Force was listening to jail calls, to two other drug dealers who worked together to distribute drugs in the area.
Stocker also allegedly agreed to hold money for one of these drug targets, and made a variety of false statements at the time the search warrants were executed. The money was recovered when the search warrants were executed.
The charges contain only allegations, and a person is presumed innocent unless and until he or she is proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.
The case is being investigated by the FBI, and is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorneys Justin Arnold and Vince Lombardi.
Aiding and abetting a drug trafficking offense is punishable by a term of imprisonment of up to 20 years, while misprision of a felony is punishable by a term of imprisonment of up to 3 years.
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Key Facts
- State: Washington
- Category: Public Corruption|Drug Trafficking
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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