Police Officer Arrested
Client Granted Home Confinement
On July 20, 2006, a police officer, along with two of his colleagues, was arrested in Miami by under-cover FBI agents who had been following one of the three for two and a half years. According to the government, the trio expected to receive payments from the undercover agents for allegedly protecting a shipment of drugs to Boston. The officer was charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 100 kilograms of cocaine. He was ordered jailed without bail. In September, he was indicted on one count of conspiring to possess with intent to distribute more than five kilograms of cocaine and more than one kilogram of heroin, along with a count of attempting to aid and abet the possession of cocaine with intent to distribute.
The government moved for detention, asking the court to continue holding him without bail. The officer, facing a sentence of up to life in prison if convicted, hired the Denner Pellegrino firm. Over the government's strenuous objections, Denner Pellegrino attorneys Brad Bailey and Jeffrey Denner convinced a federal magistrate judge that there were, indeed, conditions or a combination of conditions sufficient to assure the safety of the community and his return to court if the officer was released. The government, however, would not give in and immediately appealed the officer's release to a United States District Court Judge. Again, the issue of bail was hotly contested and, after further hearings, Denner Pellegrino attorneys convinced the judge to release the officer to home confinement, pending trial.
Result: In September 2006, the police officer was released from prison, albeit with strict conditions.
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