Six cops charged with robbery, kidnapping, extortion

[alp227]

Source: Philadelphia Inquirer

Six Philadelphia police officers were arrested Wednesday in a predawn roundup and charged with robbing, kidnapping, and extorting drug suspects over a nearly seven-year period.

The officers all were veterans of a narcotics squad that came under the scrutiny of a joint FBI-Police Department Internal Affairs investigation.

The officers charged in a federal indictment are Thomas Liciardello, 38; Perry Betts, 46; Brian Reynolds, 43; Michael Spicer, 46; John Speiser, 42; and Linwood Norman, 46.

The indictment alleges the officers falsified records, held people without arrest, stole drugs and shared in the proceeds.

Read more: http://www.philly.com/philly/news/breaking/20140731_Sources__6_cops_arrested_in_federal_corruption_probe.html

[Earth_First]

1. "CROOKED COPS!"

[KG]

2. took 7 years?

color me unsurprised.

[iandhr]

3. I am SHOCKED SHOCKED to find gambling going on here.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

4. How refreshing - at least for once a cop isn't beating a motorist within an inch of their life

They're making progress.

[atreides1]

7. Or shooting a dog!

[billhicks76]

5. Legalize All Drugs

The drug war is beyond a farcical racket. Time to be grown ups and end it.

[IronGate]

6. ^^^THIS^^^

Take the illicit profits out of it.

[jamzrockz]

10. Yes all drugs

Make the drug cartel really work for their money i.e. kill their cash cow and bankrupt them.

[BrotherIvan]

11. Agree

Though I do have reservations about meth because of the danger while making it. I would hope superior drugs such as opiates would take its place. I'd much rather have people zoning at home than out tweaking.

[blackspade]

8. Shocking....Not.

Business as usual for the gang in blue.

[valerief]

9. As dirty as SCOTUS. nt

[DiverDave]

12. Not a word on the cbs local news today

Not a peep-the fix is in.
There will be no news until they are found innocent.