Richmond ex-cops indicted in scouts scandal (provided teens guns and private security job) [View All]

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Source: San Francisco Chronicle

(07-21) 19:58 PDT RICHMOND --

Two former Richmond police officers were indicted Thursday on charges that they intimidated two young men from the department's scout program after illegally arming them and sending them to work for a private security outfit in crime-plagued neighborhoods.

When the scouts turned on the officers, federal prosecutors said, the officers hired a private investigator to conduct an elaborate sting on the young men - with beautiful women seeking to use sexual gambits to get them arrested and jailed.

Danny Harris, 31, of Pinole and Ray Thomas, 34, of Fairfield were each indicted by a federal grand jury in Oakland on two charges of conspiracy for allegedly trying to prevent the volunteer Explorer Scouts from telling law enforcement that Harris had illegally bought them guns.

Harris, the onetime leader of the scout program, was also charged with making false statements while buying three Glock semiautomatic pistols from a San Jose police supply store.

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