If these cops are guilty of this long list of crimes, I hope they each serve very long prison terms.
A federal grand jury in Abingdon has charged Henry County Sheriff H.F. "Frank" Cassell and 12 former and current employees with participating in a criminal enterprise that dealt in cocaine, marijuana, steroids and ketamine, a powerful tranquilizer implicated in date-rape cases.The 48-count indictment, returned Oct. 31, alleges crime after crime since 1998: Defendants dealt or stole confiscated weapons, including a machine pistol; they took money and property seized during investigations; they lied to federal investigators; and a drug dealer threatened to shoot a deputy in the conspiracy if the deputy snitched.
The indictment charges 20 people, including a postal service employee, a state probation officer and high-ranking deputies. Cassell, a 68-year-old grandfather who planned to retire after his current term, is charged with looking the other way, covering up and lying to federal investigators.
Unbelievable.