To Serve and Protect?
Illinois deputy arrested on drug charges in Texas
The Associated Press
GROOM, Texas -- A longtime sheriff's deputy from Illinois and his traveling companion have been arrested on drug possession charges in Texas.Forty-seven-year-old
Cook County Deputy Darryl Jenkins and 31-year-old Dorothy Edwards were
arrested Sunday when they were returning to Chicago from Los Angeles.
Both are from Calumet City, Illinois.
Texas authorities say they
found 138 pounds of marijuana and 4,000 grams of cocaine in the
couple's vehicle during a traffic stop. The drugs have a street value
of about $368,000 and were found inside luggage.
Both remain jailed on Tuesday on $60,000 bail each. Neither has an attorney.
Cook County Sheriff's spokesman Steve Patterson says Jenkins has been placed on paid suspension.
Jenkins was a Chicago courthouse deputy for 22 years.
http://www.bnd.com/167/story/458073.html
What do the bloggers think of this? And, of course, it's Cook County once again.
