Two Northern California sheriff’s deputies, who conspired with another law enforcement officer to sell drugs they stole from evidence, were sentenced to probation and will do no prison time.
Bakersfield.com reports that Logan August and Derrick Penney, admitted to betraying the badge, their fellow officers, their families and the community.
On or about September 19, 2014, in furtherance of this conspiracy, Penney and KCSO Deputy August used their KCSO-issued keys to gain access” to the department’s marijuana storage unit, the agreements state.
The two admitted to cutting the tops off plants and placing them in trash bags, storing the pot at Penney’s home until another co-conspirator retrieved it. That person trimmed the plants into usable cannabis.
About eight pounds of saleable pot was then returned on multiple occasions to Penney, according to the documents. He then delivered the product, over a period of time, to August, who provided it to an individual who had previously worked for him as a confidential informant.
That person sold the weed and shared the profits with August, who then shared the money with Penney.