Deputy Dawg

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (AP) — Federal drug enforcement agents who arrested a cocaine delivery recipient discovered he was a Rutherford County Sheriff's deputy.

The Daily New Journal (http://on.dnj.com/YQVRNZ ) reported a federal criminal complaint was filed Monday in Nashville against 35-year-old Luis Reynaldo Parra Flores of Murfreesboro. Flores is charged with conspiring to distribute cocaine.

U.S. Attorney for Middle Tennessee Jerry E. Martin's office said Drug Enforcement Administration agents intercepted a drug courier with seven kilograms of cocaine in his luggage at Nashville International Airport on March 13. After an investigation determined who the drugs were intended for, federal agents and Metro Nashville Police arrested Flores as he tried to take possession. They found he was carrying a firearm and a badge identifying him as a deputy.

Sheriff Robert Arnold fired Flores and destroyed his badge.

Read more: http://www.seattlepi.com/news/crime/article/Drug-agents-bust-suspect-discover-he-s-an-officer-4366741.php#ixzz2O6uwFFQS

Just say goodbye

The Columbia Police Department, in conjunction with the Drug Enforcement Administration, will host a Prescription Drug Take Back Day at Center Court of the Columbia Mall on Saturday, September 29, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. 

Please help us in our fight to remove diverted prescription drugs from our streets. All you have to do is drop off your old prescription drugs, with no questions asked and no forms to fill out.  

Contact Information: 

Sgt. Tony Gray
C.O.P.S. Unit
931-840-5977
tgray@columbiatn.com