Alan Souto veteran Passaic County Sheriff's Officer pleaded guilty today to stealing cocaine from a department evidence room

Veteran Passaic County Sheriff's Officer pleaded guilty today to stealing cocaine from a department evidence room and selling it to drug dealers. Alan Souto, 40, who was also a Haledon Borough councilman, admitted swiping more than 5 kilos before federal District Judge Jose Linares in Newark. He is a 20-year sheriff's department veteran and oversaw the evidence room from September 2006 until his arrest in March 2008.He admitted selling the cocaine -- seized in the course of various federal, state and local criminal investigations -- for about $250,000. Souto was arrested in March after the theft was discovered at the evidence room in Wayne. He admitted to conspiring to possess and distribute cocaine.He also agreed to surrender the $250,000 he netted through selling the cocaine. Souto, of Haledon, was elected to the borough council in 2005 and resigned after his arrest.

Alan Souto veteran Passaic County Sheriff's Officer pleaded guilty today to stealing cocaine from a department evidence room

Veteran Passaic County Sheriff's Officer pleaded guilty today to stealing cocaine from a department evidence room and selling it to drug...

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