This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories

It’s jail and prison guards gone wild, plus a Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs cop gets in trouble for sticky-fingers. Let’s get to it:

[image:1 align:right]In Dover, New Hampshire, a Strafford County jail guard was arrested last Wednesday for allegedly attempting to take heroin into the jail. Guard Bryant Shipman, 25, went down after a joint investigation by local and federal officials. He is charged with one count of delivery of contraband.

In Goshen, New York, a state prison guard was arrested last Thursday after police seized 43 bags of heroin from his home. Guard Michael Leake, 24, went down after an investigation by the town of Deerpark and city of Port Jarvis Crime Suppression Unit. He is charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree and criminally using paraphernalia in the second degree. Although the charges don’t reflect it, local authorities said the dope, a scale, and other seized materials were “commonly used by drug traffickers.”

In Sterling, Pennsylvania, a Wayne County jail guard was arrested Monday for selling morphine pills from his home. Howard Hums, 44, went down after an informant for the Wayne County DA’s Drug Task Force bought pills from him on two occasions in February and March. He now faces two counts each of possession of a controlled substance and delivery of a controlled substance.

In Madison, Wisconsin, a state Department of Veterans Affairs Police officer was sentenced last Tuesday to two years’ probation for stealing prescription opioids from the department’s evidence room and replacing them with similar-looking pills. David Walters, 37, also stole pills from the VA’s drug drop-off receptacle. He pleaded guilty to possession of a controlled substance in January.