Miami-Dade Police Officer Sentenced for Aiding and Abetting in Ecstasy Undercover Operation

Department of Justice ^ | October 30, 2009 | United States Attorney's Office Southern District of Florida

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Jeffrey H. Sloman, Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, John V. Gillies, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Miami Field Office, and Robert Parker, Director, Miami-Dade Police Department, announced that defendant Jorge Delgado was sentenced on October 29, 2009 to two years of imprisonment, to be followed by three years of supervised release. Delgado previously pled guilty to aiding and abetting an attempt to possess ecstasy with the intent to distribute. During the time at issue, Delgado was a Miami-Dade Police Officer assigned to uniformed road patrol.

This charge arose from an undercover investigation jointly conducted by the United States Attorney’s Office and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, with the cooperation and assistance of the Criminal Conspiracy Unit of the Miami-Dade Police Department’s (MDPD) Professional Compliance Bureau.

According to the one-count felony Information and statements made in court during the guilty plea, during the course of this investigation, Delgado, a three-year veteran of the Miami-Dade Police Department, used his marked police car to protect the delivery of what was represented to be a shipment of ecstasy. In reality, the purported drug delivery was a staged operation carried out by law enforcement as part of the investigation. Delgado was to be paid $2500 in cash for his criminal services.

SAC John V. Gillies stated, “It is disappointing when an officer breaks the law, but the South Florida law enforcement community as a whole is dedicated, professional, and has the highest standards of integrity. This officer chose not to honor the oath he took to serve the public and has now faced the consequences of his actions.”