But wait! There’s more!
The informant who triggered the raid falsely told the police that the victim was a dealer. And now...
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A 50-year-old felon and drug addict, Ronnie “Bodie” Coogle, was the principal Tampa Police Department informer against at least five suspects this year. He conducted nine undercover operations. In their probable-cause affidavits, his handlers called him reliable. Even Tampa’s police chief praised his “track record.”
Coogle said they were all wrong. He said he repeatedly lied about suspects, stole drugs he bought on the public’s dime and conspired to falsify drug deals.
How could he have pulled off such mischief and it not be noticed. Something is rotten in the state of Denver, as Archie Bunker might have said.