Richmond Police Officer Who Brought Home 4 Pounds of Marijuana Won't Be Charged (California)

NBC Bay Area ^ | December 18, 2014 | n/a

[Ken H]

A Richmond police officer who took 4 pounds of marijuana home instead of filing it in the department's evidence locker will not be charged with a crime, according to the Contra Costa County District Attorney's office.

Prosecutors said members of the Richmond Police Department learned in September that Officer Joe Avila had a large amount of marijuana at his house. At the request of the Police Department, the district attorney's office began investigating and searched Avila's home, where they found 4 pounds of marijuana.

Prosecutors said Avila had responded to a call at a delivery service company in November 2013 for a package containing marijuana. Rather than booking the marijuana in the department's evidence locker, he took it home and used it to train a department police dog, according to the district attorney's office.

[Ghost of SVR4]

Riiiiiiiiiight.

[jsanders2001]

Just disposing of it so it wouldnt be used in the streets .,,uh...er...so it wouldn’t fall into the wrong hands, yeah that’s the ticket...

[MeshugeMikey]

well considering that Chief...is of the homosexual “persuasion...Id say just about anything goes...at the Richmond PD

[realcleanguy]

"Ja Man, I was just training the dog......."

[Squeako]

. Rather than booking the marijuana in the department's evidence locker, he took it home and used it to train a department police dog.

Apparently he was training the dog to roll joints.

[EnigmaticAnomaly]

Laws for thee, but not for me...

[Regulator]

How much did the dog smoke?

[Sasparilla]

What about the $100,000 cash that was in the marijuana package?

[TigersEye]

The finding of dozens of cases of dog biscuits bolstered the officer’s claim.

[Chode]

yeah, right...

did they test the swine for THC???

[ansel12]

This reminds me of when I visited a friend during the late 1960s and he had large black garbage bags full of marijuana all over the house and said that I could take all that I wanted, for free.

Hundreds of pounds, free for the taking.

[Drango]

Sure.

[knarf]

The wife of my brother ... many years dead now, and one of Boston's finest ... had a lovely set of expensive diamond rings.

Imagine what 'first on the scene' means

[LostInBayport]

well considering that Chief...is of the homosexual “persuasion...Id say just about anything goes...at the Richmond PD

Are you suggesting that the investigation was blown?

[Secret Agent Man]

Absolutely no reason to not go through proper channels if he wanted to train a search dog.

[al baby]

bet it was just the crap not the buds

[Dr. Bogus Pachysandra]

“Are you suggesting that the investigation was blown? “

That investigation sucked!

[MeshugeMikey]

rumor has it that the whole force got a little behind in their work...

[gaijin]

Cops and criminals now have the same tattoos.

Cops and criminals now listen to the same anti-social music.

Cops and criminals now have many of the same views of middle-class citizens.

Cops and criminals now share MANY of the same behaviors.