Feds Think Sentence for Phila. Cop in Drug Case is Too Light
by KYW's Tony Hanson
A Philadelphia police detective who tipped off a notorious drug gang to impending police raids (see related story) has gotten a huge break at sentencing. And the government has indicated it may appeal.
Federal guidelines called for a sentence of at least 10 years in prison. The government wanted even more. But the judge lowered the guideline range to about four years in prison, and then sentenced former detective Rickie Durham to two years in prison.
Durham admitted that he had called a friend, former NBA basketball player Jerome "Pooh" Richardson, whose sister was living with drug kingpin Alton Coles, also known as "Ace Capone".
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