Two VA Employees Arrested for Distributing Cocaine
It was a double no-no: Robert Tucker and Erik Casiano had the brilliant idea of dealing cocaine using the mailroom of the Veterans Affairs Hospital. Packages with kilograms of cocaine would be shipped from Puerto Rico to the mailroom in the Bronx medical center. First, the U.S. Postal Service doesn’t take kindly to people mailing large amounts of drugs. Second, we’re sure the VA doesn’t want its employees running side businesses while on the clock – especially illegal pharmaceutical businesses. In a Department of Justice press release, U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said, “As alleged, the defendants used the cover of a facility dedicated to caring for our nation’s heroes to further a scheme to distribute large amounts of cocaine.” But at least the crime duo wasn’t distributing the cocaine to patients or leaving them overnight at a crack house. Seriously, what is up with VA employees and cocaine? More…
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