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Second former Philadelphia police officer sentenced in heroin scheme
#14436837 - 05/11/11 08:35 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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Second former Philadelphia police officer sentenced in heroin scheme
By Nathan Gorenstein http://www.philly.com Inquirer Staff Writer
For the second day in a row, a former Philadelphia police officer was sentenced to prison Tuesday for a scheme to steal and resell heroin.
Robert Snyder, 30, who became a police officer in March 2007, will serve 13 years in prison. He was one of three officers arrested last year in connection with the heroin plot. He was also charged and pleaded guilty to his role in plotting a planned armed robbery.
His wife, Christal Snyder, will be sentenced Monday for her role in organizing the scheme with her sister's boyfriend, Angel Ortiz, a drug dealer. She faces a 10-year sentence.
Snyder sobbed in the courtroom as he expressed remorse for the crimes and regret that the couple's three children will be without their parents for 10 years. Family members are expected to care for the children - ages 11, 7, and 3 - while their parents are in prison.
More than a dozen friends and family were in court, and Christal Snyder bowed her head almost to her knees as her husband spoke. Her role was to pass information between Ortiz, who has also pleaded guilty, and the officers.
The plot blew up because a Drug Enforcement Administration undercover agent posed as a money launderer working with Ortiz. Agents had numerous video and audio recordings of the plot.
Defense attorney William Spade argued for a 10-year sentence, but U.S. District Court Chief Judge Harvey Bartle III cited Snyder's betrayal of his oath as a police officer, and the damage the crime did to public trust in the police.
Snyder, who was left by his mother when he was 17 - she moved back to Kentucky to remarry - worked five years as a custodian at a downtown office building before becoming an officer, according to court documents.
"He was making significantly more money," Spade wrote in a sentencing memo. "By his own admission, Mr. Snyder did not need the relatively small amount of money he received as payment for his crimes."
A new patrolman makes about $42,813 a year, not including overtime.
Snyder's sentencing followed a hearing Monday during which James Venziale, a 10-year Police Department veteran, was sentenced to 42 months in jail for his role in the scheme. Both men had pleaded guilty.
The third officer, Mark Williams, was convicted at trial and has not yet been sentenced.
Snyder also admitted to plotting to rob a supposed Mafia cash courier.
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Re: Second former Philadelphia police officer sentenced in heroin scheme [Re: Cognitive_Shift]
#14437305 - 05/11/11 09:52 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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Dude should of stayed a janitor.
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Re: Second former Philadelphia police officer sentenced in heroin scheme [Re: anomaly100716]
#14437353 - 05/11/11 09:57 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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seriously... now he has to do his 13 years in ad seg stupid cop!
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Re: Second former Philadelphia police officer sentenced in heroin scheme [Re: Cognitive_Shift]
#14437623 - 05/11/11 10:38 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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why was 42k not enough for him what a greedy bastard
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Re: Second former Philadelphia police officer sentenced in heroin scheme [Re: learningtofly]
#14438084 - 05/12/11 12:18 AM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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Just what cognitive said. Have fun living in a fucking box for 13 years you assclown.
I wish you could look up the facility he's going to and determine what kind of conditions he'll be housed under. 24 hour lockdown? (I'd imagine prolly not), 1 hour for rec, 2 hours for rec a day, probably indoors in a windowless room by himself?
There are so many options, I wish I knew the specifics. Either way this is pretty much justice. 13 years may be a bit too many but considering what he's put others through and the state of the drug war I think it's a pretty fair sentence myself.
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Re: Second former Philadelphia police officer sentenced in heroin scheme [Re: Humility]
#14438095 - 05/12/11 12:21 AM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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Quote:
A new patrolman makes about $42,813 a year, not including overtime.
Prolly gets taxed kinda hard; knocks the 42 down to 30 or so. That said, he probably does at LEAST 5-10k a year in overtime pay.
Cops abuse overtime like a motherfucker.
Those motherfuckers.
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