Tarnished Shield: Detective Faces Over 100 Year Prison Sentence
Jim Kouri, CPP
April 13, 2006
A decorated Malden, MA Police Department narcotics detective and his co-conspirator, a former federal convict, were convicted by a federal jury in an eight count indictment charging them with conspiring to distribute three kilograms of cocaine and related charges.
Det. David Jordan, age 45, of Stoneham, Massachusetts, and Anthony Bucci, of Wakefield, Massachusetts, were convicted of conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute three kilograms of cocaine; possession with intent to distribute three kilograms of cocaine; and using or carrying a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime.
The former detective was also convicted of attempted witness tampering and three counts of making false statements to the DEA. The ex-convict Bucci was also convicted of a second count of possession with intent to distribute cocaine which occurred five months after the conspiracy with Jordan.
Jordan and Bucci, who had been on electronic bracelets at their homes during the pre-trial and trial proceedings, were immediately taken into the custody of the United States Marshals Service and held pending sentencing.
During the three week trial, the government presented evidence that in December 2003, Jordan, Bucci and two other men, Jon Minotti and Francis "Skeeter" Muolo, conspired to rob a Peabody cocaine dealer of 3 kilograms of cocaine on Christmas Eve morning 2003.
The men executed the scheme by luring the drug dealer to the Malden Medical Center parking lot under the guise of a 3 kilogram drug sale, where Jordan then arrived on the scene and blocked the dealer's vehicle with his own undercover car.
Jordan identified himself as a police officer, and held a gun to the dealer's head, and Minotti took the cocaine and fled into nearby woods. Muolo picked up Minotti and the cocaine on the other side of the woods and they fled the scene.
Bucci, who was the instigator and leader of the operation, subsequently retrieved the cocaine from Minotti and Muolo, sold the cocaine and provided money to his co-conspirators. While the detective expected to be paid $30,000 for his role in the drug robbery, he only received $15,000.
At the time of the robbery, a Drug Enforcement Administration Task Force was involved in a separate drug investigation and had a wiretap on the drug dealer's home telephone.
Shortly after the robbery, the DEA began an investigation of Jordan and his associates. In the days following the robbery, Jordan repeatedly lied to a DEA agent about what transpired in the Malden Medical Center parking lot, in attempt to cover-up his own involvement and the activities of Minotti, Bucci and Muolo.
The day before his arrest, in May 2004, Jordan was recorded by a co-conspirator acting at the direction of DEA. In that recording, Jordan urged his co-conspirator to lie to DEA agents, to tell another co-conspirator to keep his mouth shut, and to not cooperate with federal investigation. For this and other conduct, Jordan was convicted of attempted witness tampering in addition to the other charges.
When Bucci was arrested on May 20, 2004, officers found in his possession 91 grams of cocaine, two electronic scales, more than $6,000 in cash, and multiple cellular telephones. Bucci was convicted separately for possession with intent to distribute cocaine for this conduct.
"David Jordan sold his badge for a cut of three kilograms of cocaine, and in the process betrayed everything a law enforcement officer stands for. He betrayed his oath to protect the citizens of Malden from drug dealers and armed robbers by becoming one himself -- and he misused his authority as an officer to help commit his crimes. His conduct represents an egregious violation of the trust and good will that honorable and hard-working police have earned from their community," said US Attorney.
June Stansbury, DEA Special Agent in Charge said, "DEA is committed to taking investigations wherever they lead us -- in this case to a criminal drug dealing corrupt police officer. It is regrettable that the lure of drugs and dirty money tempt a very few in the profession, but make no mistake we treat criminals as they should be even if they are in possession of a badge."
Bucciis scheduled for sentencing on September 18, 2006. JORDAN is scheduled for sentencing on September 19, 2006. Former Det. Jordan faces over 100 years in federal prison.
Det. David Jordan, age 45, of Stoneham, Massachusetts, and Anthony Bucci, of Wakefield, Massachusetts, were convicted of conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute three kilograms of cocaine; possession with intent to distribute three kilograms of cocaine; and using or carrying a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime.
The former detective was also convicted of attempted witness tampering and three counts of making false statements to the DEA. The ex-convict Bucci was also convicted of a second count of possession with intent to distribute cocaine which occurred five months after the conspiracy with Jordan.
Jordan and Bucci, who had been on electronic bracelets at their homes during the pre-trial and trial proceedings, were immediately taken into the custody of the United States Marshals Service and held pending sentencing.
During the three week trial, the government presented evidence that in December 2003, Jordan, Bucci and two other men, Jon Minotti and Francis "Skeeter" Muolo, conspired to rob a Peabody cocaine dealer of 3 kilograms of cocaine on Christmas Eve morning 2003.
The men executed the scheme by luring the drug dealer to the Malden Medical Center parking lot under the guise of a 3 kilogram drug sale, where Jordan then arrived on the scene and blocked the dealer's vehicle with his own undercover car.
Jordan identified himself as a police officer, and held a gun to the dealer's head, and Minotti took the cocaine and fled into nearby woods. Muolo picked up Minotti and the cocaine on the other side of the woods and they fled the scene.
Bucci, who was the instigator and leader of the operation, subsequently retrieved the cocaine from Minotti and Muolo, sold the cocaine and provided money to his co-conspirators. While the detective expected to be paid $30,000 for his role in the drug robbery, he only received $15,000.
At the time of the robbery, a Drug Enforcement Administration Task Force was involved in a separate drug investigation and had a wiretap on the drug dealer's home telephone.
Shortly after the robbery, the DEA began an investigation of Jordan and his associates. In the days following the robbery, Jordan repeatedly lied to a DEA agent about what transpired in the Malden Medical Center parking lot, in attempt to cover-up his own involvement and the activities of Minotti, Bucci and Muolo.
The day before his arrest, in May 2004, Jordan was recorded by a co-conspirator acting at the direction of DEA. In that recording, Jordan urged his co-conspirator to lie to DEA agents, to tell another co-conspirator to keep his mouth shut, and to not cooperate with federal investigation. For this and other conduct, Jordan was convicted of attempted witness tampering in addition to the other charges.
When Bucci was arrested on May 20, 2004, officers found in his possession 91 grams of cocaine, two electronic scales, more than $6,000 in cash, and multiple cellular telephones. Bucci was convicted separately for possession with intent to distribute cocaine for this conduct.
"David Jordan sold his badge for a cut of three kilograms of cocaine, and in the process betrayed everything a law enforcement officer stands for. He betrayed his oath to protect the citizens of Malden from drug dealers and armed robbers by becoming one himself -- and he misused his authority as an officer to help commit his crimes. His conduct represents an egregious violation of the trust and good will that honorable and hard-working police have earned from their community," said US Attorney.
June Stansbury, DEA Special Agent in Charge said, "DEA is committed to taking investigations wherever they lead us -- in this case to a criminal drug dealing corrupt police officer. It is regrettable that the lure of drugs and dirty money tempt a very few in the profession, but make no mistake we treat criminals as they should be even if they are in possession of a badge."
Bucciis scheduled for sentencing on September 18, 2006. JORDAN is scheduled for sentencing on September 19, 2006. Former Det. Jordan faces over 100 years in federal prison.
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