As former Rohnert Park officers Joseph Huffaker and Brendon Tatum were sentenced to federal prison yesterday for extortion and corruption crimes along Highway 101, victims said the official narrative presented in court and in the DOJ’s final press release left out years of criminal behavior and, in particular, minimized Huffaker’s role.
The two were sentenced for charges related to a marijuana extortion scheme that prosecutors said involved stopping motorists along Highway 101, posing as federal agents, seizing cannabis through threats and intimidation, and later selling it for large sums of money.
Senior U.S. District Judge Maxine M. Chesney sentenced Huffaker to 20 months in federal prison and Tatum to 30 months. Both men also received three years of supervised release…