Two former Rohnert Park police officers were sentenced Wednesday in a federal marijuana extortion case that prosecutors say involved years of highway shakedowns targeting cannabis motorists along Highway 101, including impersonating federal agents and falsifying police reports.
Joseph Huffaker, 41, was sentenced on Wednesday to 20 months in federal prison for his role in the marijuana extortion scheme, while Brendon Jacy Tatum, 43, was sentenced to 30 months for his role, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of California said.
This week’s sentencing culminates a yearslong attempt to bring the officers to justice. But for Izaak Schwaiger — a Sonoma County attorney who represented seven people in civil litigation tied to the Rohnert Park officers’ stops — the outcome was “laughable.”…