Cops swap drugs in FL evidence for fakes, sell real stuff, feds say. 2 sentenced

Two Florida law enforcement officers, who were deputized to help the Drug Enforcement Administration, worked together to steal drugs from evidence to sell, prosecutors said.

Joshua Earrey, a former Florida Highway Patrol state trooper from Jacksonville, has now been sentenced to nine years in prison, per court records. His accused co-conspirator, a sheriff’s deputy, got 17 years in prison , McClatchy News previously reported.

McClatchy News reached out to Earrey’s attorney April 21 but did not immediately receive a response…

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