A former San Francisco Bay Area police officer was found guilty in federal court Friday for posing as a federal agent, extortion and other charges in connection with a scheme to steal cannabis and money from drivers during traffic stops.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of California announced that a jury convicted 40-year-old Joseph Huffaker, a former officer of the Rohnert Park Department of Public Safety, following a one-week trial.
Huffaker was found guilty of six counts to commit extortion, extortion, conspiracy to falsify records in a federal investigation and falsifying records in a federal investigation, along with conspiracy to impersonate a federal officer and impersonating a federal officer…