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Former Michigan cop, wife charged for eating marijuana brownies
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
DETROIT - A former Michigan police corporal who admitted taking marijuana from criminal suspects and baking it into brownies has been charged with using a controlled substance.
The Wayne County prosecutor's office says Edward Sanchez, 30, and his wife Stacy, 27, are expected to be arraigned on charges of using marijuana.
Sanchez was a corporal with the Dearborn Police Department when an emergency call was made April 21, 2006 from his home reporting a possible overdose on marijuana.
Sanchez initially told investigators his wife took the marijuana from his police vehicle while he slept.
He later admitted to taking the marijuana out himself and putting it in the brownie mix.
He resigned in May 2006 from the suburban-Detroit police department.
Sanchez is heard saying on the five-minute tape of the emergency call: "I think we're dying."
"We made brownies and I think we're dead, I really do."
Dearborn police refused to pursue charges last year but investigators in neighbouring Dearborn Heights submitted a warrant request Sept. 13, prosecutor's spokeswoman Maria Miller said Monday.
The charge is a misdemeanour punishable by 90 days in jail and a US$100 fine.
Arrangements were being made for the couple to turn themselves in for arraignment.
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
DETROIT - A former Michigan police corporal who admitted taking marijuana from criminal suspects and baking it into brownies has been charged with using a controlled substance.
The Wayne County prosecutor's office says Edward Sanchez, 30, and his wife Stacy, 27, are expected to be arraigned on charges of using marijuana.
Sanchez was a corporal with the Dearborn Police Department when an emergency call was made April 21, 2006 from his home reporting a possible overdose on marijuana.
Sanchez initially told investigators his wife took the marijuana from his police vehicle while he slept.
He later admitted to taking the marijuana out himself and putting it in the brownie mix.
He resigned in May 2006 from the suburban-Detroit police department.
Sanchez is heard saying on the five-minute tape of the emergency call: "I think we're dying."
"We made brownies and I think we're dead, I really do."
Dearborn police refused to pursue charges last year but investigators in neighbouring Dearborn Heights submitted a warrant request Sept. 13, prosecutor's spokeswoman Maria Miller said Monday.
The charge is a misdemeanour punishable by 90 days in jail and a US$100 fine.
Arrangements were being made for the couple to turn themselves in for arraignment.
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