Pubdate: Sun, 26 Mar 2000
Source: San Luis Obispo County Tribune (CA)
Copyright: 2000 The Tribune
Contact:  P.O. Box 112, San Luis Obispo, CA 93406-0112
Fax: 805.781.7905
Website: http://www.thetribunenews.com/
Author: Associated Press

OFFICER ADMITS TO STEALING COCAINE

A Long Beach police officer admitted Friday that he planned to sell 13
pounds of cocaine that he stole from an undercover agent posing as a drug
dealer.

Julio A. Alcaraz, 36, an 11-year veteran of the police force, pleaded
guilty in federal court to charges that he participated in a conspiracy to
possess cocaine with the intent to distribute.

He faces a sentence of between 10 and 20 years in prison. Police said
Alcaraz was arrested Jan. 27 after begin caught in a sting operation
conducted by undercover anti-narcotics agents.

Alcaraz met up that night with an undercover agent posing as a drug dealer
and - brandishing a gun - stole about 13 pounds of cocaine from the man.
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