Pubdate: Sun, 21 Oct 2001
Source: Tennessean, The (TN)
Copyright: 2001 The Tennessean
Contact:  http://www.tennessean.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/447
Author: Sheila Burke
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NEWLY RESIGNED TBI AGENT FACES FIVE COUNTS

An undercover drug agent who resigned from the Tennessee Bureau of 
Investigation last month faces drug charges and accusations that he 
tampered with evidence.

The TBI arrested George Patrick Howell, 37, Friday after the Davidson 
County grand jury handed down a five-count indictment against him, TBI 
spokeswoman Jeanne Broadwell said.

The grand jury charged Howell with four counts of evidence tampering and 
one count of possession of cocaine with intent to deliver.

Howell resigned Sept. 18 after he became the subject of an internal 
investigation, Broadwell said.

Broadwell said she was not at liberty to discuss many of the specifics of 
the case and could not say where Howell allegedly got the cocaine and what 
evidence he is accused of tampering with.

Howell was hired by the TBI on Feb. 16, 1989, and left the agency in good 
standing in April 1998.

He came back to the agency on Nov. 1, 1999, Broadwell said, and was rehired 
as a special agent.
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