Officer Claims Wife Put Pot in Meatballs

["Gary Funck" <gary () intrepid com>]

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Officer Claims Wife Put Pot in Meatballs
Associated Press 11.03.06, 4:16 PM ET
 
 
A detective suspended after testing positive for drugs says his wife served
him meatballs spiked with marijuana because she wanted to keep him out of
harm's way by forcing him into retirement.

An administrative judge believed him, and recommended earlier this week that
Nicholas Chiofalo be reinstated.

Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly has yet to decide what to do.

"We can't comment because the matter will still come before the police
commissioner for a final determination," said spokesman Paul Browne.

Chiofalo, a 22-year-veteran assigned to the Joint Terrorism Task Force, was
suspended without pay last year after a random drug test found marijuana in
his system. The officer denied ever using drugs and demanded a hearing.

During an investigation, his wife said she had substituted marijuana for
oregano in her meatball recipe in hopes of forcing him to leave police work.

The detective's lawyers also presented evidence that she had passed a
lie-detector test, and offered testimony from a toxicologist that the excuse
was valid.


Copyright 2006 Associated Press.

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