Ex-Police Officer Gets Sentenced for Stealing Cocaine From Lockup, Reselling It

Published on August 29, 2024

SANTA ANA, Cailf.—A former Inglewood Police Department officer was sentenced Aug. 27 to two and a half years in federal prison for stealing cocaine from the department’s lock-up and reselling it on the street. John Abel Baca, 48, of Whittier, then a 21-year veteran of the Inglewood Police Department (IPD) and its union representative, was also ordered to pay a $40,000 fine by U.S. District Judge James Selna. Baca pleaded guilty Oct. 17, 2023 to distributing cocaine on two occasions. On April 29, 2021, Baca delivered cocaine to a witness cooperating with law enforcement. Baca then delivered 2.2 pounds of cocaine to the same cooperating witness during a meeting the following week in exchange for $22,000 in cash, according to his plea agreement....

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