Ex-Houston officer gets 15 years in drug smuggling case
A former veteran Houston police sergeant who took a bribe and used his patrol car to escort a load of cocaine - while clad in his uniform - was sentenced Thursday to 15 years in federal prison without the possibility of parole.
Leslie Aikens 47, was convicted by a jury of corruption in November after being snared by FBI agents and Texas Rangers working on a tip he was in the pocket of drug traffickers.
"Fifteen years is a long time on the federal side," prosecutor James McAlister said Thursday.
Aikens had been with HPD for 19 years and had been assigned to the jail division.
Suspecting he was in cahoots with the traffickers, authorities set up an undercover sting and secretly recorded Aikens agreeing to escort the vehicle and then carrying out the deed, the prosecutor said. He escorted about 15 pounds of cocaine from just outside Houston to inside Loop 610 before peeling off and continuing his official duties.
Let's see. His pension, gone. He's a convicted felon and federal time doesn't have early out like the state does. His wife as I understand it is leaving him. And what was it he traded all this for you ask?
The word "cocaine" was never used during any recorded conversations, but Aikens knew what he was doing to make the $2,000 he was paid, McAlister said...
Two grand for your life and career. What a dumbs$%^! I don't know what is more pathetic. This or the story his lawyer put out.
...Aikens did not testify during his trial, but his lawyer, Robert A. Jones of Houston, said Thursday that Aikens didn't know drugs were involved and thought he was escorting a load of beer.
You think this is Smokey and The Bandit or something. What a idiot. Thankfully he will never be in a position to do this again.
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